Mother's Day Poem

Mother’s Day Poem (Holly Giffers)

I’m glad that you’re my mother,
kind and caring and strong.
Coz surely no-one else,
Could have put up with me this long!

PS. Buy your Mom a handmade scented candle,
With this gift you can’t go wrong!

Love you Mom!

Karin xox

We're gonna be hoppin!

Easter is just around the corner and its a lovely time to celebrate with candles or create a soft and inviting atmoshere in your house. We’ve got some gorgeous fragrances, including cinnamon vanilla, cinnamon buns, vanilla sky and vanilla slice which will help you set the mood for Easter.

We’re also very excited to anounce that we’ve got lots of new market dates confirmed for the rest of 2014. Below is the current list with more to come for the end of the year. We’re also more than happy to accomodate purchases in between market dates from our home, so for those please contact us directly (karin@shadowmooncreations.com) 

Upcoming Shadow Moon Creations Markets: 

APRIL
Saturday, 12 April 2014, 11am - 5pm, Rose Street Market (60 Rose Street, Fitzroy)

Sunday, 13 April 2014, 10am - 4pm, North Melbourne Market (44 Errol St, North Melbourne)

Sunday, 27 April 2014, 10am - 3pm, Kensington Arts & Craft Market (Kensington Primary School, 484 McCauley Road, Kensington)

MAY
Weekend, 3 & 4 May 2014, 11am - 5pm, Rose Street Market (60 Rose Street, Fitzroy)

Saturday, 10 May 2014, 11am - 5pm, 11am - 5pm, Rose Street Market (60 Rose Street, Fitzroy)

Sunday, 11 May 2014, 11am - 4pm, North Melbourne Market (44 Errol St, North Melbourne)

Weekend, 17 & 18 May 2014, 11am - 5pm, Rose Street Market (60 Rose Street, Fitzroy)

JUNE
Weekend, 31 May & 1 June 2014, 11am - 5pm, Rose Street Market (60 Rose Street, Fitzroy)

Weekend, 14 & 15 June 2014, 11am - 5pm, Rose Street Market (60 Rose Street, Fitzroy)

Sunday, 22 June 2014, 11am - 4pm, North Melbourne Market (44 Errol St, North Melbourne)

Weekend, 28 & 29 June 2014, 11am - 5pm, Rose Street Market (60 Rose Street, Fitzroy)

JULY
Weekend, 12 & 13 July 2014, 11am - 5pm, Rose Street Market (60 Rose Street, Fitzroy)

Sunday, 20 July 2014, 11am - 4pm, North Melbourne Market (44 Errol St, North Melbourne)

Weekend, 26 & 27 July 2014, 11am - 5pm, Rose Street Market (60 Rose Street, Fitzroy)

AUGUST
Weekend, 9 & 10 August 2014, 11am - 5pm, Rose Street Market (60 Rose Street, Fitzroy)

Sunday, 17 August 2014, 11am - 4pm, North Melbourne Market (44 Errol St, North Melbourne)

Weekend, 23 & 24 August 2014, 11am - 5pm, Rose Street Market (60 Rose Street, Fitzroy)

See you at the markets!

Cheers,

Karin & Damo 

“Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.” - Joseph Campbell

Skull candle stack burn progression

Stuck for the perfect gift idea?

It can be really tricky finding the right gift for that someone special. Let’s face it some people are just totally demanding to buy for!
Well, may we suggest a beautiful scented soy candle as a gift idea!

People love getting our candles as gifts! It says you’ve given their choice of gift some personal thought; won’t break your budget; you don’t have to worry about it being the ‘wrong size’; and its definitely preferable to getting (impersonal) gift cards in lieu of cash.

Our candles smell wonderful, provide ongoing fragrance to your home or office, and generally just put a smile on people’s faces. :-) Candles create a nice, warm, relaxing glow. They can be used for meditation purposes or to set a romantic mood. Plus, our candles are eco-friendly!

While you might know what fragrance you like, it can be difficult picking a fragrance for someone else. So, how do you know your fragrance choice is a sure winner?

To make your life easier, we’ve come up with a list of 10 fragrances which are generally regarded as a safe bets for most people. To view our full list of fragrances plus their descriptions, click here.

