La Vela by Charren

✨ room sprays are still available! ✨

sharing a few things you might not know about our room sprays plus a little bit of what goes on behind each bottle.

at home, i’ve actually been reaching for them a lot lately, especially after cooking or after cleaning the house. a few spritzes around the room, then i’ll usually light a candle after too. sometimes i want the instant refresh from a room spray and the cozy feeling of having a candle lit. best of both worlds!! 😌

☁️ velvet bloom
☁️ amber pour
☁️ salted breeze

still available online ✨

also thank youuuuu to everyone who’s ordered and has been loving them 🥹

so… tada!

maybe all the “when are the candles coming back?” messages got to me. 🤍 so i thought we could squeeze in a little something for the season before 2026 ends.

more soon. 👀✨

sharing this here because i’d really love your support 🤍

nominations for the 2027 Canadian Choice Award are open, and La Vela by Charren can be nominated under the Candle Makers category.

when i look at an award like this and think about all the amazing candle makers across Canada, being recognized honestly feels a little out of reach for my small business. but at the same time, i think about everything it has taken to keep La Vela going.

i started La Vela in 2021, and a lot of life has happened since then. i became a mom, had two kids, took a break from the business, and eventually found my way back to it.

and it hasn’t always been easy finding time for La Vela. between raising two little kids, working part-time (sometimes into the evenings), keeping up with my other commitments, family life, and everything else that comes with it, there are a lot of days when La Vela has to fit into whatever time i have left. but somehow, i still make time for my candles, and i think that says a lot about how much this little business means to me. 🤍

sometimes that means pouring when i finally have a few hours to myself, making content whenever i can, designing my own labels and graphics, packing orders from home, or trying to plan what’s next in between everything else going on.

La Vela is still small. it’s still handmade. and there’s still so much i want to do with it. but i’m really proud that after everything, i’m still here doing it. 🤍

and 2027… i’m actually really excited for. i have plans for La Vela that i’ve been thinking about for a while, and i’m excited to see how much more this little business can grow.

so if you’ve ever been a customer, supporter, friend, fellow small business owner, stopped by my booth at a market, recommended La Vela to someone, shared my posts, or simply followed along, and you genuinely feel that La Vela deserves to be recognized, i would really appreciate your nomination for the 2027 Canadian Choice Award under Candle Makers. 🤍

nominations are anonymous, so i won’t know who submitted one. i just know i’d be incredibly grateful that someone took a few minutes to put La Vela’s name down.

i don’t know where this will go, but i think this little business deserves for me to at least try. 🤍

and thank you for giving me a reason to keep making time for it 🤍

✨ here’s the direct link to nominate La Vela by Charren:
https://canadianchoiceaward.ca/nominations/?shareurl=mg_55YOUn43AMN60TT1L

have you ever actually thought about the vessel your candle comes in? it’s probably not the first thing you think about when buying a candle, but the vessel actually matters more than you might realize.

when you’re the one making them, you start looking at vessels a little differently. candles can come in glass, tins, ceramics and other types of containers. but not every container is necessarily suitable for candle use. things like the material, construction and how it handles heat are important to consider when choosing a vessel. after all, they’re going to be exposed to heat, hot wax and an open flame every time the candle is burned.

for La Vela, i choose vessels that are intended for candle use. of course i care about how they look too, but knowing what they’re actually made for is just as important to me. 🤍

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i don’t think people realize how much we actually notice the little things 🥹🤍

like when i see a familiar name come through again, or someone tags La Vela in their home, or tells their friend about us… i’m literally like “wait, they came back!!”

and yes, my husband probably hears about it too 😅

it might feel like a small thing to you, but when you’re the person behind the business, it really isn’t.

so thank you for being here, whether you’ve ordered, shared something, recommended La Vela to someone, or you’ve just been quietly following along. 🤍

when i first launched the Stillness Collection, i honestly thought it would be a limited thing. once they were gone, they were gone.

i was taking photos of them again and relit all four, and i just kept looking at how beautiful they are together. they each have their own feel, but somehow they just work. it made me realize how much these four really feel like La Vela. 🤍

i know some of you have been waiting for a restock, and thank you for being patient with me. i’m trying to plan things a little more carefully and a little further ahead this time, especially with a few things we have going on next year. so it might take me a little longer than usual, but i’m hoping to have all four back sometime next year.

there might be a small change to a vessel or size here and there depending on what’s available from my suppliers, but for the most part, they’ll be coming back just as you remember them. and of course, the scents themselves aren’t changing. 🤍

thank you for waiting, asking about them, and still being here even when things move a little slower around here. 🥹🤍

somewhere along the way, these four just became La Vela to me. so i think it’s time they have a permanent little place here as our La Vela Signature Scents. 🤍