* Please describe the business you operate or service(s) you provide to clients and customers.
We are a family owned business. We handcraft all natural soy wax candles & beeswax candles, using only all cotton wicks, pure fragrance oils and essential oils. No toxins, no lead, no carcinogens! We also create other handcrafted wares, from the heart. We want the best for our family and yours! If you use any type of paraffin (a petroleum product, by-product of oil refining!) or animal-fat candles -- you are unknowingly filling the air in your home with chemicals! Not healthy for our homes or fit for our families to breathe.
Our handcrafted candles offer a natural, clean burning, toxin-free way to still enjoy candles & support the American farmer! We offer a great selection (and take custom orders too!) of unique hand-poured jar & container candles, as well as Beeswax candles that will fill your entire home with wonderful fragrances, handmade, from Our Little Homestead to yours.
* What was the inspiration, or the catalyst for, the creation of your business endeavor?
Wanting a home-based business that the whole family could participate in and enjoy!
* What steps did you follow to build your business? Are you still in the process of planning your endeavor?
Slow building, and we’re always planning J
*Please tell us about the resources you’ve used thus far and would recommend to others (or steer them away from). Take a moment to share your educational background (both academic and work-based) and point out things that have helped or hindered you along the way from that education.
I think that is very personalized…market depending, relationship depending—I work in sales in marketing in my day job—so I’ve tried to utilize those avenues. Education? I have worked hard since age 14, in various fields, in and out of the home…Life is the greatest educator.
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