Breanna

Whats wrong with selling candles in canning jars?? My customers like the country look,,,I have expensive jars and they dont want em,,,

The LX's and RRD's work great with the 464 and 444. Im not real happy with the 464 as it doesnt throw as well with a lot of the FO's even Peaks. The 444 throws with everything,,,,I still have a case of the 464 just sitting here:D

I will be making 2 large baskets of candles for a silent auction for Bone Marrow Drives For my DD's friend Dad. He has CMML, a rare form of leukemia. Whatever money they get will be given to the Red Cross to find an exact match for him. This will also be helping others that are on the Bone Marrow National Registry.

It looks great,, I agree with Donita,,it does give a mystical image and I would keep the stones and do away with the other jar too,,You did a fabulous job on your pic....:highfive:

OMGosh it is Beautiful and I bet it smells WONDERFUL!!! You did a GREAT job!!!!

Your welcome!! Let us know how it works out for you!! Good Luck!!

I have to agree with Jeannie on this one. JMO

HI there, Usually pillar/votive wax(IGI-4625) will shrink after cooling and pull away from the jar,,,But you can always try putting a wick in and see what happens,,, test it,,,dont forget to write down in your notebook what happens,,HtH:D Oppsss forgot to add Pillar and votive wax is a wee bit harder then container wax so its not used for containers.

Welcome back Geek,,,Man we have missed you!!!! There is a whole lot of newbs needing some good ole Geek Advice :wink2: :laugh2: As far as your order,,Im sure you can do it!!!!!!!

Hello,, you may want to try pouring your votives at 175 instead of 185. It has been in the 100s here except for today it was lovely but to get back to it,,,I always pour my votives at the suggested temp, 170 to 175. do my little tap for the air bubbles and then after they set up, do my re-pour at 10 degrees higher 180 to 185. http://www.candletech.com/votives/step2.htm

Yep I was just going to add that,,Just got my catalog last week,,

Thanks Ladies, Will give both a look at!! Im making my Future SIL her unity Candle and I like to start early, I love making Pillars ,,Its July 26th 2008 :whistle: :laugh2:

Scented, when I am down you have a way to make me laugh,, :laugh2: Thank you!!! I have to make some house warming gifts this week,,,Ugggg

Calla lilys for a unity Pillar,,,does anyone have any links to wedding suppliers that may have these? Decided to ask here where my buddies are,,,Thanks guys,,,Tried Googling them but came up with real florists and I dont want those,,,, FOUND IT,,Thanks!!!!!!!

Try www.bittercreek.com

Thanks,, I use www.DIYestores.com and I wouldnt trade them for the world. I am getting ready to change up some of my pics and add a lot of my new holiday items and I need to get my baskets online. I got a new camera so I wanna play with it,

I am 5 hours from Chicago,,I live 45 minutes east of St.louis Missouri. I have relatives in Chicago,,Nice to meet ya!

I make pillars all the time as they are my favorites,,I use 4625, 24ply flat braid, 1oz fo per pound of wax, color , pour at 170. You have to remember to hug your pillar too,,,I have never tried Lx, rrd's or those for my pillars,,I figured if its not broke why try to fix it?

NEVERMIND,,,re-read that,,realized its wasnt paraffin you were asking about

Of course Alex,, :laugh2:

I have to admit Kimmeroo they are beautiful and I do Apologize for my comment of "I thought Ive seen it all" Im not usually like that and I hope you would accept my apology. You did a GREAT job!!!

We did that here,,,It is a long process but they had fun,,we used 18ply flat braid wick (suggested by alan from Peaks) and IGI-1343 wax with 1 to 3 tablespoons of stearic per pound of wax melted at 150. We used the 6 Juice cans as Vicky suggested you need a big pot and a heat source to keep the wax hot. we used hangers to tie our wicks on and started dipping. you have to stop every few minutes to let the wax build up but it is so worth it. We also had 4 cans of colored wax so this way after the candles got to the thickness you want them they could add some colors to them...the Boys had a blast and couldnt believe people really made these by hand. They took them home to their parents and they were proud of what they had done. Now the girl scouts did their candles from the paper milk cartons,,,we had one carton per girl,,, we used a 36ply flat braid wickand we used 1343 for this also with 2 tablespoons of stearic per pound of wax melted to 150 and we poured at 140 into the carton and the girls started to use their whisk until their lil arms felt like they would fall off. After they set up we peeled away the carton and there was a beautiful white swirled look candle. They loved it!!! It is worth doing these projects as they did them from the days of old,,yes they do take time but its important to keep the history of candle making alive and handed down to our children. To much of our history is being shoved aside for speediness,,,sometimes it is good to slow down and breathe,,,

$100.00 minimum HTH

There was a thread where people were adding coconut oil to their soy,,you may wanna try that and see if that helps with the dryness,,

I would say try it! test, test, test,