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Old 12-03-2005, 06:28 PM
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Talking My first candles!
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Okay, they're not wonderful, but not too bad for a first-timer, ehh?

At least I've learnt some lessons ......

1. You need more wax than you think you do (hence why 2 of the candles are 2-tone )
2. You should wait longer before you put the second colour wax in, or the yellow merges with the blue to produce green!
3. A little dye goes a long way (I didn't mean it to be THAT blue!)
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Old 12-03-2005, 07:30 PM
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J they're brilliant well done! A friend of mine got into candle making and hers were those curly candles I call them where you sort of peel the wax away and curl it. One of the problems she had was the glaze and she did some really shiny ones because they had too much glaze. They looked good but not as good as the ones that had the right amount of glaze.

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Hey, well done you! Aren't they fab?!

<pretends she never doubted J's candlemaking abilities>

Was it fun to do? Did you wreck the pan?
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Old 12-03-2005, 07:59 PM
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Old 13-03-2005, 05:56 AM
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Well done J, they are great.
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Old 13-03-2005, 06:09 AM
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Hey, well done you! Aren't they fab?!

<pretends she never doubted J's candlemaking abilities>

Was it fun to do? Did you wreck the pan?
Bought a £1.99 Woolies non-stick milk pan

It was kind of fun, bit tense as to how they'd turn out.

(they're not flat underneath, didn't leave any wax to "top up" so its a bit concave )
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excellent work j!
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Old 14-03-2005, 04:24 AM
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Well done J, they look great.
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I think they're fab - well done.
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Thats a really good effort.

Did you have fun??

Have you used them yet or are they just for decorational use?
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Pat on the back for you J..

They're really good!! You'll have to do some purple ones next!!!
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Thats a really good effort.

Did you have fun??

Have you used them yet or are they just for decorational use?
Am I supposed to burn them now?!?
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Am I supposed to burn them now?!?
awwwww well done that that man!!! they're marvellous dahhhhhhling!!! I had a Get Set (remember them!?) candle making set years ago and my mum still has the ones i made!
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Fab!!!

I think the two tone looks lovely anyway and as for the green, it was supposed to be like that surely!

Hey, and nobody looks at the bottom!!

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Do you take commissions yet? Maybe black, red & silver??
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They are cool! Well done, very creative
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