Skyelight Candles, Company

Skyelight Candles is situated in Staffin, which is at the north end of the Isle of Skye on the Trotternish Ridge. From our workshop we have a spectacular view of the famous Quiraing and, within minutes, we can walk over the crofting grounds and be overlooking Staffin Bay. This is the main reason our signature candles came into existance, as it was these views that gave us the inspiration for the Quiraing and Staffin Bay candles that you will see on our shopping pages. We then included the Red Cuillin and, as they say in all good movies, we never looked back! Skyelight Candles came into being in December 2001 when we had moved to Skye but had very little money left after the purchase of the house and all the work that had to be done on it. It left us with a bit of a quandry: what to do about Christmas presents for our friends. Kevin came up with the idea of making them something personal - but, what? We thought about pottery, painting, jewellery - all too expensive to buy the necessary items to get started. Then we came upon the idea of making them candles. All we needed was some wax, a mould and some wick. So, that's what we did. We made each candle a different colour and design and found that we actually enjoyed doing it, but had no intentions of making any more after that Christmas. That was where it all started. The friends, to whom we had given the candles, had other friends who wanted to know where they had got the candles from and whether they could buy any. So, we set a corner of the garage up as a workshop and made more candles in the freezing cold winter of that year. And it was cold, being in a corrugated garage with no heating - but we were enjoying ourselves and making a little bit of money too! Skyelight Candles are completely dedicated to your total satisfaction. All our hand crafted products are made to the highest standards. If you have any suggestions or comments please email us.