Buttercup

Congrats!! It is a nice looking shop, making candles on site is a very good idea.

I am waiting to see who the speakers are and what demos are planed before i decide to go. We try to go to a different gathering every year and we are only 4 hours away.

People are so sue happy these days, I make and sell tarts but do not sell wicked candles althought I do make them for myself. I actually had a name brand jar candle crack and shatter while burning but luckly I was in the room to put it out.

I have sold at the reenactments and did very well. All they purchased was simple uncolored cp soap. They did not buy the colors or pretty swirls. Salves sold very well too.

Check into getting libality insurance before you start selling.

I carry the jackel in my shop and the tea light ones sell much better for me than the electric ones do. It takes about an hour in the electric one for the tarts to completely melt. When using the ones with tea light, it melts in just a few minutes.

I want to make unscented tea lights and am wondering if I can use container wax that is a parafin blend and what type of wick would work best. Thanks for any advice you can offer.:shocked2:

lovely swirl, I wish I could swirl mp that pretty!

Way to go!!!

I am adding a few things for the holiday season and am thinking about adding potpourri. For those of you who carry it, is it a good seller?

Does anyone know who carries the white goat milk mp base? I have done a search and can only find the custard color. I know that i can add td to it to make it white, but the custard color seems to be a lot softer.

Be sure to melt your lard on low temperatures, it it gets too hot the lard smells stronger.

lovely soap,love the swirls

lovely soap

We usually take off Jan and Feb from soap making, but this year we have worked full time getting ready for our Spring Shows. We are making 50 batches of soap in Jan and will do 50 more batches in Feb. It is too cold to do anything else and hopefully by getting started early, it will be less stressful. We are going thru our fo and eo cabinets and using up oils we have on hand before ordeing new fragrances. We are cutting back on newspaper advertising for our store. Word of mouth and passing out business cards and brouchers at shows is by far our best advertising and brings in more customers.