I started making candles when I was around 10 years old.  My first candle I remember making was a “swiss cheese” candle.  Where you pour wax in a mold with water.  Interesting, but not very practical.

I began collecting unusual candles and candle holders in my teens.  I still have a very unique pyramid candle I have carted around for over 40 years through all my moves and some holders you can’t buy any longer.  I frequent estate sales always on the look out for those really unique candle holders.

By my late 30’s my kids were older and I had more time.  i began making candles in earnest.  I began collecting molds and by my 40’s I began selling my candles.  I have had to stop selling many times when my family needed me or work jut took over.  But I have never given up on my love of creating unique candles.

I hope you enjoy seeing examples of what I have made over the years.  One of the items I have made that I am most proud of is my Hurricane Lanterns or Luminaries as some people call them.  I have a method for embedding cotton material into wax creating a lantern.  The lantern itself never burns and they last for years.  Some of mine I have had and used in my house for over 15 years.

You can see a quick video of some of my hurricane lanterns below.  Then visit my hurricane material list page to see all the patterns available.