Candles By Victoria Blog

New Items at Candles By Victoria

2008-04-07T05:52:00.000-07:00

New Bakery Bun candles in real cast iron skillets!

New Travel Tin candles in two different sizes! Great gift idea too!

Candles By Victoria ~ Hand poured with love, homemade from the heart

2008-02-17T05:50:00.000-08:00

Love, joy, and hard work are just a few of the building blocks that have shaped Candles By Victoria into what it is today. Located on Main Street across from the infamous Dinner Bell, this country home candle store is paving the way for a bright future.

Victoria Elliott, mother of sophomore Chelsea Elliott, has operated Candles By Victoria for eight years. Although the store is a gift, it’s definitely not her main source. For six years, Internet business was strictly all she had. Shipping all over the U.S and Canada, Internet has been her main stream of income.

Starting on her kitchen stove and eventually moving to a building in the backyard, Victoria made candles her living.

Victoria, as a young girl, loved candles. The smell and different aromas were what drew her in. After receiving a candle from a supplier, Victoria noticed that the candle was not suited to her liking. That’s when she decided it was time for the people to get the perfect candle.

She searched the web and ordered a candle making kit, hoping to find a way to change the ordinary candle. After months of trial and error, testing and reformulating, she discovered what would be the rest of her life.

In March of 2000, Candles By Victoria website went live and was open for business. Victoria had started from scratch, creating the website herself. Prior to getting into the candle business, Victoria had been a web designer, and graphic artist and knew all about the business and creating a website. Starting with a few fragrances and the basic jelly jar candle, Candles By Victoria was born.

For Victoria, life in the candle business has not always been the way it is now. Though her Internet sales are what keep her going, the sell of candles are not all she has to offer. Message boards, a monthly newsletter and weekly candle give-away are just a few of things that Candles By Victoria has to offer. The website also sells candle warmers, candle warmers are used to replace the flame, instead of lighting the candle, the candle sits and melts inside of the warmer, giving off the same aroma as a lit candle. Candles By Victoria also offers scented potpourri, both are good alternatives for those who cannot burn candles.

The site also offers a monthly name that scent contest. Victoria gives her customers a fragrance combination, and the customers conjure up a name for that particular combination and submit it. The winner receives twenty dollars in free candles. For more information and details, visit www.candlesbyvictoria.com.

In 2006, Victoria opened her first store in the little town of Mt. Sylvan, twelve miles west of Lindale, Texas, right off highway 110. The Alamo shaped building became the first Candles By Victoria Store. The store took months of preparation and dedicated before it opened in June 2006. “It really was not hard opening my first store.” said Victoria, “I had prepared for six years to open the store and make my dream come true.”

Though, a year later, due to a not so great location, the decision was made and the store was relocated to Van, Texas in January of 2007, and has been going strong ever since.

Candles By Victoria has come a long way, from Victoria’s kitchen stove, to a small country store in Van, Texas; life has changed for Victoria and her family. Her daughter, Chelsea, has done her fair share of helping out in the store. Late night packing for Internet orders and helping with the opening of the store, Chelsea has always been there for her Mom. Victoria’s oldest daughter Melissa, twenty-two, has also been part of the candle business. Starting in her teen years, Melissa has helped with the building of the business and helped all throughout her high school years. Now living in Dallas with her fiancé, Melissa still makes time to come and visit the country store.

It’s always been three independent woman who strive to make the store the best it can be, and help make one woman’s dream come true.
“What I love most about making and selling candles for thousands of customers is the flexibility I have of working for myself. I love making other people happy with a great smelling candle and the aroma that makes a house a home.”

Making a house a home is just what Candles By Victoria’s candles do, with over 400 different fragrances, the sweet scents are what make Victoria’s candles extra ordinary.

“I love the candles.,” said Chelsea, Victoria’s daughter, “I love the smell, and the way they just turn the whole house into a pool of whatever that scent may be at the time. I am extremely proud of my Mom. She has come a long way and is such an inspirational woman. She is not only my mom, but also my best friend, my confidant, and I love her so much. She is the candle woman to all my friends, and I love being the one who can say that.”

Hard work, and dedication have pushed Victoria’s business into what it is today. For six years, opening a store was a dream that had always filled Victoria’s heart, and now, she has fulfilled that dream. Candles By Victoria is an image of what true dedication and courage can do.

Candles By Victoria

2008-02-17T05:49:00.000-08:00

Not every candle is created equal, visit Candles By Victoria now and experience the difference of a highly scented candle! Stop in today and enter to win a free candle, sign up to host an online candle party and earn discounts and free candles, visit our interactive message board, or play our Name that Scent contest and win $20.00 to spend on our website. Signup for our free monthly newsletter and be the first to learn about new products and sales from 10 to 25 percent off! With over 455 scents to choose from and 8 years of online experience serving thousands of our candle customers nationwide, we are confident you won't be disappointed! Stop in today, we look forward to taking care of your candle needs!

