starsmyles

I absolutly love this stuff!!

I think it's very adorable. I love glitter but I think I would nix it from the paper because it's going to get everywheres - and depending on the amount of handling - on everyone

TKB im in <3 glad I left my credit card at home

They do look very nice and I agree with wwjacks the tins are certaintly a beautiful colour

I just had the thought of posting how many tea lights can be made in an hour Guess in all fairness it would be as variable as the candles themselves

Not to me

Unless I need to complete a ton of candles, I pour approx. less then 24 candles in a day - after that I am good If I have to do more I like to wick them on a different day and have them all ready to go - it is really nice that way

I pour on my days off, under pressure or when I am inspired

Roteck.com their rectangular candle lables are the perfect fit for my clamshells

I can understand wanting to try to thin out the scents that you offer. I have certaintly become a scent-a-holic

I would try to eliminate them by similar fragrances- I am guessing that Relaxing scent is similar to Lavender as Lavender is condusive to sleep and relaxation..for example. Pick which one is a better seller.

Alternativly - For me I use a Dynomo Label machine for putting my scents on my products. It is very inexpensive- 35 dollars for the machine, and like 10 dollars for label refils that can label over 100 products- They have many different tapes to use - including clear and you can custom label things for people and make labels on a dime and only as you need them

HTH

Well, not digging around, I went to Roteck.com, they are very reasonable for printing and the such...they offer sheets of 56 circle stickers that are 1 1/8" in diameter and you can add your own background (ie make a graphic thats pink) you have 6 lines of text to achieve what you need to say, which isn't a lot but maybe you can do it

Okay I just tried that method - and you would really have to choose your words very carefully to get it to fit

Hello. I'm new here and you seem to know what you're doing. I have been going crazy. I am using ecosoya cb 135 and I love the wax but I just can't get it to look nice. I use dye and fragrance and add those around 175. I know frosting is a part of soy wax but so I tried pouring at 110 and I get a pitted and ugly looking top. Also, when I burn my candles they are good until I put them out. When they resolidify they are like foamy looking (not sure what you call it). I am using an 8 oz colonial jar, a 9 oz hexagon jar and an 8 oz tureen jar. They are all different with the same results. I need all the help and advice I can get. Everytime I thnk I have it, it fails. So discouraged.

Soy wax does leave ruff looking tops some of the time and you can achieve smoother tops with heat gunning the tops. Some additives can be used to achieve smoother tops USA for example.

As for the molted look that you speak of after the candle is put out - this is normal as well and is too be expected from Soy Wax

HTH

Oooh that solar charger is really neat! I was going to suggest the Solar lights (they have christmas like ones) but this charger thing is even better

Wow I never knew that they had so many different types of salt *amazed*

Salt works even has free ups ground shipping (for a limited time only?)

~*Sarah*~

I understand where you are comming from. I have gotten different instructions for different waxes depending on where I have purchased them from. I have tried it there way and then have stuck to my way - which works for me.

What I do is heat the wax up to around 175-180 degrees - take it off the heat add the colour block and fragrance and stir it slow and steady for quite a while- I think sometimes I count to 200 sometimes I just stir until the colour block is fully melted - then I let it sit until it cools until around 110 and pour ... I usually stir right before I pour as well as an fyi and stir occasionally throughout the cooling process - this seems to work well for GB 415, another wax that I used originally and 444

~*Sarah*~

I have looked and looked and looked as well (I am in Maine) and those are the only two in the area that I have found in new england that readily advertise that they have wax for sale. The Jar Store if I recall didn't have too bad of prices.

~*Sarah*~

Brenda,

I got my reply from the Peerless insurance agent today and the quote I recieved was around $1100.00 per year with 1 million coverage- needless to say I didn't keep her on the phone much longer then that

~*Sarah*~

Hey! I really love it!!! My Dad makes gem trees like that

~*Sarah*~

Okay so I have a box that the hex jars came in and the bottom does say that they were made in Taiwan.

Although I have searched high and low online (I work overnights - it kept me busy) I have only run across the hex jars from :

http://www.diytrade.com/china/4/manufacturers/980742/main/Beijing_Kaixingda_Industry_Technology_Development_Co_LTD.html

hopfully somone else has had more experience with exporting like you said & can actually answer this but in case that does not happen you may be able to contact this company and see what the scoop is

~*sarah*~

You can order a Pallet from Fillmoreconainter for $4.90 each or .41 cents each container. A pallet is 288 cases and there are 12 in each case of the 9 0z. jars...

~*Sarah*~

Belinda,

Personally I wouldn't go straight to China It usually makes me nervous when people order from china because there are a lot of people who can scheme their way to your money and you cannot get it back..that being said...

(for the 9 0z) http://www.buywax.com (aztec international) has really good prices for their Hex Jars at $6.95 for 12 - it comes down to .58 cents a jar I believe also http://www.fillmorecontainer.com has them for even cheaper at $5.75 for a case so depending on shipping either of these companies would be good choices

hth

~*Sarah*~

They are all beautiful! The yellow one in the right picture looks like it has a huge orange in it at the top,even has somewhat of a shadow colour underneath- I think thats pretty neat

~*Sarah *~

They are very pretty!!! It looks like you took a parrots feathers and created a candle

poor parrot, lucky us!

~*Sarah*~

The Jar Store has one very similiar if not the same in the 12 oz size. It is a little cheaper

http://www.jarstore.com/catalog/product_detail_libbey.php?subid=169&pid=2245

hth

~*Sarah*~

I called the Craft Council and they gave me the number for AMJ Insurance which is 888-258-6820. They also said you would have to become a Craft Council member if you obtained insurance through AMJ. I called and got Larry Voith's voicemail for business insurance...I left a message last week and to date have not heard back...

Based on this, I'm think I'm sticking with Indie although I would love to find someone who was less expensive....

Also checked with my regular insurance carrier for Home and Auto, Liberty Mutual but they don't handle any kind of Product Liability Insur

Peerless Insurance is the insurance in the North East that is handles the business insurance side of things for Liberty Mutual. I called and am waiting back for a quote- but I think that they might insure more then just product liablitiy..im still waiting to hear back from them - but they had a million and one questions so i'm thinking its going to be expensive

I will keep you informed.

~*Sarah*~

oh yeah and how weird is it that they gave you a number that led to him? Well maybe he does insure other products just not candles

Stella,

It may be easier just buying it - thought that it might not be too hard though thats why I was asking that and im contemplating ways on saving on shipping but now that I think even more about this I guess it wouldn't matter too much anyways

~*Sarah*~