What a week - preparations and hiccups

What a week (or two) we have had!
We have been preparing for the Autumn Showcase to be held at the Wedding Warehouse in Martock on Saturday and Sunday 22nd and 23rd October. It is their first wedding fair and we are delighted to be able to take part. We have had some nice fliers printed locally by a smashing company called MoneyGivers. Great job John and Tim! (Sadly they didn't actually give us any money and I received an invoice... )
The fliers are aimed at the wedding market and are shown on my last blog except now they are tarted up and glossy on both sides. We aim to take a selection of candles but not too many. I think our experience is growing and less is more otherwise our stall ends up loooking like a car boot sale.

On top of creating some nice candles for this event the orders have been rolling in. All of a sudden everyone wants big chunky candles! And black is a definite favourite along with a sprinkling of orange with Halloweeen just around the corner.

The hiccup has been that our lovely black candles made with a new wax have decided not to burn as well as normal. The flame is small and in spite of trying a few different wicks we are looking a why this could be. Too much dye pigment is a possible answer and it only seems to be with the black candles (thank heaven). So Phil has been scratching his head and tearing his hair out and now the fab people at 4Candles are involved. They are sending us some new wicks and a new dye they are trialling. We don't mind being guinea pigs in the slightest and tehy couldn't be more helpful so watch this space. In the meantime I have taken black candle listings off ebay just to be on the safe side. Am sure the candle magician will have it all sorted in a wink of an eye.

Almost immediately following the Autumn Showcase we have a day at Comet Customer Service Centre showing our wares to the staff there. Hopefully will get some nice orders and make some new friends.
Well that's it for now - on with the show!