Sharon in KY

Heather, you can use that wax but you need to add a pillar soy or bees wax to harden it & get it out of a mold. But if you want to stick with that wax pour into the cup cake papers. That way you don't have to remove the paper until it is ready to b melted. This is a low melt point wax and is not the best for tarts.

I have one and love it. I thought it was too expensive but went ahead and got one. Well it is a mindless thing to wick now. It takes awhile to put wick in plunger then glue wick tab but they are always right. And my 13 yr. old granddaughter did all my wicking a couple of weeks ago. She said "it was easy" so now I have someone else who can take that over. Can even have friends who stop by to wick a few.. Love it and can say I hope they make a millon with their invention cause it sure is a big help.

You do not mix Peppermint and Vanilla to get candy cane. You mix Peppermint and Strawberry for candy cane. Vanilla and Peppermint is a Butter Mint completely different. Bluegrass Supply has a great Candy Cane or Peppermint Stick. Ky has a great Peppermint. I have mixed but preferr the BG scent better. IMHO...Have not tried any others.

Try Bluegrass Supply they have a great maple nut crunch.

What are aroma stones? Here is a link

http://www.hansonellis.com/1themearomastonesfavorbag.asp

They look like creamy Chicklet gum. Has any one had or seen these for us crafters to buy? Wonder how good they work, love the look and ideal of scented rocks.

Why would you need a larger wick if pouring hot and smaller when pouring cooler? I don't get the connection. Please explain. Thanks

I would say soy beans are like the bayberries. They are not wax but a waxy substance is subtracted from them both, hence soybean wax or baybery wax. Sounds good to me....

by the skid too. I get GF135 from Golden Foods. And love it when it's good. This is the second year in a row that I have gotten a bad batch in April. And last years Aug. batch was great, it's Aug and I need wax. I'm trying other brands but haven't got all the testing done. Has any one got a batch from Aug yet? Been trying to add things to this wax just so it will burn good with out going up on the wick. I't been hard and when you are working, making candles/tarts at the same time, I start to get dizzy from it all. Got a sample of the EL Milliam?, a box of Soya 135 and the EL 135?. At least that what I think I have plus adding some of KY's Perfect in the soy to make it burn easier. And when this is gone I'll have to do it all again???? What a joke.. JMHO

Thank you so much. I will look next time I'm there. Till then I think I'll pour a couple of large butter container or Cool Whip. I thought a pyamid shape might be good, what do you think? TIA

I have been asked to make floating candles from my son. He has a pool and thinks these would be great. Never made them but have plenty of paraffin and extra wicks. Just don't know what to do. Tried to put a wick in some tarts but if you move the water around the water sits in a pool on top of tart and puts it out. Any thing around the house I could use for molds. How thick should they be and since this is for a pool and not a punch bowl I'm sure they could be lots bigger. What do you all think? Any one done these and have some advice/tips for me. Thanks

Maryann, I have made container soy layered candles and they do bleed. I have had some sucess with doing a thin layer of uncolored/white wax between the layers, slpwes it down a little. A thin layer of j300 might work since it is suspose to be a good layering wax. I have made a carrot cake candle and topped with a white icing and after awhile the brown from the carrot cake turned the icing wax brown. So I tried soy pillar, clean wax, that white color stuff, UV, and now I'm mixing Perfect Blend to see if it will keep it from bleeding. Nothing else I have tried worked. I have some j300 maybe I'll try that next.

I use 2 drops orange and one drop magenta, per 4 lbs of wax. You could half it if too dark. I prefer a pinkish peach.

Also the crimpers used for jewerly are great for this. The ones used for crimp beads have a little notch that pokes in the metal and holds tight.

Another batch of GF135 and I'm having problems wicking. Did any one find something to add to help this problem. Not as bad as last time cause I do get a throw out out this batch. Has anyone added Perfect Blend or Joy wax or any other soft wax to help with the burn. Testing is so hard and so wasteful, I need a soylution to a consistant wax this time and every time.Thanks

Just starting to think about the holiday scents. Want a few new ones, like a balsum instead of bayberry and maybe some fall leaf thing. I have so many now but still want more. What does home for the holidays smell like. Maybe do some renaming of some I have. I just love all the fall and winter scents, except candy corn, can't find one I like.