Whale Candle, Handmade Cand...
MyCandleKris£16.00
My name is Khrystyna, and I want to share with you a story that changed my life.
Everything started when I was forced to leave my hometown of Kharkiv. I found myself in a foreign country, without knowing the language, with two children, one of whom was only seven months old. The feeling of helplessness and being lost haunted me every day. It seemed that everything I had was gone: my life, familiar places. In Ukraine, I had just started my maternity leave, but the war cut it short, along with many other dreams.
I had to go to work, holding my seven-month-old baby in my arms. My elder son helped take care of the baby at night while I worked.
I forbade myself from being weak — there was no other choice. But after a year at a frantic pace, my body simply said "enough."
I remember the day everything changed. My husband, seeing how exhausted I was, suggested doing something for my soul. "Why don't you try making a candle?" he said. That's how soy wax and a wooden wick came into our home. I couldn't have imagined that this small action would change my life. This is how my new passion was born — My Candle.
Candles had always been a part of my life, but I never thought I could make them myself. When I created my first candle, I felt true excitement. Each new candle became not just a product for me — it was my own little work of art, a piece of my soul. After that, I decided to learn professionally. In the UK, I took a basic candle-making course, but that was just the beginning. It wasn't enough for me, so I continued learning, using various resources, and I especially enjoyed learning with AI. And, you know, it's still not enough for me — I feel like everything is just beginning.
Every time I light a candle, I see the light. Light is what my candles give me: Joy, comfort, warmth. They have become my special love. Now I can't imagine myself without my wonderful world, created from wax, light, and inspiration.