Any Ex Candle Makers Here??

[Diane Mumm]

I retired myself from candle making about a year ago.. anyone else in the process of doing so.. would like to connect to see what you are doing now..

I made candles for 10 years, got into the soy candle industry when it was relatively new.. had a good run.. but things are slightly different now with costs .. etc..

and I don't miss the testing.. Now focusing my attention on another love.. a candle home business.. not the producer but the distributor..

please feel free to post

Diane Mumm

[Clee8212]

Hi Diane! Nice to meet you!

I retired my candle making a little over a year ago also! I just couldnt keep up with a fulltime job, family and all aspects of a candle making business.

I am now a Gold Canyon Demonstrator. I still love candles, but now I am just doing the fun part!

[Diane Mumm]

Carol, Nice to meet you too.. and it is funny it looks like we are alike in some ways.. I had several reasons too why I quit..

and guess what I am a distributor now too but for Mia Bella's.. I hope things are going well

Diane Mumm

[lacandlegirl]

Funny you should ask. I just pulled out all my candle supplies last night and after 2 1/2 hours I had made a few candles. Talk about work!

I decided to give up candle making and hope to get back into selling instead.

[Diane Mumm]

Hi lacandlegirl, it is funny, it is much easier to sell , then do all the inventory and testing and I could go on and on.. hehe.. it is nice to see a few of you that have decided that enough was enough..

[lacandlegirl]

Ah, the wonderful world of testing.

[HollyinWA]

Hi Diane,

I am just now in the process of retiring. It is very sad but I had to make the change for the sake of my family, my horses and myself. I would type more but I have to get Kayley on the bus. This is my candle business which I am starting the process of closing: http://www.newmanlakecandles.com. I have to send out the news to my mailing list customers soon. I have to wait for the right time. I just sent out a newsletter before I decided to close and I did not want to shock them too fast. I need to sell off some of my stock as well.

I know exactly what you went through and are going through. Candle making is a tremendous amount of work on top of all the other aspects to the biz.

I will keep check on this thread! Thanks for posting. I will love to have a place to come shed some tears.

~Holly
P.S. Diane, I saw your post on Candle Tech. I need to let them know there as well.

[HollyinWA]

P.S. I will explain more later, but I am going to sell Gold Canyon Candles so I can still have a candle biz in my life but someone else can do all the hard production work!

[lacandlegirl]

Holly - I know it's a big decision but Gold Canyon is a wonderful company to rep for. The candles are amazing. Good luck to you.

As for candle making. I don't plan to sell my supplies bc at times I do enjoy pouring up a candle with my favorite scents. I just don't feel I can do it full-time or retail them.

I hope you keep us updated on how you are doing.

Laura

[HollyinWA]

Originally Posted by lacandlegirl

Holly - I know it's a big decision but Gold Canyon is a wonderful company to rep for. The candles are amazing. Good luck to you.

As for candle making. I don't plan to sell my supplies bc at times I do enjoy pouring up a candle with my favorite scents. I just don't feel I can do it full-time or retail them.

I hope you keep us updated on how you are doing.

Laura

Thanks, Laura, for your encouragement. I know that some of my customers may already know about GC and like them and the ones that do not know about them or tried them, I just know that most will trust my judgment that they are great products and will continue to follow me. I may lose some customers but that is ok.

That is great that you still pull out your supplies to make candles from time to time for fun or gifts, etc. I definitely won't be selling anymore once I am closed for good since I have to be loyal to GC and abide by the rules, and most likely I will not make them for fun either. I have to close this chapter of my life. I have horses and I also got back into fish tanks so these two hobbies (even though horses should not really be considered a hobby) will take up my time as well as my family and home, etc.

Thanks again, and hope whatever you are doing or decide to do you are successful and happy with it!