If you have ever pulled a candle out of the mold, held it up to the light, and thought "well, that is not what I pictured," welcome to the club. When we started Garsnett Beacon at our kitchen table during the pandemic, our counter looked like a graveyard of rejects. Tunneled candles, frosty tops, cr...

If there is one thing that humbled me in the early days of Garsnett Beacon Candle Co., it was wicks. We started at our kitchen table in Holland, Michigan during the pandemic, and I honestly thought wax and fragrance were the hard parts. Nope. The wick is the engine of the whole candle, and getting i...