Welcome to the Sunday Spotlight!
I love great smelling candles, and today's spotlight is sure to offer just that --
D'Lites by Dorene. Dorene's shop offers a candle scent sure to please everyone! But don't forget to check out the body products too, in many of the same great scents!
Doesn't the fragrances of the month sound great -- orange blossom, and lily of the valley. great spring scents!
Let's find out more about Dorene, and D'Lites by Dorene
Dorene - tell us about yourself. Do you have any other hobbies?
It seems I've been creative most of my life. I remember learning to knit
and to crochet at six, and I haven't stopped! When my day job ends, I
spend a good amount of my time working on my garden, playing with my
puppy, and running or doing yoga. Unfortunately, my "boys" do not live
with me right now, and I don't cook as much as I'd like to do.
Tell us about your shop --
My initial motivation to
start a business was purely economical. Having my child move on to college
meant a loss in income related to child support. Additionally, my child’s moving on meant I
had additional time available. About the
same time, I had started making candles as a hobby and found I had too many to
burn myself or to give away. Opportunity
presented itself, and I decided to take advantage of it!
I’ve now been in business
for two years and have found my creativity for this business has only grown
over time! There simply aren’t enough hours in the day to do everything!
D’Lites by Dorene is your source for highly scented, hand poured candles
and home fragrances. Candles range from 7 oz and 12 oz container candles,
votives, tealights, and fragrance melts, and are complemented by products
available in diffuser oils and fragrance sprays. My candles are a custom blend
of paraffin and soy waxes. Paraffin is used to hold the strong colors you see
and scents you smell. Soy is used to create a product more eco-friendly to our
environment. Together, a quality product is created and tested to be the best
possible for you and your home. Additionally, many of my fragrances are custom
blends from core fragrance oils.
What are your favorite items and top sellers?
While also
create unique gift
items such as rose petal soaps, all natural hand & foot balm, body
sprays,
and pine cone firestarters, my favorite products to produce by far are
candles. I've recently started to focus on creating custom blended
fragrances which may be familiar, yet unavailable in most retail
locations.
My top sellers are
tea lights, and my best selling fragrances in 2012 were Lavender,
Cinnamon & Balsam, Cranberry Pomegranate, Home for the Holidays, and
Stormy Weather.
Here are a few of Dorene's awesome creations --- clicking on the caption will take you to the listing on Etsy.
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