Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Check this out....

Love this old vintage chandelier. It would look cute with candles or if you desire, you can rewire it and actually use it. It sells for $60.

This old chair is my favorite place to sit in the store. Its for sale at $99.


This is one of the new scents Ginger Lime. Its a wonderful fragrance-very fresh. If you are a lime lover, your gonna want this one!

This pink chair I just added to the store today. It is only $19.99. My friend Bonnie helped me (I mean, did it for me) recover the seat with a linen fabric. Thanks Bonnie!



This old shabby cupboard is filled to the brim with our soaps. I LOVE this cupboard! It has old ripped wallpaper inside of it and I wouldnt change a thing!



I am anxiously awaiting our new spring merchandise! I love the fresh, clean feeling that spring brings with it!





Sunday, January 18, 2009

And the winner is.....

NUMBER 12!!! Congratulations Michelle! Just email me at backyardtricia@hotmail.com with your shipping information and the scent of your choice! Thank you all for the really nice comments and encouraging words! Next on my list of things to do is... start a webstore!

Friday, January 16, 2009

My extreme makeover....


What do you think? I am sooo thankful to Lyndsay Johnson for making my blog look more professional and more "me." If you want her to do an extreme makeover for you just go to her blog at www.bannersbylyndsay.blogspot.com She does an amazing job if you ask me. There are many other changes coming to the Backyard Candle Co. in the very near future thanks to Lyndsay, so stay tuned! I think these fresh new changes are just what we needed! Have a great weekend and dont forget to check back on Sunday!

Thursday, January 15, 2009

GIVEAWAY!!!!!

I am so excited to be having my first ever blog giveaway! Its soooo easy to enter! All you have to do is leave a comment and you will be entered into the drawing! If you are the lucky winner, you will get a 16 oz candle and YOU get to pick the scent! I will be drawing on Sunday, so you will have plenty of time to enter. Good luck and dont forget to check back on Sunday to see if you are the winner!

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Just added to the store this week are these cute mugs that we made into candles! We have French Vanilla Coffee in the caffe mugs. These come with the saucer and are much bigger than appears in the photo.


These are the black and white "places" mugs and we have pink sugar in them.

Not pictured are the birthday cake mugs. These come of course with birthday cake scent in them. They would make the cutest birthday gift. The best thing about using mugs is that when the candle is burned down, you can use it for your coffee!

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Uptown Girls Event......

You won't want to miss the Uptown Girls Event this Friday and Saturday! We are having 50% off on ALL Christmas decor and candles! Plus markdowns on select merchandise! We are making room for all of new, fresh spring decor and candles! You will definatley want to check out our new scents! Bring in your bag and receive 75% off Christmas decor and candles! We are open Friday 10-5 and extended Saturday hours 10-5. Dont miss out!!!!!

Sunday, January 4, 2009

The Whislers....

I thought it would be fun to introduce you to some very important people in my life. This is my husbands brother Trent and his beautiful family. His wife Teresa and daughters Mckenna on the right and Mariah on the left and I cant forget to mention Max! Unfortunatley, they live all the way in Lancaster Pennsylvania, but we do manage to see them a couple times a year. Every summer we visit them and then the girls come home with us and stay for a couple of weeks! It is always sooooo much fun for me cause I get to have girl time! It is so hard to belive that they are both teenagers! Mckenna was the flower girl in our wedding when she was just three years old! Where does time go? Did I mention how talented they ALL are? Not only is Teresa an AMAZING cook, this women CAN SING!!!! She and Trent both sang in our wedding and Im telling you, there wasnt a dry eye in the church! Mckenna is following in her parents footsteps and is also an unbelievable singer! She has been selected for the second time to be a part of the Gibson-Baldwin Grammy Jazz ensemble! This lucky girl gets to go to the Grammys AGAIN!! I am so proud of her! Mariah is also a wonderful singer, but her passion is dance! This girl has got MOVES! Remember their names cause Im telling you, these girls are going places!!!!
Not only are these girls beautiful on the outside, they are even more beautiful on the inside! They have the biggest hearts and love and respect their parents! But even better than that, they have a love for the Lord! Trent and Teresa have done an amazing job raising these girls and I love them all very much. I think Im missing them today, obviously! Well anyway, I hope you enjoyed meeting them!