I have been collecting little gu dessert pots (unfortunately I had to eat all the chocolate in them first and that was so hard!) for ages now. Those and some small jars I already had are lined up.

I'm just trying to think of something suitably Christmassy scent wise. I'm thinking frankincense and myrrh, not too much so it isn't too sickly sweet but the cinnamon sounds good too!

Peckarolloveragaib - a few reasons why soy is better than wax - environmentally friendly as a by product of soy beans and not nasty petro-chemical paraffin. Also a natural product so doesn't leave those black stains on the ceiling. Paraffin disperses black vapour which is carcinogenic apparently too.

I'm so pleased to hear all you lot making candles

I'm just about to place my next order for wax - last week I had a bit of a garden clear up and remelted all the garden candle jars and pots, cleaned them and refilled them with soy wax and citronella candles - all ready for next year.

I've going to make some Christmas candles for myself and friends so i'm going to have a lovely time shopping for fantasy fragrances like myrrh, pine, cinnamon etc.

Measure the height of your tea cup then add a couple of cm's so that you can bend the wick round a kebab stick to keep it straight while the wax sets.

I ordered 5kg of soy wax and I've made about 40 small ones and I've got about a quarter of the bag of wax left.

which sort of wicks do i need, what size? to make teacups.have just ordered 3kg of wax, how many teacups will that make roughly?

I've done them, they are brilliant!

I've made about 40 little ones and I've got about a quarter of my wax left, I've run out of pots and fragrance oil and I've only got a few wicks left. I will be making more!

Actually my wax arrived at lunchtime today so I'm very happy. Box bashed to buggery, ripped and wet but all contents fine - first batch of candles cooling on the side

To be fair I think Candlelights are having problems with their courier service, apparently my first order went astray and DHL never bothered to inform them.

Still I might shop around for someone else next time.

Walkthedinosaur, you have getting such bad service - my wax arrived yesterday (ordered on 4/11), bashed box but here eventually.

I agree with twolittlemonkeys, with a £9 courier charge, it should be an awful lot quicker.

I brought mine from there and it came the next day dont understand why there is such a delay with yours WTD

any other places to buy the soy wax from other than candlelights?

Still haven't got my stuff from the Candlelights website and I placed my order on 24th October, they told me it would arrive yesterday but no joy. They've got until the end of the week and then I'm going to have to start looking for reimbursement I think.

On a positive side, I ordered some fragrances from a company called Sensory Perfection at the same time and they've been sat on my desk for weeks, they smell gorgeous and I'm desperate to put them in some candles. Excellent service too, arrived within 2 days of placing order.