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Exclusive Strawberry Lemonade Candle Set.

02/07/2012 11:54:00

I am excited to announce that Isabella Catalog ( www.isabellacatalog.com) will be selling my Strawberry Lemonade candles! This candle is made with organic strawberry flavor oil & organic lemon essential oil and smells AMAZING! It transports you to a warm front porch, surrounded by friends and beauty, sipping refreshing & fulfilling, natural lemonade with fresh strawberries. Each candle is made in a re-usable, sturdy, 8 ounce glass that can be filled (after your candle burns out) with the lemonade you make from the included "secret" lemonade recipe! YUMMMMMMMMMMYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!

LA Mart/California Gift Show/Beckman's West

01/29/2012 17:36:00

Thank you, California, for a warm welcome to the California Gift Show! I was in the LA Mart/Beckman's West division and the response was wonderful! So many retailers are switching from synthetic fragrance and petroleum based candles.....it is wonderful! Not only am I excited that business is booming, but I am so glad that more non-renewable resources are being saved and less toxins will be filling the air! A great big thanks to my new clients! You can now find my 100% natural soy candles (for real 100%, not 100% soy and then added toxic fragrance like most candles!) at these fine locations:

Splendid Things ( Paso Robles, CA)

Urban Farmhouse (Salinas, CA)

Topanga Home Grown (Topanga, CA)

Vintage Cousins (Whittier, CA)

Designer's Furniture (Glendale, CA)

The Washburne Cafe' (Springfield, OR)

Roxie's Charity Boutique and Gallery (Phoenix, AZ)

Etcetera (Portland, OR)

Designscape (Hanalei, Hawaii)

MADE art boutique (Phoenix, AZ)

Chris Hart Studio ( Grants Pass, OR)

and in the spring....Mono Lake Committee...Mono Lake, CA (Yosemite)

Hope you are near one!

California Gift Show here I come!

01/07/2012 11:08:00

My wonderful wholesale clients! I will be at the California Gift Show January 20-23! Come and smell my candles in person and choose your favorite! See you there!

Massage Candles are back!

12/29/2011 17:33:00

They're back! Customers were going nuts awaiting the return of my massage candles and I am happy to say, they are back! I had decided to remove them until I had labels that were worthy of the candle. Vintage Paper Boutique has designed just that and I am proud to introduce my amazing, natural, nourishing, perfectly warm massage candle with its new, apothecary vintage style label. As always, there are NO SYNTHETIC FRAGRANCES, PHALATES or Foreign Materials in The Perfect Massage Candle. Enjoy!

Portlandia, Season 2 Premier

12/27/2011 11:12:00

Thanks to product placement in season 2 of Portlandia, I was honored to be able to attend the premier last night. It was fun to see my company up on the screen, visit with the actors and get a sneek peak of the season. But alas, despite a free flowing, hosted bar and ample food, I couldn't wait to get back home to kiss my children goodnight and cuddle up in my warm bed!

It's a Miracle!

12/22/2011 09:33:00

I just found out that the wonderful woman, Jackie, with brain cancer ,

that I have been colaberating a fundraiser with Chinaberry Inc./ Isabella to help ease her medical bills..........Is healed! Her scan came back free and clear! How awesome is that! To raise funds I made a candle that Isabella named Believe. It was filled with essential oils shown to promote concentration, belief and hope. Buyers were encouraged to say a prayer or meditate as they lit the candle everyday. Many, many people bought this candle because they knew Jackie and would pray for Jackie as they lit the candle. Now, something that is almost impossible, has happened! I am so excited for her and her family. What a wonderful Christmas gift!

The Believe candle is still available at www.isabellacatalog.com and part of its proceeds will still continue to go to pay for Jackie's medical bills so that she can enjoy her new life and not worry about daunting bills.

FREE SHIPPING!!!

12/15/2011 14:58:00

Last Minute Shopping Deal! Free Shipping on all CANDLE orders over $50!

Stock up while it lasts!

All orders are shipped via UPS Ground, 1-3 business days after ordering. Orders are sent from Vancouver, WA so keep this in mind when ordering, if you are in a time crunch!

Sorry, Body Products are not included in the free shipping.

Portlandia, Season 2

12/13/2011 11:26:00

A fun little tid bit....The new season of Portlandia is coming up soon and Vance Family Soy Candles were used on the set! I also had the honor of creating swag bags for the guest stars......Mum is the word as to

who they are. You'll just have to watch the show!

Free Shipping ! Great Green & Healthy Products (and my candles of course!)

12/12/2011 11:00:00

How exciting it is to see my candles on other websites, in catalogs and in stores! Even more exciting is the fact that people are converting to sustainable, petroleum free, foreign material free, synthetic fragrance free candles! I want the world to be healthy for a very long time. Just thinking about the here and now doesn't work for me, especially since I have children so everyday I am reminded of what the future may bring. I know that candles are just a little start, but how wonderful it would be if everything were sustainable and not petroleum based and full of toxins?! Here are some amazing businesses, run by amazing people, that are devoted to selling only healthy, eco-friendly products. They sell my candles and two

are offering free shipping for the holidays! Thanks to companies like this, we will hopefully enjoy many more Merry Christmases.

www.isabellacatalog.com

www.nubegreen.com

www.newseasonsmarket.com

Pillar Votives now available!

10/02/2011 22:39:00

I am very pleased to say that I now have pillar votives available! They are so much fun to make and, since they don't come in a container, you can use your own favorite containers for these natural soy, essential oil & essence candles. You do need containers for these or else they will melt all over.

I have been experimenting with large pillar candles and tapers and wow, I have a whole new respect for those who succeed at this art form! My large pillars aren't so hard to make, it's once I burn them that the fun begins! They create a huge show of wax waterfalls and configurations. My husband and children love them and get very excited to see what will happen next! However, I don't know how well they will go over in the retail world?

So, these Pictures are in backwards order, but I'll type forwards... #1 it started out nice, #2 Sixty Hours later....#3 only 10 hours later. Entertaining, but not very practical.

As far as tapers go, wow, they are hard to make look even! My first batch was received with glee by my sons because they said they looked like Shrek candles! EEK! Ear Wax candles was not exactly the look I was going for! I'm working on it though and I am still hopeful that I will be announcing a new line of pillar and taper

soy candles very soon!