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Bridge
True Blue Farmgirl
814 Posts
Bridgette
Southern
Indiana
USA
814 Posts |
 Posted - Dec 26 2006 : 08:44:37 AM
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What are some of your favorite candle scents?
I am going to really get back into making my candles and tarts for 2007. I had took somewhat of a break, due to other events in my life.
But I have decided that for 2007, I am going to start back to really working on getting this going as a side business.
Also do you prefer all-natural candles made with essential oils (more expensive) or rather have fragrance oils that are less costly and have more scents to choose from?
Also do you think it is better to have your own website or use etsy, ebay, etc..?
Look out farmgirls, here comes the candles.
~~Bridge's Boutique~~
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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LauraH
True Blue Farmgirl
305 Posts
Laura
North Creek
New York
USA
305 Posts |
Posted - Dec 26 2006 : 11:00:46 AM
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balsam pine, pumpkin and apple are my favorites
LauraH |
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Nance in France
True Blue Farmgirl
1438 Posts
Nancy
St. Laurent de la Salanque
France
1438 Posts |
Posted - Dec 26 2006 : 12:00:57 PM
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| I've heard a saying 'put out the best seed to attract the best birds'.....the better quality ingredients you use, the more attractive your candles will be to a larger audience, perhaps. I too love the balsam pine fragrance, eucalyptus, lavender...maybe lighter scents for warmer months, since certainly fewer people burn candles then. Do you make soy candles, beeswax, as well as the traditional candles? LOTS of success to you!! Nance |
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Beemoosie
True Blue Farmgirl
2077 Posts
Bonnie
New York
USA
2077 Posts |
Posted - Dec 26 2006 : 12:49:37 PM
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I honestly probably wouldn't know the difference, but I am attracted to seeing "all natural", with that said here are the scents I like, which may or may not be "all natural"!
cinnamon,
apple/spice
Pumpkin
balsom,
O, Come let us adore HIM! www.beequilting.blogspot.com |
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FarmGirl~K
True Blue Farmgirl
512 Posts
Kelly
TX
USA
512 Posts |
Posted - Dec 26 2006 : 12:50:50 PM
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My fave is McIntosh Apple!! Any kind of clean outdoors scent like that. Fresh cut grass. Linen. All natural is great.
It may be more expensive for natural, but I think for our health it is better to be as natural as possible. I don't think there have been any candles with those scents I have found that are natural, but would be willing to spend the extra. |
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Bridge
True Blue Farmgirl
814 Posts
Bridgette
Southern
Indiana
USA
814 Posts |
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blueroses
True Blue Farmgirl
1323 Posts
Debbie
in the Pandhandle of
Idaho
USA
1323 Posts |
Posted - Dec 26 2006 : 1:11:11 PM
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Hi Bridge,
I like natural. My favs are lavender, lilac, pine, rose.
Debbie
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
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Bridge
True Blue Farmgirl
814 Posts
Bridgette
Southern
Indiana
USA
814 Posts |
Posted - Dec 26 2006 : 1:15:51 PM
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You are much more limited to scents by using the essential oils. But they have the true aroma-therapy effects, since they are from the natural herbs, spices and such.
I’ll post the list of essential oil scents, and what I currently have in fragrance oils.
I am getting ready to order a few items and wanted to see what my farmgal friends enjoyed..
I make soy candles, with hemp or cotton wicks. I try to use recycled glass containers that I have been given or have thrifted, this improves the environmental impact. My votives, burn in a standard straight sided votive glass, this gives the best burn out of the votives. I also make tea lights, and I recycle the little tins/plastics that they are in. I am working out the details of a trade in program on the containers…………I still have to work on the details a little bit more.
The one thing with Soy candles is that you must burn them in a container. The wax is much much softer. (I used to make regular candles, I made hundreds and hundreds of the "cake" candles, but then I realized that I didn’t want to increase our oil usage problem, and Soy wax is a much more environmentally friendly wax to use.
~~Bridge's Boutique~~
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Bluewrenn
True Blue Farmgirl
1122 Posts
Erin
Texas
USA
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - Dec 26 2006 : 4:02:48 PM
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Hi, Bridge - I have to say, I, too, prefer waxes like beeswax and soy, and most fragrance oils give me a headache - however, I DON'T get headaches from essential oils, so my vote would be there! My absolute favorites, however, are beeswax candles with no additional scent added. There is something about that honey-wax scent that I just love...
XOXO, Libbie
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
4439 Posts |
Posted - Dec 26 2006 : 4:57:51 PM
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Vanilla, cranberry, black cherry,
The Rustic Cottage Etsy Shop http://therusticcottage.etsy.com
She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands -Proverbs 31:13
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bramble
True Blue Farmgirl
2044 Posts
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Posted - Dec 27 2006 : 06:47:21 AM
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apple pie, pumpkin pie,sugar cookie, clean linen, mistletoe, hollyberry, bayberry, evergreen, cranberry, stormwatch (Yankee, I think) Spring smells (tulip, lilac, hydrangea, verbena, heliotrope) If I could have only one? Sugar Cookie!
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
Posted - Dec 27 2006 : 11:49:00 AM
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you can find candle and soap making supplies at
www.wholesalesuppliesplus.com
that is where I used to get my scents and supplies for glycerin soaps.
best of wishes.
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~ |
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