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It’s wet, grey and gloomy outside… so maybe tonight we simply make home the nicest place to be. 🕯️🍂Set the table, light the autumn tapers and enjoy a lovely dinner without rushing anywhere.Good food, warm candlelight, good company. ❤️•And when dinner is over…Snuggle into your favourite blanket, grab a good book, make a hot cuppa — or pour yourself a glass of red w**e. ☕️🍷📖Light one of the autumn pillars, surround yourself with the warm comforting scent of Vanilla or Jasmine, and disappear from the world for a little while.•🍂 Glow & Stitch Joy Autumn Candle Collection🕯️ Autumn decorated dining tapers🍁 Hand decorated pillar candles🤍 White or ivory✨ Choice of fragrance. Because gloomy days were made for cosy homes and candlelight. 🤎📩 Message me to order.

💗🕯️ FRIDAY MOOD — WHICH WOMAN ARE YOU TODAY? 😂
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Some days we are the blazer lady… 👩‍💼
Organised. Professional. Everything under control.
Or at least pretending it is. 😂
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Other days we are the ruffles lady… 💃
A little softer, a little more glamorous and absolutely not interested in anybody’s nonsense. 😂
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Meet two of my more unusual handmade candles. ❤️
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I love finding moulds that are a little different — because why should a candle always look like… well… a candle? 🕯️
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These ladies are beautiful as decorative pieces, but they are proper candles too — and yes, I know it feels slightly criminal to light them. 😂🔥
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Colours and fragrance can be made to suit your preference, making them a lovely unusual gift — or simply something different for your own home. 🎁
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💎 As always, 20% of candle sales goes towards Petyo’s Diamonds of Hope fund. ❤️
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Now I want to know your Friday personality…
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👩‍💼 = BLAZER LADY
💃 = RUFFLES LADY
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Just drop your emoji below. 👇
Let’s see which lady wins. 😂❤️
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🍂✨ AUTUMN, BUT MAKE IT ELEGANT ✨🍂
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There’s something about autumn that makes us want to slow down, make the house cosy and enjoy those beautiful evenings at home. 🕯️🍁
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But cosy doesn’t have to mean ordinary. 🤍
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My autumn candle collection brings together the warmth of the season with elegance and style — beautiful white and ivory pillar candles decorated with pumpkins, sunflowers and autumn leaves, alongside delicate taper candles. 🍂✨
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Made to look beautiful even before they are lit, they can become part of your autumn décor — on a dining table, mantelpiece, console or simply in your favourite cosy corner.
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And when evening comes… light the candles, make a cuppa, put your feet up and let autumn begin. ☕️🕯️🤎
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🤍 PILLAR CANDLES
White or Ivory
Vanilla • Jasmine • Unscented
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🕯️ TAPER CANDLES
Choose your preferred scent.
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Each piece is handmade, making every candle just a little bit different. Available individually or mix and match to create your own elegant autumn display. 🍁
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💎 20% of every candle sale goes towards Petyo’s Diamonds of Hope fund. ❤️
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🍂 NOW I NEED YOUR HELP! 🍂
I’m deciding which autumn designs I should make MORE of.
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🎃 = Pumpkins
🌻 = Sunflowers
🍁 = Autumn Leaves
🍄 = Mushrooms
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No typing required 😂 — just drop ONE emoji in the comments. 👇
Your votes will decide what I make next! ❤️
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🍂 HELLO SEPTEMBER! 🕯️❤️

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Back to work for me this morning, while my craft table is already waiting for me at home. 😂

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There’s plenty happening behind the scenes at Glow & Stitch Joy — orders, a candle bouquet in progress and, as always, far too many new ideas in my head! 🤦🏻‍♀️😂

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September will bring a little bit of everything — candles, gifts, baby pieces, bouquets and hopefully a few surprises. ❤️

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What would YOU like to see from me this month? 👀

🍎📚 A LITTLE BACK-TO-SCHOOL GIFT FOR TEACHER 📚🍎

September is here… and that means back to school! ❤️

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We often think about thanking teachers at the end of the school year, but why not start the new one with a little gesture too?

Something small to say:

“Wishing you a wonderful new school year.” 🍎✏️

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So I’ve created this sweet little handmade candle gift for teachers — beautifully presented in its apple-themed gift packaging and finished with a satin bow. 🕯️🎀

A little different from the usual chocolates or mug, and something made especially for them. ❤️

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✨ £10 + InPost postage

🎨 Colours can vary
🌸 Scent can vary
🕯️ Handmade to order
🎁 Ready for gifting

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Perfect from a child starting with a new teacher, returning to a favourite teacher, or simply as a lovely little “Welcome Back” surprise. 🍎

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And as always, 20% from my candle sales goes into Petyo’s Diamonds of Hope fund. 💎❤️

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September orders are now open.

