About Craftcave

Craftcave was our original web site and now that our sphere has grown to include several popular sites we still keep it around - more for nostalgia than anything else.

This site is owned and operated by:

Bobby's Craft Boutique Inc.
(516) 877-2499

Although we offer a huge variety of products and services, we are a small family run business. Every customer is important to us and we strive to treat every customer like a friend.

Company Info:

Established: March 1994
President: Jackie Sherman
Vice President: Bob Sherman

Staff
Bob Sherman is our tech support person. Bob has extensive expertise in several molding / casting crafts and several other artisan crafts as well. He is the author of four books, several hundred how to and project articles, and videos. His extensive experience includes:

• Candle Making - 41+ years.
• Chocolate Making - 19+ years.
• Plaster Casting - 28+ years.
• Leather Carving - 15+ years.

Other Web Sites
Our business started as an internet only business back in the mid 1990's. Although we had a walk in storefront from 2000 until 2013, we are once again an internet only business.

Other sites we run:

Onestopcandle.com - Our shopping site which offers thousands of crafting products as well as a wealth of free projects and instructions.

Chocomolds.com - A shopping site for everything chocolate which also includes loads of free projects and instructions.

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History Of Craftcave.com

• 1994 - E-commerce was still in its infancy but we were exploring business possibilities.
• 1995 - The original concept of Craftcave was to be an online craft mall type business and the initial site was designed as such.
• 1996 - Quite by accident we discovered a huge demand for pro grade candle supplies in retail quantities and the entire direction of the business changed to that. Craftcave became the first major web presence in the candle supply industry.
• 1997 - Soap making supplies were added to the line.
• 1998 - Chocolate molds were added to the line. Initially we promoted these for use in candle and soap making.
• 1999 - By this time craftcave.com was a major web destination with and average of 950,000 visitors a month. Incense making supplies were added to the product line.
• 2000 - As we noticed more and more customers buying chocolate molds for making chocolate, we began to expand into other chocolate making supplies.
• 2001 - Leather working supplies were added to the line.
• 2002 - We expanded the line to include plaster craft molds.
• 2003 - Due to advances in internet technology and software, we decided to do a complete overhaul of the site as much of the design had become obsolete over the years. To avoid disruptions in service, a completely new site was built using the most up to date software at onestopcandle.com Craftcave was retired with just a few dozen pages left as a place holder. If you wish to view a slice of internet history, dozens of our original web pages can still be accessed here(Note: these pages were designed for 800 x 600 screen resolution and do not display well at the higher resolutions popular these days).
• 2009 - Live classes and parties were introduced at our storefront. Craftcave received a facelift as the information portal for these.

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