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Issue
Index
October 2009 -- Taking the Scary out of Candle Making, Snowball Candle Project, and more...
September 2009 -- 4 Quick Tips to Improve Your Candle Line, Layered Candle Project, and more...
August 2009 -- Is Big Always Better?, Cookie Cutter Candle Making Project, and more...
July 2009 -- How to Set Candle Prices, All Natural Beeswax Garden Flare Candle Making Project, and more...
June 2009 -- 5 Tips for Avoiding Margin Drain, Tri-Color Candle Making Project, and more...
May 2009 -- How To Select a Candle Wick, Chunk Candle Making Project, and more...
April 2009 -- Candle Making Ideas for Summer, Candle Making Projects, and more...
March 2009 -- Mold Techniques in Candle Making, A Simple Candle Project, and more...
February 2009 -- Setting the Right Mood Year Round, Tealight Candle Project, and more...
January 2009 -- Reacquainting Yourself with Candle Making Waxes, Tri-Color Candle Project, and more...
December 2008 -- 12 Days of the Candle Making Business, Candle Making Projects, and more...
November 2008 -- Candle Making Business Cliches, Miracle Molding Material Projects, and more...
October 2008 -- Candle Making Terms Explained, How To Make Mottling Candles, and more...
September 2008 -- Adding on to
Your Candle Lines, How To Make Candle Luminaries, and more...
August 2008 -- Candles & Their Fragrances, How To Make Pillar Candles, and more...
July 2008 -- Sunscreen For Your Candles, How To Make Dipped Tapers, and more...
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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