Candles By Victoria Message Board

2007-10-06T04:32:00.001-07:00

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Candles By Victoria Message Board

Candles By Victoria October Newsletter

2007-10-01T05:21:00.001-07:00

Sale today at Candles By Victoria.

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Candles By Victoria

~ Home of the triple-scented handmade candle!!

October 1st, 2007

~ Home of the triple-scented handmade candle!!

October 1st, 2007

Ten new scents to be announced!

2007-09-26T10:27:00.000-07:00

Coming October 1st we will be adding 10 brand new yummy scents. Stay turned!! If you haven't done so already be sure to sign up for our monthly newsletter. Stay informed on what is happening at CBV and get in on our great sales!

Visit www.candlesbyvictoria.com and sign up today!

Candles By Victoria Photography Contest

2007-09-06T13:29:00.000-07:00

This contest was inspired by a customer who took an amazing photo of herself with one of our candles, and that got me thinking, how fun would it be to see photos of our candles from other customers, and the idea was born.

Candles By Victoria Photography contest will run for 2 months. Entries are to be submitted by email to victoria@candlesbyvictoria.com .

Please include the following information.

Full Name
Mailing Address
The photo (of course)
Title & short description of the photo

The contest entry deadline for this contest is
12:00 Midnight, Central time
Thursday, November 15th, 2007

Winners will be announced in our monthly Newsletter and by email on December 1st 2007.

Contest Rules

- All photos must include a candle from Candles By Victoria.
- Photographic may include any additional subjects as long as they are family friendly.
- Photos must be sent to us via email.
- Digital or film cameras will be accepted.

Photograpics will be judge on orginality and overall artistic quility.

Best of all, this contest is FREE! There are absolutely no entry fees... so enter today!

Need another incentive? The Grand Prize winner gets a $100.00 gift certificate from Candles By Victoria!

All photos become property of Candles By Victoria and may be published on our website or on another website of our choosing.

To win the contest, image quality matters much more than how you shot it. Photos taken with any kind of camera - as long as the picture is great - can win. Since Candles By Victoria is a family-friendly site, we reserve the right to reject unsuitable images.

Photos acceptable to Candles By Victoria can be of practically any subject - we welcome landscape photos, portraits of children, pictures of your pet, and much more as long as it also includes a picture of one of our candles.

Enjoy the contest!

15-15-15 SALE

2007-08-15T13:12:00.000-07:00

Candles By Victoria is having a 15-15-15 sale. That is 15% off your entire order on the 15th for the next 15 hours. Sale begins now and ends tomorrow at 6:00 pm. Please use the voucher code "onedaysale" in the appropriate box during the checkout process, and please remember to hit the recalculate button to reflect the discount, all orders processed without using the voucher number can NOT be adjusted.

Candles By Victoria - Candles - Scented Candles

2007-08-05T05:40:00.001-07:00

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Each month we will hold a drawing, a name will be picked at random from our guestbook and that person will receive a free candle!! Each month the winners name will be posted here and in our monthly newsletter, don't forget to sign up for that as well, when you see your name contact us and let us know that you are our winner. When signing the guestbook you must leave a comment to be eligible. One entry per month please!

Candles by Victoria August Newsletter ~ The Pouring Pot

2007-07-31T14:53:00.001-07:00

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Candles By Victoria Yahoo Group

2007-07-12T15:15:00.000-07:00

Candles By Victoria yahoo group is a fun way to interact with other Candles By Victoria customers, share your favorite fragrances, chat with other CBV customers, or just sit back and observe, best of all, as a member of CBV Yahoo Group you will receive speicals that will be geared only to CBV Yahoo group members. Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CBVcandles/ Candles By Victoria Yahoo Group and sign up today!

25% off all Americana Candles

2007-07-05T06:02:00.000-07:00

We are offering you 25% off all our Americana candles. You can find these candles located on the 14th candle page. Everything Americana is marked down 25%, no code necessary to receive the discount. We have a limited supply of each Americana candle item, when they are gone they are gone so get them while supplies last!

No Frills Sampler on sale today!

2007-07-04T07:55:00.001-07:00

Six 8 oz. candles normally sells for 33.00 on sale today only for only 25.00!!

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Candles By Victoria

2007-07-02T12:20:00.001-07:00

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It is our mission here at Candles By Victoria to offer our customers the finest candles with the most fragrant scents anywhere. Our candles will burn clean all the way to the bottom leaving no wax waste on the side of the jars. We want you to enjoy your candle to the very last drop.

At Candles By Victoria we offer a wide variety of candles and in even larger variety of fragrances to choose from. With over 400 fragrances you are bound to find the perfect one. From container candles to pillars, tarts to decorative bakery candles, bath & body products to homemade fudge, we know you will find exactly what you are looking for here at Candles By Victoria, we also know once you purchase one of our triple scented candles you will return again and again.

Visit candlesbyvictoria.com now to learn more about the best candle you will ever burn.

Candles By Victoria July Newsletter

2007-06-29T11:40:00.000-07:00

Four Brand New Scents!

2007-06-25T14:16:00.000-07:00

I have been accused in the past of being a scentaholic, as much as I didn't want to admint it, I am here to say today... My name is Victoria Elliott and I'm a scentaholic!!

