Groovy Chic

Lavender in Bloom gets my vote too.

Thanks ya'll, and Sherie, you're a sweetheart, but you know that and it comes naturally for you, my friend.

I forgot to tell you the scents. The candle on the left is Sugar Cookie, the middle candle is Ambrosia and the one on the right is Blueberry Cheesecake.

I appreciate the kind words, thanks.

Hi everyone I've been looking at all the pretty candles on the gallery and decided I'd share a picture of my "razzle dazzles". Known as Groovy Chic (my company) on this new board, I am Cindy S from the old board. Just one of the "oldies" passing through saying hi

Wow is right, his oils are wonderful. I love his Dragons Blood.

I think the Lemon Blueberry Verbena from BCS smells just like Fruit Loops.

Day Star has excellent customer service and I find the scents are always a hit-or-miss in my 50/50 blend, but I find that with Just Scents oils too so what do I know

She does have some excellent dupes, I love her Vanilla Bean Noel.

The Scent Works carries Shaw Mudge's "Satsuma Guava" and it makes the strongest throw candle I've ever made in my life. I have a 1 oz sample that the other place sells and just went to compare the two. Not quite the same but Scent Works wins hands down.

Oh, and as an added bonus, it makes a totally awesome soap too.

My two cents worth on the subject since I do wedding orders - you're selling yourself way too short. I charge 4 times my cost. And if the customer wants container candles, they furnish the containers and I fill them. Most of my wedding candles are made from Palm wax and I make both the pillars and the votives. My last order consisted of 160 votives and 10 pillars (3 x 6) and I made over $400.00. Time is worth money and a high quality product is worth money. If they want cheap, they can go to Walmart, lol. The point I'm trying to make - you can bet she isn't bargaining with the flower mart or the bakery thats making the wedding cake. Also, I do ask for a deposit of 50% and the remaining to be paid before delivery. Set your terms, put it in writing so there will be no misunderstanding about the cost and deliver a high quality product on time.

Ok, that's my 2 cents worth, now back to your regularly scheduled program :whistle:

I use it all the time and it kicks butt in my 50/50 blend. Great cold throw, awesome hot throw. A great seller for me.

Beautiful hurricane Paulette! I don't know if this would work, but what about maybe trying some micro wax with the wax you whip up. Maybe 10% or so. I use micro alot for glueing embeds to the outside of the pillar. Those babies don't go anywhere using micro as my glue. Just a thought...

Carmen, The Scent Works has the Coconut Lime Verbena as their scent of the week and its 25% off. $14.00 something I think. You can't go wrong with her scents.

Taylored Concepts Candles & Soap Making Supplies, Inc. here in Dallas, Texas

website is http://www.tayloredconcepts.com/index.htm

http://www.alabastercandlesupply.com/index.php

Alabaster in Alabama and Kentucky

www.candlesandsupplies,com

Pennsylvania

www.2wwoods.com

Pennsylvania...mostly fragrances

http://justscent.com/

Fragrance Oil Heaven in NY

www.fragranceoilheaven.com

Beautiful!

Now, that's what I'm talking about

You can make some of the prettiest pillars.

You can purchase the neon chips from Alan.

Beautiful baskets Sherie, how are you getting the votives to stand up so pretty? Mine always fall every which way. Let us know how much money they bring in, it's such a good cause and I admire your generousity

A good seller for me around the holidays are red and white layers scented McIntosh Apple and Vanilla. These two scents together are fantastic.

I'm using soyaffin, 51% soy, 49% paraffin and am loving the results. No more straight paraffin container wax for me.

You have a great talent, love looking at your creations

Thanks for all the nice compliments everyone

Yes, they are scented. If I remember right, the green is Pearberry, the yellow is Southern Jasmine and the pink is Strawberry Shortcake.

Ok, I posted a picture for you in the gallery

This is in response to the electric candle thread in the general candlemaking forum. These were done with hurricane wax, neon pigments and a clear overpour sprinkled with glitter. Really pretty after dark and a great seller for me..

The size is about 4 1/2" x 4 1/2".

I use the hurricane wax that Alan sells. The clear crystals is an additive and I can't remember now where I bought it but a few suppliers carry it so you shouldn't have a problem finding it. I sell my electric candles for $19.95. I make mine with chunks and a clear overpour. The chunks I color with pigments. Don't have to worry about the wick clogging and the pigments will give you some cool neon colors. I even use glitter, sprinkle it inside the mold before adding my chunks.

After lots of testing last year on these electric candles, I settled on hurricane wax with clear crystals added to help with the translucency. The lower mp of pillar/votive wax always had the tendency to soften and melt around the bulb. Since I sell these candles my main concern was the customer and wanted a wax that would stand up to the challenge. The hurricane wax passed the test for me. Also, I can use 6% fo with this wax so the scent throw stood the test also. BTW, these candles sell very well for me at the craft shows. So many people can't burn candles at work but they can use these.

You might consider using an additive to slow down the melting. I make a pillar and add beeswax to my formula and it will literally burn all day without any blowouts. Beeswax added gives me a nice, slow burning candle with the added bonus of a great scent throw. (which I know isn't revelant to you since yours will be unscented). Anyway, just a thought....