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Hello friends! February has flown by with all the activities and planning going on here on Salt Spring Island.   And Daylight Savings Sunday is already upon us!!  The schedule here is usually something to the tune of January is for dreaming, February is for planning those dreams and then March is for putting it into action or at least getting started.  Of course, the larger picture dream doesn't happen right away but small steps that are now being implemented are taking us in that direction and it's really quite exciting.  It's a good journey to be on.  It's definitely not...

Happy last week of January! I've been busy planning and organizing supplies and stock and have decided to clear out some large Aurora candles that I just have a little too much stock of.  It's all part of the organizing and building stock for the 2024 season that has me looking at these few left overs and thinking to myself that I'd rather that you got to enjoy them.  So I'm doing a spend $100 and get a free large candle of my choice for you promo.  You will notice the difference in coloring of these candles as the color...

Hello friends and Hello September! I blinked and now it's September.  Busy season is upon me and I am scrambling to get everything done that I want to get done.  It's presenting new and interesting challenges as I was working in 80% humidity just the other day and that threw a loop into all of my efforts. I did figure it out and again was eternally grateful that I was doing small batches so that I caught any issues before they became a major problem.  There is definitely an advantage to being small! I am pleased to report that my...

Christmas is just around the corner! I know, I know, you are saying that just isn't so let's do the math...  1/2 or August is gone already.  It's the 14th today.  Which means we have Sept, Oct, Nov and December.  That was only 4 months friends.  We are almost on the last 1/3 of the year.  So yes, Christmas is just about here, especially this year when I am potentially starting my Fall/Christmas markets as early as the first of October. So the past few weeks have been ordering and waiting on new supplies to arrive and as they arrive...