Shadow Moon Creations’ top 10 fragrance choices when buying candles as a gift:

1. Lemongrass & Green Tea
2. Vanilla Slice
3. Chamomile & Grapefruit
4. Champagne & Strawberries
5. Tigerlily
6. Australian Bush
7. Tropical Sunset
8. French Pear
9. Coconut & Lime
10. Oakmoss & Amber

Now that you’ve picked a fragrance, you just need to decide what size candle might suit :-)

If you are sending a Shadow Moon Creations soy candle to someone in the mail as a gift, feel free to ask us about gift wrapping and personalized card options. We’d only be too happy to accommodate you and provide a seamless gift-giving experience.

Happy (candle) gift giving!

Cheers,

Karin & Damo
xox

Happy Chinese New Year to all our friends and customers!

Love is in the air...!

The Feast of Saint Valentine is a scant 2 weeks away, and it is time to start thinking about how you can show your love to that someone special.

May we suggest a classic…Scented Candles! And of course you’d want to take an eco-friendly approach by getting soy candles and making sure that the scent you pick is fragrant and long lasting when burning.

Well!

Shadow Moon Creations can help you get this sorted. Whether it is for a romantic candle lit dinner or as a nice gift for loved ones. We’ve got some gorgeous fragrances which are perfect for Valentine’s Day and for celebrating LOVE.

While all our fragrances are delightful, we’ve compiled a short list to get your creative juices flowing:

• Champagne & Strawberries - A distinctive combination of ripe strawberries and raspberries with notes of champagne and roses
• Honey I’m Home - A strong and quite striking fragrance! Sweet honey is blended with cranberry and hints of nutmeg, clove, and wintergreen
• Love Spell - A luscious fusion of citrus, cherry blossom, hydrangea, apple & peach, with a hint of blonde wood
• Sweetheart - Beautifully innocent and sweet this fragrance blends a harmonious fusion of tart raspberries sweetened by the summer sun
• White Satin - A mix of flower shop freshness and velvety opulence, a creamy floral tribute to the small white blossomed pearl tuberose. Silky and soothing like a satin hug!

To order these or any of our other beautiful fragrances in a range of sizes to suit your budget and style, visit our online shop: www.shadowmooncreations.com 

Hugs & Kisses!

Karin & Damo

Last market for the year this Sunday

Our last market for the year (and before XMAS) is this coming Sunday at North Melbourne. Be quick to grab some last minute handmade XMAS goodies (+ candles!). Nothing says you care like a handmade gift!

Sunday, 15 December 2013, 10am - 3pm: North Melbourne Market (44 Errol St, North Melbourne)

But we are not disappearing after XMAS! Here are some upcoming market dates for the new year. We would love to see you at the following locales:

• Saturday, 18 January 2014, 11am - 5pm: Rose Street Market (60 Rose Street, Fitzroy) 
• Sunday, 19 January 2014, 10am - 3pm: Kensington Arts & Craft Market (Kensington Primary School, 484 McCauley Road, Kensington) 
• Saturday, 15 February 2014, 11am - 5pm, Rose Street Market (60 Rose Street, Fitzroy)
• Sunday, 16 February 2014, 11am - 5pm, Rose Street Market (60 Rose Street, Fitzroy) 
• Sunday, 23 February 2014, 10am - 3pm: Kensington Arts & Craft Market (Kensington Primary School, 484 McCauley Road, Kensington) 
• Saturday, 22 March 2014, 11am - 5pm, Rose Street Market (60 Rose Street, Fitzroy) 
• Sunday, 23 March, 2014, 11am - 5pm, Rose Street Market (60 Rose Street, Fitzroy) 
• Sunday, 30 March 2014, 10am - 3pm: Kensington Arts & Craft Market (Kensington Primary School, 484 McCauley Road, Kensington) 
• Sunday, 12 April 2014, 11am - 5pm, Rose Street Market (60 Rose Street, Fitzroy)  

Karin & Damo

xox

Have yourself a very elegant Xmas!

Presented in red glass jars with silver lids, these soy candles will burn for approximately 40 hours and enhance the Xmas spirit at your place.

Four fragrances available: Xmas Cedar; Mistletoe; Candy Cane; Frankincense & Myrrh.

Soy candle - Pile of skulls - purple, sugar cookie fragrance - sooo many things I love in one little candle!

Perfect treats for All Hallows Eve!

To celebrate the time of year when the veil between our world and the next is the thinnest, we’ve got some great gifts….

We’re super excited to feature some very cute Halloween tealight spinners - we’ve got witches, ghosts and bats being driven round and round by the heat of fire! They also cast beautiful shadows through the coloured glass.

These are available from us at the Kensington Market tomorrow (27 October) and will soon be available on the website.

