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Show of hands, how may of you remember this commercial?

Afraid to admit you’re that old? That’s okay, your secret is safe with me. Thirty-some years ago Memorex ran commercials claiming you couldn’t tell the difference between a live performance and a recording on one of their tapes. Great marketing, but really, is anything better than the real thing?

I was doing some research the other day and came across some things that kind of disturbed me. Not that I didn’t know these things existed before now, but I never really gave them a second thought before my research.

So, in the spirit of Memorex cassette tapes I’ll ask you, which are real candles?

Similarly, which is the real bottle cap?

Plastic candles? Chrome bottle caps? You can totally tell which is real and which is fake. Why would you buy fake when the real thing is so much better, and so much more…real?

I’m sure people have their reasons for going fake, but at Auntie B’s Wax I make candles out of real wax and drink charms and magnets made with real bottle caps.

Monkey Libation at Auntie B's Wax

Asian Sandalwood Candle at Auntie B's Wax

Come on over to Auntie B’s Wax and get the real thing.

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What Will I Be Doing This Weekend?

Posted in Craft Business, tagged bottle caps, Midwest Art Fairs on February 17, 2012| Leave a Comment »

It’s a long holiday weekend at the day job, which means it’s a long productive weekend at the Auntie B’s Wax World Headquarters. After pouring over one hundred votives last weekend (and that was a short one!) I’m switching gears this weekend. Guess what I’ll be doing…

Yesterday was a really exciting day as not only did I score thirteen gross bottle caps (not gross as in icky, gross as in 1 gross=144 units; thirteen gross amounts to over 1800 bottle caps), the Midwest Art Fairs publication was delivered.

I’ll be preparing, flattening, cutting, gluing, resining (is that a word?), beading, mounting, and every other activity involved in making bottle cap magnets and drink charms. When I need a rest from all that I’ll cozy up on the couch and study Midwest Art Fairs, getting ideas for new craft/art shows and festivals to which I can apply.

I’m looking forward to the upcoming show season and hope to add one or two new venues this year in addition to some old favorites.

If you’re a Minnesota/Wisconsin/North-South Dakota/Illinois artist looking for places to sell your work or have a crafty biz you like to take on the road, Midwest Art Fairs is a great starting point. If you like to visit craft shows and festivals you too will like Midwest Art Fairs. Find out when and where the shows are and mark them on your calendar. I might even see you at one or two of them!

To receive your very own copy of Midwest Art Fairs, click HERE. To get a load of what’s created with all of those bottle caps, visit the 2012 Events Page on this site and see where I’ll be selling them live and in person.

Off I go. Have a wonderful weekend!

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Hatey McHaterson

Posted in Etsy, tagged Auntie B's Wax, bottle cap magnets, Etsy, Hatey on February 16, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Who drank the Haterade?! Hatey McHaterson, that’s who!

There’s no reason to feel so poorly, Mr. McHaterson. Oh, I know you don’t think you’re “poorly,” but really you are. You wouldn’t be so Hatey if you weren’t poorly.

Hatey McHaterson at Auntie B's Wax

You scowl at people in the elevator and you shake your fist at drivers on the highway. You roll your eyes when people talk to you and huff and puff when you think you’re smarter than anyone in the whole, wide world.

Why can’t you be more like your neighbor, Shouting Guy? Sure he shouts, but he’s so good-natured no one cares if he rattles the rafters or startles children right out of their wits. He loves everyone, and everyone loves him.

Shouting Guy at Auntie B's Wax

Alas, Hatey McHaterson is perfectly happy being Hatey. Oh well, he must be doing something right if he’s famous enough to have his picture on a bottle cap magnet in Auntie B’s shop.