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Index June 2008 - Fall Candle Season Starts Now, Extraordinary Candle Making Project, and more...
May 2008 -- Green Candle Making, Green Candle Projects, and more...
April 2008 -- Recent Candle Industry Price Increases, Aluminum Mold Candle Project, and more...
March 2008 -- Straight Wax, Exciting New Candle Making Products, and more...
February 2008 -- Business Side
of Candle Making, Ice Candle Project, and more...
January 2008 -- Basics of Blended Wax Candles, Rose Floater Candle Project, and more...
December 2007 -- 12 Days of Business, 2007 Candle Making Projects, and more...
November 2007 -- Show Time for Candle Making, Making Snow Candles, and more...
October 2007 -- Ready, Set, GO candle making, Candle Luminaries, and more...
September 2007 -- GREENING Your Product Line and Your Bottom Line…, One-Pour Candle Tins, and more...
August 2007 -- Candle Making's Center of Focus, Making Streak Candles, and more...
July 2007 -- The Latest in Candle Making Products, Votive Candle Project, and more...
June 2007 -- Setting Your Candles' Sale Price, Summer Candle Projects, and more...
May 2007 -- Determining Your Candle Making Costs, Using Extra Candle Wax, and more...
April 2007 -- Natural Wax Buzz Part 2, Layered natural candles, and more...
March 2007--Crucial details of candle making, Candle projects with no melting required, and more...
February 2007--How to choose a candle making mold, Making custom candle molds, and more...
January 2007--"Green" Candle Making, tri-color
jar candle project, and more...
December 2006--Looking into the candle making future,
2006 candle projects, and more...
November 2006--Introducing...a candle making introduction,
candle projects, and more...
October 2006--Prime time: candle wicks,
taper candle projects, and more...
September 2006--Clearly still here:Gel candle making, one-pour tins, and more...
August 2006--Fragrance - the driving force
of candle making, a new contest, and more...
July 2006--Planning your production, using granulated wax, and more...
June 2006--Our 35th Year, using aluminum candle molds, how much candle fragrance to use, and more...
May 2006--Summertime
candle making, making natural lemon candles and more...
April 2006--Choose
the candle wick, making tealight candles
and more...
March
2006--Choose
the right wick base, blending soy wax with paraffin, making palm wax
candles and more...
February
2006--The
roll of wax additives in a blended wax world, UV additives, making
grubby candles and more...
January 2006--The
secrets of soy wax candles, more ways to use candles,
making soy wax container candles and more...
December 2005--Planning
for the new year, announcing our new home, secrets about wicks, and more...
November
2005--Holiday candle making,
ideas to sell more candles, making luminaries and more...
October 2005--Temperture issues when
making candles, how to start making candles and more...
September
2005--Choose the right candle
mold, ASTM safety standards, and more...
August
2005--Color and Fragrance trends,
choosing the right candle making tools, and more...
July 2005--Planning for efficient production,
Marketing your Candles, Making Swirl Candles, and more...
June 2005--New market trends in candle
shapes and textures, Making Textured Candles, and more...
May 2005--The trends and science of candle
fragrances, Making Mottled Candles, and more...
April 2005--How to select the proper
candle wick, Top Colors, Making "Earthy" Chunk Candles, and more...
March 2005--Selecting the right wax
Part III, Our Top Waxes, Making Floral Candles, Our History and more...
February 2005--Selecting the right wax
Part II, Our Top Fragrances, Making Fruit Candles
and more...
January 2005--Selecting the right wax,
Using blended wax, Coloring wax, Making Layered Jar Candles and more...
December 2004--All about candle making
fragrances, Making Grubby Candles and more...
November 2004--Choosing Color for your
candle making, Making snowball candles and
more...
October 2004--Candle Making Busy Season,
Making Palm Wax Candles, Speeding Up Candle Production and more...
September
2004--Candle Wax Melters, Making
Sense of your Candle Scents, Making Taper Candles and more...
August 2004--Getting Ready For The Season,
Using Votive Pins To Make Votive Candles, No Melt Candle Making and
more...
July 2004--Some History & What's New, Paraffin Myths, Making Golf Ball Candles and more...
June
2004--Choosing the Right Candle
Wax for Your Needs, Making One-Pour Tins and more...
May 2004--Investigating New Products,
Burn Testing, Making Freestanding
Gel Pillars & Novelties and more...
April 2004--Candle Making Trends, Rolled
Candles with Beeswax Sheets, Making Taper Candles and more...
