Candybee

Ginger Isn't there an Ikea close to you? By the time you buy those molds on Ebay and pay for shipping they would have been a whole lot cheaper if you just went to Ikea instead. Or even your local craft store.

I ditto the Mcapple from Peaks. Its perfect for fall here because of apple harvest season in the valley. It smells just great by itself. I think it will be a big seller. We'll see!

I just went thru 5 cases of J50 from a diff supplier and had a similar problem with my jar candles. Sure you usually get a few wet spots but this batch was unbelievable. Huge, I mean huge wet spots all over the place. It would be way too much work to zap each jar with a heat gun. But it only did it with some of the fragrances while others came out perfect. I found it baffling. Some jars were positively crappy looking while others were perfect. I tried lower temps and higher temps and it didn't seem to make any difference. I could only surmise that it was the wax itself cause it never did that to me before. But what really gets me is the price of wax and shippping is so high I drive to the supplier to get the wax. I saved about $200. Its not like I have a whole lot of choice of using a different supplier. There are no suppliers in Virginia so I traveled to West Virginia to get my wax. I still like the J50 but this is gonna make me get off my butt and start test out some new waxes.

I've got for fall and xmas: Christmas Tree Hard Candy Christmas Sugar Plum Berries Spiced Cranberry Relish Snicker Doodles (I made from Sugar Cookies and Cinnamon blended) Bayberry Chocolate Brownies Buttermint Candies Pumpkin Pie Spice Nana's Old Fashioned Apple Butter Indian Summer Home for the Holidays and Cornucopia I'm keeping the chocolate brownies for year round it smells so good!

Ditto the Southern Pleasures:)

Is your wax cooled before you pour? I think Demenshia gave good advice.

Hope the tarts turn out okay. I have my stupid days too. The other day I was making floating candles and forgot to add wicks to the whole batch! Dang!! However, they made great fluted wax melts. Shows you what can happen when you are too tired to work.

Wow!! Totally pink! I love that candle.

Sure looks yummy! Nice candle. Did you use a fragrance with it?

Virginia is apple country so for this fall I got a few apple scents that I am taking to my fall shows; McIntosh Apple Nana's Old Fashioned Apple Butter and of course Warm Apple Pie I also have bought for fall: Sugar Cookie (I mixed it to make a Snicker Doodles FO) Pumpkin Pie Spice Home for the Holidays Bayberry Buttermint Candies Spiced Cranberry Relish Indian Summer Cornucopia I also found a Chocolate Brownies FO that is to die for! I almost tasted the oil it smelled so good! I already have some new FO's that I am testing for Christmas, Spring, and next Summer.

I was thinking of driving. Would it be possible to caravan together?

That's all I need to hear. The price is sure right. I would love to see some new and interesting 'creations'.

Taking notes and writing down new recipes. Nobody told me this I learned the hard way that I don't remember how I made something a week ago if I didn't write it down. Now I keep files on all candle recipes and a notepad and pen when I test something new. That and a heat gun!

This sounds very interesting. It also sounds awfully cheap to me for a two day convention. Has anyone attended this before?

I agree. Nice picture!! The label on top looks great. Looks like you used a see thru label. I have some Candelina jars that are similar and I just use them to test. I tried a label but found I had the same problem. Not even a round label will fit properly. I will have to try doing one on the top. Candle-lite uses the round jars and they have their own special labels printed up for their jars. Must be nice.

I'd like to know too. The grass part sounds okay-- but the dirt:undecided

I cure mine for 2-3 days. But I did have a friend that wanted one that she had just watched me make. So I explained that she needed to let it cure for a couple of days. She got real excited watching the color change all afternoon as it was cooling. I wonder how long she waited?!!

Brilliant as usual! Great looking candles. Bet they smell fantastic!

I'd hate to get hit in a snowball fight with one of those! They are beautiful! Great idea for a winter basket or holiday one.

Very pretty!! How much wax does that have in it? Looks humongous!!! :yay:

Yup! I put mine in a low heat oven for 10-20 minutes and then just wipe 'em off with a paper towel.

Very cool candle!

Vvery pretty! I especially love that blue color.

Hi Linda! This place has a lot of great info. Its a good place for you to start.

Heat gun! Can't live without it! I use it everytime I make candles. It sure helps a lot with cleanup to melt off wax from pouring pots, molds, cookie sheets, the list goes on and on. I also use a ton of paper towels. I also like to use those handy disenfectant wipes that clorox and lysol makes. I clean off my pots and molds and stirrers and thermometer-- everything that touches wax, especially scented wax-- the wipes get the FO off my equipment so I never worry about scents and dyes mixing from pour to pour.