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:laugh2: :laugh2: This is the best thing I've heard/read all day!!!

Been there - tried this. Gave it up real quick - and I'm one that prefers to recycle!! Cleaning and reusing sounds easier than it is; taking old labels off; getting all the old wax out that might still be left in the jar (for whatever reason); chipped jars, etc. AND people still expected a discount on the next order even if I couldn't use the jars they were returning. Don't mean to be discouraging - you may have better luck (and more patience!!)

I use their soy container wax

I've tried these in Candle only - Chocolate fudge brownie (not skin safe) ... OMG ... smells like you're baking ... Creme' Brulee - again with the baking - SIL loves it ... brother gets mad!! Muscadine Wine ... yummy Lavender (Skin safe) - I don't like lavender personnally - but I like this one. Cool Water ... BIG seller for me Linen & Lace, Strawberry Jam - both nice - but not a big seller around here They had a Vanilla Blast that I just LOVED ... stopped selling it and haven't replaced it yet ... its been a while ... still waiting

Open houses can get as tricky as Craft Shows. We've done 3 so far at our house - last November collected about $700; this September collected $1200; this November collected $600! They are a lot of work but we much prefer this where we can leave everything out for a while and there's not the rush of hauling everthing into the car at the end...and there's no booth fee!! We also pass out/mail out announcements. For September I printed 300 flyers and we wrote about 40 tickets! We put scratch offs on those and people seemed to like the idea. We've actually left all the products up from the one in November - makes it much easier if someone wants to stop by and shop for a Christmas gift or if we have to grab a bunch for an order. Good luck to everyone with their sales.

Went to a street fair here yesterday and of course I checked out all the candle and bath product booths that were there - at least 6 or 7!!! This is the reason I don't sell at it. Anyway ... one booth we stopped at that was a walk-in type w/a side also open. There were candles and soaps - we picked up a candle to sniff and check out the price and did the same with a bar of soap. - the guy at the back of the booth never got up out of his chair nor did he get off his cell phone!! - he grumbled the price of the candle and the price of the soap - nothing had prices on it - then he continued his phone conversation -the woman at the front of the booth never said a word! we quickly turned around and walked away - I'd have to guess they made no money! one booth had had no prices on anything - just a poster at the back hanging on the tarp with each item hand written w/a price. Not that a poster is a bad thing - but at least get someone that can write clearly! one booth had everything set up with 'outside' viewing very neat and orderly - no walking in the booth. The woman that makes the products was there and obviously was working her customers. Saw a few people buying - we went up and were just looking at her products - mostly bath and body. She asked us at least 3 times if she could show us something or if we'd like a to try a tester - to me that was a little overkill. To me you just have to gauge people as they walk up - like was said before, a nice hello, how are you, type of thing seems to draw more people in. But you can't get offended at the ones that don't come in at all - those are the ones that are there looking for particular crafts...my aunt is the queen of that game!

After many wonderful batches of Bunny's bath melts I've finally gotten to the crusty, non-smooth, hardening too quickly batch hell!! Made one last night and thought I had accidentally added too much of something ... just made another batch ... same outcome. Followed directions to the 't'. My thought is it's the butter. I used all cocoa and all shea and they were perfect. I used all mango and that was the ticket to hell!! BUT not all mango does this. I've had some from WSP and they were great. I'm now thinking of mixing the mango with the shea ... we'll see how that works. For now ... free bath melt crumbles for friends OR I might crush them and try making Moisturizing Fizzies by adding more citric acid!! Got to think of something ... house party next weekend! Thanks for letting me ramble ... hope everyone has a great week!

Hope this will help you as it has helped mine stay together ... I added more glycerine ... after pouring the 1/3 cup of glycerin I filled it 1/2 full again. Don't know how much it equals to - guess I should really measure it out! I roll the mixture into little logs - about the size of those gum cigars. Then I cut them into smaller pieces after a few days. I package mine in bags so the cutting in smaller pieces works for me. Edited to say: Mine don't get 'rock hard' but I have read before where people have put them in the oven - really low temp - and they get hard that way. Maybe someone that has can let us know the temp and how long to leave them. HTH

Really like your site ... LOVE the great colors!

A friend of mine who has an insurance company in NYC suggested The Hartford Company to me. They deal with a lot of smaller businesses in their p&c division and can provide insurance relatively inexpensive as compared to others. You can google them and find an agent near you. HTH

:yay: EXCELLENT!!!! Good luck on your next show!

looks wonderful

continously impressed with your stuff!

OMG - after counting out 3000 sheets of paper you still had time to create such beautiful products. Love them all! :highfive:

My thoughts exactly!!! They all look beautiful!

:highfive: I reeeelly like this one. Even without the 'usual' swirls! Great job.

looks great to me ... and very thrifty using a shoebox!!

Just an FYI (may already be known ) but if you like CircleE's smell - Daystar has the dupe.

My best friend in NYC LOVES Trapp - she was the first to tell me about them. Lucky for her she can also afford to buy quite a few at a time and says she doesn't mind paying the $$ cause they smell really great. I'm glad to see I can get dupes now and will have to try them out. Thanks for the heads up.

WOW - you've been busy!!

Love it!!

I use Word - made the columns using the text box option and adjusted as needed. Printed two sided - once you have the text box spread out enough the input of the info is pretty easy. I too prefer Word to Works ... but that's me! Good luck. PM me if you have other questions - I don't mind helping if I can.

they all look wonderful ... painted are my favorite - you're very talented

PM - easy way - click on name of person in the post you want to PM and a there will be a drop down menu - click on PM and the screen will pops up. You'll see any PMs you've received under the Welcome ... top right hand side. edited to add lemelange.com is the company I get the tea bags from.

looks great - love the pumpkin