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I think these little shows that charge more than $1 are only hurting themselves. Its not like the old days where people were willing to spend money to get in to spend more money. Craft shows are everywhere, the internet has tons of stuff, even your local restaurant probably has a craft store in a corner. I think they would do better having a free show and then selling door prize tickets, bake sale, etc. If you can't get them in the door, you can't sell to them. I've been a vendor at a local show for about 20 years, just a little high school spring but very well established. They always charged $1.00 and then sold a ton of hot dogs and food. Lots of crowds. About 8 years ago, they raised their admission to $2.00 and it went steadily downhill in crowds after that. They stopped having the show this past year.

My preferred jar is one I can pick up at a supplier so I don't have to pay shipping. Jars are VERY heavy.

You should probably start a new thread so more people will see it. Also, try using the search feature above for other discussions about frosting. Frosting is an issue for all of us who use soy.

Use a pair of plyers. Grip the neck of the wick tab with the nose of the plyers, twist and pull. They should come right out.

I think it would work if you make those candles different somehow, different label, signature scent like mentioned above, or different jar. I think it would be confusing if they were identical to your other candles but just priced higher.

I'm not CandyinVa but alot of the forum members use turkey fryers. If you do a search, you'll find whole threads about it. The most important thing to remember with the turkey fryer is to melt some wax in your presto or whatever first, and then pour the melted wax in the fryer to cover the heating element before turning it on. If you don't do that, your wax will start on fire. After that, just never let the wax get below the lever of the heating element. I love my turkey fryer. And no, I've never had any problems with burnt wax.

One thing that I did this year that I'll share. I had an old filing cabinet that I was going to throw away. I had an inspiration and decided to use it to store FO containers. I figure that the drawers are designed to hold heavy files, right? So I took all of my pounders and labeled the top of the lid with the scent name. I put them in alphabetical order and put a label on the outside of the drawer "A-C" "D-G" and so on. You could also do scent categories if you prefer. I still keep my 5 pound bottles on shelves and 25 pound kegs on the floor but this has worked great for the pound bottles. I'm thinking of picking up another filing cabinet for some of my other heavy stuff. They are just so good for vertical storage and hold a lot in a small footprint. And with them being designed for a heavy load, they are perfect for this business.

Very pretty. I think you're very overwicked, though. I use a similar size jar and only a very few of my scents need an Eco 10. I would try an Eco 4 and go up from there. My guess is you'll end up with an Eco 6 but the 4 might work. You should never have almost a full melt pool in a half hour.

Remember that you cannot always just go by sales on that date. I attended a rainy, yucky show a few weeks ago and barely made stand rent. Regreted doing it. But since then I have been contacted by at least two different people who attended that event and bought product who now are ordering $100 worth of stuff. So sometimes you do it for the connections.

OMG Who effing cares?! Find a formula that works and stick with it. Like Eric said, just be consistent and you will be fine.

Yes. It sure would be nice if it could be stretched out over the year instead of so much now.

The description says the beads are wooden.

Today I made a bunch of varieties of brulees, my own mix of mistletoe and berries, pumpkin souffle, cinnamon, snickerdoodle, hazelnut coffee, caffe latte, cranberry marmalade, chocolate caramel, and creamy chai latte. I have to make some lotion bars and sachets tomorrow and then its packaging, labeling, pricing, boxing, etc.

I have a friend who does these on the side in her home so she's pretty affordable. The ones I've seen her do are really nice. She's in PA. I can PM her info to you if you're interested.

Maybe someone who uses either of those wicks will jump in here and tell you more but I would go ahead and do two test containers with the RRD 29 and 34 and see where they go, while you order the missing ones in the series. If you're testing for scent, you should wait a week but if you're just testing wicks, you can burn after it cools completely. I like to wait until the next day. Peaks has an RRD sample pack you might want to look into.

That sounds much better. One jar, three wicks, one FO. The 4 ounce and the 8 ounce should be the same but you need to test the 8 ounce anyway. Do that after you've dialed in whichever jar you're testing now. Sometimes the depth does make a difference. Also, with the three wicks, I would actually test only one type of wick at a time, but three sizes. So, for example, if you are testing the RRD wicks, do three sizes of the RRD and see if you can dial in the wick size. If you still want to test the zinc, you can do it the same way. I'm not sure that zinc wicks are the best for soy but I could be wrong. Never looked into it, actually, so somebody on here will be able to give you better advice on zincs for soy. I use C3 and use Eco wicks and sometimes LX. Keep good notes. After you have one wax down, you can go on to the next wax and see if you like it better.

I think you're trying to test too much at one time. 3 waxes, multiple wicks, two jars, two scents....I've been doing this a long time and I would not want to be you today. Good luck, though! (To answer your question, I'd use the glue gun. Its better to wait until you know your wax, wick and jars before you try the pulling the wick out method.)

Get a presto pot.

Personally, I would burn 4 hours at a time. Keep testing to the end.

I've used C3 in 16 ounce mason jars and used Eco 10 and 12 wicks depending on the FO so I think you are right on the nose to start your testing.

There's a replaceable sachet inside the tassels. http://www.rootcandles.com/index.cfm/How-to-Replace-Fragranced-Sachets

Since we seem to be going in a berry direction, I was also thinking of mixing with Sage and Pomegranate. Maybe I'll try that over the weekend. I already have pretty many berry type scents so maybe I could add to the herbally/spa scents instead.

I think that part of my problem with this scent is that I can't really figure out what it is. Is it floral, perfumey, what? The description says "a luscious fusion of citrus, cherry blossom, hydrangea, apple and peach; with a hint of blondewood." To me, none of these really stands out. But to tell you the truth, I suck at picking up layers and nuances in scents. I think I'm scent challenged, LOL.

Candlescience. My market is more kitchen scents. A younger, more urban crowd might like it better.

I can't give this stuff away and I have a whole pound. Can anyone think of something that I can mix this with? A new name? Anything to get rid of it.