doglover

If it doesn't have to be see through, what about shorter pillar boxes? I have a kraft colored one I can send to you to try....or I can send a pic. Let me know (pm please).

Well COOL! Just found out I'm doing their Spring fundraiser too!! Yahoooo!!

OK, this will be a fast one, so need advise again in scents. Spring/Easter type.

I have:

Cool Citrus Basil

Key Lime Pie

Cactus & Sea Salt

Wildberry Crisp

Sweet Pea

Lavender

Perfect Peach

Strawberry Preserves

Vanilla Bean & Boysenberry

Love Spell, could rename it.

Sun Washed Linens

Should I do a plain Vanilla also? I think I forgot a couple!

Need to pick 8. PLease help me decide. Thank you!!

When I plan for my fragrance list for FR's, I try to choose a nice variety, including: clean, spicy, fruity, flowery, unique and sometimes a bit risque <sp> (i.e., Monkey Farts, Butt Naked, etc.)

This has worked very well for me.

Good luck and congratulations!

I use Constant Contact now. I pay $20 per month. I find it user friendly. And it has paid for itself over the holiday season. Overall, I am satisfied with it. However, as with almost anything, you get out of it what you put into it.

Someone once told me of others when I was on "the search." I don't know anything about them, but here is the list I received:

Mail chimp

Topica

Sparklit

HTH. Good luck on your search.

Happy new year!

I have a website and have it submitted monthly to search engines (by someone other than me--who knows what they are doing! LOL) I have tried FGMarket with hits, but not many and no sales from this site. I have also tried "sample" companies (where you send samples and they send out with other samples to potential customers.) It seems to me that the only ones making money on this was the listing enterprises.

I have found that many of my hits come from web searches and from links on other sites. I have traded links with other companies similar and different to my products. Also printing your website addy on ALL of your printed documentation, letters, etc.

Offline I have tried big ads in the phone books, newspapers, phone book covers, etc. The best response I have ever received was from word of mouth advertising and from my snail mail and email newsletters.

HTH. Good luck.

Try cutting down on your f/o. Perhaps you don't need as much of that one. Also make sure your wax is getting hot enough to blend the f/o and the wax. Sometimes with "heavier" fragrances you need less oil and more heat. HTH.

Good luck.

We blend our own with very good results!

We've had our business for 8 years. The last two years, our sales had been going down. However, this year our sales are on the rise and much, much better. It does seem that people are still a little hesitant to let go of those $$$'s.

Very Cute!! Love 'em

Wow! THose look GREAT! Good job! I can smell 'em from here!

I have also posted this before..

When "those" type of people keep bugging me, especially at a craft show...

I say here... Let me write down a website for you that may help you out.

I write down www.smellypoop.com, fold over the paper and hand it to them.

Usually, they do no bother me again..

ROFLMAO....Yes, I had to click on the site. Toooo funny!

I have bought out many candle maker's businesses. However, I only buy inventory. I don't want their name, website, etc. since I already have my own. And if buying inventory, you will want to look at the products first, then get an itemized list. Be careful with b&b products, as they can go bad--like the oils, etc. I also make sure that I will be able to use a lot of the product--and of that I won't use, I check to see if I can resell it. HTH

I find that most people just ask...well, I don't know why. They really don't seem to want to know. To these people I usually just say that I mix wax, color and scent...That usually satisfies them.

For those who are persistent, I will tell them that I don't give out my sources. And I gladly refer them to the book by Betty Oppenheimer: the Candlemaker's Companion. They usually stop there since they have to look stuff up and read!

HTH. Good luck!

Last week I mailed a flat rate envelope to a customer who had purchased 3 small things but wanted them fast. She receive the package like this:

with 1 out of the three items missing. She had to go pick it up at the post office. Someone there had actually carefully opened the side and took out one of the items. The manager there had the audacity to tell her that it arrived that way. Now please, don't you think everything would have fallen out of it, and not just one item? The way they treat their employees stealing our mail is ridiculous.

I shipped a BOX via USPS. Someone between two post offices had the nerve to cut open the tape from the bottom, STEAL a pound of f/o, then retape the box. I figured it out when the tape did not match up. The guy at the "receiving" post office said basically too bad. I ship a lot UPS and FedEx now.

I didn't know you could send an envelope that was bulky. I always thought it would be considered a package. But I did see a guy send a cell phone in a large envelope and a lady put a camera in the large envelope and sent it off. I had no idea that you could send anything like that in a large envelope... Go figure...

My question is WHY would you put something that could be squished or damaged into an envelope? It never ceases to amaze how I receive items sometimes!

How do you go about using the knucklebuster method? Is it without electricity?

You have to accept cc's first. And you don't need electric. Here is a link to some on Ebay to get you started: http://search.ebay.com/knucklebuster_W0QQ_trksidZm37QQfromZR40QQpqryZknucklebusters

Yes...I just finished a show today and people were asking for Christmas Tree and the likes. ...and the temp. was pretty warm today, too. Looks to be a good sellin' season! (I hope, I hope!) LOL

If you are looking for just Mason jars, why not go to your local store, like Walmart, a hardware store, etc. and talk with the section manager and have them order cases for you. That is what I had done due to the too high shipping costs. The problem I ran into was that WM was seasonal. But most of the time they could and did order cases for me as I needed them. Good luck!

Otherwise, check out Richard's Packaging in Memphis.

Sounds like you need to secure your wick to the container. Usually this is done with wick stickums, glue dots, etc. HTH

I use a lower melt point, container wax for wickless. It adheres to the jar nicely and melts quickly for quicker fragrance release.

For tarts, I use a higher melt point wax which will release from the metal molds. HTH

They have a tutorial here: http://www.candletech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21339 with some good information.

THere are a lot of trade/wholesale/gift shows especially in St. Louis and Collinsville or Belleville area. If you are serious about wholesaling, you may want to do one of these shows. They are pricey, but you can get some good business from them

Regarding GoDaddy....no experience here. I would rather pay and own my own website. JMHO

Best of luck to ya.

I'm an hour from St. Louis on the Missouri side. I know there is Morris wax in Springfield, MO. He makes deliveries and/or meets customers along his route. May want to give them a holler! I think they are now affiliated with DPS also. HTH

http://www.morriswax.com

Not sure on the pricing, but Bel Decal also carries this. HTH

Hi and welcome. I sent you an email.

I had ordered a case and definitely made my money back plus. However, I found that I was seeing more and more of these roses at shows. No matter what the vendor sold, they had some of these roses. So I sold all of mine before I was stuck with them.

Does anyone know where to get little novelty candles....just made of white wax to be dipped? Or candles attached by a wick? Looking for shapes, not just tapers. TIA.