Tuesday, August 07, 2007

Aren't these candles done yet? Arrggghhh! I will never ever do red wax on white anything! Red stains people. Though They are coming along, it has been a real trial. The bride decorated the holders herself and before she asked me to fill them with candles. Never again. I tried to explain that this would be difficult doing as pouring wax can be tricky and spillage can and often occurs, but never in my mind did I realized the red wax would stain and as murphy's law would have it...I spilled wax, actually dropped one of the holders which spilled wax all over the place. I went on website after website trying to find stain removers. All stains are removed except from 2. Those I am going to repaint. The bride will redecorate. Did I mention I had only 2 weeks to do these? Did I mention that the holders were ordered off line and there were no extra's? Neither did the bride. Am I going to loose my ass on this deal? you bet your bottom dollar I am. The bride's mother is a friend from work and is paying for all of the wedding...she asked me the other day,"please don't break me on this." I am probably going to just get my cost back out of the deal. If I charged for my time and effort it would be very costly. Oh and another self note: I am charging more for any future Cinna anything candle. When you make a large batch of cinna wax it is an over whelming scent. Makes you feel as if you ate 5 fireballs at once. It reeks havoc with your sinus cavaity and gives you a headache from hell. I went to work after pouring 32 candles and my face and eyes were so swollen I could barely see straight. Cinnamon use to be my favorite scent, my signature scent...use to be is the key phase here. If I ever smell cinna anything it will be too soon. Cranberry will be my new scent for Christmas....

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