A Fresh New Look

Check out our newly designed website! It is fresh and clean and a great start to a new outlook. www.1820house.com
This site is really geared to the main bread and butter of the business, the candle line. Never fear early lovers........I'll be adding some pages for you too!

Shaker Woods 2010

If you haven't already heard.......we are at the Shaker Woods Festival, Columbiana Ohio for 3 weekends in Aug. Our first weekend was face melting hot but amazingly successful due to the fabulous attendance , repeat fabulous customers and refreshing ice tea's in multiples from the Mason's booth. Thank you , Thank you, Thank you!
Our 3 layer new candle experiment sold out , the aromatherapy line is 3/4 gone and a huge chunk is gone out of our regular line. How cool is that!
Two weekends remain so if you haven't experienced the show and are looking for something to do, hop in the car for a road trip. Check out www.shakerwoods.com for travel information.
As an ending note, we will not have studio hours for the month of August due to the show and my work schedule. As soon as I can I will post the fall hours schedule.
Again, thank you for all the support, wonderful compliments and continued patronage.
While a big challenge this year to keep up, it makes it so worth while when I hear the loving comments about the candle line.
Keep Cool!

Look Ultra Cool with our Organic Tee's

In case you didn't already know it from Facebook, Twitter or from stopping in the shop, our Organic Tee's are now in!
They are ringspun 100% Organic cotton, super soft and well, to be honest make you look ultra cool!
Available in Fitted Ladies (runs very small, Lg is like a small) and Reg Unisex with a slimmer fit. $20.00 ea.

Hope you all are enjoying your summer!

Full Blown Candle Making Fun!

We ar in full swing as we prepare for our annual trek to the Shaker Woods Festival. While one of my candle making escapades a few of my apprentices showed up on late night and sure made it fun. Thought I'd share a few photos.
Somehow the monkey see monkey do's were slightly confused, there was some neck wringing and laughs to be had. What a life I live!

Spring Update - Change in hours

Hope this latest post finds everyone enjoying the great weather and doing well! We've just finished up I Made It! Market in the Southside of the Burgh. It was a fantastic venue with many wonderful artisans and we could not have asked for a better location or weather. While showing off our most awesome candle line, there was live entertainment, kid's crafts, a chili cookoff and we noshed on Qdobe mexican only to top it off with Cheesecake Factory at the end. A special shout out to Brad, Dan, Ian, Kenny, Hot Sally and Jackie for showing us love and support! Attendee's even brought their pooches , one of which was a large "Boxalab" that gave my extrodiary helper of the day a hug. Thanks again to Carrie for a job well done!
This month has also been the kick off to the insane candle making for Shaker Woods that will be in Aug. Pallet loads of jars, wax and fragrance have arrived and will keep me busy many nights.

Now ....on to some major business. Many of you know that I worked at General Motors only to be laid over a year ago thus provoking me to take the leap to open my retail location. We'll.....this past Friday, I received a letter of recall back to work ......for MONDAY. Yes, that is right, MONDAY! 3 days notice! I had know that it was a possibility but did not think that it would happen until June. It has put me in somewhat of a bind as to keeping the store open on the same schedule that it has been. So, with that, I want you all to know that the store WILL NOT be closing it's doors. We will just be going through an adjustment phase. The plan is for me to be open when I can be available until my summer help starts. I have my son Jesse which many of you have met, Allison my outstanding "apprentice" and Brianne my lovely sales associate which will start as soon as school is out. Until then it will be hit and miss with our hours. The goal is for me to be there Monday's 1:00 until 4:30, Closed Tues & Wed, Thurs & Fri 1:00 until 4:30 , Sat 10 until 3:00 & Sun 12:00 until 3:00. Hopefully this will allow for everyone to still have a time slot to pick up their candles, and you'll still get to see my smiling face! This will no doubt be a huge adjustment for me so PLEASE....bear with me and be patient during this time. I appreciate all of you and your business and want to keep you happy but also need to make this transition as smooth and economical for a small business as possible. Hopefully by summer, help will be in place and morning hours will be back in business!
Again...thank you for all your support, wonderful comments and finally for choosing to burn 1820 House candles!

I Made It! Market!

Need something fun to do April 10th? You should come to the I Made It! Market in Pittsburgh!

We will be there along with some pretty awesome artisans! It is from 2 to 8 , features entertainment , food and a ESPN sponsored / celebrity judged Chili Cookoff!

1820 House on WFMJ Locally Owned Part 2 - The Interview!