by Laura | Jul 19, 2022 | Blog Posts, Making Stories
As I sit to write this, it’s a scorching 32 degrees outside and the summer heat is intense. Of all the seasons, I find summer the most joyful, yet it often packs a melancholy punch. Being a mother of school-age kids, each summer’s arrival inevitably brings with it an...
by Laura | Dec 5, 2021 | Blog Posts, Making Stories
As the days shorten and the light dims, we are naturally drawn to spending more of our time indoors. We bring in our pine trees – real or not, decorate our hearths with greenery and light up our houses with twinkling lights and candles. Seeking out the warmth...
by Laura | Jul 12, 2021 | Blog Posts, Making Stories
Hello and welcome to the studio! Take a tour of the warm and inviting candle studio space I have created in my house. This is the space where I tinker away with essential oil blends and drink far too much tea. I spend many hours here pouring and infusing natural waxes...
by Laura | Feb 10, 2021 | Blog Posts, Making Stories
For a long while now I have been meaning to sit down and write a bit of an intro post, a short story of The Smallest Light if you like, and how it came to be here. For those of you who are curious to know more, I hope this blog post will give you a deeper dive into...
by Laura | Jan 31, 2021 | Making Stories
making a natural liquid soap Hand soap has been playing a significant role in all our lives since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and I have been meaning to make a batch of my own natural liquid hand soap for months. I am constantly at the sink these days and we...
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...
