Fragrance Never Sounded So Good

Candles are so popular these days, Theres also so much choice.  Yankee Candles marketing idea seemed to be swamp the market I would be surprised if we started seeing vending machines in toilets selling them soon,  To me this kinda cheapens the product somehow its no longer something new or unusual. 

We love how Virginia Candle have never gone down this marketing route with Woodwick and There new brand RibbonWick.  It helps to keep the product exclusive New and Stylish.  It remains a talking point when people see them and also helps to keep the products in demand.

Heres a little write up on the brands,  Definatly worth a peek over @ Bill and Betty





Virginia Candle Company was founded in 1990 in Lynchburg, Virginia. Today the company occupies a manufacturing facility not far from the original garage in which it was started. Their goal remains the same today, as it was when the company was founded: to make innovative products of the highest quality available.

Virginia Candle Company® is a leading developer, manufacturer, and marketer of premium quality fragrance delivery products. The Company's exceptional quality and innovation have made their products household favorites across the nation. Their premium wax blends and carefully formulated fragrances ensure consistent smells and one of the longest burn times in the industry.

Virginia Candle® is also a leading pioneer in the development and use of the finest renewable natural and organic resources. From organic wicks made of wood to fragrances infused with essential oils to proprietary natural wax blends, Virginia Candle® is dedicated to the purity of ingredients. They guarantee you this: Their products will nourish your senses and enhance your home décor.





Old World craftsmanship meets the best of modern methods to offer you truly unique candles with amazing fragrances from the first inch to the last! Using only a high quality soy wax blend and premium fragrance, each WoodWick® candle is carefully crafted by experienced candle-makers passionate about creating the best candles possible. The WoodWick® candle features a natural wick made from organic wood to create the soothing sound of a crackling fire with exceptional fragrance!



Ribbonwick™ Candle creates a mesmerizing ribbon-like flame. As the candlelight dances across the pool of highly scented wax it creates an intriguing ambiance unlike any other candle on the market. This distinctive effect, coupled with elegant new home décor vessels, results in a stunning “centerpiece” focal point that will transform any room. The Ribbonwick™ Brand features seven distinct collections reflecting a broad assortment of unique styles and designs.

Hard to Re-Invent the Wheel

We were down at the NEC Yesterday for the yearly Spring Fair.  This is the one of the biggest wholesale events of the year and is a lot of hard work getting round over 1000 different suppliers.  I like to wonder round these and look mainly at the smaller independent people, I love seeing there ideas and inventions and how much passion and hard work they have put into there products to get them at the stage where they are now hoping to sell them to masses. 

One of our most popular brands that we carry is Woodwick Candles.    These candles are kind of new to the UK.  We've carried this brand now for a couple of years and in the world of Candles these guys in America did "Re-Invent the Wheel" 

Old World craftsmanship meets the best of modern methods to offer you truly unique candles with amazing fragrances from the first inch to the last! Using only a high quality soy wax blend and premium fragrance, each WoodWick® candle is carefully crafted by experienced candle-makers passionate about creating the best candles possible. The WoodWick® candle features a natural wick made from organic wood to create the soothing sound of a crackling fire with exceptional fragrance!.

Always great to see this supplier and go through all the new scents for the coming year.  Our customers just love them as they are different.  But it seems they have gone and done it again and come out this year with again something completly New with RibbonWick.

Woodwick will continue to be and strong brand for us but its also nice to offer an alternative and this range of candles are just perfect.

Ribbonwick™ Candle creates a mesmerizing ribbon-like flame. As the candlelight dances across the pool of highly scented wax it creates an intriguing ambiance unlike any other candle on the market. This distinctive effect, coupled with elegant new home décor vessels, results in a stunning “centerpiece” focal point that will transform any room. The Ribbonwick™ Brand features seven distinct collections reflecting a broad assortment of unique styles and designs.
We are sooo looking forward to this stock arriving in March and show casing it out to our customers.

Keep checking our website and as soon as this comes in it will be online.   Looking forward to another year of selling a completly new design - and seeing what everyone thinks of a Candle Company that continues to Re-Invent the Wheel.

British Handmade Products

We are big supporters of British and Handmade products and designers.  Times are hard and its always good to see people taking there dreams and turning them into reality and making the products.

Betty and I get to see some many of these wonderful talented people and beautiful products that they produce and the immense amount of hard work that goes into them.

We have decided that this year we are going to increase our range of these products and continue to support British handmade and do our bit for the economy.

Our latest addition is Andycrafts.  Andy Driscoll crafts based in Warwickshire makes the most fantastic Hand Made Clocks & handcrafted accessories using natural materials and colours, that add timeless style and character to your home.

Items include clocks, chalk Boards, Mirrors and driftwood wall art. These handmade accessories are made to a very high standard and make gorgeous gifts. 

This cathedral clock is just beautiful and must be shown off.

Andys range fits perfectly into our collections and we are very happy to now have this working relationship with such a talented craftsman. Check out his full collection HERE.

If you a small British Designer with your own products and are looking for a re-seller relationship with a small family web based business please get in touch.  :) info@billandbetty.co.uk

Bill

My Bad

My bad,  not blogged in a while and just been told off from our SEO company.  Not my fault I protested we've been too busy thanks to you..

Anyway it did give me a kick up the bum so sat down with a brew and thought I'd let you know what we been upto.

Nov and Dec were just mental months, Home Parties every night, weekend fairs, Christmas Markets and web orders saw us running around all over the place.  Our poor children thought they were orphens for a while being shipped off to Nana's every weekend or finding themselves stood at a Christmas Market wrapping baubles.  we did make it worth there while and pocket money was paid.  We must have the only 8 and 11 year olds that now hold us to ransom asking for wages.

We have our first fair of the year coming up on the 21st of Jan at Wilmslow Artisan Market which is always a good day but what to sell ?  Christmas is now finished - still a bit early for valentines and Mothers day and Easter is months off.  Its actually nice now that our range is of a good enough diversity that we have these choices to make, so a bit of everything I think.

I will take some pictures of our stand at the market this weekend and post them up next week.

New stock arriving soon which is always exciting. I will let ya know when its in and up online.

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