making silicone candle molds

Good morning candle friends.  I bet you've guessed by now, that I am very fond of shaped candles.

The flip side to that is, I have a strong aversion to making candle molds.  The process is long, monotonous and messy and I inevitably stick a finger or the side of my hand in a glob of burning hot glue causing an unsightly and rather painful puffy blister.  But as much as I dislike the whole mold making affair; you don't get fun shaped candles with out it.  Soooo, over the weekend I built forms and mixed silicone for 11 new pieces.

These are a few of my favorites and I can't wait to play with all these fun new shapes, especially that turkey, just wait till ya see him, he's so stinkin cute?

silicone store

at the end of october my daughter and i took a drive over to tempe

to visit reynolds plastics 

i love this place

so many fun things 

all the amazing creations

the people there are so helpful and were very gracious in letting me take a few pictures

didn't notice the wrenches on the wall back there when i took the picture

reminds me of dark cloud 2

bonus points if you know what i'm talking about

too bad you can't eat these!

my daughter called me over to take a picture of the teenage turtle thing,,,,,

but the dog butt is just too funny

we had a great time and even more fun making new molds

which i'll post about some other time

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in the between time

here's a pic of  my little mokopup on halloween

Making molds

I've been making a whole bunch of new candles molds lately, and even though I don't enjoy mold making as much as I do candle making,  I'm always excited to get that first ever pour in.