FleaBiscuit

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Part of the reason it "looks good" / "Is legible" to you, is that you already know what the words are, and therefore it is very easy for you to process the font visually. The problem is when you give the same font to someone who does not know what it is supposed to say, it becomes a bit trickier. As a former Web Designer and Graphics Illustrator myself, i've had to deal with these issues a LOT. Changing things really isn't that difficult, and i don't know how much you are paying your designer, but this is something that they should have brought up to you. As for the rest of your site, IF IT WERE ME designing it, i would opt for a lighter color background. "Designers" love dark backgrounds for some reason... kinda like how a lot of "Designers" and artisans dress in black and enjoy designs that actually lack design... weird. But regardless, you CAN tie a lighter color background into your site nicely! Personally i feel that with the image at the footer, and a dark header, the site feels very "bottom heavy"... they need to be equalized. Also, you can have a nice "swoopy" font and have it easy to read, but not HAVE to match the font you are using for your main logo. So, i spent about 10 minutes changing things on your site... i know its unsolicited, but here is what i think would look a lot better.......... The image isn't clean, and the treelines need a LOT of work... like i said, i spent about 10 minutes on it... But feel free to use any element/idea from it that you wish to use if you actually like it... your designer SHOULD be able to dupe this look, and make it nice... if they can't, PM me and get me the original image of the mountains, and i'll help you out. Anyway.... This gives you a background that merges nicely with your header and footer... you can still use your original background color for the fringe edges, but your products, descriptions, and text are seen MUCH easier with the lighter color. I spent about 30 seconds choosing a font, so this is not really ideal, but its better... it is easy to read. I didn't mess with your center image at all other than to make the background match better but the same font could be applied there. I wish you luck with your site... it definitely looks awesome already, especially compared to some sites i've seen online... lol!! I also really like the leaves at the top with nothing but the shadows visible... i would still use them actually, but i would make them part of the 'fringe background' and not the header background... Anyway.... sorry if this isn't what you wanted by making this post... but i was bored, and it seemed like it'd be fun to play with Photoshop again, and if it can help, then awesome! If it can't, it was still fun to move pixels around again Later!

Vicky, thanks for the great explanation! What would your thoughts be on using this wax in a container? Is it going to be a lot like Gel, requiring a really hot burn to work right?

Vicky, when you say the wax is "hard to work with", what exactly is meant by that? What makes it difficult?

Chele, my GOODNESSS! That is a very nice setup you have there! That is exactly what i was looking forward to seeing by making this post. I love looking at stuff like this. Thank you very much for opening up your shop to us. Like others have said, i like your building as well Merideth: Wow, that sounds like a HUGE area! Yea, i can easily see how out of control this can get, and i love it! I can't wait to get cracking on setting up a nice work area... hopefully one day it can be as impressive as some of y'alls setups

Cool! Well, i came back in to check the thread and saw 2 pages of replies, and got all excited about it, and then i come in here and everyone is ashamed of their areas! lol! Meridith: Right now i have my very small setup on one table, but it is only really good at doing small 'experiments'. I'm sure i can figure something out for my own work area, but i was just curious as to what others were doing. Rae: I can't seem to PM on this board... when i try to view profiles, it pops up a message saying that my account doesn't have permission to do that weird. However, my email is john at wardind dot net if you don't mind sending some over... Thanks! Scented: Thanks for your reply... But its just work-flow... it isn't like listing a scent mixture or anything... lol! No problem though... hang on to what ya got i guess... when i get mine done, i'll post up pics Everyone else... no problem! I understand dirty work areas Its just interesting to me to see how others set their areas up, even if they're messy... lol! I wouldn't want to post a pic of what i have right this second either... its embarrasing (mostly because its practically nothing but a table with a hot plate and an aluminum pouring pot sitting on it... haha!)

I'm in the planning process of setting up a work area for my candlemaking, and i'm interested in seeing how others have theirs setup... particularly those of you who do this as a business and have to pour a lot. Would anyone be interested in giving a small photographic shop tour showing how you have yours setup? Thanks!

Upsell him to tarts and an electric warmer?