March 26th, 2008
Candle of the Day: Blackberry Sage Melts
The weather is getting warmer, I can feel it! Still it’s a bit chilly and feels like early spring. For some reason Blackberry Sage seemed like a perfect scent for today.
I had a soy melt to throw in the warmer, and wouldn’t you know it WAS perfect! Pretty strong and just seems to fit the “in between cold and warm” weather we’re having. It’s got a nice, strong throw which is important in my big open room.
This scent is available in 10-pack melts, or also in the summer sample pack.
What scents do you like burning this time of year?
March 17th, 2008
Candle of the Day
12oz Jelly Jar, Hummingbird
Today I’ve got a 12oz Jelly Jar in Hummingbird scent burning. I thought it would be a nice scent to burn today, since we are so close to spring but it’s still cold outside.
The scent “Hummingbird” is a wonderful fruit and floral blend. It begins with top notes of tart kiwi, middle notes of lilac and tiger lily, with fresh based notes of pineapples and pears. Very unique, and very popular too!
March 14th, 2008
If you’ve spent any time at Prairie Soy Candles, you’ll note we always reference the soy tarts as “soy melts”. Usually when you think of a piece of wax that’s put into a burner of some sort and melted, you will normally call them a wax tart or soy tart. So why don’t we call them soy tarts?
The answer is pretty simple - we can’t!
“Tarts” is actually a trademark term used by Yankee. Legally we can NOT call them soy tarts without getting in trouble. Plus we would NEVER want to do anything unethical. That’s just bad business to steal a trademarked term.
Instead we use the term “soy melt” because it’s easy to understand. It does just what it says - it “melts” in a warmer of some type. Many other small candle businesses are also using this term, so it’s quickly becoming somewhat of a standard to call them soy melts.
So the next time you question why a business isn’t using the term “tart”, you’ll know why. And if you see a company that IS, they might just be doing something illegal if it’s not a Yankee tart.
March 14th, 2008
Did you know Prairie Soy Candles offers free melt samples? All you pay is shipping and handling, and you can try out 5 different melts from the list. Pretty good deal, eh?
Free samples can be any of the following scents:
Pumpkin Pie
Carrot Cake
Coca Cola
Amish Friendship Bread
Citrus Cooler (lemon & lime)
Green Tea & Cucumber
Fresh Cut Grass
Sweet Orange & Chili Pepper
Hummingbird (fruit and floral blend)
Love Spell (Victoria Secrete duplication)
Fresh Linen
Best Friends (berry blend)
Cinnamon Berry
Pink Sugar
Lotus Blossom
Lily of the Valley
Orchid Rain
Sweet Pea
For details on getting your free samples (plus S&H), just click here!
March 12th, 2008
Todays’ candle of the day is a nice spring scent, which goes just perfect with the nice weather we’ve finally got coming our way.
Dandelion Pear is a fresh, clean, spring scent that you’ll just absolutely love. It combines tart dandelion with a sweet pear scent.
This scent is available in all our styles and sizes - jelly jars, melts, and unique candles. You can see all the options at our online store.
February 27th, 2008
Candle of the Day
Today’s candle of the day is a Eucalyptus soy melt. I’ve been pretty sick over the last several days, so this is the absolute perfect melt to have in the melt warmer today. While it’s not an essential oil (it’s a fragrance oil, which is synthetic), it seems to work just like one. It always helps clear up our colds a little bit.
It’s the right time of year for this scent, that’s for sure!
February 19th, 2008
Candle of the Day - Caribbean Morning Melt
Today in my melt warmer is a Caribbean Morning melt. This scent is a combination of pineapple and coconut, with a slight hint of vanilla. On a cold winter day, this melt turned out to be absolutely perfect.
I love melts (often called “tarts”), because you have no flame and they can be changed often. Each lasts about 2-3 days, depending on the scent (some last even longer!). Melts can be used in electric tart warmers or in a bowl sitting on hot plate. (Some sell wickless candles to be used on the plates, although we offer bowls for the plates to use melts in).
Caribbean Morning comes in melt packs of 10 at our online store. You can also pick it up in any size or style of soy candles. Wonderful scent for today!
February 15th, 2008
Candles of the Day - Floral Bouquet & Lily of the Valley
Today I’m actually burning two different candles in different parts of the house. The first is a 12oz jelly jar in Lily of the Valley, which is almost always sitting in my bathroom. I burn it on a regular basis and it’s about the only scent I do burn in the bathroom. Why? No idea, but I absolutely LOVE that scent.
The other candle is sitting right here in my front room, and it’s Floral Bouquet. The jar it’s in is actually one of my old jars, but is similar to the 8oz faceted jars. This is also one of my favorite scents, because it reminds me of the greenhouse I grew up next door to. Carnations are my favorite flower, and that’s what you can smell the most in this blend of various greenhouse flowers. It really does smell just like their cooler where they kept the carnations and other flowers!
The reason for burning these two today was to think spring. It’s been bitter cold outside for far too long, and I needed something to remind me of spring. So out came the spring scented candles to beat the winter blues!
February 11th, 2008
We’re introducing a new section here on the blog titled “Candle of the Day”. Since I burn so many candles and melts, I decided it was about time to share what’s burning from day to day.
Today’s scent and candle of the day is an 8oz jelly jar candle in the scent “Birthday Cake”. I can really smell the frosting, and it went well with that brownie I ate early (which happened to be lacking frosting, so just the smell was good enough for me!). As mentioned, it’s burning in an 8oz sized jar in my (somewhat large) front room. I can smell it all over the house, and especially when I walk in the front door.
This is one of the newest scents you’ll find on the site. Enjoy!
January 23rd, 2008
Homemade Cheesecake is now available at Prairie Soy Candles. This rich and creamy scent smells just like the real thing! You’ll fall in love with it at first sniff.
Other related scents include:
- French Vanilla
- Buttercream
- Pink Sugar
- Caramel
- Cookies & Cream
- Carrot Cake
This new scent is one of over 60 different scents you’ll find at Prairie Soy Candles. All scents are available in several different styles and sizes on the online store.
Suggestions for new scents are ALWAYS welcome!
