About My Shop

I love crafts. And I have an affinity for birch trees. You might say I'm obsessed. Over the years I’ve taken hundreds of photos of birch trees, I have birch bark fabric, I've bought birch-syrup and birch liquor, made cookies that looked like slices of birch branches and I have created so many crafts and gifts, both inspired by birch bark and using it, I can't remember them all. While my love of birch bark borders on obsession, I’ve come to learn that other people love the look of birch bark, too. 

Back to the shop story. Well, sometimes you have an idea of something you want and start looking for your idea online. But after spending hours searching, you still can’t quite find what it is you’re looking for. That’s what happened to me. I had this idea of birch tree candles. But all I found online were candles and candle holders painted like birches or candle holders carved in logs, which are beautiful but not specifically what I was looking for. I wanted a natural candle, without paint, that looked and felt like bark.

A couple years ago I made some beeswax candles for friends and family as Christmas gifts so I decided to try to make my dream birch candles myself. While they didn't turn out exactly how I imagined, they do resemble birch trees. And they are so different from anything else I found online. So I set up a little shop on Etsy called The Gray Buck to see if anyone else might like my quirky candles. And well, the response was overwhelmingly positive. I decided to create this shop and make my little ideas available to anyone else who's searched for something they never found.

The purpose of Gray Buck is to share unique handmade candles and crafts that have inspired me, and I hope they inspire you too!

Cheers!