by Laura | Jul 2, 2020 | Blog Posts, Making Stories
When creating each natural soy candle here at The Smallest Light, I take time and great care over testing, to ensure a successful burn, a beautiful scent throw which fills the room and a candle that lasts you as long as it possibly can! However, occasionally you...
by Laura | Mar 24, 2020 | Blog Posts, Seasonal Stories
As Spring bursts into bloom all around us, we are faced with a season ahead unlike any other. As I write this I am looking out at clear blue skies and the start of a beautiful March day, but normal daily life has been upended for all of us. We can’t go about our...
by Laura | Feb 7, 2020 | Blog Posts, Myth & Folk Stories, Seasonal Stories
People think that stories are shaped by people. In fact it is the other way around.Terry Pratchett February rises, the snowdrops are appearing and winter is just beginning to wane. It’s the time of year we tentatively emerge from under our duvets, slightly...
by Laura | Jan 28, 2020 | Blog Posts, Seasonal Stories
A January Feeling Of all the winter months, January unfolds like the deepest of slumbers. It closes in like the darkest part of the night; that utter blackness where dreams are found and then forgotten by morning. But despite it’s dark and sleepy facade, this month...
by Laura | Jul 31, 2019 | Blog Posts, Seasonal Stories
As we sit teetering on the precipice of August I wanted to share some of my top essential oils for use during these warm and busy summer months! It’s such a joyful time of year, full of social events and (hopefully) some well-deserved breaks and vacations,...
by Laura | Nov 2, 2018 | Blog Posts, Seasonal Stories
The smell and sound of a crackling bonfire has the power to take me back to autumn nights long past. Crisp November evenings spent fumbling to get my fingers into gloves, painting my glowing name into the freezing air with a sparkler and mastering the art of eating...
