lightmyfire

I agree with saving time and money for sure!! I only do that little tag for my specialty market store because they get fancy pants customers who go for those extra touches and they'll pay $6 each for these little babies. What did you mean by "creating the same size sticker and placing it on the back"?

holy cow, if people get worked up about net weight I will have to tell them to get a clue Ha Ha!! I did end up changing it to net wt. 2.7 oz. That seems to be consistent with what I see on Etsy when they even bother to indicate the weight. Most don't bother.........I won't be selling on Etsy but I use it as a guide and for ideas. Speaking of Etsy, have you checked out some of the candles for sale on there? I saw one that had the wick all the way over to the side of the container and sinkholes over the entire top of the candle. Made me sad...........

I have added net wt. to the label. Thanks!

it's a sunflower; I use the same pic on all of the labels for my melts.

Thanks for your feedback. I actually scanned Etsy to gauge what to include on the label and it's a real crap shoot.......some melts show the net weight but most don't. Surprisingly many don't even show weight, what type of wax etc....just the company name and the scent name.

I use 6006 parasoy and I definitely go with the 2 week rule of thumb. With some scents it's even 3 weeks to get the best possible CT and HT.

Well I finally had some time today to finalize the label/packaging for my wax melts and I could use some feedback please. I like to keep things simple so this label is just that.......I'm hoping that this will be my FINAL version.....for a while anyway! Thanks for your help!

Thank you to all of you for your enthusiasm for my good fortune and super awesome and hunky hubby I am exceptionally blessed to be married to a man that just wants me to be happy. We are besties for sure. 💘💜 I'll send pics as soon as they get started.................so dang excited I can hardly stand it

I'm so excited that I couldn't keep from sharing my joy over the birthday present my husband gave me last week. He presented me with the design for a 14' X 20' addition on our home that he's having built and it will be for my candle making studio!! I'm beside myself!!! We went to the local restaurant supply and ordered several stainless prep tables and a few baker's racks with trays for storing candles while they're curing. I'm retiring in January from my sales job and going full time with my candle business and I need more space than our kitchen can provide. I'll most likely never come close to replacing my current income but we have worked hard to pay off our mortgage and be debt free so that I can pursue something that I love. If anyone is interested I will post photos of the progress of the construction---they break ground this week.

I think it's beautiful! I also use 6006; it looks like you're using a fairly tall jar?

Just an update that I haven't yet received my Graham Cracker Latte order--it looks like it'll get here tomorrow!! I'll give you an update when it arrives. I also ordered a pound of the Maple Pumpkin Stout--that sounded wonderful! And of course, I had to order the Vanilla Bean Noel which is what started this entire message string. I had to sneak in a tiny bit of the Autumn Lodge to round it all out. I'm actually set on FO's now for the entire fall and winter season........now I have to test my new containers. Yay!!!!

To my nose it's a woodsy anber-I don't get any cologne vibe at all

OK, you asked for it! When I took advantage of the 50% off 1 oz sample sale, I ordered a ton of FO's for melts for a big display I have in one of my customer's stores. There are some that I wouldn't necessarily have purchased for my own use but I had to appeal to a broad spectrum of clientele. I can tell you up front that they ALL smell great!! Honestly, no duds. These are the scents I've made into melts so far: Sun washed Linen (you will love it!) It's not Downy linen smelling......just fresh and warm Olive Leaves Sun Ripened Tomato (smells just like a tomato plant--fantastic) Key Lime Pie (not too sweet--very fresh lime and a hint of crust) Sugared Cronut (big fan-not too bakeryish......more like cinnamon and then a hint of doughnut) Birthday Cake (smells like........well......birthday cake. I mean just like it!) Blackberry Amber (soooooooooooo good! Lightens up the muskiness of the amber with a hint of blackberry) Baja Cactus Flower (light, fresh, great throw; could be used all year long) Hope that helps!!

Wow! 3 weeks? That's ridiculous! Have you called them about that??

Yes

I'm so sorry that you and Kat weren't able to get the Graham Cracker Latte--ugh, I'm feeling guilty. Please PM me and I'd be more than happy to have WSP send each of you a lb of my order. Seriously.

I got 2 lbs-no more...no more...no more

You won't be sorry! I hit them up on their 50% off sample size sale and tried out a lot of new scents. Also wonderful are the Sugared Cronut and BlackBerry Amber

I don't think there's anything mean about your post--it's all true. I can speak from my own experience on this topic. I keep a candle making journal that I love to go back and read to remind myself of the long, expensive and wonderful journey I've taken to become "pretty good" and this craft. I poured my first candle on 11/15/2014 and all of my notes were about how pretty the candles were and how much I liked my little jelly jars. Not one note about how the wick performed under multiple test burns or anything else. Seriously. I didn't know about this forum so all I had was the CS video on making candles to show me how to just make the candles. I had no idea that I had to burn, burn and burn some more. A month later I had some candles in a consignment shop and sold a few; I'd hate to know how poorly those candles burned. It took me another year and many waxes, FO's and containers later to realize that this is a science as well as an art. I'm now almost 4 years in and really now feeling the joy and sometimes the frustration/heartache of creating these little wax creatures that have become part of who I am. It's so easy to want to give/sell your creations to others since there is a great sense of pride from making them but that is something to be earned from the learn. Pick a friend or 2 that will be your extremely honest sounding boards and test, test test. Stick with a few scents and one jar. READ THIS FORUM as often as you can!!!! I have a long way to get to 12 years like Trappeur but I'm excited for the journey. I'm thankful to have your experience and that of many others to guide me. BTW-it's 5 am and I'm doing my second test burn on my new amber mason jars--we gotta do what we gotta do.

CS Cranberry Marmalade is exceptional as well.....just sayin'

I agree with everyone else--CS PS rocks. It was one of the very first scents I every ordered so I got very lucky

I use clear tumblers and the wax is white upon hardening. I have determined from conversations on this forum that the yellowing is from fluorescent lighting in the store that sells my candles. I'm going to try some white dye to see if that helps a bit.

OK, if you don't want to read about a fantastic FO, just look away. I just did the first round of test burns of Lonestar's Mahogany Woods in my new amber mason jars and wow!!!!! I LOVE IT!!!! It is a rich, smooth scent that just swaggers through the house like it owns the place. Fabulous CT and HT in 6006. This will be a sure hit with both women and men and would make a slick mixer with a little pipe tobacco FO. I can't wait to play with this for fall! "Smells just like the popular Bath and Body Works* men's fragrance. Top notes of fresh mahogany, blood orange, and red pepper with mid notes of Clary Sage Absolute and cognac on a base of bourbon vanilla, golden amber, tonka bean, and sandalwood."

Forrest gives wise advise! I have been using 6006 for 3 years and I feel like I have a good handle on it (for now....we all know how that goes!). I've never used a 4 oz tin-that seems very difficult to manage. The 8 oz tins are pretty friendly and as Forrest said, the CD 8 is pretty standard but can change with heavier FO. This is the container I use and it works very well-11 oz tumbler. You may want to use the search function on this site for 6006--you will find oodles of posts that will give you lots of info.

Lonestar Candle Supply has all of those and you can buy 100. I have ordered from them before and their wicks don't show up nearly as pretty as FC's but if you're not fussy they have what you need