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I love the way a fresh basket of soap looks, these will be going to a show tomorrow, hope to come home with an empty basket...lol These are all HP, I still haven't got the hang of CP yet.

Honey Lavender, with honey and lavender buds

Sedona, love this scent, tried to make it look like turquoise in the mountains

Pumpkin Lager, made with beer

Sexy Mountain Man, a favorite at the shows

Thanks for looking :smiley2:

Adorable, love it!

Very cool!

We are the same over here. Pouring candles, shrink wrapping, packing all week for weekend markets or parties. I had a market and a party last Saturday. Fun doing 2 in one day. Got home around 9 pm Saturday night, poured more candles, printed labels, went to bed to get up early for a flight to New Zealand for my full time job. Currently in New Zealand where I have placed orders, answered emails (as well as worked of course). Gly back Friday morning, pick supplies up in Sydney, drive 2 hours home, pour more candles, load car for a party on Friday night. Up early Saturday morning for the first day of a 2 day fair, both Saturday & Sunday. Finish around 4 pm Sunday, pack up, load car, drive home, inload car, put suitcase in and drive to airport for a late flight to Melbourne for 2 days work down there!

It never stops, so yeah we are tired....LOL Sure its nice but it will be nice to have a break after Christmas for the best part of the 2 hottest months of the year, where we will work on new products and testing, getting ready to begin it all again in March. Good fun, but bloody hard work. Most people have no idea what goes into it all.....

Cheers

Richard

Oh my...you really got a crazy schedule. I agree most of my friends and family do not understand how much work goes into this crazy obsession...lol

I just ordered some of this, can't wait to smell it.

Everything looks great, love the added color really makes it inviting and a free kiss! Glad you had a great show.

I get it from Candle Science, best shipping price for me.

Totally exhausted.

I just bought a king size heating pad that I use everyone night on my shoulders and back.

My muscles are so sore from pouring and lifting all day!! OMG.. I am getting old..... santalol

lol...I know what you mean, what part of FLorida are you in Seamist?

Remember that you cannot always just go by sales on that date. I attended a rainy, yucky show a few weeks ago and barely made stand rent. Regreted doing it. But since then I have been contacted by at least two different people who attended that event and bought product who now are ordering $100 worth of stuff. So sometimes you do it for the connections.

Very true, I did a show last week like that, not such a great show but ended up with a couple big orders later that week, you never know until you do the show if it is worth it or not.

Beautiful!

Love it, nothing better then unexpected sales.

I had the hubs build this one so it fits the single and clamshell, only draw back is that it doesn't hold to many clamshells, the rest are in the front on table.

I basically have a show every weekend, sometimes two through the week before Christmas since the beginning of October and I'm already exhausted. I consider myself reasonably fit but these shows take a lot out of ya...lol Don't get me wrong, I'm really glad to have the business but its sure is a workout. Does anyone else feel this way?

Great set up, the products look awesome!

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I couldn't agree more, Amanda is amazing!

Has anyone seen these or tried to make them? I came across these the other day in the mall and was totally fascinated by them. They are a little pricey but I'm sure they could be made for a less. I think they were retailing for $35 but I really like the packaging and idea of this. Any thoughts?

Yucky scent!! What I would do is use it up (with a mask) in tarts and give them away to people I dont really like for Christmas! Just kidding- that would be cruel cause that FO is completely gross!

LOL...now I know what to do with my LS...that is just some nasty stuff...lol :lipsrseal

Interesting...I sell soaps, candle, body lotions, lip balms etc...

Looks great, glad you had a good show. :smiley2:

I love my Square up...been using it for a year now, it took a little to get use to how to swipe it but got it down now.

Well, I never measured it but its at least an inch probably more, but my jars are already in a tight fitting box and wrapped sometimes double wrapped in bubble so I have never had an issue yet, hope I didn't just jinx myself...lol. :rolleyes2

How many inches of peanuts between your double-bubble-wrapped tumblers and the sides of the shipping box? Are your tumblers in little gift boxes? What kind of bubble wrap? big bubbles? or small bubbles?

Yes, tumblers are in gift boxes, it depends on what bubble I have on hand, if small bubble I will wrap twice, if big bubble once, then pack as many p-nuts as possible to keep them stable. I haven't measured but I would guess I have at least an inch of p-nuts if not more. HTH

I usually double bubble then pack them in with p-nuts. So far so good!

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Yup, I get this all the time, especially from people who say they own a store and want to carry my product, would I mind sending them some samples to try first. I tell them they can purchase a tart/melt first to see if they like the scent before buying a bigger candle. For some reason I never hear back from them. The only place that I have sent free samples to is Candlefind.com because I solicited them for the review.