Please allow me to continue my candle making obsession a little longer. I did some on-line shopping today for the supplies I will need. My teacher, Abdul, gave me two great websites that sell candle supplies:
http://www.generalwax.com/
http://www.candlewic.com/default.asp
General Wax and Candle is local, so I will definitely make a trip there by Friday or Saturday.
Abdul also offered this WONDERFUL piece of advice - as long as it can take the heat, anything can be a mold. I allowed my mind to work that over a bit, and decided to add that anything can be the candle holder itself. Large seashell? Candle. Old mason jar? Candle. Think of the thousands of possibilities one could find at the Goodwill. That makes the financial outlay that much less. You could feasibly make a one pound candle for about $2, and sell it for $10-$20 (or more) at the farmers market.
Well, we'll see where this leads me. I'm hoping candles are the answer to my financial prayers, but I guess I have to make sure I can make a product folks want! I will say this, though - the first of my candles has burned for hours now, yesterday and today, and it still going. It also smells great. I'd buy it! ;)
~Jenn
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ooh ooh... and a tea cup! a wine glass! and maybe a small bucket! I'm gonna try it, sounds like fun!
ReplyDeleteThere we go, Cinda, THAT'S what I'm talking about! The only limits are your imagination!!! Let me know how you're doing with it! :)
ReplyDeleteNow I'm going to be looking at everything around me, pondering it's functionality as a candle mold! SO cool!
ReplyDeleteI know, right!!??? That's all I have been doing since Saturday! :)
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