Off-the-wall question: Do you personally know anyone who teaches candle making...

[OneGrassRoot]

and has created a business, however small, from candle making?

Thanks. :hi:

:grouphug:

[Mnemosyne]

1. Our Own Candle Company - Findley Lake, NY - friends working there.

http://ourowncandlecompany.com/orderform/index.php?main_page=page&id=4

:hi:

[OneGrassRoot]

2. sweeeeeeeeeet.....

Thanks!

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[Mnemosyne]

8. Very welcome, OGR.

Hope all is well. :hug::loveya:

[eilen]

3. We used to have a candle factory here in town but it burned down... Syracuse, NY

Emkay candles-- they made religious candles just laid off about 38 people last year. They have put the factory up for sale.

Here is the listing for the factory if anyone would like to open a candle factory:

http://search.pyramidbrokerage.com/DesktopModules/Pyramid/pdf.ashx?lid=Y10268

And the other big candle company moved to Tennessee

http://blog.syracuse.com/opinion/2010/02/will_and_baumer_opens_in_tenn.html

But then a Canadian company moved in the old candle factory that moved away:


A Canadian company is purchasing the vacant Will & Baumer Inc. plant in Salina and plans to use it to make specialty candles.
Light 4 Life Candles LLC, a subsidiary of a candle company in Scarborough, Ontario, plans to install high-speed machines that can produce “vessel-filled” candles — candles contained in glass jars — in high volume, Onondaga County officials said.
Production is set to begin this fall. The company estimates it will create 60 jobs at the site within three years and may look to hire former Will & Baumer employees, county officials said.
Will & Baumer ended 153 years of church-candle making in the Syracuse area last year when it moved to a new plant in Lewisburg, Tenn., near Nashville. At the time, it was the oldest manufacturer in Onondaga County. The move eliminated 25 local jobs.
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/05/canadian_candle_company_moving.html

Looks to me that most of the trouble is due to outsourcing and China


SCHUMER: LAST MAJOR SYRACUSE CANDLE MAKER AT RISK BECAUSE OF UNFAIRLY TRADED CHINESE CANDLES FLOODING THE MARKET – SCHUMER TO FEDS: MAKE SURE ANTI-DUMPING LAWS STAY STRONG TO KEEP CATHEDRAL CANDLE IN BUSINESS


Chinese Companies Are Circumventing U.S. Trade Laws, Finding Loopholes To Dump Candles Into U.S. Market And Avoid Payment of Customs Duties

As Commerce Dept. Decides On New Anti-Dumping Guidelines, Schumer Urges Feds Not To Open Up More Loopholes For Chinese Companies Already Engaged in Predatory Pricing

Schumer: We Should Level the Playing Field and Protect Syracuse’s Heritage As A Candle Making City, Not Help Chinese Candle Makers Destroy Syracuse Jobs
http://schumer.senate.gov/Newsroom/record.cfm?id=332090&&year=2011&

At one time we had five major candlemakers in the city.

[OneGrassRoot]

5. Wow, thanks for all that info, eilen!

I appreciate it.

:hug:

[murielm99]

4. These people do very well, and have a great product.

I buy from them often. Their pot purri and their candles are the best. I just bought a lilac candle from them. It smells just like my bushes in the spring. There is nothing cloying or fake about any of their scents. They are just natural.

I am familiar with another company in my area that makes their own soap. They have a great shop. They are starting to sell more soap all the time, and their products are sold on consignment in places like this Bushel Basket Candle store.

http://www.bbcandle.com/

They will help you start your own business, too!

[OneGrassRoot]

6. Thank you, murielm99!

I can smell the lilac candle now.

:)

Thanks for sharing this. :hug:

[Manifestor_of_Light]

7. off topic about syracuse china.

My mom bought a set of this Syracuse china, name of pattern Nordic, and I still use some of it and think it's beautiful. That was about 1964.