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dwarfie

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  1. how come i can't see any of your pics? hmmmm this isn't the first thread i can't see
  2. very nice!! how long did it take to make them?
  3. haha andy, that's great i have alot of co-workers saving cans for me
  4. thanks for the replies ladies and yes it's very frustrating, you put so much time into make a bunch of things you think would do well and then you're stuck with them.
  5. do you find candles that are more ordinary looking sell better than something that's different? i figured people would be looking for something that's different so i did up some rusty cans, snowballs, chunk candles and a couple of others for a craft fair but people didn't seem to be very interested at all. so what are your best sellers?
  6. you made me think of a joke: what's the only part of Popeye that doesn't get rusty? the part he keeps in Olive Oil
  7. good luck Lynn. saying a prayer for you.
  8. thanks. i purchased the graphics online
  9. every year i make a candle for cancer awarensss
  10. these are pretty popular for me this year
  11. me again lol do you mean you use ready-made coffee or just instant coffee?
  12. not sure - maybe it would eventually evaporate? what i did was buy those little round pill containers at the dollar store. they have 7 that are stackable - they twist together - only the top one would have a lid. whenever i made candles with new fragrances i would put any leftover into one of the pill containers and put a label on the bottom.
  13. ooooh i LOVE the look of those!!! would you mind telling me how you got the can and paper to look like that?
  14. not sure what you mean. they have a wick hole. i thread my wick through and then cover up the hole with metal tape, flip upside down and secure my wick with skewers, pour my wax, put my picture in upside down, try to get as many air bubbles out as i can then put it in a water bath to secure the picture, then take out to set the candle. this is exactly what i do for my hurricanes (obviously minus the wick) and i've never had a problem with them. then again i usually scent my hurricanes vanilla and i have a 4 lb melting pot that i just keep adding more wax and more vanilla as i need it.
  15. hey everyone. i have been trying to pour pillars since last Friday and none of them (tried 12 now) are coming out of the molds. I'm using pillar pre-blend with fragrance oil, no colour. I want to put pictures onthe outside of the pillars. i did one and it turned out gorgeous (scrap wax with probably tons of vanilla fragrance). it slid right out beautifully and burned nice too. when i tried to do more they wouldn't come out of the molds. i tried spraying the molds with Pam and Jig-A-Loo, neither worked. i tried adding a little more fragrance and still nothing. i've put them in the freezer, warm water, i've tried everything and they still stay STUCK. what can i do? will stearic acid help? Also, my wax supplier is out of all their pillar waxes. if i buy a 10lb of straight parafin, what do i need to add to it?
  16. awesome judy!! i wish i had your talent
  17. thanks so much everyone!!! i now have permission to sell these!!! i am so stoked!!!!
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