Today we have added four fabulous scents to our line. They are:
Cinnamon Apple Peach
Pomegrantate & Apple
Caramel Coffee Cake
Lemon Lavender

No Frills Sampler Packs On Sale Today ONLY

2007-06-23T07:50:00.000-07:00

This sale is for our No Frills Sampler located on the 2nd candle page. Normally our No Frills Sampler sells for $33.00, today only you get six of our 8 oz. No Frills candles for only $25.00!! That is less then $4.25 per candle. Get in on this sale today only! Sale ends at midnight tonight so order now!

12 Hour Quick Sale

2007-06-18T13:45:00.000-07:00

Candles By Victoria 15% off Sale!

12 Hours Only

This sale is for our newsletter subscribers only and it is a 15% discount off your entire order sale. In addition, for every order placed that exceeds $25.00 before shipping and handling and after the discount, you will receive one of our brand new Scent Shots, and for every additional $25.00 spent before shipping and handling and after the discount you will receive another Scent Shot absolutely free!! (We choose the scents)

All you have to do is enter this voucher code (quicksale) in the appropriate box during checkout, and please remember to hit the recalculate button to reflect the discount. All orders processed without using the voucher code can NOT be adjusted. This sale will run for 12 hours only. The sale starts now and will run until 6 am. central time June 19th. Orders will be processed in the order they are received. Happy Shopping!!

*You must make payment by credit card or paypal to receive discount, check or money orders will NOT apply. This sale is good on retail orders only. All orders must be placed online to receive the discount.

No adjustments or refunds on prior orders

Thanks so much and enjoy!
Victoria

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2007-06-18T05:09:00.000-07:00

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Host an online candle party

2007-06-11T11:14:00.001-07:00

Host your own online candle party and earn FREE candles!

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Why not host an online candle party? It is as easy as 1~2~3
Here is what you do

First you E-mail us and let us know you would like to host an online candle party. We will then E-mail you back an invitation that you will forward to all your friends, family, co-workers and online friends.

The invitation will have a link to Candles By Victoria it will also have a host/hostess number that your guests will leave in the comment box during the checkout process or email to us after placing their orders. Every order that we receive with your host/hostess number will be credited to your account and will earn you discounts and free candles!! All orders will be mailed directly to the person who has placed the order. It is that easy!!

How a candle burns

2007-06-10T09:46:00.001-07:00

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What sort of chemical reaction occurs when a candle burns?

When you light a candle, the heat of the flame melts the wax near the wick. This melted or liquid wax is then drawn up into the wick by capillary action. The flame's heat vaporizes the liquid wax to produce water vapor and carbon dioxide (the same byproducts that humans produce when exhaling).

Candle Usage

2007-06-10T09:44:00.001-07:00

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Before the domestication of electricity, the candle was a common source of lighting, before, and later in addition to, the oil lamp. Due to local availability and the cost of resources, for several centuries up to the 19th century the candle was more common in northern Europe, and olive oil lamps more common in southern Europe and around the Mediterranean Sea. Candle makers were known as chandlers.

Today, the candle is usually used for their aesthetic value, particularly to set a soft, warm, or romantic ambience, and for emergency lighting during electrical power failures.The Scented candle is common in aromatherapy.

History of Candle Making

2007-06-10T09:42:00.001-07:00

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The candle was developed independently in many countries. The Egyptians and Cretans made the candle from beeswax, as early as 3000 BC. The early candle was made from various forms of natural fat, tallow, and wax. In the 18th century, spermaceti, an oil produced by the sperm whale, was used to produce a superior candle. Late in the 18th century, colza oil and rapeseed oil came into use as much cheaper substitutes. Paraffin was first distilled in 1830, and revolutionized candle-making, as it was an inexpensive material which produced a high-quality, odorless candle that burned reasonably cleanly. The industry was devastated soon after, however, by the distillation of kerosene (confusingly also called paraffin oil or just paraffin). This excellent fuel for lamps gave the candle its current status as a primarily decorative item.

Candle History

2007-06-10T09:41:00.001-07:00

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A candle is a light source usually consisting of an internal wick that rises through the center of a column of solid fuel. Prior to the mid 19th century, the candle was made from tallow (a byproduct of beef fat rendering). The fuel now is nearly always some form of wax, with paraffin wax being the most common. Gel, soy, beeswax, and a vegetable-based candle is also available.A candle manufacturer is usually known as a chandler. Various devices have been invented to secure candles into place, from simple tabletop candle holders, to elaborate chandeliers.

Maple Butter Pumpkin Frap

2007-06-10T09:30:00.001-07:00

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This candle is 24 ounces of YUMMY! First we start with a layer of Maple Butter fragrance, we then added layer of wax pumpkins. Then we add a whipped layer of our wonderful Pumpkin Frap fragrance, tossed a few more pumpkins on top for a bit of that country charm then sprinkled the whole thing with real cinnamon. Double wicked for a perfect burn this is one strong and fun candle!