Kimb

If Goo Gone doesn't work then I would try soaking it in oxy clean.

Good Luck,

Kim

ok, I am lazy too. I use the candle warmer and dump the wax into a bucket.

Kim

I am playing with making votives (been doing candles for years and still don't like my votives) and Bittercreek recommends adding stearic acid to help firm up the wax and to get it out of the mold. The recommend 5 tablespoons per pound, so maybe you can adjust that for containers?

Kim

I use an the old square credit card sign that I had from my previous credit card processor.

Kim

My first show of the season didn't go well, but the one I had the following weekend went much better. Good luck with the second weekend. During my first show I spent my time working on ideas for different ways to display things and on the second day we changed our layout and improved our sales.

Good Luck,

Kim

I have started bring stuff upstairs to label, just so I can feel like I am part of the family. I do have to say it's nice to be able to shut the door downstairs when needed.

Kim

I don't normally wash my jars either, but I do check for cat/dog hair in the box. I will sometimes wipe out with a dry paper towel if I think there might be dust in there.

Kim

Actually they changed the shipping price without me calling them. I don't want to take credit for something they did.

Kimb

I would try calling them. When I ordered 4 boxes of wax the shipping came out very high in the cart. It went down almost $40 when the sent me the invoice to charge my credit card.

Kim

I wasn't sure what color to make it. So mine are white and they sell very well.

HTH,

Kim

Are those melts in the little cups next to your display? I am thinking about doing those along with my clamshells, but tdon't want to hurt my clamshell sales. May I be rude and ask what you sell your melts in the little cups?

TIA,

Kim

For me it depends on how the economy is doing in the area that I am doing the show at. At some of my shows almost 50% of my sales are credit cards and at others I might only 1 have credit card sale. Only if it's a really slow show will I have no credit card sales (maybe once a year).

Kim

I would say the indoor show, but then I melt in the sun about the same time my candles do even with a canopy. No one wants to buy candles from the red head who looks like she is going to faint in the heat. I know here in Iowa the weather has been going from one extreme to the other lately. With an indoor show people might be willing to hang around your table and give you some feedback if they aren't worrying about the weather. Even if you have been doing shows for awhile feedback is always nice to give you ideas on how to change things up for next time. Best of luck either way. Let everyone know how things go for you.

I just thought of another idea. Is is possible for you to do both shows? If you have a spouse or family member that could do one for you. It can be a headache to have enough product for two shows, but it would give you a good comparison.

HTH,

Kim

I read somewhere that you can sharpen your scissors by cutting sandpaper with them. I have done it when my scissors get dull and it worked pretty good. My husband did think it was strange to find sandpaper cut into strips.

HTH,

Kim

I am not sure if you can make them change their company name if you get yours trademarked after they started their business. I would suggest talking to a lawyer to see what your options are since trademarking is fairly expensive.

Good Luck,

Kim

From glancing at there website, their stuff looks similar to things I see at www.gershelbros.com. I didn't get very far without without a logon.

Kim

I use auto-owners insurance also. I used to use a different company, but they stopped covering small time candlemakers.

Kim

Spring shows can be very iffy. I have a couple that I do that are through the same promoter for my big fall shows. Spring shows help me meet new customers that always ask if I will be back for the fall shows. The plan is that then in the fall they will buy even more product. Sometimes they order during the summer even.

Good Luck,

Kim

I had th same thing for BCN, but I got my box very quickly. It arrived in less then a week. It really wasn't any slower then UPS.

Kim

Nothing in the pot. Thinking about redoing our labels to something simplier in design.

Kim

I had someone ask me if I forgot to put the wick in my clamshells. I had to stop myself from laughing.

Kim

I use lids for the same reason listed above. With 5 animals in the house, we get fur everywhere if I am not careful. Just moved furniture last night and it looked like I was growing an animal out of the carpet.

Kim

I had the same thing happen with a Honesuckle fragrance on a card table. I put the table in the garage and I until garbage day (then forgot it was there due to it being winter) and the garage smelled like flowers for months afterwards.

Good Luck,

Kim

www.nashvillewraps.com used to carry some. I haven't been on their site in awhile.

Kim

ok, I have to add to this since I was shaking my head at someone I show at a craft show this weekend. She explained to me how she makes candles on her stove using a double boiler method (not my way, but so far so good), she is making soy candles, and informs me that she pours her wax into containers when the temp drops to 180 degrees. She has no idea what temp the wax is in the double boiler or what temp she has the burner normally set to. She also tells me she thinks she is ready to start selling them. She can't tell me the brand of wax she has, can't understand why she gets ait pockets, and a bunch of other questions.

I take a deep, deep breath and tell her the first thing she needs is insurance and that some insurance companies will come out and inspect where you make your candles. I also told her to spend a lot of time testing her product and to be prepared to always be testing things.

Kim