Rural Candles

I can’t help it, I fall in love with something at every artisan market I attend, and my heart tells me I just have to have it because it’s the perfect thing for me, or a family member, or a friend, or my dogs.

Finding handmade surprises is my favourite thing✨

Can’t wait to see what treasures I find this weekend! Will I see you there? I’ll be vending at the this Sunday, May 3rd — just in time for Mother’s Day.

📍 Sunbury Hall
⏰ 11am–3pm
🎁 Door prizes
🎟️ Admission by donation to Nick’s Nooks (food or cash)
🚗 Lots of parking

Hope to see you there 🤍

candlemaker

I remember reading a Reddit once where someone mused that candle making would be a good source of passive income…

and I laughed and laughed…

It’s definitely the opposite of passive income.

Good thing I love it.🍪

There are easier ways to do this. Faster ways, too.

But there’s something about making things by hand — the rhythm of it, the care, the step-by-step progress.

It might not make sense to everyone.

But in many ways, it’s its own reward.💫

Think of them as small, visual, wordless affirmations — simple reminders that help your mind pause for calm and clarity.

Each gemstone carries its own energy. They’re not just there to be pretty.

Welcome to part 2 of 8 ✨

Amethyst, the deep purple gemstones on our Fig and Blossom candles, has long been associated with mental calm and clarity, helping create a space that feels a little quieter, a little more grounded.

Not just something beautiful — something that helps shift how a space feels. 🌸

It’s never just a candle.✨

We use genuine gemstones to add a quiet layer of meaning — each one chosen with intention.

For the moments when someone is moving through something… and you don’t need many words. Just something thoughtful.

Welcome to part 1 of 8 of our gemstone series✨

Olivine:
Also known as the “Evening Emerald,” olivine is a form of peridot associated with growth, courage, and transformation.

A small detail… but sometimes, exactly the kind of energy someone needs.

Found on our Forest, Garden, and Lemongrass candles 💚

My business name isn’t just branding.✨

When Duane started this company, he was living in the Kootenays — a mountainous and fairly remote region in southeastern British Columbia. It’s rural.

He hand-poured every candle. He finished them with birch wood rounds cut from fallen trees on his sister’s property.

When I took on the company, I knew that if it was going to grow over time, it had to be aligned with who I am. Figuring out how to do that — how to make it fit me — wasn’t easy.

I live just outside Vancouver. I’m very much a suburban mom.

But my dreams are rural.

When I close my eyes, or catch myself daydreaming, it’s always the same place — forest, meadows, birds, and the ocean.

For me, there’s a dream carried inside this name.
Rural.

Even before I touch a candle or light it, I can see it and feel it.

There’s a spark — a memory of a dream, a sense of inspiration, and a quiet longing.

All held inside one name.

A gentle reminder that there’s nothing you need to catch up to. You’re exactly where you’re meant to be.

Just popping in to say thank you. Truly. 🤍
For supporting our little candle studio, our retail partners, and all the quiet moments these candles are made for.