Carriegsxr6 Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 I finally feel confident enough to participate in a craft show. It’s only a small one here in my local town, but it’s a start. I am only bringing about 36 candles and 36 soaps. I am making about 12 different candle fragrances and 6 different soap fragrances. I already have all of the soaps made and tonight I was able to knock out about 18 of the candles. The craft show is November 4th so they should be all cured by then. Here is my first photo, more to come. (I still have to trim the wicks)They are all made with C-3 soywax. The yellow ones with frosting dollops are scented Lemon Pound Cake, the hunter green ones are scented Home for the Holidays, the olive green are scented Spiced Pearberry, the medium brown with nuts on top are scented Roasted Chestnuts and the white with brown swirls in them are scented Cinnamon Buns. I made all the embeds myself out of soy as well.**Edit** the second pic is the other half of the order. Medium green with white apple slices on top is Baked Apple Pie, Red with cranberries on top is Spiced Cranberry, Burgundy is Holiday Wassail, White with peppermint candies in the lid is Jack Frost, white with fruit and nut embeds in the lid is Cornucopia, Orange with cranberry and orange slices on top is Spiced Cranberry Orange, dark brown is Gingerbread and last but not least, the rust orange with frosting dollops on top is Pumpkin Pie. Edit** Here are more soy candles I am going to offer, I thought I should offer another type of jar as well. I am more please with the color mixing I did with these batches.From top to bottom and left to right: Cranberry Crumble, Cucumber Cantaloupe Mint, Pumpkin Pie, China Rain, Jack Frost, Christmas Morning, Caramel Walnut, Lemon Bars, Pumpkin Cheese Cake.**EDIT** 11/4/06So overall I think I did very well for my first show. This was held at our local Senior Center and I wasnt sure how the shoppers would react. I sold all of my soaps and all of my Apothecary Jars and only a couple square mason jars. I wish I had brought double the amount of soaps cause people couldnt get enough of them.... woohoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulap Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 looks really great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinMom Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 They all look really good. I like the tops!! What size jars are those? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carriegsxr6 Posted October 6, 2006 Author Share Posted October 6, 2006 Those are the 10oz Colonial (Apothecary) jars from Fairways, I also got the dome lids to fit. They only hold 8oz of wax. I usually get my jars locally from Genwax, but they were all out of their 8oz apothecary's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scented Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 Carrie they look good. Nice and creamy and something was screaming chocolate pudding (besides my craving for it ) Good luck with your show! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heirloomoriginals Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 Look great!!! I am using the C-3 mixed with 6228 for tarts, but can't wait to try it in candles after Christmas.Steph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugenia Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 Carrie, remember to have fun! I have a 2 day show in my town that weekend. Best of luck to you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandelion garden Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 Good luck & Have Fun !!!!!Let us know how it went. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnitaG Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 They look good & good luck with your show Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carriegsxr6 Posted October 6, 2006 Author Share Posted October 6, 2006 Carrie, remember to have fun! I have a 2 day show in my town that weekend. Best of luck to you!2 days Yikes!! Best of luck to you as well. Thank you everyone, I will be posting more pics of my other finished products and my set up of course. The show is going to be at the local senior center. So I am pretty much selling them at wholesale since seniors are mostly on a fixed income. I am trying to keep my costs as low as possible so that I can at least break even. Luckly the space rental only cost $10 and I get one long table and chair. Pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marika Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 CarrieGood luckI'm still trying to work up the nerve to call about a show. Mari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michi Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 Carrie, I just wanted to say good luck with your very first show, you've worked HARD and LONG to perfect your products and that should be rewarded with lots of repeat business (crossing fingers for ya)!!Love those cinnamon roll candles too cool!!I like the others with their little dollops as well, just different enough to attract attention. Just make sure you don't undersell yourself sweetie, you may get repeat customers out of this, and you wouldn't want to have to up your price dramatically later on, ya know? I'm still too dang chicken after almost 3 years to actually sell my products!! :rolleyes2 Kudos to you for going for it!! :highfive: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandies22 Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 I just wanted to tell you that your candles look great , i hope the show is a success Brandy:yay: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everito Bandito Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 Go get em Carrie, very nice candles and best wishes for a great show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scentedmoon Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Looking good! Good Luck on your craft show...hope it turns out well for you!:highfive: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carriegsxr6 Posted October 7, 2006 Author Share Posted October 7, 2006 more pics of the candles added to first post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maryann Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 AMAZING! They look wonderful .. GOOD LUCK at your show !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 Nice candles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iammommytwo Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 they look wonderful , and I luv your embeds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rsvlbrat Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 Look great and good luck with the show! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carriegsxr6 Posted October 21, 2006 Author Share Posted October 21, 2006 I decided to add some 8oz Mason jars to my line as well. I only used 6oz of c-3 fearing that if I filled past the lip, they would sink terribly. Also used .5oz FO and 3 drops liquid dye. Now looking at them I hate the large gap. I may use 7oz of wax next time. Good news is that these babies burn great with one HTP 105. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Lilac Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 Everything looks fantastic, good luck with the show Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carriegsxr6 Posted November 5, 2006 Author Share Posted November 5, 2006 overall i had a great day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavenScentU Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 Those look very cute. I just finished my 1st day of a two day show. Compared to last year I did fine, but there didn't seem to be alot of buyers. Hopefully tomorrow will make up for it. Way too many shows this weekend.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyp Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 I am glad you had a great day. You display looks great. Before too long you will be a pro at these! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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