VerticallyEnhanced Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 You know the verse: Someone just started making candles,Now they are selling them to folks.Hope their poor ole' customersDon't end up with a house full of coals.Actually this person asked me for my website because they wanted "to use it to get ideas on how to make candles and start a business." After I picked my dang jaw up off the ground, I gave the whole mantra about testing and you need to give yourself adequate time to let that process happen, blah blah blah. I also said that I had worked very hard on my site and my business and did not really appreciate people saying they were basically piggybacking off of me. At that time this person told me they were thinking about making them and had not even ordered supplies. They looked at me like I had three heads when I talked about testing. Three weeks later someone saw them at a fair selling them. Shocking? Yeah, not so much. I am sure three week was more than enough time to buy supplies and adequately test 23 different scents that they had sitting out there, find insurance, get a tax permit and all that good stuff. Yeah, that is called sarcasm. :rolleyes2 :rolleyes2 So, this person gave a friend one of their candles. My friend said it truly did make her nauseous and gave it to me so I could see it. I can honestly say I have never seen this. It is obviously soy (VERY soft, lots of frosting and has the soy wax feel). It had been poured in a paper muffin cup and wicked, but the cup was removed. Is it a tart? Is it a candle? Maybe we can call it a tartdle? I lit it and it has been burning for three hours (on a plate in my kitchen sink with a fire extinguisher near by) and is burning a dime size hole down the middle. No, never mind, I just looked and it went out. I just have to shake my head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meredith_D Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 So, this person gave a friend one of their candles. My friend said it truly did make her nauseous and gave it to me so I could see it. I can honestly say I have never seen this. It is obviously soy (VERY soft, lots of frosting and has the soy wax feel). It had been poured in a paper muffin cup and wicked, but the cup was removed. Is it a tart? Is it a candle? Maybe we can call it a tartdle? I lit it and it has been burning for three hours (on a plate in my kitchen sink with a fire extinguisher near by) and is burning a dime size hole down the middle. No, never mind, I just looked and it went out. I just have to shake my head.LOL!! :laugh2:Love the "tartdle!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareBear Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 LOL!! :laugh2:Love the "tartdle!"Or perhaps it shoud be "turdle" since it sounds like cr@p... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meridith Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 Well at least they are no competition to you. Some things never cease to amaze me. I know some folks that were looking for something "fun and easy to do" and JOILA, they now make candles. LMAO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crying Moon Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 There's a "Tardle" in every town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pennipom@yahoo.com Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 before I read the other posts I was rolling on tartdle....thats a classic.. love it!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Late Night Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 "tartdle" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scented Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 So what happened when you relit it? :laugh2: OK I'll stop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candlesprite7 Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Since it was made in a muffin cup should it have just been a firestarter for a campfire? lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheilaW Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 And that is exactly why some people wont buy a " homemade" candle. When they buy one that is so much worse than a dollar store brand it completely turns them off to the idea of homemade. Which is why peeps get slammed here when they start selling after making candles for a couple of weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VerticallyEnhanced Posted May 25, 2006 Author Share Posted May 25, 2006 So what happened when you relit it? Yep, cause you know I had to try and relight that sucker. It stayed lit for just shy of an hour, albeit a very small flame. The top of tartdle had three different cracks that did not go all the way through the tartdle. (Yes, I want to use the word tartdle as many times as I can.) Then, there was some type of hole at the bottom of the tartdle. I think it was an air pocket around the wick tab. The tab was not set like a votive, it was just kind of smashed down in there. So when the wick burned down the middle of the tartdle all the wax went out the bottom of the tardle and all over the plate. I wish I could describe the scent to you. Not sure what it was supposed to be, but it was kind of like pink sugar meets dirt meets rotting meat. Just don't know what you would call that one.Now I am off to trademark the word tartdle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmejeffd Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Sure wish you had some pics to post. I need a good laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scented Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 I wish I could describe the scent to you. Not sure what it was supposed to be, but it was kind of like pink sugar meets dirt meets rotting meat. Just don't know what you would call that one.Now I am off to trademark the word tartdle. Carnival animal ride? LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrie Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 And that is exactly why some people wont buy a " homemade" candle. When they buy one that is so much worse than a dollar store brand it completely turns them off to the idea of homemade. Which is why peeps get slammed here when they start selling after making candles for a couple of weeks.Yet these people that think its just fine to start selling 1 week after they started making candles, AND the people who come to their defense, just don't get it. They think we're mean and nasty. :rolleyes2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Yet these people that think its just fine to start selling 1 week after they started making candles, AND the people who come to their defense, just don't get it. They think we're mean and nasty. :rolleyes2No kidding. That is an understatement! LOL They just don't get that a quality candle just doesn't happen on its own.:rolleyes2I wish I had a dollar for every wannabe that asks me how to start making candles, where I get my wax, and how do I make them smell good. No kidding, I had a woman ask me last week how they all get the pretty colors, is it from different waxes? OMG, lady don't quit your day job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisyd'Light Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Pictures, please. Even with my vivid imagination and can't congur a mental pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazymom Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Now I am off to trademark the word tartdle. ROFLMAO!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candlesprite7 Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 heh heh heh tartdle heh heh heh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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