Message me if you’d like one made for your teacher. 🍎📚❤️

✨ SUNDAY = ORDERS DAY at Glow & Stitch Joy ✨
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Sunday again… which means my little workspace is busy with finishing, decorating, arranging and packing your orders ready for their new homes. 🕯️🎀
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Today’s table has a little bit of everything — a glamorous handbag getting her final red sparkle treatment ❤️✨, pretty pink baby trainers being wrapped ready for gifting 👶🎀, and a beautiful pink candle bouquet slowly coming together flower by flower. 🌸🕯️
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This is one of my favourite parts of what I do — watching each creation go from wax in a mould to something completely finished and ready to make someone smile.
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There’s actually so much that happens between those two stages… pouring, unmoulding, touching up, decorating, arranging, checking, wrapping and packing. And yes… every bow gets adjusted approximately 27 times before I decide it looks right. 😂🤦🏻‍♀️
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Everything is handmade and prepared individually, so no two orders are ever quite the same. ❤️
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Thank you, as always, to everyone who chooses my little handmade business. Every order, message, share and recommendation means more than you know. 🥰
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Right… back to the bouquet. Those flowers apparently aren’t going to arrange themselves! 😂🌸
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Have a beautiful Sunday everyone! ❤️
✨ Glow & Stitch Joy ✨

👶🌸 Another little arrival in our Baby Gift Collection…

How adorable is this little one? 🥹💕 A tiny sleeping baby, cuddling a little bunny and nestled inside a beautiful flower — all handmade as one detailed soy wax candle.

A lovely keepsake for a new baby, baby shower, christening, naming day or first visit to meet a new arrival.

🕯️ Handmade soy wax candle
🎨 Colours can be made to order
🌸 Choice of fragrance
🎀 Optional organza gift bag & ribbon
🏷️ Personalised tag available
🎁 Gift presentation available

Every one is handmade individually, so your gift can be created especially for the little person you’re celebrating. 💕

And there’s another reason these candles are special to us: 20% from every candle sale goes to Petyo’s Diamonds of Hope, helping us towards our fundraising goal. 💎❤️

Message me to order or discuss colours, scents and personalisation.

👶👟 Tiny shoes for the tiniest little feet… only these ones smell beautiful too! 🕯️💕Continuing our Baby Gifts Collection with these adorable handmade baby trainer candles.A sweet little keepsake-style gift for:🍼 New baby arrivals🎀 Baby showers👶 Christenings & naming days🎁 New mums and dads✨ Baby shower favours. Each little trainer is handmade and can be created in your preferred colour and fragrance, then beautifully presented in its delicate organza gift bag.Perfect when you want something a little different from the usual baby gift. 💕And every purchase from my candle collection has an extra special meaning — 20% goes directly to Petyo’s Diamonds of Hope, helping us towards his £4,000 fundraising goal. 💎❤️Handmade with love by Glow & Stitch Joy.Message me for colours, scents and orders. 💌

Last week’s orders were safely delivered, and this is the lovely part afterwards… hearing what you thought. 🥰

Every order is handmade with care, packed with love, and includes a little surprise thank-you gift — chosen especially for that customer and handmade by me or Petyo.

And this message absolutely made my day:
“I adore the flower candle, so dreamy – perfect! The colours, sparkle, shape and scent all perfect.” 💕

Thank you for supporting our little handmade business and Petyo’s Diamonds of Hope. 💎

20% from candle sales goes towards Petyo’s helmet fund, and 100% from Petyo’s handmade card sales goes straight into the fund.

💎 PETYO’S DIAMONDS OF HOPE — MONDAY UPDATE 💎

A new week and some new little Diamonds of Hope. ❤️

With the new school year approaching, today we’re showing Petyo’s handmade diamond-art teacher cards — a little bit of sparkle for someone starting another year of teaching our children. 🍎✏️✨

Every card is made individually by Petyo, placing the tiny diamonds one by one. It gives him something meaningful to concentrate on and, at the same time, helps us work towards something very important for him.

💎 OUR FUND TRACKER

🎯 Goal: £4,000
💰 Raised so far: £12
❤️ Still to go: £3,988

It may look like a tiny beginning…

But £12 is £12 we didn’t have before. And this journey is going to be built exactly like Petyo builds his pictures — one tiny diamond at a time. 💎

100% of every card sale goes directly into Petyo’s helmet fund, together with 20% from our candle sales.

🍎 Teacher cards from £4
💌 Envelope included
✨ Individually protected
📮 FREE UK postage
🎨 Different designs available

Our goal is to raise £4,000 towards a Vielight Neuro near-infrared photobiomodulation device with an intranasal applicator. We know it isn’t a cure and that research is still developing, but it is something we would like the opportunity to try for Petyo.

If you would like one of his teacher cards, just message me with the design you want. ❤️

And even if you don’t need a card, a share costs nothing and might help Petyo’s work reach someone who does.

£12 down. £3,988 to go.
We have officially started. 💎❤️