Bubba gets a rest!

No, the guy in the photo is NOT Bubba.  (Oops, photo won’t load but I’ll keep tryin’) That’s my good friend and amazing co-worker Sonny.  We met when I was spying on my teenagers at the local high school under the guise of being PTO president.  Sonny taught ROTC at the time and is now retired and making soap and candles for fun….We forged a best friends friendship, much to the curiosity of the rest of the faculty.  It was his idea to offer candles for fund-raising, so when things are going badly, I blame him!

We’ve been working Bubba, our wax melter literally day and night.  It takes about 4 hours to melt 55 lbs of wax to the proper temperature for adding color, fragrance and to maintain ideal pouring temperature.  Over the past week we’ve poured about 1500 candles.  Whew, that number still scares me!  This Friday we will begin receiving orders from the schools we’ve contracted with already.  The really great thing is now we have all the procedures down pat and know exactly what it will take to produce any number of candles that we may need.

A point of pride for us is that our candles are made from responsibly harvested palm wax that burns longer and cleaner than most other candle waxes.  Our glass containers are American made and recyclable, the wicks are cotton and our recyclable gift boxes were made right here in Georgia, just down the road in Monroe.

So, we’ve decided to let Bubba rest for a few days and turn our attention once again to soaps, lip treats and skin loving concoctions.  Look for our great candles at the Athens Farmers Market, on Athens Locally Grown,  at Findlay Market too.