CANDLE MAKING SEASON IS HERE!!

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Some years ago I had a small home-based candle crafting business.  What a joy is was to create beautiful molded candles and decorate them.  The smell of the wax, even without additional scent, is still alluring.  Of course back then the wax was petroleum based or beeswax.  (I knew nothing of soy wax and still need to finish researching that subject.)  

I took a correspondence course, doing all of the experiments, learning where to get the best wax, wick, dye, scents and all things candle.   I amassed probably a hundred different molds which I still have, but the years no doubt have taken a toll on at least some of them.  

Also in my small inventory is a bit of wax, some dye, wicking, scent and various gadgets needed for two- part molds and the like.  Some of the decorating craft items have been used in other projects or for children's art work, but I still have sheets of beautifully colored beeswax, both waffled and smooth.  I was never good at rolling beeswax candles; they were either too loose and wouldn't burn well or didn't look good because I smashed them trying to tighten them up.

I hope to be able to begin again!!  I will write about each project whether it succeeds or fails.  Til then.
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