The crackling of a wick on a cozy morning fills living spaces with a comforting aroma; timber, cashmere, the smell of a fresh batch of laundry or fruity, uplifting scents such as apricot, and orange. Scents that smell like home. There's nothing greater than family, and for local business Harmony Lane, that’s what they believe — specializing in bringing these candles of various scents, colors, and aesthetics to homes around Kansas City with their family-run business.
Bridget Smith and her family create hand-poured candles for Harmony Lane using a high-quality blend of coconut apricot wax that is toxin-free, paraben-free, phthalate-free, and cruelty-free with cotton-braided wicks. Their fragrance oils are also free from carcinogens and other toxins.
Bridget started the business to help support her daughter, Ava.
“Harmony Lane was motivated to help Ava with her goals in basketball and its expenses,” says Bridget. “We started fundraising for friends and family and eventually turned into a business.”
As the Harmony Lane business grew, they started selling outside of just friends and family. Their priority was creating clean candles for others while getting their whole family involved in the business.
“I’m at the stage in my life right now where my kids are my priority as a mom,” says Bridget. “My youngest goes around and smells everything and hypes me up. It’s fully a family effort.”
The family helps package the candles in their house and send them off to other homes. In the future, they’d love to have a storefront. Home is where life happens so they want their candles to be a part of the memories your family makes, too.
You can find Harmony Lane candles at the Liberty boutique, The Copper Canary, located at 12 N Main St, Liberty or online at coppercanarymarket.com. You can also order candles online at harmonylanecandles.com or find them on Instagram at @harmony_lane_candles.
Harmony Lane, named after the road where Bridget and her husband lived when they first started their family, has many different candle scents. Here are some of our picks that are perfect for a cozy winter day at home:
Granny's Marmalade
Cider Night
Golden Hour
Bourbon and Butterscotch
Mocha Mint