Guest scrapgabbie Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 ohhhhhh, l cannot begin to tell you how addicted l am to my new hobby! :whoohoo: :whoohoo: :whoohoo: One corner of my kitchen has been hi-jacked for candle making activities, and my benchtop is already looking a lot worse for wear! (on a side note, what do you guys use to protect your work surface?)Here's some of what l've been making to date (my poor kids are coming home for school and asking what l made to EAT ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love2Scent Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Dang...hand me a fork! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krafty Kandles Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Wow!! Those are incredibly real looking!! Great job!! And beautiful photos too!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess05 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Oh my gosh, they are BEAUTIFUL! WHOA! Post more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luci Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Your photos are great, and looking at your candles is like walking into my favorite bakery. Your work is incredibly realistic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8-GRAN-ONES Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 those are down right delish..looking..very nice..love them..How do you get that juice dripping down the side to look clear? it really looks real.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jokerjen Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Nice job! I hope that the fo's you are using are gel safe as I see you are using gel as well.let us know how they burn for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbuddy Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Wow!They look so edible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicaworld Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Yummy ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jojo T. Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Wow! I'm hungry now and want to eat them all up! They look fabulous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ring of Fire Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Those are fabulous, dang is right. Hand me a fork also! Edit to add your website is fabulous too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgirl Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 You are very talented for sure!!! You seem to be a good photographer as well.. Nice, clean, clear pictures!!! :highfive: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SliverOfWax Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Unbelievable! That Chocolate Mud cupcake on your website .........never mind.....I'm off to the bakery..........gotta have some chocolate.....Most excellent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol M Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Those are drop-dead gorgeous, every one! If not for the wicks, you truly wouldn't know them from the real thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heirloomoriginals Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Those are all great!Steph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapymomma Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Good grief. I think I just gained five pounds just looking at those. I love the drip down the sides. Wonderful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jokerjen Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 hmmmm, ok I usually don't do this, but I have to ask....In the beginning of your post you say you are addicted to your new hobby? And you are already selling? Have you tested each and every candle? If you haven't, you really should not have them up for sale..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quack Soap Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 hmmmm, ok I usually don't do this, but I have to ask....In the beginning of your post you say you are addicted to your new hobby? And you are already selling? Have you tested each and every candle? If you haven't, you really should not have them up for sale.....You have a point, but I'm betting nobody that buys a product like this buys it to burn it ~ I know I wouldn't!! I would buy them to set out in my kitchen and oogle over LOLSeeing that she's in Australia, I'm betting they're not a sue happy culture that America has turned into, so again, not the fear element there.The candles are gorgeous ~ incredibly realistic, extreme talent oozing through every picture!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Yummy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizbizzyb Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 I'm not gonna hate... I am gonna congratulate! Those are by far the best novelty candles I have seen posted in a long time. Just gorgeous. Kudos to you and your works of art! Very talented. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jokerjen Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 You have a point, but I'm betting nobody that buys a product like this buys it to burn it ~ I know I wouldn't!! I would buy them to set out in my kitchen and oogle over LOLSeeing that she's in Australia, I'm betting they're not a sue happy culture that America has turned into, so again, not the fear element there.The candles are gorgeous ~ incredibly realistic, extreme talent oozing through every picture!!There ARE people who don't burn them , but many that do..... Food and drink items are my biggest sellers and my customers DO burn them. And even if they don't sue, it is wise and neccessary to test your candles to make sure that they burn properly and are SAFE. Would you not want repeat customers? Even if the candle looks good, if it tunnels right down, or say container wax was used as frosting because it looked better, it would drip all over the place. They are so many variables of things that COULD go wrong, that is why people test! And then test again. She Certainly has the look down...I could go on and on about the importance of testing..... any good chandler knows about proper testing...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paupau Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Wow, what a candle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest scrapgabbie Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 wow...thankyou everyone for your lovely comments, l so appreciate them :-) yes, they have all been tested. l'll be very honest and say that they are not uniform shapes (obviously), so it is hard to tell if the wick is perfectly centred, the meltpool perfect etc, but l have been reading voraciously here for a few weeks now and have realised the importance of testing FO, wicks etc. (how things have changed from me melting down old candles on the gas stovetop (eeek!) in an empty fruit can! :shocked2: ) l've started a candle 'recipe' book, and it is slowly but surely turning into my bible :-) l haven't experimented with different brands of wicks yet, l have stuck to only the one brand in different sizes. l figure since l am new l need to reduce the amount of variables otherwise l will get so confused. (l did buy a different type of soy wax though today, after reading all the comparisons here). Some of them do drip more than others, but the few that l have sold on ebay l have given very clear instructions for them to be placed on a heatproof plate or dish, and each one also has a safety label on the bottom. Sadly though, l think l am the only one that burns them, ppl seem to be buying them for decoration only.The website l did originally plan to sell from, but have since turned off the shopping cart feature and ppl can now only look at the pics. l did it just for fun as ppl in australia have never really seen bakery style candles before. Maybe one day l might turn it back on, but l am happy for now just muddling along learning as l go and giving them to friends etc. l don't know that it would ever become a full time job for me - it took me 3 hours today to finish 12 cupcakes and the kitchen bench looks like a whirlwind hit it LOL :smiley2: ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest scrapgabbie Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 hmmmm, ok I usually don't do this, but I have to ask....In the beginning of your post you say you are addicted to your new hobby? And you are already selling? Have you tested each and every candle? If you haven't, you really should not have them up for sale.....Jen, thanks for your concern, l do appreciate it :-) Yes, it's a new hobby, maybe 4-6 weeks old, but probably only in the last 2 weeks have l made anything that l would even consider selling to people. l make websites for a living, so my site was only done for my own entertainment value - it cost me $26 for the domain name and the rest l knocked together on a friday night. l had one order from it, but then turned the cart off, l am using it as the demo site for my website business, and just something pretty to look at.l work part time from home, so my days are very flexible - right now l wake up, eat breakfast, melt wax, check emails, pour something, take kids to school, come home, melt more wax, read something on here, make some embeds, do a bit of work, etc, etc all day long *grins* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
so-soy Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Wow, now these are mouth watering! They look so real and those colors are so true to the real thing! Very hard to tell they aren't real. You did a fantastic job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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