Quentin

Back again in 2023. Leaving the Etsy arena for good. I'm going back to the show and festival market in the new year.

I'm back again. 

Those who launch revolutions, dramatic change programs, and wrenching restructurings will almost certainly fail to make the leap from good to great. No matter how dramatic the end result, the good-to-great transformations never happened in one fell swoop. There was no single defining action, no grand program, no one killer innovation, no solitary lucky break, no miracle moment. Rather, the process resembled relentlessly pushing a giant heavy flywheel in one direction, turn upon turn, building momentum until a point of breakthrough, and beyond.

- Excerpted from Good to Great  by Jim Collins

My website and online store are finally coming to fruition. Scheduled opening is on or about December 7, 2018.  www.pillar7candles.com

I was really having trouble with blowouts and everything else that can go wrong. Don't ask me about the one that caught fire. Thanks to all the advice and tips from those that responded to my original post, it's getting better each time. I think it will get better since I decided to read the label on the paraffin that I bought at Michael's Crafts. I was using paraffin designated for use in JARS!  Went back to the store today and found the right paraffin designated for pillars. It's about double the price, but what good is the cheaper one worth if it doesn't work?  

It's like the old story of the man that buys a pair of size 13 shoes because the price was so fantastic. He's so excited and proud and proud of his great find.  When he gets home, he realizes he wears a size 8 shoe!