VivienneCrow

Just bought some new Votive holders for my candles, two clear and two frosted. I think they look awesome! and they were only $1 a piece.

love the black! I can't wait to start making my black candles ... how did you get it looking so...black? lol

I love the blue colour, it's gorgeous. The candles look great, wonderful job

It looks awesome! Nice job

Thanks for all the compliments guys, really makes me feel good! Especially since I'm brand new to candle making. I have to thank my votive molds for the little lip it gives my votive tops, plus I've learnt (from tons of reading) that if I pour the wax for the second pour about 5-10 degrees hotter then the first pour, it adheres and makes a beautiful finish. And Stella the wax I used was Uni-Soy from candlemaking.com.au and I didn't colour the beeswax ones the small amount of beeswax I used gave it that delicious colour. I was very proud of that candle. Once I have more money I'll be purchasing more beeswax so I can make more of them. It even has a slight scent of honey

Thanks I did a second attempt today with 20% beeswax to my soy wax. This is the results. The cooling time was half that of the 100% soy wax recipe. I think it has a little too much beeswax though because the candle comes out a little sticky.

I don't know if this is where I should post this but I wanted to show off my first attempt at creating Votives. And my first attempt with Soy Wax. I think they turned out really nice AND has clinched my decision to use Soy Wax instead of Paraffin.

I've just spent the last couple of hours browsing through Googles links and I'm coming up with a whole lot of nothing. I was wondering if there were any Australian's out there that have found a good supplier of soy wax and other candle making supplies within Australia? I've found one or two good one's but their shipping charges are pretty steep. And of course Peak doesn't ship to Australia (aren't I lucky) plus Candlewic is another American Supplier that might cost way too much to get anything from. HELP!

I did a second try of imprinting the seal directly onto the candle and I think I've gotten an effect that I do really like. I found a tutorial in one of my candle books that actually shows you how to emboss a monogram onto the candle, which is exactly what I was looking for. I took pictures as well.

Sometimes customers make things more difficult then they really need to be! I'm not going to be doing that ribbon on all candles. I have a Vintage and a Gothic line where there will be candles that have that ribbon on it. So hopefully that will cut down upon stupidity. What's the point of putting it on a warning label if the customer isn't going to read or remember it and still goes after you when it's their fault. I might eventually read more into impressing a candle, but right now I just need to make the candles first.

haha I know what you mean, I'll definitely be making sure that people know they have to remove the ribbon BEFORE lighting the candle. Plus, the wax seal just peels off the candle and HEY PRESTO the ribbon can be slipped off. It's rather easy.

I had a practice candle I made a while ago sitting around the house so I decided to try a few test runs on the back of the candle, then I remembered that I actually had some ribbon and some sealing wax and thought why not just wrap a ribbon around the candle and then place a wax seal in the middle with the icon of choice in the wax. And it turned out better then I had thought. I think I might just do it this way instead of sealing the icon directly into the candle.

Candybee, Did you heat the brand with a heat gun or just use an open flame to heat it? I was disucssing it with a friend and he mentioned that an open flame might be hot enough to heat the seal enough to imprint upon the candle. I've got two seals atm but none of them are close to what I want so I might use them to test on a candle and then have one designed with the logo I want to use for when I try and sell my candles.

I'm not sure if anyone will be able to help me, but I got this idea of using one of the seals I use for my wax seals in letter writing to press a symbol into my cooled piller candle. The problem is I'm not sure what temperature I should heat the seal to achieve this effect? Any suggestions? I've got to have it hot enough to press the shape in but not so hot that it dribbles the wax. I'm thinking just below the melt point of the wax I'll be using? Thanks Viv