12/19/2025
If you’re a handmade maker during the holidays, I know exactly what your 2:00 AM looks like. It’s the overthinking. It’s the losing sleep over a single pour.
Take these new Hot Cocoa Candles, for example. One was coming out a little darker than the other, and because this order was for a friend, my first instinct was to scrap it all and start from scratch. I wanted it to be perfect.
But then I remembered she’s a maker, too. She’s the first person to tell me to give myself grace. We forget that the beauty of handmade is that it isn’t factory-made. Each piece is as unique and different as the person who created it. So, if you’re spiraling take a breath. You’re doing enough
