Carol M

Thanks, Katshe; I just now saw your reply. That's good to know that the plain white can liners will hold up to the heat from the raw soap and oven. I wasn't sure; I thought maybe you had to use a Reynolds oven bag or something like that. I'm very "liner-challenged", so this sounds much easier

San Francisco Herb has them at good prices; of course shipping has to be taken into account. But they have a variety of useful things in bulk, so I try to get several things when I order to make the shipping worthwhile.

It's been several years since I had a Circle E BOP candle, but I think I remember it being similar to Bitter Creek's Pomegranate oil.

Too bad; the Sugar Creek crates are (were) an amazing value and top notch quality, too. I thought she wasn't doing them anymore; then, when the link was given, thought maybe she had picked it back up. I still have several dozen that I ordered years ago; use a few here and there for donation raffles for the fire department, etc. Always a big hit.

Sounds like a good recipe; I'll have to try that one. Wonder what kind of plastic is used to line the mold in the ITMHP article from the link? I usually use parchment paper, but if I could use plastic that would stand up to the heat, I'd do that instead. More flexible and fewer crease marks maybe.

Very, very classy, Eugenia! Plain to see you've not lost your touch. Hope your husband is doing well.

Looks like there's one on there right now for $200 shipped; no cartridges included, though. I've been curious about these, but didn't really understand exactly what they can do. I was looking at the cartridges and the cutouts seem to be one color with white outlines and details. But the finished samples sometimes show multi-colored things; do you have to color with markers to get this?

Not Stella, but I do about the same thing. I take a skewer when a thin shell has formed on top and basically bash in the whole top of the candle, stopping 1/4" or so before I reach the outer edge; looks like a rabid woodpecker has been at it:cheesy2: Don't wait too long to do this, or it won't work. Since you aren't going all the way to the edge, it doesn't affect the crystallization pattern that you see; only the interior and top are affected. I then hit it lightly with a heat gun to make sure the wax runs down; not too much, though, or you'll melt the outer edge and you don't want that. Sometimes I repeat this process a second time just to make sure. At the end, top off carefully (if needed), pouring only up to the original level to avoid a band of wax with a different pattern from showing on the outside of the jar. Sometimes no top off is required, just depends upon how much wax had to run down to fill in holes; in that case, just lightly smooth the top with a heat gun. This is time consuming, but in the end you don't have any caverns to worry about.

How about High Maintenance? Starrville had this one, but I think they've sold out now to someone.

To me, this is the ultimate holiday scent; a lovely mix and wicked strong. I'm out and don't really need anything else from there right now. I thought maybe if someone else's version was the same, I might be able to locate some on classifieds.

Those are beautiful! Very festive looking. Does the scent contain any peppermint? If so, it's perfect.

Those are drop-dead gorgeous, every one! If not for the wicks, you truly wouldn't know them from the real thing.

Soapy Clean from BB is a great light and fresh.

Those are downright gorgeous! Yep, she's got the bug alright.

I use the glass bowls, as well. My DT has two sizes, there are slightly larger ones in packs 3/$1, but the smaller size works well for average 1 oz tarts. I was a little hesitant at first, because they don't say 'oven safe' on them anywhere (they're sauce bowls), but they're a very heavy Pyrex-type material. I have used a few here at home for going on 2 years and they're still fine; I use an electric burner and sometimes leave it on 10-12 hours at a time. Another plus is that the spent wax is much easier to get out than in tins, which is what I used before; also, the glass doesn't get as hot as the tins.