Anyone who has followed my candle-making journey knows I am passionate about my family and friends, my beautiful dogs, my community, and of course, my love of all things candle related! An emotional creature, colour plays a big part in my life. I choose the colour carefully because I know it can dramatically affect my mood, feelings, and emotions. I see it as a powerful co...

Students ask me, "how can I get a solid [often black or gold] coloured candle", and my answer is that you need to over dip. Overdipping is a candle technique that involves the use of adding pigment dyes to high quality high melt-point waxes [usually paraffin wax]. By dipping a candle into a pigment dye mix, you can quickly transform the candle. The most common reasons...

Anyone who has followed my sea change from corporate life to shop owner, and recently to a retiree, know I am passionate about my candle craft, my family, my friends, and my beautiful dogs! An emotional creature colours play a big part in my life. I choose colour carefully because I know it can dramatically affect my mood, feelings, and emotions. I see it as a po...