Judy and I were The
Colorado Candle Company.
Here is a photo of Judy in
a booth selling them at a trade show in Houston in 1976. She didn’t
actually sell those candles, those were samples. She took a lot of orders
though.
Sand candles, aspen wood
cubes, pine hexagons, butcher blocks. They were all filled with wax to
burn down the center, lighting up the faces. Once the original wick
burned down, a votive candle could be placed in the well to continue the candle’s
life. I designed and manufactured them. (I love processes.)
Judy was our sales rep. With Judy selling them, we did well of
course. We sold to every state. She got us into Disneyland, Knott’s
Berry Farm, and Disneyworld. We sold to a national mall chain, Wicks N
Sticks. They had as many as 300 stores. At one point we had six
employees helping us crank out our product. Our best year was 10,000
candles.
We did this for six years,
in the 1970s, then there was an oil shortage, wax prices went up, the
decorative candle market went away, and we moved on to other things.
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