dixiegal

Hubby uses some shells that are red with a dull silver bottom. I've been collecting them because I like the way they look better than the copper bottoms. You may want to try that. BTW I had to go back to Texas last week and stay with my Mom because she had surgery and stopped back by that store to get another look at the candles. They where real, spent shells.. to keep the flame off the shells they kind of built protection around the flame with river rocks, and stacked them up a bit in the middle around the wick. I was going to bring one home with me but the price was almost 30 bucks so I just looked it over real good then drew a sketch of it when I got back in my truck.

Came across a lady selling soy candles in 8 oz jars. Looked at her sign which said Soy Candles Hypo allergenic. I checked out a few of her scents, kudzu,Amish harvest,pine. She had untrimmed wicks in them, not much scent, way off center and she told me they where hypo allergenic because they where soy. She also went on to tell me that her 8 oz jars burned over 80 hrs. Then she started telling me about a phone call she just got from her father and how she guilt-ed him into coming to visit her kids:shocked2: I excused myself after that.

I looked all over the net and couldnt find a photo. Glad you found one. Makes me want to try gel candles. would love to order one just to try and figure it out but wow they have a big price one them!

I don't have any suggestions but wish you luck. As a horse lover and someone who is owned by 5 of them, I wish someone would make a horse scented candle because I think its the best smell in the world. I know if they ever do I could sell the heck out of them in my circle:D

Thanks Stella but it feels like I'm getting nowhere fast,lol. Still undecided about the cd 10. I have done a few burns with cd 12 with the same scent and a fireside scented one. The fireside is doing pretty good with cd 12 but the first burn was pretty fast I got a FMP in 2 hours, the 2nd and 3rd burn has done well though. Plan on finishing the fireside up and trying another one to see how it goes. However the cd 12 seems way too big for the MF scent I started with. Lots of mushrooming if I'm not babysitting it , its getting way to high a flame. Not the kind of burning candle I want to give to family and friends.Most of them would end up power burning the candle and I don't think its safe with that wick. So I'm going to try the cd 10 one more time and watch it closer. Thinking forward to other wicks to try but I'm just not sure which ones to order next. I do have several sizes of the LX wicks I can play around with, I have read where a lot of people seem to like them with this wax.

Good luck finding what your looking for. Keep us updated.

3rd and 4th burn eco 10... mushrooming on 4th burn, flame getting really high, jar very hot cd 10... getting more hang up as it burns down to the half empty point, going to give cd 12 a try, still plan on burning the cd 10 as long as it will burn just to see how it does, but I think its either going to go out or start tunneling lx 18 started tunneling and flame went out c-80 flame went out, was really surprised by this because its had the best burn all along up until today. c-85.. burning better now than it did the last 3 burns, put out and will try a power burn on this one next

Thanks anyway vicky:D Wow I didnt even think about lead. Good point, thank you for bringing it to my attention

Bought several sample FO's from them, sweet orange chili pepper, white pine, honey butter, fireside musk and campfire s'mores Poured them with 1.5 oz pp and 1 tsp co pp Thursday and Friday. Just checked out the CT and was very disappointed, the scents are very weak. Do they need a long cure time or just not work well with 464? Hoping to test them by Thursday.

Looking forward to trying the autumn leaves and hay scent combo today. I've been playing with the idea of making a John Deere candle mainly for one of my Bil's who collects JD stuff. Have been thinking of calling it,'' Oh, Jon Dear'' Not too worried about the name since I don't sell. Never cared for the grass scents but have been looking for a country/ farm scent that would work.

Mostly ones that look Northwoods, but also would like some with a Texas look. Checked it out and found tons I liked thanks!

It rubs off on ya,lol. I'm northern by birth. Upstate NY spent my childhood in southern Ontario, met my DH while living in TX and have lived in Alabama for 29 years now. No where else Id rather be. The yankee only comes out now when I'm very mad,lol

Shes a lucky girl. My cats wont do anything but demand to be held and rubbed.

If someone wouldnt mind sharing where do ya'll find such cute shaped molds for your melts. I've been searching a few days looking at candy molds and silicone molds I'm not having much luck.

Thanks for sharing, I'm going to try some tomorrow. BTW I've followed your posts here and on the BC board and want to tell you how much I admire your work. I'v always dreamed of selling lodge/cabin decor and candles because its what I love.

Love both those scents! Never thought about mixing them though. Do you mix them 50/50?

2nd burn 5 hrs because I forgot about them and took a nap after one of my grand daughters was picked up:embarasse ( long night with her lol ) The only way I can smell any of them today is by being right over the candle. eco 10 very nice burn. I can smell the scent well when I'm over the candle. cd 10 is burning nice but has a waxy smell and I cant detect the fo at all in it. lx 18 Nice burn also, but cant smell it, no weird waxy smell though, just nothing c-80 this one gives off the most scent but flame seems weak c-85 very weak flame almost out, nice smell So now I'm left wondering is my nose not working right today, or are all of these candles not giving off enough scent to be able to smell them when walking into rooms.

Its burning nicely today but I think I may have candle nose because I have all those candles burning in 5 rooms and I cant smell any of them:confused:

Thanks stella, I will. LX 18 burned pretty much like the cd 10. I couldn't smell it unless I got on top of it though. Don't know if its because I was smelling them same scent all day or the throw. I'll play with them all again in the morning.

Ty for the compliment in my notes I have a terrible memory and don't want to take any chances,lol. Funny you should mention dumping containers, I was thinking the same thing earlier. I may have to try another if I cant get this one right. I hope not though because the sq masons have the lodge/cabin look I'm wanting. I'm not ready to give up on them yet but am open to the idea if I have to.

Still testing the LX wick. Tomorrow I'll do a 2nd burn on all the wicks. What I've noticed so far with the cd 8 and eco 8 is they started just right at the top of the jar but didn't do well as the candle got lower, so my hope is one of the wicks that seems to be burning too fast at the top will even out as the candle goes down the jar. I don't know if thats right but it seems like it would be since the jar gets wider away from the top.

both the eco 10 and cd 10 seemed way too big, funny because eco 8 and cd 8 are too small. Wish they had a 9:smiley2: Weird that the c-80 had a bigger flame than the c-80 Maybe the lx will work if not I gotta order more wicks samples

eco 10 ..2-1/2 hrs into first burn 1/2 inch melt pool smoking wick, blew it out cd 10 1/2 inch MP mushrooming wick, flame seems large, jar pretty hot, nice throw lx 18 testing later ran out of rooms, doing 3 hr on burn on it now. c-80... almost FMP with a bit of hang on one side up nice throw c-85 almost FMP all sides, flame seems small, equal burn nice throw

I'm testing that wick today along with 4 others...wish me luck, I'll need it:laugh2:

Since I haven't had much luck wicking so far and I'm still trying to find a good starting point I decided to change my game plan. Today I have wicked 5 jars of the same scent with 5 different wicks to see if I can even get close,lol 464 wax in Sq mason- scent Monkey Farts made with Alabaster FO's Shop Temp 74 Humidity 46% 1 tsp co added to pot no dye 1.5 oz.pp FO added @185 dropped wax to 177, stirred to 165 then stirred intermediately to 150 poured @ 150 Cured 1 week- CT strong wicks already tested eco 8 Started out stong kept HT but seemed too weak a flame, by 3rd burn had very large hang up cd 8 Tunneled scent changed lx 16 Tunneled HT weak wicks to be tested today eco 10 cd 10 lx 18 c-80 c-85