Ember & Oak

Candles that smell like real places

Hand poured in small batches in a Calgary kitchen, with coconut and soy wax and wooden wicks

Message on Instagram See the scents
A hand poured candle in an amber glass jar with a wooden wick on an oak kitchen counter in morning light The same amber jar candle lit in the evening, glowing on a dark oak kitchen counter

Poured a small batch at a time, at one kitchen counter

Six scents, six places

Each one starts from somewhere we have stood. Light it and the room goes there for the evening

  • A milk jug, a vanilla pod and fresh bread on a kitchen counter at dawn
    A kitchen counter at dawn

    Kitchen Counter

    Oat milk, vanilla bean, warm bread

    Pouring morning, before anyone else is up

  • Mist over the Bow River at dawn with river stones on the bank
    The Bow River, Calgary

    Bow River Morning

    Cold water, river stone, cottonwood

    The path along the river while the mist is still on it

  • A spruce forest in the Rockies with moss and fallen needles
    Kananaskis Country

    Kananaskis Pine

    Spruce needles, cold air, a far off campfire

    A mountain trail, an hour past the parking lot

  • Sage and long grass on the Alberta prairie at sunset
    The prairie east of the city

    Prairie Sage

    Dried sage, wheat, late sun

    The drive east of the city with the windows down

  • A band of warm clear sky under a Chinook arch above snowy prairie and the Rockies
    A Chinook arch over the foothills

    Chinook

    Orange peel, clove, dry cedar

    That warm wind in the middle of January

  • Oak logs burning down to glowing embers in a wood stove
    Oak burning down to embers

    Ember & Oak

    Smoked oak, cedar, a little leather

    Our first scent: oak smoke at the end of a long day

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Poured by hand, in a kitchen

I started pouring candles because the ones from the store gave me headaches. I wanted something that smelled like a place I love, and nothing else

Every candle is still poured at my kitchen counter, a small batch at a time

Wax
Coconut and soy
Wick
Wood, so it crackles as it burns
Batches
Small, and poured by hand
Made in
Calgary, Alberta
Hands pouring melted wax from a steel pitcher into amber jars with wooden wicks on a kitchen counter
A stoneware bowl of coconut and soy wax flakes beside a bundle of wooden wicks and dried sage on an oak counter

Come smell them first

Every scent is open on the table at the Saturday market, so you can find the one that smells right before you buy

When
Saturdays, 10 am to 3 pm
Where
Our booth at the Saturday market in Calgary, with each week's spot on Instagram
Holidays
At the holiday markets from mid November
A market booth table of amber jar candles with kraft tags under string lights on a winter morning

Order a candle

Message us with the scents you would like. We will reply with sizes, prices and when your order will be ready

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Or pick one up at the Saturday market