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My Grandmother had the same home business many years ago, and not only did I draw upon and use her candle making tips over the years of my hobby, when I decided to make it my business...I drew upon her wisdom as well.� Hobbies, are all about the fun and the learning through trial and error.� But if I was going to go into business for myself, I wanted there to be as little of that as possible.� Here are some the things I learned along the when making my candles at home infused with what I did to make certain that once into business, things and plans and candle making would not go awry.
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When I started my first candle with my Grandmother, I wanted to do it all...just as she was doing.� She made me start small.� With one candle that I focused on.� For while I had been watching her work for some time, I had not gotten my hands in the wax.� Little by little, she let me work on more candles, first plain candles...then colored...then scented, and finally decorative.� It was the same thing I did when I started my business.� I cut my day job hours to part time while I straightened and organized my studio, and filled the orders of my friends.�
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Another tip my Grandmother gave me was to make sure of the quality of materials I was using.� Everything from the wicks to the wax to the scents and to the final product was quality driven.� That is how I operated when candle making was my hobby, and I was going to continue that through into my business.� Nothing I would ever put up for sale, would be anything but the best.� Of everything.
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I also considered the times we live in today compared with the times of my Grandmother.� Today's consumers want not only quality in the finished product, but quality in those materials.� And today, it's all about the all-natural everything.� I have kept my eye on the new kinds of wax, and scents...and made certain that they as pure as possible, in the making and in the burning of the candle.� The newest waxes I have worked with, have been the soy wax and the palm oil wax.� Not only do these produce all natural candles, the clean-up as far as drips and spills is concerned is far less extensive than with other kinds of wax.� So quality of product cuts down on time spent doing needless adjustments.� Not only in the studio, but in the selling of the candles and the customer satisfaction.� Turning your hobby into a business, is just as simple as beginning your hobby in the first place.� Learn by trial and error, but know that when the time comes, you will be able to deliver what it is you said you will deliver.� And by the way, the part time day job is now gone.� It's all about the candles!Sally Stow is the Chief Editor of [http://www.candlemakingtime.com]CandleMakingTime.com which is a resource filled with lots of tips, tricks and advice on the craft and business of candle making. For even more information on making your own candles [http://www.candlemakingtime.com/making-your-own-candles/]Click Here. Article Source: [http://EzineArticles.com/?Candle-Making-Tips:-From-Hobby-to-Home-Business&id=5555071] Candle Making Tips: From Hobby to Home Business
Candle Making Tips: From Hobby to Home Business
For many years I had worked "day jobs".� But at night, when I came home and wanted to unwind, and step into my own world, I worked on homemade candles.� It's a hobby that I began at a very young age with my Grandmother, so it remained with me throughout my adult years as a way to get to being myself, so to speak.� Year after year, friends would comment on my candles, then one by one they began to ask me if I would consider making candles for them.� Now, I had given them as gifts quite frequently, but they began to ask if I could make some for them to buy, not only for themselves, but so that they too could give them as gifts.� It was at this time, that I started to consider quitting the day job once and for all, and going into business myself.� Making...you guessed it, homemade candles.�
My Grandmother had the same home business many years ago, and not only did I draw upon and use her candle making tips over the years of my hobby, when I decided to make it my business...I drew upon her wisdom as well.� Hobbies, are all about the fun and the learning through trial and error.� But if I was going to go into business for myself, I wanted there to be as little of that as possible.� Here are some the things I learned along the when making my candles at home infused with what I did to make certain that once into business, things and plans and candle making would not go awry.
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When I started my first candle with my Grandmother, I wanted to do it all...just as she was doing.� She made me start small.� With one candle that I focused on.� For while I had been watching her work for some time, I had not gotten my hands in the wax.� Little by little, she let me work on more candles, first plain candles...then colored...then scented, and finally decorative.� It was the same thing I did when I started my business.� I cut my day job hours to part time while I straightened and organized my studio, and filled the orders of my friends.�
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Another tip my Grandmother gave me was to make sure of the quality of materials I was using.� Everything from the wicks to the wax to the scents and to the final product was quality driven.� That is how I operated when candle making was my hobby, and I was going to continue that through into my business.� Nothing I would ever put up for sale, would be anything but the best.� Of everything.
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I also considered the times we live in today compared with the times of my Grandmother.� Today's consumers want not only quality in the finished product, but quality in those materials.� And today, it's all about the all-natural everything.� I have kept my eye on the new kinds of wax, and scents...and made certain that they as pure as possible, in the making and in the burning of the candle.� The newest waxes I have worked with, have been the soy wax and the palm oil wax.� Not only do these produce all natural candles, the clean-up as far as drips and spills is concerned is far less extensive than with other kinds of wax.� So quality of product cuts down on time spent doing needless adjustments.� Not only in the studio, but in the selling of the candles and the customer satisfaction.� Turning your hobby into a business, is just as simple as beginning your hobby in the first place.� Learn by trial and error, but know that when the time comes, you will be able to deliver what it is you said you will deliver.� And by the way, the part time day job is now gone.� It's all about the candles!Sally Stow is the Chief Editor of [http://www.candlemakingtime.com]CandleMakingTime.com which is a resource filled with lots of tips, tricks and advice on the craft and business of candle making. For even more information on making your own candles [http://www.candlemakingtime.com/making-your-own-candles/]Click Here. Article Source: [http://EzineArticles.com/?Candle-Making-Tips:-From-Hobby-to-Home-Business&id=5555071] Candle Making Tips: From Hobby to Home Business
