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Its actually done on an inkjet printer with regular staples labels. I like these because they are really clear, and not frosty like the avery ones. I have burned a couple of candles with these labels and they stay on really well, and don't discolor or anything. I would like to make a little more room on them for an email address or something like that. Oh, well I will someday. At least I know where to get help if I ever do a website! I forgot to add that I used my labels premium software.

prairie, thank you soo much. It took me a while and I played around a lot, but I think that these turned out pretty darn good, not to toot my own horn. Thanks for the comments. They look pretty different from what I first started out, but that is thanks to everyone's help and suggestions. Im hoping to start giving the candles to friends and family first, soon. I actually like the clear labels as well.

It looks really good, but I agree, can you put a link there to go directly to your website. Its nice!!!!!:smiley2:

your right, the one on the locking lid is too big, and I need to shrink it down. Plus it is rounded on the sides so that makes it hard to put a good sized label. Thanks for all of your nice comment. I definitely need to keep pouring. I have a lot of testers, but nothing to sell yet. Thanks again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That other thread has my old label, these are my new and improved. They pretty much look completely different than the first one that I posted. Thanks to a lot of kind suggestions. I am not selling yet, but I kinda did this just for fun. Obviously, the jars don't actually have any wax in them yet, which would make the label stand out a lot more. I am still trying to figure out a way to do these on the type of paper that I like. Anyways, I know that the pictures are kind of crappy, my house has really bad lighting. Thanks for looking!!!!!!!!!!!:smiley2:

HI all Since posting this last thread, I have really changed my labels. I guess I should post another one but thanks for all of the comments. They really helped me to figure out exactly what I was going for.

hi holly I pm'd ya. Angela

HI I have been pouring around 115-120 degrees and get really smooth tops. I have not had any cracking, but the last batch I made in my 8oz tins, I noticed that the wax was slightly pulling away from the sides, but just barely. I have found that if you pour any cooler, it sets up really fast, but I add BW and I think that is why. I have not needed to add anymore than 8% FO, and found that 6-7% is best. I heard once that if you add too much FO, then it will not throw at all. I really like this wax, Holly I think that I asked you before what FO's you were testing. I just ordered a bunch more from the candlesource.com and these are all throwing really great. I love the scented bean ones as well. :smiley2:

I have not gone higher than 8% with this wax, but I feel that is too high. Most of my candles are made with 6% FO, and if you let them cure for 3-5 days, the hot/cold throw is really awesome. Also, I have not had any problems with frosting yet with this wax, but I live in a really dry area and it has been relatively warm since I have started pouring with it, so we'll see how the winter pans out. I also add beeswax to my CB-3 and it helps make the tops smoother and you can pour a little hotter this way. Have not used the UA, but you might not even need it. It sets up really smoothly on its own (in my experience) I really like this wax, but it is VERY sticky and hard to cut if you get it in the slabs. Next time I am going to order the pellets for sure (you can only get the pellets in 50lb increments) HTH Good luck.

I use Calsoy from Swans. I use the CB3 soy/veggie blend. It is located in WA, so it is really close to me. I love this stuff after trying several waxes its a keeper.

Ditto this. I have tried 6 different waxes before I found the one that I love. It is a soy/veggie blend. It is really creamy and nice, and I have not had any frosting as of yet. But I also live in a state with negative humidity so that might help as well:wink2: I can tell you that I gave up on the 100% soy for all of the reasons that you mentioned as well. Also, do not dye-they look nice without it. Keep trying, I use Calsoy CB-3 if that helps.

well thanks for looking anyways, I just got a little nervous that my flashpoints were too low. But it seems, that as long as they are mixed with wax, they should be ok. Someone please correct me if I am wrong.

This may be a really stupid question, but how high should the flashpoints of scents be? I just got some new fragrances from the Scented Bean, which all are awesome smelling, but the labels on the heavenly cinnabun say its flashpoint is 114 degrees F. Is this too low for a candle? TIA :smiley2: OK, well I guess that I didn't search well enough the first time and I found a thread that explains the flashpoint a little better. Thanks for looking!

Could not agree more. :highfive:

sorry, i guess I was confused by the size and shape thing. you still need more pix, though. I look forward to seeing holasoy candles stocked on the shelves of my local co-op. Right next to the toxin-free peanut butter.

Not if you want to pay an arm and a leg for it . It is pretty darn expensive, but if you just need a little to test it might be ok. Try swans candles, ther are based out of Tacoma, WA. Their prices are ok, and the shipping might not be that bad to CA. Good luck.

Your website reminded me of one I stumbled upon about a year ago when I fist became interested in making candles. There are a lot of similarities (besides the candles themselves), as far as the content and why soy is better etc...and about using EO's and things. It is www.greenspacecandles.com. It is obvious they are marketing their candles towards a certain genre of people, i.e. more earth-conscious and "natural" if you will. Now that I re-read the things in it, the more I am turned off by this marekting style. But I can see how the average joe on the street might be turned on to something like that. It is amazing how much people will buy something when they are motivated by fear of another product and certain "claims". I ran into this same situation at a health fair 2 weeks ago. There was a huge booth with literally 100's candles (candle wealth) and all the lady wanted to do was tell me the hundreds of ways paraffin wax was bad, and why soy was so good. Same old song and dance. What she could not do-was explain why her 2oz crappy candle was worth almost $10. This was at a women's health fair attended by 20,000 people!! Can you guess how many people they "scared" into buying their probuct, and not because it was necessarily good. Insane! I am also in the "scietific community" I am a clinical scientist and work in the laboratory of a major hospital in my city. When we bring on a new test or machine, or anything, we test the hell out of it, and then test it again. It takes months, sometimes up to a year to get it just right. There are these things called "controls", we test for every variable. Everything has to be perfect becuase the end result will affect someone's life. Now, I understand that maybe candle making isn't quite the same thing, but I have been testing and re-testing my candles for over a year. Yes, I do believe it takes time to get a product right, and no I don't think that 1 week or a month is even close to being long enough, when you are selling something to the general public. No matter good you think your product is. There are literally hundreds of variables you should test for as many as you can. Like I said before this is a sue happy world, and if you piss someone off good enough-your done! I still consider myself a newbie, and this post has taught me a lot. That, if and when I am ready to present my product to the general public I will definitely keep asking questions and get the opinions of the people on this site. It defintely benefits everyone to have these sorts of discussions in this business, especially when you are selling something as potentially dangerous as a candle. ps. I know that you think that you are just "informing" people on the benefits of soy, but you could probably just do it in a more tasteful way. I would also like to see more than just 2 pix of your product. You should inclue some pix of your containers. 2 pillar pix won't cut it, I would never buy a container candle without seeing a pix of it first! Good luck to ya!

