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September winnings and some NEW items online now (including a sale)!

September winnings and some NEW items online now (including a sale)!

  Happy September to all!  Salt Spring Island Fall Fair is over for another year and I am so thrilled to accept the honour of winning first prize for my soap entries this year!!  I think I can safely say that I am one of Salt Spring Island's best soap makers.  The theme of the fair was Mad about Plaid so of course I had to take a crack at making plaid soaps.  Lemme tell you, it was not easy!  Suffice to say that tutorials on the internet are lacking in alot of details that are gonna make or break...


New International market service coming soon!

Lana McCullough

Tags 100% soy candles, announcement, handmade with love

New International market service coming soon!

Hi friends! As you may or may not be aware, this is a 100% Canadian owned company.  Run by myself, a woman with all of my products being 100% handmade by myself.  It really hasn't been something that I have gone on and on about over the years and the last 5 years have been filled with business altering events.  Year after year, something new comes along to change how I do business and what I am about.  But ever true is my commitment to making and selling my own products. I used to have brick and mortar stores and...


A new Hartmont scent has finally arrived!

Lana McCullough

Tags 100% soy candles, candles, handmade with love, summer, unique scents

A new Hartmont scent has finally arrived!

NEW SCENT ANNOUNCEMENT!   Happy August to you!  I am so excited to announce my newest Summer scent that I'm sneaking into the line, with still a few weeks left of sunny weather.  My new scent is called Salty Mermaid.  It is an intoxicating blend of salt water and ocean breeze with agave, seaweed and coconut.  Think a mermaid sipping out of a coconut while perched on a harbour rock with a little bit of seaweed caught on her tail while the ocean waves crash around her. If you like my Beach Bum scent, you might like this new scent. ...


New Candle scents and Bath bomb designs are coming!

Lana McCullough

Tags handmade with love, NEW, watermelon

New Candle scents and Bath bomb designs are coming!

Happy mid July everyone! It's been kind of quiet on my end in the social media realm simply because it's summer and I'm taking the time to enjoy being outdoors but also because I've been plotting my Fall/Winter designs and new additions.  I've been promising new scents and will be excited to announce my new additions as they become available.  The first to arrive and being worked on/tested is beachy themed.  And as soon as that one is finished passing the muster and added to the line (assuming it passes all tests), I'll be heading onto my new Fall scents...