jillie-bean

Thanks for all the replies. You all are the best

Not bad on their prices, but the shipping is what is killing me Too bad I'm not in Colorado to pick it up there!

Thanks brown5020 I'll check out their prices!

We've been out of candle making for a couple years now. Between remodeling a house and having a baby, candles just fell by the wayside. Well we're ready to get back to work on candle making but much to my dismay we've lost our jar supplier (greenleaf) I've searched high and low and I'm having no luck at all Mind if I ask where you lovely people purchase your jelly jars and square masons? Paticularly if you are from the midwest I found a distributor in St. Louis... with a pallet minimum. It would be nice to need that many!!! Someday perhaps! I will keep searching and if I find someone, I'll be sure to share the info

Thanks for the suggestions! Would've said so earlier, but I've been sick. :-( Sorry about that! I already get my dye chips from peaks so I'll try them first.

Can someone please recommend a good cedar fo? I usually buy from MC, but they don't carry one. Peaks has cedar fo, anybody crazy about it?

Jane 42-what wicks do you use? I'm thinking the HTP's are self trimming. Is that right?

Always good to hear the other side of the story. It's great the way you do it. I'd do the same for someone like my Mom, but never widescale. I had thought about offering to refill my jars. But who knows! I bought my first supplies off ebay:embarasse but that was just stuff like votive molds/wick pins and stickums. I've since found (thanks to CT) reliable suppliers. And MAYBE *fingers crossed* a supplier a couple of hours from here!

Really! Wow, I'd never heard of it prior to this lady. But then again, I do live out in the boondocks...

My husband and I have been testing candles for the past 6 months or so. Our friends and family don't understand why we aren't selling yet but we're adamant about safety and quality... so we're worth the wait Anywho, there's a lady 60 miles north who has been selling soy for approx. a year. My Mom went to her a few times because she will fill any container you bring in and charges .98 cents per oz. (Yah, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is...) I kid you not, after burning one Ms. Idiot poured for her, there was a tunnel with 3/4" on the sides. It took a few containers with these same results before Mom came to her senses, but she eventually saw the light. After a mere 6 months of testing, even I know it's impossible to throw a wick and some wax into a random jar and end up with a quality safe jar. What hacks me off is that even my neighbor started singing Ms. Idiots praises. "Oh she'll fill any jar you bring and only charges .xx per ounce!" And we live an hour away from her candle shop! What do y'all think? Am I way off base? Maybe I should be glad she's such a terrible chandler... less competition for me:thumbsup:

We went to Lowes last night and got a Black & Decker heat gun. We couldn't wait to use it, so we tried it out on a black cherry square mason with some nasty wet spots and frosting. Holy cow I LOVE my heat gun!!! My candle is b-e-a-utiful!!! Thanks so much for your help... I LOVE THIS PLACE!!

Hi there! I'm getting ready to buy a heat gun. I'm a little confused though. Do you use one like this... Or like this... I'd like to know what y'all use! Thanks a bunch!

Hiya geekrunner! I'm a noob and it wont' let me PM you:( would you mind emailing me your chart? ashelandjill@yahoo.com Thanks so much!!