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Getting Ready for the Holiday Season: 10 Essential Tips for Makers
The year is already half over, and even though it is as hot as blazes outside, it’s not too early to start thinking about the fall and holiday craft show season. As the leaves change color and the air turns crisp, it’s time to gear up for the most wonderful time of the year: the fall and holiday gift-giving season. The economy is challenging, but 2023 is when more people are looking for handmade treasures and heartfelt creations, making this the perfect opportunity for crafters to showcase their skills and generate sales. However, to make the most of this bustling season, meticulous preparation is key. In this blog post, we'll explore the importance of product selection, supply management, and offer ten indispensable tips to help you navigate the holiday selling season at craft shows.
Choosing the Right Wicks for Your Candles
For many, choosing the correct wick is the most confusing part about making your candles. So many wick choices are available with many different opinions on what wick is best, which can be very frustrating.
All About Coconut Apricot Wax!
Finally, a plant-based natural wax with a fragrance throw that will knock your socks off, hot and cold! This is the finest plant wax available and will not disappoint in a luxury candle line! We have been testing different Apricot wax blends for YEARS and knew we wanted to bring on a paraffin-free blend, and this one hit all of our wishes!
Soap Making Q & A
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Shaving Soap Recipe
A great moisturizing shaving soap for both men and women! We wanted to do a shaving soap with Father’s Day right around the corner but this soap is also great for the ladies!
Beard Balm Recipe
Father’s Day is quickly approaching and what better time than now to make beard balm! Beard balm helps to soften, seal and protect a man’s beard it can also help the skin underneath stay moisturized!
How to Make Citronella Candles
Citronella candles are a summer time bug buster classic! It’s really fast and easy to make your own in containers that you probably have laying around already. There are also some great decorative buckets at discount stores that you can pick up to decorate or match an outdoor decor theme.
Creating Botanical Candles
Candles made with botanicals are not only beautiful, but a great way to savor and share the bounty of your garden after peak bloom. As the love for nature inspired and natural products increases, there are more botanical candles entering the market every day. I personally love anything botanical, especially plants with aromatic properties.
Cereal Candles!
TREND ALERT! Cereal candles! More specifically Fruit Loops cereal candles! These fun candles are a twist on the traditional candle by making them look like a delicious bowl of cereal! Even if you aren’t a sugary cereal type person, the amazingly yummy aroma and bright colors are enticing!
Heart Shaped Bath Bombs
A relaxing, at-home spa experience is what people really want for Valentine's Day! Bath bombs are great any time of the year but they are especially great during the cold winter months! These fun heart-shaped bath bombs are perfect for the upcoming holiday and the same recipe can be used to make other bath bombs too!
Chunky Love Candles
Valentine's Day is right around the corner and these Chunky Love Candles are a great gift for a loved one! They are chunk candles with a Valentine's Day theme using square chunks or even heart shaped wax melts!
Winter Skin Body Butter
Skin feeling dry, itchy and irritated this time of year? This whipped body butter is for you! Body butters are thicker and more protective than lotion and fantastic for softener winter skin. The butters and oils are whipped up into a fluffy consistency so application is easier.
Soothing Winter Bath Soak
After a long winter day, all you need is a bath to relax and ease those tired achy muscles and this soothing winter bath soak will do just that! Epsom salt to relieve tired achy muscles, baking soda to soothe & neutralize, sweet almond oil to nourish winter skin, hibiscus has anti-oxidant properties to protect your skin, and finally lavender essential oil to relax.
Valentine's Day Wax Melts
Valentine's Day is approaching quickly! Once Christmas is over in the making world it's time to swing right into Valentine's Day! We thought these cute heart shaped wax melts would be a perfect way to do just that! Wax Melts are an easy and cost efficient way to add new products to your candle or soap line and they keep growing in popularity year to year!
Laconic Vessel Snowman Candles
Winter can be so blah, what better way to make winter fun than snowman candles! These cute snowman faces are easy to paint onto our Laconic Vessels! The Laconic Vessel has the perfect shape for a snowman head!
10 Fun Ways to Use Vegetable Glycerin
Vegetable glycerin is a viscous, colorless, clear or semi-clear, non-toxic, sweet-tasting liquid produced from vegetable fates. It is an emollient (makes soft and supple) and adds a soothing cooling effect to your skin. It is also a humectant which means that it retains moisture. These great properties make it a natural choice for skincare products. Who doesn’t want soft, supple, moisturized skin?
Apple Pie Candles
Who doesn’t love a good apple pie? These little pies are very popular because they appeal to all ages. They look and smell good enough to eat too! Pie candles are super fast and easy to make.
How To Lotion Candles
Lotion candles, also known as massage candles, are candles that use skin-loving ingredients to soften and protect your skin instead of traditional candle wax. The concept is simple, just light your candle and let it burn for a few minutes until a wax melt pool forms. Once the wax pool forms, extinguish the flame and either scoop or pour out some of the melted wax to use on your skin. The melted wax will be warm but not hot enough to burn your skin, so it can just be massaged into any dry areas just as you would with any other lotion.
How To Water Absorbing Crystals
This is the greatest thing next to sliced bread! These super absorbent crystals make great air fresheners for those who don't want to burn candles. Great for college dorms or retirement communities! The crystals will evaporate over time and can be refreshed by adding more warm water. These are so fun and easy to make!
Pumpkin Chai Coffee Scrub
We love this emulsified coffee scrub! The warm smell of coffee and pumpkin envelops you. The many benefits of coffee and pumpkin are an added bonus! Coffee, when used as a scrub, is said to be anti-inflammatory, skin brightening, and tightening while softening and hydrating the skin. Pumpkin oil contains vitamin E, zinc, Omega 3 & 6 fatty acids, and antioxidants. This helps to retain moisture, regenerate skin cells, and maintain glowing skin. Everything you could possibly desire from a scrub!
Autumn Indulgent Lip Balm
Protective lip balm in fun fall flavors and colors warm the soul on chilly autumn days!
Candy Corn Cold Process Soap
A fun, festive way to celebrate fall on a daily basis without having to eat candy!
Pumpkin Patch Candles
These are so cute and so easy to make too. You can pretty much use any jar with any pumpkin mold which can add more uniqueness to each candle!