Make sure you dip the wick into the melted wax before attaching it to the candle mold. Keeping the wick in place can be tricky. Once your candle wax is at the proper temperature, add in anything you want to be including in your candle including dye, scents, and additives. Immediately after, pour the hot wax into the pillar candle molds. Place the glass containers on a cookie sheet to make clean up from any spills a snap. Fill each glass container within one inch of the top. Leaving that extra space will allow room for the candle to burn and not drip outside the container. You will need to let your container candles cool for about 20 minutes. If you are interested in more information on fundraising opportunities, call or email the Yankee Candle Company. They will happily send you brochures on the program as well as answer any questions you may have. Providing quality customer service is very important to the Yankee Candle Company. They want customers to be completely satisfied with the candle products. Add the color to the wax, using a small amount at a time until your reach the color you want. Add a small amount of scent the mix at this time if you desire. Use scents moderately as you don t want to have too powerful of a smell. Using too much fragrance can also result in the candle not burning properly. The fragrances include some classics such as cinnamon and vanilla. There are some very original scents as well including cucumber melon and orange sherbet. Each Prairie candle in the classic collection comes with a glass lid. The colors of the candles are very pretty. The all natural soy collection comes in 4 sizes and 24 great fragrances. If the wax you purchase is of poor quality, then it is never going to make quality candles. Heating the wax to the proper temperature is very important. The temperature will change depending on the type of candle you are making with it. If the wax isn t hot enough it won t form correctly. Likewise, wax that is too hot will lose luster and won t be as sturdy once it cools.