Well now being an unkowing dedicated helper in training, and frustrated with throwing money away, I say if you don’t like the candles you are buying, why don’t you make your own! Woe is me! I thought, what could be so damned hard about pouring wax into a jar.
OK, color me stupid! So now she has a great idea, she is going to make her own candles. She is going to make Soy Candles, because those are the ones she likes. Off we go to the local “Books a Million” store. We purchase a couple of books on candle making. Now we know it all. By this time you are probably thinking, now instead of throwing away Ten spots he is throwing Twenties. You would be right! But, I am about to move up in the world. If you think you can make candles out of books, you are very wrong. We need more stuff.
The books tell us almost nothing about making soy candles. Even the advise on making wicks is pathetic. I know all of you candle makers out there in Candleland, have heard the method of drapping the raw wick over a pencil and dipping it into the wax. What a hoot!
After leaving forty bucks at the book store, we stop by the local “Hobby Lobby” store. Wow, sticker shock! It would a cost over $100 just to attempt to make a few candles. So in my frugal fashion and a misguided attempt to save face and money, I say “let’s just go home and do some research on the internet.”
