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Thanks everyone. The bottom was supposed to look like praline candy. It was cold pour like the rest.

Love the candle arrangements in the second basket too.

Bet it smells great!

Yea!!! It worked

Playing around with IGI 1245 wax as its really hard to get 1343 locally. This one is Coconut - was going for a slightly mottled look. Picture two is Creamy Praline Pecan. The candle doesn't look like much, but the FO is incredible. Now lets see if I can succssfull get the pictures on the new board (the real reason for posting)

Very pretty candle.

It looks good. Not really sure what you mean. Color (its dark brown and oragne on my monitor), texture?

Those are soooooo pretty.

You really captures the colors of autumn. Nice work.

Love the color on the pillar. Looks nice and creamy.

Very pretty colors. Nice rustic look too.

You can go to the PEAKS site www.peakcandle.com and click on instructions on the side bar. That will take you to the old candletech intruction page. Click on Color suggestions on the side of this page. That should take you to a page of ideas for FO's and colors. HTH

Stunning work!

Its much cooler today and alot less humid. Made two small batches (1lb ea.)one with lemon fo and one with lavender. No sweating and I'm happy to say the wax is behaving as it has in the past for me . So either it was the heat and humidity or the fo not mixing in. I know that I tried three different thermometers at 190 degrees. Guess I will continue to make smaller batches each time. Oh well glad the wax seems ok. Thanks everyone. I was feeling quite discouraged about the thought of continually remelting the wax.

Help, my votives and tarts are sweating. Is this a problem in the hot weather? Have made hundreds of votives and tarts before and never have had this problem. Its a new case of 4794. Have FO seeping even at 3%.

You have some interesting challenges. Not sure if this helps or not but when I include a candle holder with candles, I make sure that it is one with a rim, just incase of overflow and that it is about 1/4 in larger in diameter. Candleholders with spikes add to the stability as well. I also try to test pillars by burning them for five to six hours at a time. As for wicking, you might want to wick down. For example, recently, I have been testing HTP wicks for a 3" candle I want to sell. I have found that for me, under ideal conditions, a HTP 83 wick is super. The HTP 73 also burns well, but leaves a little larger rim. So I am going to wick down to the 73 because I know that many don't hug their candles or straighten the wicks as they burn. Hope these suggestions help. Sounds like an exciting project. The owner should also be made aware of dangers. The only thing that I find interesting is adding FOs around food aromas.

They look beautiful. would love to see more pictures.

Thanks Ducky . Made soooooo many votives that I have to find a way to store them

Should have paid attention in the past and now can't search for it . What is the number that should be on plastic containers for storing votives and melts?

That's pretty. Like to do odd shaped chunks too

Never really had very good results with 2" pillars. If you are getting a good burn with an 18fp, that's great. Have been very pleased with recent burn tests with HTP wicks on 3" pillars. Think I will give them a try on 2" and see what happens

If you are near a Home Depot, they also carry a little level - about 3" in length.

If you live near a Michaels, cruise through their wedding stuff. They have books and all sorts of things to give you inspiration.

Just working on it for a September show. Not really worried about using specific fall FO's. Just using up all my left over FO's in votives and melts.