"I started making mostly natural candles, mostly for myself, but my family and friends are getting interested in them. Unfortuatnely, i'm still in the experimental stage. Some of my candles turn out gorgeous, and some turn out so ugly I'm afraid to let them out of the basement..." You just posted this on the 24th of September. Maybe you should jump back into the experimentation stage--but I guess you could have made huge improvements in 2 weeks. You need to be 200% sure that your product is safe and reliable before you even think about selling to the general public. You should be able to reproduce something good 99% of the time. It doesn't matter what your website looks like, if you are still unsure of your product, then you have no business selling to others (public). Please don't take offense, but there are very knowledgeable people on this site who do make their living doing this, (soy candles included) and have been for years and without the whole "paraffin bad" "soy good" mantra. It would be wise to take their advise, or just don't ask for it. Be thankful you did!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"The dye: We tried. In the beginning, we found dyes sold by Gelly Candle, who claimed that their dyes were all natural. We were skeptical, and apparently we should’ve been. These dyes were not all natural at all." This is from the your website regarding the dyes. I am not sure if you should be naming another company in your website, especially in not so good terms. That's not very professional. Maybe just skip all of that and say that you had a really hard time finding "natural dyes" and continue to do so. Just remember that you are representing only a segment of the candle market and it is not wise to bash others, especially in this sue happy world. If you wanted a more "natural" candle, you would skip the dyes altogether. That being said, kudos for being honest on the whole dye thing. Don't get discouraged. I have been testing for over a year, and I still don't feel like I am anywhere near ready to sell. :undecided

After thinking about it, I decided that the xyron is probably not that economical after all. I think that I will just keep looking for labels that are similar to what I have in mind. Thanks for the posts!!!!!!!!!

HI has anyone used one of these to make thier own labels. Are they worth it? I dont need a lot of labels, and I cant find the color that I would like. I have some cardstock that I would like to make labels from. Any input appreciated! Thanks:cool2:

HI I was wondering if anyone knows where to get a light brown colored kraft label. Like a sand color? I have seen the buff and ivory ones, but I want a color that is a little lighter than the standard kraft brown. Any suggs would be appreciated. Also, I have a piece of cardstock that is the perfect color, are there places that will custom make labels with the paper of your choice?? Thanks:cheesy2:

well, it just really made me feel better about the ones that I make. Mine look and smell really good (to me) and at least I am doing it myself, not under the name of another company. These ones just looked sloppy, like they were rushed. I just don't like the idea of trying to sell something based on fear of another product. As far as I know, no one has ever died from paraffin, but to each his own, I guess. And oh my, were they expensive!! Selling the microwavable kits to people who have no idea what they are doing is really scary to me. This lady even tried to get my friend's 8 year old daughter to buy one, because "wouldn't it be cool to make your own candles?" Umm.. yea but scalding hot wax on the skin is not my idea of fun!! Never heard of Golden Canyon candles. Just goes to show ya, being in control of your own craft is waaay better. You never know when they will "cut you out", and then you are left with a bunch of crap that won't sell!

I knew that there was a post a while back about this company. Funny story. Today I was at a health and fitness show, and there was this big Candlewealth booth, with a local woman who I am guessing made the candles. She had someone else there with her and the first thing that she did was come up to me and ask me if I knew anything about soy candles. I played dumb and said "why-no". So she proceeded to tell me all about paraffin candles and how bad they were for you. She also showed me an example of a paraffin candle that had been burned and all the yucky soot and pollution that was stuck to the side of the jar. And then she told me how paraffin was collected-the whole bottom of the barrell thing. Then she showed me a soy candle, but it wasn't lit, it had no wick. It was on a candle burner!! And she said-"see the difference, how clean this one is burning?, There are no soot marks!" I laughed and told her that was not a good example since it was not actually lit-hee hee. It was terrible. They had all of these candles in all sorts of jars, yucky pitted tops, they just looked bad. I was going to buy one to test at home, but the smallest one they had was a 3oz mug thing for $8. I couldn't bring myself to buy it. But I might go back tomorrow and get one just to show. Basically the whole marketing ploy was to bash paraffin. How lame!!!

Thank you all for the help, I did some rearranging and put the "hand poured" part beneath the flower on top of the "soy candles". I actually found the mandala on my computer, but got rid of all the extras and just left the flower I agree that it looks better without all of the clutter. This is just some thick brown matte paper that I found at a paper shop. I too, am looking for the textured labels and will let you know if I find them! Thanks again for your help-you guys rock!! Ok, here they are rearranged, I think that I might just drop the whole hand poured thing. That way I have more room at the end of the label for phone #'s etc.. Don't mind the uggo brown paper!