jenkindred

that is so cool!! how did you do that?

fragrance oil.

OOHHH! man i love those! ya'll make me so jealous!! i've tried and tried and can't quite get the rustics down. very beautiful!

serendipidity and sweet orange pomegranate are a must from js!

i think they look absolutely awesome!! i've tried rustics (about 10 times) and have yet to come out with anything close. yours looks good! i'm about ready to give up!

very nice!!! i love them both. have just recently tried the pillar thing and wouldn't dare post my first 1 (or 5!) yours are much better than mine! i too am awaiting my 4045h...maybe that'll work for me!

same here...just scent. it smelled more like cake though...i didn't smell the apple

VERY pretty!! wish i could do that! maybe one day

i've been trying rustic pillars and after the 5th attempt i am getting frustrated. little to no frost. i did a search on here and read that 4625 isn't a good wax for rustics. is this true? i followed everyone's instructions perfectly ( i think!! ) and although am happy with the pillar construction, i just see no "rustic"

thanks....but i SWEAR it disappeared!! i even made another pillar with the wax....no wick appeared anywhere! that one came out just the same...just didn't seem to be very "rustic"

i got lonestars lavendar as a request and she told me it didn't smell like lavendar...but i liked it...kindof smelled like laundry detergent to me

ok...i've read and researched and followed all ya'lls advice and finally attempted to make rustics. they came out OK..nothin i'd want to post in the gallery! but...i have 2 questions.. 1. do you allow your rustics to cool on their own or do you speed up the cooling process in some water bath or fridge? 2. when i went to melt down 1 that i didn't like at all (i didn't use wick pins..had the wicks in them before) i assumed that i'd fish the wick out once the wax was melted. and the wick disappeared! melted down i guess. is this normal? should i have somehow gotten the wick out before melting it down? this is so frustrating but so much fun!!

i do my best work when drinkin beer!! men! uggg!

they have some mini cookie cutters at hobby lobby, but i found mine at pinocchio productions online...they have every cookie cutter in minis and they're real cheap. i think i paid more for shipping than i did on 5 mini cookie cutters!!

thank you for your help clearing up my confusion...i hope to finally make some candles worth posting in the gallery as beautiful as ya'lls!!

i've been making container candles for almost a year and i want to start doing pillars. i've done all the searches and studied everything online but am alittle confused about the difference in mottled and rustic. is rustic just colder pouring any pillar wax whereas mottled is using specific pillar wax? i've seen all the pictures in the gallery and am amazed and shocked at how great they are but am still alittle confused about it all. all the instructions i've read show how to make pillar candles but i've yet to see how to finish them...do you use a wick tab..i've seen some pillars with and some without....i'm so confused! but excited to get started.

aawwww!!! how adorable!!

1.sunset-lonestar 2.warm vanilla sugar-lonestar 3.jamaica me crazy-peaks 4.sweet orange pomegranate-peaks 5.bartlet pear-peaks

thanks ya'll...gonna have to switch my method and get a gun!

i didn't smell any apple...just smelled like cake...not very strong either

thanks heather...that makes a lot of sense! sucks that those people are out there though. hey.....how did you get to be a candle pimptress!!!! i'm tired of being a wax drip!!

i'm looking for a good heat gun and can't find the post about what kind to get.....any suggestions?? i've been using my hair dryer...is the heat gun better or should i just stick to my own method. thanks

wow...that's crazy!!! container or pillar? just curious...i can't really help u though!

wow....drama!! anyways...so are ya'll saying that you could be sued if you're not using warning labels?? so does the warning labels completely protect you from being sued? just curious....i got into this one!

looks great!!! i have tried those before and can't get the white from turning pink!! what's your secret? very cute touch with the flag!