I was still fairly new to [company] when I was doing a demo at a hostesses house. I had my garden lantern on top of her antique breakfront, when I decided I better move it to somewhere safer (you never know). So I put it on the floor (where I knew it would be safe!) in front of her fireplace. It looked lovely. I was burning a 3x5 cranberry candle in it and it looked great. Back then, my show was a mere 3 hours long. As I was packing up my things, I left the garden lantern for last. I picked up the lantern off the floor and to my horror it had been dripping wax over the side for 3 hours! I was mortified to say the least. I quickly got on my knees and started to chip the wax off her pale pink carpet. The wax had to be at least 1 inch thick through to the padding.

There was no way it was coming off. I tried the iced cube trick, ironing it off, and finally using a knife to slice it off, no use it was too thick. The hostess was pretty gracious, but told me she wouldn't say anything to her husband till I left! I would have to say that this took place in my 2nd month of business. I told her I would pay for anything that needed to be done( there goes my profits for the evening). I drove home telling myself my [company] career was over. The hostess had the carpet cleaned, they removed all the wax, but the dye never came out. So she bought an oriental hearth rug for in front of the fireplace, the alternative was to have the wall-to-wall carpeting replaced. Well needless to say I never made that mistake again, and I always put a tablecloth down under my candles. She never re-booked a show with me but she does buy candles from me now and again.

Ellen
All Aglow Unit
Dixie Stampede Region