mysty72

I did not quote a price. I am actually not going to get involved in the sale at all... I will give him your website/email address if you are interested and you can take it from there, if you hear from him. As I said, he's looking for unscented 6in, 9in and 12in pillars, 10 each of these 3 sizes = 30 altogether. He may be willing to do 3in, 6in and 9in instead. Those are all the details I have. Thanks!

I was asked to make pillars for a wedding in October. The customer wants 30 pillars altogether: 10 each of 6in, 9in and 12in (or close to these sizes, willing to do 3,6 and 9). They want unscented, in simple colors like red, pink and white. I don't do the tall pillars and am not interested in buying the molds/testing right now. If you are interested, please PM me. I can put you in touch with the customer directly and you can take it from there! If I get multiple responses I will send them all to him and it'll be up to him to contact you. Thanks!

Sorry I was late to the party!! I just found this message today. Thanks for putting this together, it's very helpful.

I tested 6% in J50 alongside J300 and Harmony Blend and just could not get as good a throw - it was the weakest. I used one of the strongest FOs (Harvest Spice), too.

Very pretty! I should pick up a slab of that stuff and try it out.

I use a soy-para blend. I was using Production Single Pour from Candles and Supplies, straight which was already a soy-para blend, but had problems with frosting and cracking, no matter what temp I poured. I tested blending it 50/50 with several paraffins and settled on IGI Harmony Blend. I absolutely love it for everything: cold throw, hot throw, little or no wetspots, etc. And it burns beautifully. HTH!

I love love LOVE Majestic Mountain Sage for flavor oils. Can't go wrong with them!!

I've used CDs for containers, votives AND pillars.

I had my first craft show followed by my first home shows a couple weeks later and couldn't believe the difference. I love doing home shows now! I hope you can find someone, I think you'll really enjoy it. Sounds like you did great at the craft show though!

Of the ones on sale, I regularly stock these: Bayberry (always get requests for this) Grandma's Kitchen (smells like apple streudel in my opinion, kind of sweet) Mulberry (excellent, very strong) Orange (I mix with just a little bit of ginger and always get lots of requests) Pine Needle Sugar Cookie (I mix with a little bit of cinnamon spice FO for a Christmas Cookie type of scent) HTH

I use Candles and Supplies almost exclusively because they are a 20min drive for me and I save on shipping. I agree that their customer service is inconsistent. I have had orders disappear into oblivion, and 5 out of 10 orders have a mistake when I pick up. I attribute it to rapid growth in the last 5 years and probably not enough time to train the staff the way Cindy would take care things. They are always nice enough, and with the prices virtually unbeatable I just deal with the glitches as they come up.

Congrats on the lead! Glad it went well, you were probably more prepared than you're giving yourself credit for.

Just finished two home parties this week... my first time doing them. Made $400 at one and $300 at another, about 13 people at each party. It was fun, more fun than the craft show I did a couple weeks ago. Big sellers: apple shaped clear jars (Candles and Supplies),frosted tumblers, masons, apothecary jars. Ceramic crocks were a bust. A HUGE seller was embedded mini wax pumpkins in orange gel in a rolypoly jar. They sold out in minutes. Top scents: Christmas Cheer (BCN), Pumpkin Pie, Pink Sugar, Bayberry, Apple Jack & Peel, Apples and Oak, Candy Cane, all the expected ones. :-) A lot of custom pouring to be done in the next few weeks (i.e. "can I have a mulberry scent in the apple jar in blue?") I'll do whatever they want, as long as they're payin'!! Anyway that's it. Hope the season's doing well for everyone else. :-)

I wipe a very fine layer of olive oil into my molds... works for me!

I agree about the tape! My mom did them for me and when I saw them I was like "oh" :undecided but I didn't want her to feel bad. She took it all off afterwards so I will gently suggest that next time.