Hi all,

My name is Tracey, and I am plant manager of Wicks n' More/Designer Wicks in Mooreville. After finding this post online, I wanted to address some of the questions and concerns.

1ElvisFan - The candles that are 75% off at Village Green are closeout candles (factory seconds), so they are probably discolored, dark colors, etc. I am sure they still smell great, but there is some issue with each candle that would allow us to sell it at such a large discount. I can assure you that our first quality candles look much better. I invite you to stop by our factory in Mooreville for a free candle, and so that you can see them for yourself.

candlelover - You asked some very valid questions. The founders have had much personal tragedy in their lives in the past couple of years. Beckey's husband Wayne lost the battle that he had been fighting with cancer. Three month's prior to his death, Kim (Beckey's daughter & co-founder) lost her 2 month old infant son, Dillon. The past year has been a period of recovery for both of them as they have endeavored to move forward. That is part of the reason that they did not step back in when the investors ran the company that they founded and loved into the ground. As for the former employees that lost their jobs, we have already been able to re-employ 10 of them, and hope to bring back the rest as we grow. We know that these loyal employees are key to our company's success, and are grateful to them for sticking with us through the bad and the good.

As for the votive issue, this is not something that we were aware of, but since reading this, our quality control department is testing them now to ensure that everything is correct. I would like to invite you all to stop by our factory for a free votive so you can burn one yourself. I assure you that if there was any issue with the flame getting too hot (incorrect wick size, etc., it will be resolved immediately. Thank you for bringing this issue to my attention. Our address is 558 Hwy. 371, Mooreville. We moved a few miles down the road from our previous location.

Thank you,

Tracey Powers

Designer Wicks by Wicks n' More

662.205.4025

75% off - LOL

Let's be honest, if these candles look anything like the ones that are 75% at The Village Green in Tupelo, well then who wants em? YUCK!

I personally prefer Cotton Creek's candles out of Marietta!

Here is a second thing I don't understand and I'm sure the community does not understand either. Why did the founders not step in back in the fall? Before Mantachie, MS lost a company. Before the factory employees lost their jobs, and before the businesses lost the ability to purchase the candles.

Maybe in the next article these questions will be asked as well

I remember that announcement, she specifically quoted the rising fuel cost as part of the problem. (wax is a petroleum based product). So if you watch the pump prices rising again now, it looks like they'll have a repeat problem....

I guess their fans should enjoy it while it lasts.

But again, it's more fun and so easy to just make them yourself! See my links below....

I too had the same problem with the votive candles.

And something else I don't understand is that it hasn't been that long ago when Becky Neal announced the company was closing due to the poor economy and rising cost. What has changed so drasticlly in the past several months that has made the economy so much better?

I was long-time fan of Wicks n More candles. Spent more $ than I care to reveal for their products. The quality and safety of this company's votives greatly diminished somewhere along the way. I would buy the votives by the box and use them in glass votive holders purchased at the same location. After having 2 votive holders break from the heat of the candles, I began carefully observing the candles. I realized that the wicks were not centered correctly at the bottom of the votives causing the heat from the wicks to be concentrated on one side of the votive holder. Once the candle burned down towards the bottom eventually the glass votive holders would burst. I even tried using the candles with a very thick sided votive holder. It still burst. This was not only a waste of money buying the candles and replacing the votive holders, it could have proven to be catastrophic for my home and family. Luckily, I heeded the warning "Never leave a burning candle unattended". I now use Tyler candles purchased from Room 2 Room. I use the same votive holders, by the way, and haven't broken one of them. This problem would have to be addressed before I would consider buying Wicks N More candles again.

kraftykorneranna@yahoo.com

You know all those candles can be easily made, just check out this link. Also just search for mottling wax if you want that “look”.

Its always better to do it yourself and way more fun!!!

http://www.candlehelp.com/?content=basicpillars

Just copy the link above and paste it.

*also Fry Daddies are so much easier to work with than double boilers!

The temperatures that link has need to be tweaked, feel free to email me if you need help perfecting this look.