04/24/2026
Here’s why shopping local matters 🤍
I get asked all the time…
“Why don’t you ship?”
“You should be on Etsy.”
The short answer… I don’t.
The long answer… I’ve tried.
Almost everything I create is poured into glass. No plastic. Fully repurposable.
Every order is wrapped with intention—layered, cushioned, labeled fragile in more places than I can count.
And still… it doesn’t matter.
Boxes arrive broken. Or late. Or not at all.
Case in point—
I made candles for my daughter’s baby shower. Carefully poured, packed, and shipped ahead of time.
4 boxes went out.
→ 1 arrived on time
→ 3 went missing before the shower
→ 1 showed up damaged (still hasn’t been delivered… 2+ weeks later)
→ 1 arrived 4 days after the shower
→ 1 took 12 days
No favors to hand out.
Now she’s personally finishing and delivering them… after the fact.
That’s the reality of relying on shipping fragile, handcrafted goods.
So I choose local.
I choose face-to-face conversations.
I choose knowing who I’m creating for.
I choose building something real within my own community.
When you shop local, you’re not just buying a product—
you’re supporting someone who pours time, care, and intention into every single piece.
You’re supporting someone who gives back, shops local themselves, and reinvests into the same community you live in.
We’re not mass-producing.
We’re not sourcing from places like Temu.
We’re creating with purpose.
And I don’t take that lightly.
I’m beyond grateful for every single person who chooses to shop local and support what I do. 🤍
