Desertrose

Absolutely beautiful! And I love that you can so easily transform your decor to whatever season.

I'll give it the sniff test today It does look different though. The granules are bigger. I guess with nothing to compare it I didn't realise it looked different. Tracy

I'm not sure. Hubby orders it, I just pour We're in Australia...not sure if what we get here is any different to what you guys get? I must say this is the first time we've had a problem. Still weird though that it didn't affect the melts in any way. I find that very odd.

Bingo! absolutely without a doubt it was the wax! Oh I am sooooo relieved!

Thanks! I am going to try and pour tomorrow with a totally new batch of wax (different type- a large feather this time) to see if this makes any difference.

I'm flummoxed. For five years I have been pouring my "hippy pillars" with palm wax. Not a problem. The last two batches I poured for some unknown reason are leeching oil....and a lot of it, to the point where they are slippery to hold and after a while this clouds on the surface and makes them look ...mouldy! No...I am not pouring more FO than I should. I AM measuring, and yes my scales are ok. Yes, I am measuring temperature and the FO is not being added when the wax is too cool. I am stirring WELL. I am using tried and tested fragrances...nothing new, nothing that could have been "changed" by the fragrance suppliers. The very weird thing is....all the melts I have poured are perfectly OK. Not a problem at all with them. I keep thinking it must be the wax then? But still....this doesn't explain why the melts are ok, but the pillars are leaking. Any ideas?

I have a lot of ass-y fragrances I'd like to get rid of.

Always puzzles me why candles are thought to be exclusively a "woman" thing. Men have noses too! Why do women wear "pretty" perfume? You don't see US wearing cow pat fragrance to lure the outdoorsy hard working cowboy types in.

Thanks!

It's funny, I'm drawn to the round.....circles, curves... yet my sister hates anything circle like. I DO like the effect on the squares though. Next thing I'm going to try are ball candles. We've got one mold and are testing like crazy but to no avail. Just can't get the darn things to burn properly. Then again I've never actually bought and BURNT a ball candle so I'm not quite sure "how" they are supposed to burn. We just feel our attempts are leaving too much of a shell. Anyone round here make palm ball candles?

These are some I've made today. Scent is Sun shower.

Thanks guys Well, at the very least I'll have a load of "stuff" for card making. This clay is so addictive!

Hi, I've been experimenting with making scrapbooking embellishments, card making bits and pieces, etc from all this polymer clay that I have accumulated. I don't actually scrapbook myself so I'm wondering if these are good enough?, interesting enough to sell to those that might use this sort of thing? I will be starting some cardmaking myself, but probably just for friends and family.

I like it! Very arty.

I was laughing to myself watching your video. Everything is sooooo clean and orderly and "just so". It's like the candle making video from Hollywood! Now ME in MY disaster zone candlemaking space.....lol! I'm more like an episode of I love Lucy, in a wax covered apron (when I remember to wear it!) surrounded by newespaper covered tables, wax dripping and sloshing every which way, bra-less and crazy bad hair! I've considered making my own video but after watching yours I think I'll leave it to the neat and tidy "do it in style" folks