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@Sarah S your ongoing love of CBL 125 makes me want to try it...it's a nice counterpoint to the disappointment in soy since all the changes.

Ah, I hadn't put together what Etsy was trying to address by including the shipping...makes sense from their perspective and in light of Amazon and eBay's fees. And that's interesting to note that many Etsy buyers won't move, despite multiple positive buying experiences. Protection is important. I'm still trying to accept that fees for doing business keep increasing, and my income is not. Lol.

You make such nice labels, @Trappeur! I'm conflicted - I like both the red and the green. The green is more understated and less outright lodgey to me, so I lean that way...either would be lovely. And what a great list of scents!

I've seen lots of complaints about etsy's fee increase and folks deciding to move to their own shopify or squarespace or big cartel site. (These are yarnie folks, not wax/soap people) Has anyone considered this? Don't you think your long time customers will follow you? 

Some of my extended family really liked CS Black Sea; now I'm curious about Aztec's. Not that I need anymore oils. Love seeing everyone's processes too.

5 hours ago, birdcharm said:

I'm wondering if the current events in regard to trade with China might keep our soy wax prices down?

 

From May 4, 2018 ... "U.S. government data show China has been canceling U.S. soybean orders for three-straight weeks. " ...

"Using soybeans as a retaliation for other trade disputes is really worrisome for farmers," said Gregg Fujan, a soybean grower in Nebraska. "Those international markets are critical to our profitability. So hopefully the people doing those negotiations can come to an agreement and we can get this worked out."  Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said in a statement Thursday that soybean prices remain low and growers "are barely making ends meet." He called on the Trump administration to take short-term steps "to help farmers if they are harmed" by the retaliation. Longer term, though, he said there's a need for the administration to help the industry "find alternative foreign markets."   Article

When I heard this on the news, I wondered the same thing...

On 5/3/2018 at 2:02 PM, TallTayl said:

Oakmoss and Amber is a strong cologne scent, heavy on the Oakmoss. 

This is the scent that prompted me to get a respirator - it is so strong it makes me feel terrible. It's my mother's favorite, lol.

As a healthcare practitioner, I couldn't agree more - apples to oranges. And fwiw, I used to have online scheduling, but stopped several years ago because it allowed clients to more easily disengage from their own care OR forget that there was another PERSON in the healing relationship. Not everything in healthcare should be about convenience for the client. Human interaction is essential for humans to flourish...and the creativity and art - the product - you create for your customers needs to be connected to you, a real person, not an automated machine pumping out candles, soaps, etc... in my opinion. Just agreeing with TT. Where's the super agree button?

PS: the clients that want a card take one, those that don't don't.