March 2004--Color Theory & Techniques,
Floating Candle Molds, Making Tealight Candles and more...
February
2004--Mold
Techniques, Computers and Candlemaking, Making Easter Egg Chunk Candles
and more...
January 2004--Marketing
Natural Wax and Paraffin Candles, Layering Natural Wax Candles and
more...
December 2003--Holiday Greetings, 2003
Year in Review, The 6 P's, Making Icicle Candles and more...
November
2003--Building Your Candle Product
Line, Making Holiday Ornaments & Soap-on-a-Wick and
more...
October 2003--Marketing Your Candles,
Polyurethane Molds, Making Lemon Candles, and more...
September
2003--Packaging & Labeling,
Essential Oils, Making Rolled Pillars with Beeswax Sheets, and more...
August 2003--Using Palm Wax, Increasing
Your Profit Margins, Using Aluminum Molds, and more...
July
2003--Ultra
Violet Light Absorbers, Reducing Shipping Costs, Dipping Techniques,
and more...
June
2003--Choosing the Right Wick, Using a Wick Stick, Making
Floater Candles, and more...
May 2003--New
Products Review, Pouring Temperatures, Finishes For Your Candles,
and more...
April
2003--Selecting Paraffin,
Natural and “Hybrid” Waxes, Using Pillar Pins,
and more...
March
2003--Selling & Marketing Candles, Making it Easier to
Make Pillars, Wax Art Crystals and more...
February
2003--Pouring Temperatures, Votive Tips, Making Grubby Candles,
and more... January
2003--Candle Making Safety Tips, Instruction Labels, What To Do
With Extra Wax and more...
December
2002--Polycarbonate Molds, Making Clear Snowball Candles, and
more...
November
2002--Candle Making as a Second Language, The Story of Chandler,
Natural
F Wax, and
more...
October
2002--Candle Making as a Second Language, Projects Review and
more...
September
2002--Accessorizing Your Manufacturing, Making Clear Pillar Candles,
and more...
July/August
2002--Making Cinnamon Roll Candles, Clear Pillar Base, New Products,
and more...
May/June
2002--Back to Basics, Making F Wax Candles, and more...
April
2002--Making Streaked Candles, Wax 101 part 3: Natural Wax, and
more...
March
2002--Making Crackled Candles, Wax 101 part 2: Gel Wax, and more...
February
2002--Making Easter Egg Candles, Wax 101: An Overview, and more...
January
2002 --Review
of 2001, Frosty Snowman Candles, New Products, Safety Info and more...
December
2001--Botanical
candles, making white candles white and more...
November
2001--Chunk
candles, clearance sale!, candlemaking books and more...
October
2001--The
new candle market, choosing gels, votive wicks and more...
August
2001--New
products, new location , new web site and more...
July
2001--Selling
& Marketing Candles (part 3), Candle Burn Times and more...
June
2001--Selling
& Marketing Candles (part 2), UV Light Absorbers, Wax Additive Recommendations
and more...
May
2001--Selling & Marketing Candles, Burning Instructions, Selecting
Sustainer Bases and more...
April
2001--Natural Waxes, Candle Burn Times, Wax Pouring Temperatures
and more...
March
2001--Making Wax Inserts, Blended vs. Non-Blended Waxes, Colors,
Fragrances and more...
February
2001--Whipped Wax, Wax Art Crystal Wax, Gel Candles, Using Containers
and more...
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Most
candle makers cannot wait until the fall months and specifically October.
Those that have been in the candle market always appreciate this is the time of year
when we start getting busy with fall festivals and readying for the winter holidays.
One of the critical steps we would suggest, if you have not already done so, would be to develop
a complete list of all of your components that go into your product, commonly called
a Bill of Materials. The Bill of Materials (BOM) can serve multiple uses such
as helping in determining your cost, tracking inventory, and determining when to place orders. The
best way to get started would be to list on a spreadsheet everything required to sell your
candle from start to finish. This would include the smallest of items. 
The second column should list how much inventory of the item you have. This will help you
plan how many candles you can make in the upcoming days/weeks. While there are
other columns you may find important to your needs, one that should not be over looked
is lead times. 
Many fragrances are sold for holiday specific times but with creative efforts you can
extend the life of your candle scent by renaming the candle. If you have a candle
scent with hints of pine and other scents called “Essence of Christmas”. Maybe
rename it after Christmas to “Midnight Woods”. This can be done with most
holiday specific fragrances. 
