If you’ve made it to our blog, you probably already know Prairie Soy Candles is run by a mother-daughter team, Kyla Huffaker and Kara Kelso. We’ve had a blast working together, attending craft shows and picking out new scents we think our customers would like (or have suggested!).

Since we’ve worked so well together for the last several years, I decided (this is Kara by the way!), why not start something just as fun with my own daughter? So Jillian and I have done just that. Better yet, we’ve created a product line we think goes absolutely perfect with the candles. And that product would be….handmade soaps!

Jillian, age 7, now works with mom making handpoured scented soaps. She’s helped in the design of her site, Soap by Jillian, and picked out all her mold and scents herself.  She has plans to add more molds and scents as the money comes in. Quite the little entrepreneur she is! I wonder where she gets it.

So if you happen to see us at a craft show, be sure to check out Jillian’s soap along with our candles. We have some plans to “match up scents” in the near future, and already have Pink Sugar in both soap and candles.

While you may have smelled this scent before, you may not have had EXACTLY this scent. Cinnamon Berry is a unique scent we’ve created ourselves, and is extremely strong. If you like Best Friends, Mango Mandrin, Cinnamon, and other fruity scents, you’ll fall in love with Cinnamon Berry.

This scent along with the other 80+ can be ordered in any shape or size at our Online Store.

New section has been added to our online store - Unique Candles! These are one of a kind candles you won’t fine more than one or two in stock of. We use to put these up on Etsy, but decided it was just much easier to put them with our regular items. Plus a lot easy for you to purchase them right along with the jar candles and melts.

As always, we accept suggestion and comments!

A new scent has just been added to our regular line of scents - Mango Mandarin. If you are a fan of fruity scents, you’ll absolutely love this one.

This scent comes in all style and sizes at our online store.

Enjoy!

We’re clearing out our summer stock, and several 4oz Jelly Jars are going up on the discount shelf this week. These jelly jars (along with everything else on the discount shelf) have been marked down.

You’ll find lots of popular scents on the discount shelf, including Hot Apple Pie, Lavender, Pink Sugar, Pumpkin Pie, and many others.

Check out the discount shelf today!

Looking for some discounted soy wax candles? Then take a look at our fully stocked Discount Shelf for great deals on tons of different scents. You’ll not only find marked down Christmas candles, but many of our regular scents as well.

All items on this shelf are limited, so grab them quick!

Christmas is almost here, and we’ve run out of time to handpour any more items. However, we’ve set up a special section on our store for candles already in stock.

The Ready to Shop shelf has over 100 candles in stock just waiting to be shipped out today!

Order by December 17th to allow enough tome for Christmas delivery.

This is one of my absolute favorite scents when I’m cleaning. Today I was steam cleaning the couch, and saw a Citrus Cooler melt sitting all by itself on the table. How it got separated from my basket I don’t know, but it seemed pretty perfect to be there.

Citrus Cooler is a combination of lemon and lime, but there’s a hint of something slightly different in there too (and trust us, we’ve tried to mix lemon and lime alone, and it just doesn’t come out the same). Some say it smells like Sprite, some say Margaritas, and some say it’s something completely different.

Either way, it’s a pretty popular scent. Since I generally don’t use chemicals when I clean, a Citrus cooler melt gives that “I’ve been cleaning and you can smell it in the air” scent I need.

Because it’s a pretty popular scent, it is available in the Best Seller melt pack. You can also get it in any other size or style candle on the site.

Candle of the Day: Strawberries & Champagne 4oz

Today I have burning a 4oz jar in Strawberries & Champagne. I love this scent because it’s got that sweet and tart strawberry scent, yet a slight undertone of champagne making it not “too sweet”.

This particular candle has been filling up my room with a nice scent that seems to be perfect for today. While this particular candle is a 4oz, you can get it in any style or size. I like this size because it’s a nice way to try out scents before you buy a full size. They last just long enough to get a true test of the scent before either getting another scent or buying a bigger size.

Today’s scent of the day is Hot Apple Pie. I had a personal candle sitting here filled with that scent, and decided it was a good day for it. Hot Apple Pie seems to fit any kind of day or weather.

Hot Apple Pie is somewhat of a funny scent. It varies from company to company, yet they all seem to smell like apple pie even if they are drastically different. Ours is a bit more sweet than others can be, but still has that scent of a pie baking in the oven.

As I mentioned, the style candle I’m burning is actually not available on our site because it’s one of my personal candle holders. Those in central Iowa can have their special jars filled with any scent, and it just takes a quick call or email to set it up.

For those not in central Iowa, Hot Apple Pie comes in all the styles and sizes. The personal jar I’m burning right now is very similar to the 4oz Shakers (about the same size), but you can get it in any of the jars or melts as well on the online store.