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That is just so cool!! The candle is awesome and it's great that you have little jobs for him to do. He'll remember these times when he gets older.

Donita, I love that shape...but it's tin and I cut my hand in 3 places just getting it out and cleaning it up. I love it anyway! I have noticed you get a lot more frosting when using the tin. I guess because they cool faster than the seamless aluminum ones. I'm with you on those mistakes. I have some of those too.

This is a mottled one. It's WYW Perfect Pumpkin. I should have added a touch more brown. It's a little bright.

This is Mandarin Spice from KY. I haven't had a chance to burn this yet, but it smells really good. I wasn't exactly thrilled with these colors. There's some glare from the light on them and that doesn't help either.

I poured these this past weekend just for me. I never get to do that. This is Just Scent's Christmas Memories. It's pretty much a cinnamon scent, but haven't burned them yet. The cold throw is not real strong. Uh oh, I think they're the same picture.

I may be wrong on this, but I would think that adding them to the lye water would really hydrate them and cause them to mold faster. I tend to think it would be better to add them at trace. Just my thoughts though and I'm not as experience as Robin and some of the others.

I love mottling in candles. I have a hard time choosing which I like the best, the mottles or the rustics. I like them all, but I really like the ball.

Cool shape!!!

Well I'm brain dead right now, but I really liked Pink Sugar Home for the Holidays Cinnamon Balsam I don't really care for their orange though.

OMG PAM!! Thank you for saying that. I hope that's true! I know over the years I kept thinking I hope I'm not doing something to screw these 2 kids up. So far so good! I have a 22 year daughter too and she is the best too! Oh and thanks for the compliments on the candles, but the other one was the best!!! If I can do it, you can too! Just jump in. If it wasn't for some of the pros on this board and them pushing me, I wouldn't be making soap either. Their works of art inspire me!

Oh what an awesome job you did!!! I love that and is sounds so yummy!!

Looks great. Thanks for posting the pictures. I love to look at the pictures!

That is a great idea! Now if I only had a room that was just for my candlemaking supplies. It would sure be a lot better than the 3 different rooms I have it all in now.

I think they look fantastic! Label really goes well too! :highfive:

Those are so cute! Nice job!!

What an excellent idea!!! My hat goes off to you. It is simply adorable!

Well thank you all very much for the compliments! You all are too kind. I love making these layered rustics. It does take a little bit to get the hang of it. I finally figured out when I poured too soon they would bleed through, but you also have to pour just at the right time so they don't show grove at the seam. I also figured out that you have move the pouring pot around and not pour on the same spot or it will melt a hole in the bottom layer and bleed through. About my son, I just have to brag a little bit on him. He is simply the best. He's a senior in college...majoring in computer science, information tech. and math (3 degrees). He works fulltime as a dispatcher for the college police dept., drives 30 miles one way 2 days a week and works at the hwy patrol training patrolman how to use notebook computers in their cars and also works on some software stuff for them. He's building the college a server and serves as VP on a board that is a liaison with big companies and the computer dept. (if that makes sense) and he and another guy have a small business of their own where they build websites for people. Right now his side business is building a racial profiling statistic program for all police agencies to use in the state. Missouri passed a law that police depts. have to provide the state with these statistics starting in Jan. 2006 and there is nothing out there for this yet. He has a meeting with the Attorney General to show them this program to see if it is acceptable. Plus he carries a full load of classes and makes HONOR ROLL every semester, sometimes the deans honor roll and he just turned 21 in June. So needless to say I don't mind paying for his college and spoiling him when I can. Sorry I got a little carried away on that.

These are the candles I did for my sons new apartment. He really loved them and I scented them with Tommy. It let me do this from work, so now I know it was something wrong with my computer at home.

I think that computer at home is acting wacko. I'm at work now and clicked on the attachment and the manage button attachments and they are working here. I'll try it again tonight.

Sorry I can't get it to post.

I made these candles for my son. He just moved into a new apartment and did it all in black and white.

To bad we can't just call it brown sugar! But it just doesn't go with that scent!

It turned out beautiful even if it wasn't what you were going for! I love blue!

It looks like you accomplished it to me. Nice job!

Haven't tried Peaks, but KY's is great!