Scented Creations Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 I am so glad I found this forum, I was starting to think there weren't any active candle making message boards out there anymore! A little about me: I started making candles in 1997 in my kitchen. Initially, I started making them because I was looking for a new hobby and candle making sounded interesting. Before long, it became an addiction! I am sure more than a few of you can relate to that :). I started out with votives, pillars and containers. Then I ventured into gel candles, hurricane shells with pictures embedded in them, and then other things embedded with wax. A few years after I had been making candles people started to offer to buy them (by this time I had a kitchen full of candles in boxes that were made, i had small children at the time and didn't burn candles). Since I didn't sell them and needed room in my kitchen, I just gave them away. One of the people who I had given candles to told me I should sell them. I had never thought about selling them and never knew so many people loved candles. I ended up telling him that I wasn't interested in selling them, that I had plenty to give away. He came over and got more, he called me the next day and said I needed to get a price list together because he had sold what I had given him and was bringing me the money. So, I made a price list and Candle Land was born, along with my first sales rep. So, for 10 years, that was my "job". It is true when they say "If you love what you do, you will never work a day in your life". When the housing market crashed happened I ended up moving and life just sort of took over and I never got back into making candles on a full time basis. I do need to add: when I moved and bought my next house, the first thing that was set up was a candle making area in the basement. I set that up before my bedroom was set up! Life has calmed down and I am ready to start up again and am excited to see so many new candle makers! I know I am going to enjoy this message board. Years ago, I was on the Candle Cauldron site (the message board and the chat), my screen name was myangels. Happy Candlemaking! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldieMN Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Welcome! Looking forward to your joining in the fun, hearing about your experiences with candlemaking. Goldie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest OldGlory Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 We're glad to have you here with us. How many years has it been since you made candles? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puma52 Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Welcome back to the fold Scented Creations! Glad to have you here with us! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jcandleattic Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Welcome - glad to have you here! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixFyre Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Hey there! Hope to see you around the board. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candybee Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Welcome to Craft Server! Glad to have you with us. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCandleGarden Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 Hi! I'm new to the forums. I loved reading your story! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scented Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 Welcome to the board! 90s born interest in making candles here too ... looking for a hobby or something to do that was creative. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scented Creations Posted January 13, 2017 Author Share Posted January 13, 2017 On 10/24/2016 at 6:45 PM, Guest OldGlory said: We're glad to have you here with us. How many years has it been since you made candles? It has been about seven years since I made candles. I have to tell you, I started out a bit rusty, it took me a few weeks to get my game on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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