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Effing Candle Co. Blog

  • Kansas City Holiday Shop Local Gift Guide | Birdie's Favorite Things

    by Karen Hansen
    Bezos boutique has enough of your money, it's time to shop local this holiday season! Here are some of my favorite gifts to grab around Kansas City...

  • The Best Non Toxic Candles

    by Karen Hansen
    What are non toxic candles? What ingredients to avoid when buying candles. Shop for clean burning candles online.

  • How to get the most burn time out of a candle

    by Karen Hansen
    How to burn a candle You might be thinking "umm, don't you just light the wick?" Well, yes. And no. First and foremost, you want to burn your candl...
    Posted in candle care

  • 3 Reason Why Candles Are so Inexpensive at Big Box Stores

    by Karen Hansen
    3 reasons why candles are so cheap at big box stores and how to be a conscious consumer this candle season. 1- Candles are loss leaders.   ...

  • Mother's Day Marketing When Your Mom is Dead

    by Karen Hansen
    This is a weird thing to write, but it feels important because I let you participate in our brand so much and share so much of the behind-the-scene...

  • How to fix a tunneling candle

    by Karen Hansen
    The number one question people ask us: How do I fix a candle that's tunneling? Have you ever had a candle that looked like this? This is a sad cand...
    Posted in candle care

  • Five ways to make your candles last longer

    by Karen Hansen
    You bought a really nice candle. Now what? How do you care for your candles to make the most of them?  1- Trim the wicks! The longer the wick, the ...
    Posted in candle care

  • Candle Pricing Transparency

    by Karen Hansen
    ✨Pricing Transparency✨ Not sure why so many people have been using our "Contact Us" page just to tell us that our candles are overpriced when they ...

  • Thanks For Your Kindness

    by Karen Hansen
    Hi, Birdie here.  I did a dumb thing the other day. Exhausted after a weekend of pop-ups, I still had a bunch of work to do on Sunday: take product...

  • Will there be a retail store for Gifts By Birdie anytime soon?

    by Karen Hansen
    *nervous laugh* Unprecedented times, amirite?  Earlier this spring, when things were feeling hopeful, we were looking at retail spaces, but we're m...

  • Coming Soon: Effing Candle Co.

    by Karen Hansen
    Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes are coming soon! We've been working on a lot behind the scents - our regularly-scheduled programming and pop-ups, holiday plan...

  • FAQ - Why are your candles so expensive?

    by Karen Hansen
    I was at a popup recently and a woman walked up to my table to say:  "I can get a perfectly good candle at Target for $12. Why are YOUR candles SO ...