Here are the candle scents that we have! It has taken about a month to get everything the way that I like it, and I apologize for that, but, I believe it's worth the wait! I hope that you all agree!!

Here are our scents so far!

• Lilac
• Apple Blossom
• April Showers (floral with a hint of spice... like spring rain)
• Lavender
• Ocean
• Very Cherry 
• Birds of Paradise
• #9 (like Victorias Secret Love Spell)
• Botanical Orchard & Nectar
• Evening Meadows (like B&BW Twilight Wood)
• Happy Cake (Smells like a birthday cake!)
• Tropical Fruit Medley

I will be adding them to the shop as soon as I get them finished! So please be sure to check often! :-)

So, the voting on our facebook page (found here) turned some tides with the scents we ordered! Some are still there, some are not, we even had a wild card make it! If you need a description of the scents, they can be found here.

The top 10 scents as chosen by you were:

1. Lilac
2. Apple Blossom
3. Spring Rain (we will be calling it April Showers)
4. Lavender
5. Ocean
6. Wild Cherry (we will be calling it Very Cherry)
7. Birds of Paradise (still thinking of a name)
8. Love Spell (we will be calling it #9)
9. Botanical Orchard & Nectar (still thinking of a name)
10. Twilight Wood [B&BWscent] (still thinking of a name)

There you have it!!! We should have everything by around 18April, and should have an opening day a couple days after that. I'll make another post when we've got products in the shop!

Again, thank you all so very much for being so patient with us while we were getting everything together!

Here was our list that we were thinking of ordering (which will be done by Saturday)

* Apple Blossom - pink
-light, fresh floral with tart apple note
* Beach Daisys - pink or red (possible double pour)
- asian lemongrass, dune grass, daisy petals, gardenia bloom, ylang-ylang, clove leaf, blond woods, amber sands, and sheer musk
* Birds of Paradise - red, blue, purple or pink (will probably be the last poured)
-tropical blend of sweet strawberries, juicy pomegranate, creamy vanilla, and coconut milk with hints of rose petals and soft jasmine
* Shakespears' Dream (like Yankee MidSummers Night) - blue
-masculine scent similar to Drakkar that is very clean and uplifting
* Mountain Man (like Yankee Mountain Lake) - blue
the cooling scent of mountain pines and cypress with notes of lily and musk
* Lilac- pink or purple (possible double pour)
- Lilacs
* #9 (like Victorias Secret Love Spell) - pink, purple or red
-romantic scent, mixing light fruit, citrus, and florals
* Reflections at Midnight (like Bath & Body Works Moonlight Path) - light purple or dark blue
-women's fragrance infused with lavender, violets and light musk
* Botanical Orchard & Nectar - pink or purple
luscious orchard aroma of apple and pear delicately balanced with the freshness of lily, pear blossoms, osmanthus and sweet orchard nectar
* Ocean - blue
-fresh, salty scent of the ocean

I may order some of these instead

*Country Garden
-a fresh bouquet of flowers right from the garden
*Fresia
-sweet smelling floral fragrance is a wonderful springtime  scent
*Heather
- Like being on a misty hillside surrounded by the delicate scent of heather.
*Lavender
-The familiar lavender fragrance
*Rose Bouquet
-like a bouquet of fresh rose
*Spring Rain
- floral with a hint of spice
*Twilight Wood
-ripe forest berries and soft sensual musk, with middle notes of sweet mimosa flowers and apricots, along with subtle hints of oak and juniper

So, there has been lots going on here at Charwood Candle!

I thought I would let you in on a sneak peak of our "rough draft" of scents and color combinations.

* Apple Blossom - pink
* Beach Daisys - pink or red (possible double pour)
* Birds of Paradise - red, blue, purple or pink (will probably be the last poured)
* Shakespears' Dream (like Yankee MidSummers Night) - blue
* Mountain Man (like Yankee Mountain Lake) - blue
* Lilac- pink or purple (possible double pour)
* #9 (like Victorias Secret Love Spell) - pink, purple or red
* Reflections at Midnight (like Bath & Body Works Moonlight Path) - light purple or dark blue
* Botanical Orchard & Nectar - pink or purple
* Ocean - blue

There is still lots to do before opening day! I finally got the shop banner made. It wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be. I'm pretty surprised. Sam and I were collaborating on the color scheme and I started to make the business cards as well. Holy moly! I didn't realize that I'd gotten that much done this week! I know it doesn't really seem like that much, but, it's rather time consuming, and sometimes a bit frustrating. It seems like we're hardly even in the mood to work on things at the same time, so it ends up me doing a lot of the work, and then Sam coming in later and critiquing things, and then I fix or modify things when I'm in the mood, or I have time again. Sometimes it feels like a bit of a circle, but that's okay!

Next week, I have an appointment with a local photographer. She's going to give me some tips about taking good photographs of the products. I really appreciate it because she's doing this for free! She absolutely doesn't have to, and she's volunteering her time. Of course, she lives right up the street from me, and I'm pretty sure that she realizes that we will be using her for family pictures sometime hopefully in the near future!

Recently, from my personal blog, I had posted on another blog about how one of my new Years Goals was to get Charwood Candle off the ground and hopefully turn into something that is profitable and fun for the family. She gave me some really great websites to check out. One of those web sites happened to be of a very sweet lady. She, Allisa, has given me some sound advice and I'm inclined to take that advice. She's had her own Etsy shop (here) for a little while, and she has some fantastic products, you should really check her out!

One of the things that I was struggling with, was the fact that I was only going to be able to start out with ONE color. Therefor I had to find scents that would "match" that color and that people would like. Well, I've found a work around folks! I will still be able to get the same amount of supplies, plus an extra color, for almost the exact same price! So! That means that I can get 2 primary colors that will mix to make a secondary color and have a whole lot more scent options! I noticed that people were asking for red, blue, and purple candles when I asked what colors they would pick. I couldn't narrow it down to just one of those 3, so, I picked red and blue! Now, I can have, red, blue, pink, and purple! How about that!

I think 2 of the 10 scents that we are going to start with are Lilac (which is Sams' favorite!) and Apple Blossom (which is Jacques' favorite!). The other 8 have yet to be picked out, but that's okay! It's progress, and that's what we're striving for! I'm still waiting for labels and a store front. Things are coming together tho!

I thought all of this was going to be easy, but, it turns out that it's really not! I still need to call the Chamber of Commerce and see about getting a business license as well! My goodness! Everything just seems like it's coming so quickly! I thought we had lots of time to get everything ready, but, it turns out that we really don't! Who knew!

If you could only choose a candle by it's color, and not by it's scent, which color would you choose?

So here it is folks!! Sam and I have a tentative opening day of February 01. 2011! I was hoping for something sooner, but, it looks like that would be right around the earliest that we could open things as of right now. If we happen to come on a windfall, we might open earlier! :-)

Just keeping you all informed! We are working with a designer right now as well! Things are starting to come together! We're so very excited!!