We’ve also got a lovely new fragrance ‘trick or treat’ which smells a lot like grape hubba bubba. Yum yum!

Wishing you all a illuminating Halloween!

Cheers,

Karin

xox

NEW!! 6 Pack Tea Lights Now Available for only $6.50

Pick your own OR choose from floral, foodie, fresh & zesty, clean & green, woods & spice, delightful destinations, or fruity.

www.shadowmooncreations.com

Welcome in the scents of spring (minus the sneezing!)

Spring is here! Well almost - we’ve had a couple of nice warm days last week in Melbourne, but were bundled into woolen coats again over the weekend!

Nonetheless! We are thrilled to see that signs of Spring are popping up everywhere, most noticeably in the delicate spring buds on trees. But if you’re like me and you’re trying to avoid pollen and hayfever, a soy candle burning indoors can nicely simulate the fresh clean smells of Spring, without the itchy eyes and sneezing!

Some of our popular Spring fragrances include Garden Path (think beautifully fragrant English floral garden), Himalayan Bamboo (fresh and green), Green Tea & Lemongrass (clean and fresh) and the ever popular Sweet Pea & Vanilla.

To celebrate the arrival of Spring we’re also introducing a beautiful new fragrance, ALPINE WATERS. It is described as a refreshing fragrance of ozonic, lime, pineapple and melon with mid notes of cinnamon, sheer white floral and cucumber with a light musk base. This is a beautifully fresh fragrance which will lift your spirits and put a ‘spring’ in your step! I’m envisioning ‘Sound of Music’ scenes when I picture this fragrance!

All the best,
Karin
xox

Vote for your favourite fragrance and WIN!!

We’ve just lauched a competition where you can vote for your favourite candle fragrance from our top-selling candle list.

The winner (drawn randomly after 28 August) will win an apothecary candle in their fragrance choice PLUS a $50 Shadow Moon Creations gift voucher.

Click on the link to enter: http://bit.ly/16JJZ2T

Multiple entries allowed (1 per day max).

Share the love :-)

Karin
xox

North Melbourne Market this Sunday 18 August

We are thrilled to have a stall again at the North Melbourne Market this coming Sunday. If you haven’t been to this market yet (and you live local in Melbourne) its well worth a visit for its quality handmade wares. There is usually a wide variety of artsy home wares, beautiful jewelry, gorgeous clothes and knitwear, and yummy treats like our friends from Chocolette Patisserie who does the most AH-MAH-ZING scrumptious macarons!! Oh, and of course, beautiful handmade soy candles in enticing fragrances from us - Shadow Moon Creations!

We are currently prepping a whole lot of candles for the weekend (the house smells absolutely divine!), so if you are in the neighbourhood, pop by on Sunday and come experience a ‘smell extravaganza’ at our stall!

Cheers and see you soon!

Karin & Damo

xox

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New Fragrances in our 'Delightful Destinations' Range: Positano, Marseille, and Mists of Avalon

At Shadow Moon Creations we’re very excited to introduce 3 new candle fragrances in our Delightful Destinations range: Positano, Marseille and Mists of Avalon. All 3 of these new fragrances capture a bit of European flair. So, if you’re longing for a European getaway, these scents might transport you there without actually leaving your seat.

Feel like a drive along the beautiful Italian Amalfi Coast? Positano might be perfect for you! It is bursting with a distinctive blend of fruits and flowers, a trio of verbena, lime & basil with lemon, orange & cyclamen. Molto Bello!

Want to embrace the romance and sophistication of France? Next stop is Marseille. This is an absolutely gorgeous and uplifting fragrance. It is a beautiful floral bouquet of gardenia enriched with melon, sandalwood & cardamom.  It is oh so chic and oh so French! Magnifique!

Finally, if you are longing for something a bit more mysterious and shrouded in intrigue, we bring you Mist of Avalon. The scent of the legendary island featured in the legend of Arthur, is an enchanting fragrance that blends a refreshing sea breeze with green herbal notes of basil, thyme & rosemary. Very alluring!

Hope you enjoyed this quick European round trip! If you feel like escaping to these destinations through your olfactory perception, visit our site to purchase these experiences!

Karin

xox

New Fragrance: Love Spell

Want to cast your spell of love or invite some romance into your life?? Well this new fragrant soy candle available from Shadow Moon Creations might help! Aptly titled ‘Love Spell’ it is a luscious fusion of citrus, cherry blossom, hydrangea, apple & peach, with a hint of blonde wood. Very alluring, it is sure to score you points in the love department! ;-)


Karin

xox