Promo Blog Post #1 Babbling Brook Candles

Babbling Brook Candles is a small business in Saint Joseph, Missouri. The owner, Rebecca Doolan, started the business in a small building adjacent to her house in the fall of 2002.

Babbling Brook Candles logo

Rebecca started making candles because her best friend owned a craft shop and she helped her run the shop and she couldn’t afford to pay her in the beginning so she would pay Rebecca in candles. At that point Rebecca decided she could make candles.

After trial and error, Rebecca mastered the art of making candles in about a year. Rebecca started selling them at local small businesses, including her friends shop, other small businesses in-town, craft shows and other places.

All of Babbling Brook Candles and wax melts are hand poured by Rebecca. With a variety of fragrances meeting everyone’s needs from Apple Pie to Fresh Laundry to Sweet Lavender.

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Babbling Brook Candles offers a variety of sizes in candles; including, 8oz and 16oz mason jars and a 12oz contemporary square jar. Babbling Brook also has wax melts that are used in the wax warmers, that are also available for purchase.

8oz jar(top left), 16oz jar(top right), 12oz jar(bottom left), and wax melts (bottom right).

From traveling all over the area from Clarinda, Iowa, to Overland Park, Kansas, Babbling Brook Candles has made appearances at different craft shows and holiday marts.

Christmas is the busiest time of year for Babbling Brook Candles.

Fundraiser options are also an option with Babbling Brook Candles. Baseball teams, Girl Scout troops and prom committees are just a few organizations that have sold candles to help raise money for their team or group activities.

A few reviews on Facebook include:

“These candles are the best and I love the scents! I have several of them and enjoy them so much.”

-Marilyn Howard

“The scents are strong and fill the room forever!!”

-Herby Wilson

Babbling Brook Candles is also sold at the boutique, Nesting Goods, in downtown Saint Joseph, Missouri. But to have a specific order, one may contact Rebecca directly via call or text at 816.261.0279 or email at babblingbrookcandles@msn.com.