Archive for September, 2008

In the Beginning…

Sunday, September 14th, 2008

On March 17, 2007, Holly Eve and one of her sidekicks met Bill Stewart. After about three hours we parted, not without some serious excitement.

The next day, Bill called. We won’t divulge his exact words, but the bottom line is that he was very interested in some of the concepts we discussed.

And a real partnership was born.

Holly Eve and the entire crew and partner group of black & light ® will be forever grateful to Bill and his incredible staff (folks like Jane and Joe, Ann, Sherry, Netty, Chris, April, Ingrid, Mary Ann, Ruth, Rebecca, Harriet, and of course Betsy) and his incredible one of kind company, Bullfrog Light Company.

Bill is the inventor of ‘the glow’, which he graciously shared with Holly Eve and now a whole new host of people throughout the United States and soon the rest of the world.

We believe that Bill created the ‘North Pole of Candle Making’.

You certainly won’t find what he does anywhere else. Guaranteed.

The Real Deal

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

Want the real facts on candles? Go to: http://www.candles.org/about_faq.html

Charter Customers

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

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Use CC101 in the promotional code field of your shopping cart and receive free shipping and an offer to become a charter customer. Charter customers receive great offers on a regular basis. See our current charter customers ratings and comments below…

“I love the glow! It’s glorious!” Dan, Philadelphia

“I absolutely love the candles. I purchased and have told friends about your site.” Carolyn, NJ

“Your candles are beautiful” Paulette, Ohio

“I love them. They make me happy!” Gwen, Michigan

“I am a firm believer in the presentation of an item and I thought the box it arrived in made the candle 100% more special. I love the products! Great job!” Dayna, Michigan

“I love the quality of the candles and the presentation is beautiful – such a wonderful gift for me! Thanks to you for such high standards.” Nancy, NJ

“My first purchase was a gift and the reaction was AMAZING! Since then friends have commented on the ‘GLOW’.” Rob, Ohio

How customers have ranked black & light co so far…

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News Bulletin from Christy Mara

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

Hello again to all candle lovers and glow aficionados… Christy Mara here after a bit of a hiatus from blogging. August was a busy month! However, I have loads of exciting news for those avid followers of black and light ® about what happened for the business in August. I’ll write more specifically on some of these topics next week, but for now here’s a quick news brief on the current and upcoming happenings with black and light ®.

Custom candles

Recently, Holly Eve and the people at black and light ® have found a small but successful niche in the business of making custom candles. Two of their current and upcoming ventures:

  • Marriott Resorts International commissioned Holly Eve to create a candle for the grand opening of their new resort near Saguaro National Forest in Arizona. These candles are available exclusively at this resort beginning September 7, 2008.
  • Tug Stuff of Leland, Michigan, after a very successful summer selling candles with a silk screen print of the famous Leland ‘tug boat’, has commissioned Holly to do an engraving of this famous fishing tug. Please visit Tug Stuff�s website to see the ‘tug’ and read more about the history of the logo at www.tugstuff.com

Online Market World �08
Holly Eve will be featured as a keynote speaker at Online Market World’s annual conference in San Francisco, CA. She will speak alongside Kathy Ireland, CEO & Chief Designer of Kathy Ireland World Wide, Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos, and Marsha Collier, the author of the eBay for Dummies Series. There will be special conference news bulletins posted on the blog before and after the event, which takes place from October 1st through October 3rd. Be sure to check out Holly Eve’s podcasts featured on Online Market World in the blogs below if you haven’t already! More information about the conference can be found at Online Market World�s website, http://www.onlinemarketworld.com/index-2008.php

Thanks for sharing the glow!

Christy Mara