A girl called today, her candles don't smell after she makes them. She wanted to know why.

Ok, there are few reasons
1. She left the wax with the scent in it on the stove and let the scent evaporate off.
2. I don't think she was weighing the scent on a digital scales. Each fragrance oil weighs different, so you need to weigh your scents.
Usually 1/2oz per lb of wax.
3. She bought bad scent.

Scents are sold by weight. By pounds, which is 16 oz, and by ounces, 1oz, 2oz, 4oz, 8oz, 16oz, 5lbs, 10lbs, 25lbs. and up to tanker cars full. Those are the common ways scents are sold.
At least for real candle making scent fragrance oil, the kind real candle makers use.

Oils can be diluted with chemicals so be careful who you buy your candle scents from.

Also, the candle scent is made by the manufactures for each candle company, so company A won't get the same candle scent as company B.

The more oil content, the better the candle will smell, but the cost of the candle scent will be more too.

Enough of my ramblings for now.

Hi, making cake candles today, looking good. Lots of people making wax bears with our scented waxes. Don't be left out on the fun of a http://www.wicks-wax-scents.com/wax-dipped-bear.html. They are easy and fun to make.

A cold day here for an Ohio based candle supplies company. Wow! Bitter wind chills.

Going to Lisa's today to bring in a load of wax.....She makes the best wax from paraffin.

You can't use straight paraffin for making candles. You can't go to Krogers or Walmart and purchase the little blocks of paraffin for canning jars and make candles with it. It won't work. It won't hold scent. Stuff won't burn right either.

The ingredients she adds makes the wax easy to work with. It stays warm for a long time and is very pliable. Doesn't have that flaky, break apart problem when you are rolling it up for cinnamon buns or making pie crust by hand. I love this wax!

This is what Gail Matt wrote about the wax and making the cinnamon buns -
"Your directions for making cinnamon candles are great! I tried them at home and then made them with my class at school (grade 5-7) and they turned out awesome. The students were so excited to create such an impressive project so easily. Thanks for sharing!
Gail Matt

I would be happy to have my post appear on your testimonial page.
Here are a couple of other ideas - I plan to give my candles away as a gift set of a "mochachino and a cinnamon bun". The mochachino is made by filling a coffee mug with chocolate and coffee scented wax with a whipped wax topping. I then shave a brown crayon on top to simulate the chocolate shavings.
I have been trying to think of what other faux food could be made using the rolled cinnamon bun technique - perhaps a jelly roll - but what could be used for the red strawberry like filling?"
Anyways, thanks again for the ideas and inspirations.
Gail Matt
Nanaimo, British Columbia,
Canada

Now wasn't that nice...I was so happy that even kids could do this project. Great memory for them. Beats out that ceramic ash tray that the teacher has me make for my parents when I was in school.....Can you beleive that???!!! They had us make "ash tray"! in "school"! How funny that is..and tells my age also...oops!

Went to the original Bob Evans a couple weeks ago and noticed someone has been copying my candles and putting them in Bob Evans craft store. HA! Flattery, I loved it.

They were my mini logs

Hey, Lisa, thought you were going to join the blog?

Didn't make any candles today, hit a deer last night and ruined the front end of the car. Much repair needed.
Sorrow for the deer. Very sad incident for me all the way around.

Must say that banana nut bread scent and the peaches and cream scent are my favorites.

I am making hot baked apple pie scented cakes this morning. I am doing the second pour, I jabbed a fork in the top layer of the candle, after the hot wax has been poured on it. This keeps the two layers together, when they cool. I always drill the hole for the wick to be threaded through like a needle and thread. If I don't do the jab the wax will break in two sections and come apart.

That makes for a hassel that I don't want when caking and threading the wick.

Oops, first time blog and already made a mistake. Cut and paste same line in twice on previous blog.
Typical starting of a day!

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