A woman's heart should be so hidden in Christ
that a man should have to seek Him first to find her.
-Maya Angelou
The very first thing I did was make candles. I got a job working parttime at a printing shop in Albuquerque doing typesetting and I learned the printing business from the ground up. It wasn't long before we aquired a little printing equipment and with my husband doing sales we kept our little ship afloat. My husband ran across a whole box of candle making supplies and asked me if I would like to look through the box before he tossed it. It was full of wax, wicks and candle scents. They seemed too nice to throw away, although I didn't know what I was going to do with all that stuff. I did not have any molds for any of it. So I sculpted my own. When you grow up living through the great depression, you know better than let things go to waste. I made latex molds and filled them with wax, colored it and scented it and continued one project after another until I perfected everything I made. Then my daughter, Leah, came along and said, "Why not make angels?" Then my dear neighbor, Margie Gay, a well known sandstone painter suggested I make some southwest themed pieces... I peddled them one by one at local craft shows and holiday sales and continued to incorporate new ideas.
So that was the beginning...
We opened H & L Enterprises as a printing business and it turned into a multitude of projects and artwork that just never stopped. Little did I know when I started those candles that 25 years later New Mexico Magazine would be doing an article about my little southwest miniature candle pots. I guess you could say I've come full circle.
southwest miniature candle pots
If you'd like to see the rest of my candle handmade line please visit my
KANDLES FOREVER, webstore page.
Thank you for looking. Love to all of you, Pat
