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nothing.. I am trying to get my website licked...

every so often our mailman would come in his personal vehicle instead of the usps jeep, one day I asked him and he said that when the jeeps break down they have to use their own cars... guess it is better than having to use your own car every day like our rural carriers..

Congrats PA!!

Cold Wax will be in my pot this weekend, I am fighting the urge to plug in the presto now, DH is OOT so now is the best time to do some heavy cleaning....

My black bits probably come from dust and what not, I never use the lid so I know particles of whatever get in there... I also get a brown goo sometimes in the bottom...

You can buy one off of ebay with the spout already attached (last I looked) I find though that I never used it so when I went with my 2nd presto I did not even fool with a spout...

I second the scale advise, FO is too precious (and expensive) to waste! There is a wealth of knowledge already posted here and in the archives and lots of folks who will help you out if you can't find the info when you search!

Sounds like you are off to a good start, my first tester was a big eye opener for me too!

Awesome! I feel like everyone here is "partied" out. Between Pampered Chef, Tupperware, Adult themed parties and Jewlery parties my friends would groan if I threw a Candle party!!

Remember too that you are making contacts while you are there promoting your candles and or b&b stuff! I had my first show a week ago and passed out fliers to anyone who remotly slowed down in dfront of my booth, and now I am getting emails and calls with orders!!!

Thank you all for your compliments!

Kandle, The baby was an avatar I found and thought was cute, he def. reminds me of mine who is now 8 months, it seems like just yesterday I had him and now he is trying to walk...sigh

Heaven, I didn't have anyone ask about buying one, they all mixed and matched till they had 3 or 5! That would frustrating to sell a tart at a time!

The tarts are mini ice molds! I bought them off the classys here and I bag up the scents seperately when sold, I can see where it would be a PITA to package them!

Exactly Sarah, I do that as well, why throw away perfectly good wick that you will have to buy for another candle?!

Michi, I think they sold better than they would have had they been pre packaged... they didn't fly off the table but they did O.K. I think they liked the option to pick and choose!

The best thing about the risers is that they cost NADA!! My MIL does woodcrafts and we used wood scraps they had laying about! We built them like you would build steps.... I love the risers too! Thank you for all your compliments!

I really like your display. What do you use for risers for your candles?

I have been thinking about those containers for melts but wasn't sure how it would look. Really doesn't look too bad.

I actually had my FIL build them, it didnt take too long either, I covered them in the pumpkin fabric... I will switch up acording to seasons!

The gladware containers were a cheap way to go and I like them too, they have the 5 on the bottom so I just store them with the lids on top!

I did a small Fall Fastival at the Kindergarden on Thursday, it was a 2 hour event. I made 4x my booth fee so I was pretty stoked and felt it was good for my first time... There really were not alot of attendees either and I was the only vendor with handmade stuff. I also got a pretty big candle order the next morning!!! I handed out fliers with my contact info on it to everyone who walked by so I hope to get more calls! Here are pics!

I welcome constructive critism or ideas on improvement!

ETA: I forgot the labels I had made for the tart buckets so I had to had write the ones you see... I hated doing that because it really clashed!

Pouring to restock what sold at the fall festival and restocking my booth... then on to a few orders that consist of :

Sweet Pea

Harvest Spice

Creme Brule

Mullberry

Downy AF

Fresh Linen

Gardenia

Bird of Paradise

and Muscadine.....

Good Idea Ginger!! I would hate to have hidden bugs in there!

glad to hear! I hope you do well with the fundraiser, sounds like you will surely get it!!

BTW... up till this thread I was reading your name Violet SEXOTIC Candles.... Now I realize you are Violets Exotic Candles... Don't ask me what I thought Sexotic was... cause I haven't a clue...

That was pretty good Angi!

Violet, I thought about the company name instantly when you started talking about fundraisers, I hope your company name doesn't give them the wrong impression!! I know here in the "bible belt" all of our School Board members and PTA go to the First Baptist together and wouldn't consider it... they also don't consider it if you don't attend church with them either... stuffy old goats..

I would be seriously upset with my bank! Do you have a PayPal Debit card? I believe you can set the card (which you can use as a CC) to draw directly out of your checking acct, that sounds like what is happening here! I am so sorry! I hope you get it all straight and that your bank will be better in the future about notifying you of suspicious activities!!

I put mine on a hot plate for a sec or two, by hot plate I really mean a Presto griddle... but I am not doing massive quantaties!

It is going to depend on you really, the different waxes are so versitile, I suggest you trying out several kinds to see what you like, trust me when I say welcome to your newest addiction!

I turn it off each time, it only takes about 10 mins to melt down again so I turn it on then prepare my workspace for pouring...

Thanks for the ideas guys, gonna try the freezer route... this stuff reminds me of vasoline!