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One of my favourite traditions growing up was baking pipparkoogid, Estonian gingersnaps. These traditional Scandinavian treats are less sweet and have a slightly more complex flavor than North American gingerbread cookies. In other Northern European countries they're called pepparkakor in Swedish and Icelandic, piparkakut in Finnish, piparkūkas in Latvian, and pepperkaker in Norwegian.********** This is my gingersnap recipe, which is my adaptation of my Ema's (my mom's) recipe. Enjoy!   Ingredients 1 cup (227g) butter 1 cup (200g) brown sugar 1 cup (200g) white sugar ¼ cup (100g) molasses ¼ cup (100g) corn syrup ½ tsp orange extract 1 tsp (g) salt 2...

I've updated the shop to now offer FREE SHIPPING on all orders over $85!

I also added a flat rate shipping option for Canadian and US orders

Santa Lucia (or St Lucia Day) is celebrated in Scandinavian countries on the 13th of December, it's a festival of light that kicks the Christmas Season into high gear.Traditionally, the celebration involves a girl wearing a white gown and a crown of candles leading a procession of candle-bearing women singing songs about the saint. Prior to the 1700s (when calendar reforms shifted things around a little), Santa Lucia coincided with the winter solstice, hence the association with the coming of light.I tied up these tree cuttings to create the base of my candle crown. Unfortunately after I tied in the...

Today was a candle making kind of Saturday. I am so excited that people are loving my candles, but I have to remember to make sure I have enough to keep in stock!

Isn't this beeswax beautiful?!?The white beeswax I use comes directly from @ParadisHoney in the Peace River Region in Northern Alberta, only 700km away from us here in Fort Nelson in Northern BC. It's so beautiful and smells absolutely amazing!!!I add food-grade activated charcoal to the white wax to get that unique dark grey colour.Apart from the charcoal, I don't add anything else to the wax which makes my candles all 100% Canadian Beeswax! It means they burn bright and clean and as I mentioned, they smell amazing.You can also check out the Gray Buck shop on Etsy to find these proudly...