FarmerJill

That is cool!

My gosh, you gals are making gorgeous soaps with this technique. This is absolutely beautiful!

Now see did you ever try the strawberry from Solas? Unfortunately he went OOB years back, but that was a nice, thick scent. Haven't been in the hunt for a strawberry since. I do stick with the strawberry musk available through AH/RE though. It's not a straight strawberry, but oh my it's good.

Scented, no, I never did get any fragrances from Solas. I may have to look up that musk version at AH/RE, though. I've been through so many versions of straight strawberry, strawberries & cream, strawberry rhubarb, strawberry jam that I could puke. Never considered going a non-food direction like musk.

My list:

Strawberry

Strawberry

Strawberry

Since we raise strawberries and fresh market direct from the farm, our customers are always surprised that strawberry is one fragrance of candles or soaps we don't carry in the gift shop. I always tell them that the day we finally find an fo that smells real we will but to tell the truth I've given up.

Would a touch of black pepper help balance all that sweetness?

Ok, you now realize that Barb and Rae can't be anywhere together ever again. Just like the President and Vice-Pres can't be together in case something happens and they both get hurt...

Cheers,

Steve

Now THAT'S funny. And the swirl is gorgeous!

Coolest! Swirl! Ever!!

The sunflowers, butterflies I had ordered before, so pretty; Carole

Am I going to have to slap myself for not ordering the butterflies? I keep hearing people talk about that one. The sunflower, crocus, and white floral ones are arriving today and I can't wait to get them out on the shelf. Already have the rooster and apple basket. Good luck on the Mother's Day shoppers, Carole. We're hoping for a big day Saturday, too, that will get our season kicked off on the right foot.

As a company, they're fine to deal with. I can't say anything bad about customer service but I ditto what Wildwings said. If you notice on half their melters right now it says "Ships June". IME that means you might not get it until well into July or August.

FWIW, we used to carry both the double sheep melter and the 'faith, family, friends" one. Even though we sell a ton of melters through our shop every year I couldn't price the ones from this company to move. I wish they offered a real case price like OBI does instead of making you buy 24+. And even then the price is on the high side.

Oops, sorry. Forgot about the $100 minimum when I mentioned not needing to do a co-op.

For those of you who haven't noticed it yet, OBI is doing a quickie sale this weekend where you can buy single pieces at the case price. So no co-op needed. The email I got said the order had to be in midnight Sunday with the sale code.

And, yes, Carole, that sunflower looked cool, didn't it? I had to get some of those, the crocus and whatever that other flower was. Dogwood, I think.

Anyone know of a source for 6" pretabbed CD5 wicks?

Bitter Creek North has 'em.

Then those same Scentsy reps need to tell their customers that the Scentsy wax won't always work in their melters either. Experimenting with them here with their bars and have had incomplete melts more than a few times.

As far as summer sales, I think that's where wickless really fill a need.

This is so true! Wickless is what keeps me busy all summer long until candle sales pick up again in the fall.

I absolutely love the Juliet.

That's a really cute soap.

That. Is. Gorgeous. Love it!

I can't make the picture bigger. I need to see this! It looks very cool.

Science Project

Spring Break

Field Trip

Recess! Recess! Recess!

Straight A

Math Sucks

:)

The ones near me that were closing are long gone.

The ones around here, too. I got a whole pile of the BEST one-piece black table drapes, along with some shelving, thanks to my sister who does my displays and loves to shop for that kind of stuff.

Barbara, you've made a lot of gorgeous soaps but I think this is my favorite one ever!

Oh, that's going to look so cool when it's cut. Beautiful!

...This is why I pay cash. ...

Cash! I love shoppers like you!!

I'm not ready for spring but those are beauties.

be sure to let us know how it does..and pictures are a must too..

Gladly. The hardest part will be figuring out what colors to try with it. That'll take a week right there :smiley2: