Monica

I find the M&P drying too..my sister on the other hand loves it:p

We do not use the ultra clear for the rose petals..just the regular stuff. It will not effect the outcome. I do however add just a little soybean oil to my soap.

I use pink. lavender, white and red petals with no need for the ultra clear(which itself has extra detergents to get it ultra

HTH

I love the second one..classic with a splash of color!

Definately eye catching for me!

Does anyone know what we should use to paint on the soap..more specifically I bought the cutest conversation heart soap mold..ya know like the candies that say Love Hug ect..we are doing M&P and want to "paint" the words...hoping someone can lead me in the right direction..wondering if the liquid dye would work with a small brush..or any better ideas??:smiley2:

TIA

Monica

www.gelluminations.com has it. I havent tried it, but have used Happy type for women and its very nice

HTH

There is only one lady I have EVER seen selling Gel at any of our shows..both times I saw her was in Emporia.

BTW Julie...how did Ottawa go??

I'm feeling a little grumpy towards gelluminations right now. I placed my order on Nov. 16th, and I got an e-mail today saying my expected delivery date is Nov. 28th. I think 12 days is a little too long, but that's just my opinion... I wanted it to get here quickly! I should have paid extra and got USPS Priority instead of UPS.

This order has everything in it. My wicks, gel wax, dyes, containers, and FOs. Now I'm stuck with nothing to do. My other wax (paraffin) came today, but I can't even use it because gelluminations has my wicks. *sniffles* I wanna play with my wax.

They are getting slow!! They need to send me my wicks!! I have found that if you pick UPS with them you get it quicker than USPS for some reason. I put in the comments that I needed it asap! Fingers crossed for both of us!

I offer free shipping 2 times a year. The middle of February and the end of October. Minimum purchase $30 for parcel post shipping. This time I got $385 in orders..several didnt even make the minimum but they came and shopped anyway. I mailed out all my orders today and it cost me $34.50 to ship all the boxes.

Worked for me

I have also tried flat rate shipping like the $5 shipping sale..it is like 1/2 price shipping and it worked great too!

My Christmas decor is coming out this weekend for my show..with all my dipped snowmen and Christmas Tree ornaments

I even made Christmas Labels for all my holiday scents

People love ANYTHING Christmas at the shows I do. I cant keep my dipped snowmen in stock!!!

I have been selling the heck out of lilac this fall.

I bought some votive holders from them on Ebay a year or so ago. They were just as described, but I believe slow to deliver..not incredibly so, maybe a week or two.

I've been getting a lot of soot w/ 6006 & HTP wicks.

I had this problem when I tried the same combo. I went running back to my cottons!

Whats the show?? I would love to see your "competition" and then I can tell you if they are really competition if I know them

What do you have them priced at? What size jar candles do you sell and what are their prices?

At my shows I currently offer the 4oz tins, 8oz tins, 6oz Hex and 16oz Apothecaries.

My prices are

4oz tins $5(sell like hot cakes..people love $5 for some reason)

8oz tins $8

6oz Hex $6 each or 3 for $15(the $5 deal again lol)

16oz Apothecary $14

My top sellers are the 4oz tins and the 6oz Hex at craft shows.

Well I just figured whatever profit you made from the other kids selling you could use for your daughters trip

Just an idea..but how about doing it for several of the kids trying to raise money?? If the candy didnt go over big for you..it probably didnt for them either. If the other kids sold your stuff too..you could raise twice as much for your daughter

Well, Propay can be used offline, it isn't tied to a cart. Paypal just started offering that feature - being able to manually enter charges, but it's $20/month from what I read on the fee literature.

Propay fees 3.5% + .35/trans, Paypal 2.9% + .30/trans

Propay transfer to bank .35, Paypal free.

Propay yearly fee, Paypal has none.

I think the real difference at the moment is that Propay works "offline" for it's regular rates, while Paypal you've got to pay $20/month to be able to enter charges..

I just started using paypal. It is free until Nov 1 then it will be $20 a month. It is super easy to use. I bought the knucklebuster on ebay..I cant wait to accept cc at my shows..we have had lots of people ask the last few years!~

for small items the sandwich bags at walmart work great too!

I hate it when the candles are all in a row. UGH

That happened to us twice last year at marion and Topeka apple festival(but it was more like 7 candle booths in a row UGH)

We are doing Marion again, but I mentioned the bad organization..I will probably be in a swamp now lol

Love the new label!

Thanks Julie

I also saw Pooh candy mold for guest size soaps at Hobby Lobby

We make Bubblegum scented Teddy Bear soaps and the little kids LOVE them

I ordered my wax from them last time(6006) I ordered on Saturday night(5 cases and 2 lbs of FO) and I received them in Kansas on Tuesday...AWESOME if you ask me!!

I always buy my wicks from the same place. I have tried other companies, but they never burn the same.

Unfortunately it is one of the only things I buy from this company..but I love the burn lol

The show that rejected me is in Ottawa Kansas...small small town.

We had a successful show there in the past..but now we arent good enough..or was that too good:laugh2:

Good luck in Leavenworth..is that the weekend of Sept 24th? We will be in Topeka and get to meet Becky of BizzyBs

My guess is that someone on the jury sold soaps or container candles..who knows:confused:

I am looking forward to Manhattan as we have never been there before.

I am sure we will meet up again.