Welcome to Expressive Candles Newsletter Issue 2

Hello everyone. Hope that everyone had a good Holiday. Labor Day was great for us and relaxing. It always seems too short. But not to worry, Thanksgiving and Christmas are just around the corner.

In this weeks issue:

What's New
For the rest of the month of September, we are offering 25% off on all Pillar Candles. Pillar candles are great for decorating your Home. They can add elegance in any room, provide a warm glow for any mood and provide your room with a soothing scent.

Expressive Candles now has a wholesale program set up. If you own a business and would like to participate please visit Here for more info.

Our Candle Club is Here! Expressive Candles offers a unique Candle Club. We let you build and customize your own plan that meets your needs.

Free Candles! We just finished putting up our Contest page. Check it out to see what you can do to win free candles. And for those who have already signed up for our newsletter, you are automatically entered into our free candle a month contest for Newsletter Members.

Upcoming News
Now that the Holidays are coming, we will be rolling out new products. Here at Expressive Candles, we have been working feverishly on our holiday theamed candles. In the near future we will roll out our Halloween Candles and Tarts. You'll be the first to hear about them. I can't forget to mention, more tarts are on the way. And we will be offering candle accessories in late October.

Candle Scaping
Candle Scaping is the art of decorating your home with candles in a way that the candles blend into the setting and provide a relaxing and tranquil effect. This is achieved by adding candles of varying sizes in an arrangement or center piece. By adding varying accessories to the arrangements you can create a warm look and feel where ever they are placed.

Pillar Candles make the ideal shape and size for most candle home decorating need. Combined with a plate, some shells or rocks and three pillars of varying sizes or colors, you can create a great arrangement.

For example, lets try a simple centerpiece for a coffee table top or end table top. I found a small wood tray about 12" by 9"; with a lip on the sides of about 1". I placed a layer of fine white sand in the tray. I then placed three pillar candles of different sizes in the tray, with no particular pattern. Once you have your candles how you want them, you can place small rocks around each candle. But for a more interesting look you could add shells, pebbles, marbles or even some stained glass around the candles.

How about something more creative. Things you will need, plain white plate or plate with a simple design. For best results, use a pewter plate. One pillar candle 9" tall. Foam Ring that will fit around your candle. Beard Moss. Skeleton Leaves (color of pillar). Glue. Dried berries or other colorful small items. And about 5 to 10 min's.

The first step is to place the foam ring around your pillar. Next glue the beard moss around the foam, covering all the visible foam. Now you take your leaves and layer them around the candle, using a drop of glue, place them on the moss butting up against the pillar. But don't glue them to the pillar. Last place dried berries under the leaves. The drieds will show beautiful through the translucent skeleton leaves. That is it. You now have a decorative centerpiece. And when the candle is gone you can simply place another candle in the ring.

For More info about Candle Scaping, please check out the book below.

Creative Candlescaping : 70 Bright Ideas...

Every month we will include an article from Expressive Candles, as well as ideas and articles submitted to us.

We Want to Hear from You
We are looking for people interested in writing any articles or ideas about candles and decorating candles. Expressive Candles hopes to build a large selection of articles and ideas submitted by the user. This will benefit everyone, the more ideas the more people will enjoy their candles. It could be something as simple as a two sentence idea. Please send ideas and articles to feedback@expressivecandles.com

Contest Winners
Congratulations to Angela Gale of Florida. She won a free Candle Club membership for referring 26 friends to our website. Thank you so much Angela. This was a close one, runners up had 23, 18 and 16 referrals.

Congratulations to Sherry Wynn of Ohio. She won a free candle in our monthly drawing of Newsletter members. We also Thank you Sherry.

Testimonials
Hello,
I HAD to write to praise you on your teddy bear tarts. I have never had a tart keep it's scent through the whole burning process like these do. My sister was just commenting on how she loves to burn tarts but the ones she buys from Hallmark loose their scent after the second burning and she has to throw the wax away. When I received these tarts...I put three in the tart burner, they have gone through 3 tea lights and they still smell wonderful. I will surely recommend your tarts to whom ever asks about the ones I have. I just wanted you to know how pleased I am with my e-bay purchase from you. Thank you so much. I WILL be buying again. Have a Great Labor Day Weekend.
Carole

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Michelle Gauthier
President