The Journal

Notes on craft, scent, and the things we make.

Scent Stories

Which Emberwood Scent Are You? (All Nine)

The fun way to choose a candle is to stop asking which one smells best and start asking which one is you. Not your mood today. The version of you...

Scent Stories

Which Emberwood Scent Are You? (All Nine)

The fun way to choose a candle is to stop asking which one smells best and start asking which one is you. Not your mood today. The version of you...

The Hearth

Gift Giving for People Who Don't Need More Stuff

Most adults past a certain age have too many things. Not everything they might want, but everything they actually use. The kitchen is equipped, the closets are full, the shelves...

The Hearth

Gift Giving for People Who Don't Need More Stuff

Most adults past a certain age have too many things. Not everything they might want, but everything they actually use. The kitchen is equipped, the closets are full, the shelves...

The Hearth

A Scent for Every Season, Now That the Collecti...

There is a tidy idea about candles that goes like this. Pine and smoke for winter, something bright and green for spring, light and airy for summer, and then the...

The Hearth

A Scent for Every Season, Now That the Collecti...

There is a tidy idea about candles that goes like this. Pine and smoke for winter, something bright and green for spring, light and airy for summer, and then the...

Scent Stories

Not Sure Where to Start? The Honest First Step ...

Buying a candle you have never smelled is a small leap of faith. You are trusting a name, a list of four notes, and a photograph to tell you something...

Scent Stories

Not Sure Where to Start? The Honest First Step ...

Buying a candle you have never smelled is a small leap of faith. You are trusting a name, a list of four notes, and a photograph to tell you something...

Scent Stories

What Each Scent in Our Collection Has in Common

Our collection spans different times of day, different environments, different emotional temperatures. But every scent in it was made by the same two people, with the same process, filtered through...

Scent Stories

What Each Scent in Our Collection Has in Common

Our collection spans different times of day, different environments, different emotional temperatures. But every scent in it was made by the same two people, with the same process, filtered through...

The Hearth

The Entryway Test: What a Home Says in the Firs...

Stand outside your own front door for a second. Now walk in like a guest would, slow, paying attention. What do you notice in the first ten seconds? The air....

The Hearth

The Entryway Test: What a Home Says in the Firs...

Stand outside your own front door for a second. Now walk in like a guest would, slow, paying attention. What do you notice in the first ten seconds? The air....