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We believe fragrance has the power to transport you—to a favorite song, a memorable place, a person you love, or a moment you never want to forget.
That's why every Lit Up fragrance is inspired by music. Because just like a great song, fragrance has a way of setting the mood, stirring emotions, and becoming part of the soundtrack of our lives.
But Lit Up is about more than fragrance. It's about creating beautiful products with intention, finding creative ways to reduce waste, and making things by hand because we believe the little details matter.
Growing up near the ocean in Southern California, Stacey cared deeply about the environment and recycling from a young age. At the same time, she was a competitive dancer and choreographer, and music became an inseparable part of her life—in the studio, on stage, and at live concerts.
Those two passions—creativity and sustainability—have remained at the heart of everything she does.
While studying marketing and entrepreneurship at the University of Utah, Stacey began making candles for herself and as gifts. Over the following years, she continued to develop her candle-making skills and explore the art and science of fragrance.
After moving to Atlanta, she found a way to bring her passions together. She began cutting glass bottles to create unique candle vessels, giving everyday objects a new purpose.
What started as a hobby soon lit a spark.
In 2015, Lit Up Candle Co. was born—a small business built around Stacey's love of fragrance, music, creativity, and sustainability.
Today, Stacey continues to handcraft Lit Up products in her Atlanta-area workshop, where every candle and home fragrance product is made with the same attention to detail that started it all.
When she's not working, you'll likely find her at a concert, bowling, playing games with friends, or enjoying the outdoors with her rescue pittie, Rizah.
Our journey began with reclaimed bottles. Today, our approach has evolved—but our belief in giving things a longer life hasn't.
In the early days of Lit Up, we collected used bottles from local businesses and our community and transformed them into one-of-a-kind candle vessels. It was a simple idea: take something that might otherwise be discarded and give it a beautiful new purpose.
As Lit Up grew and our products made their way into retail stores, our needs evolved. Creating consistent products and packaging meant we needed vessels with more uniform shapes and sizes. Our wine bottle candles also require bottles without punts so they can be properly transformed into candle vessels. That's when we began purchasing bottles specifically for our products.
We're not going to pretend every bottle we use today comes from a recycling bin. That's not our reality—and we believe being honest about that matters.
Whenever reclaimed bottles are available through our supplier and meet our quality standards, we're proud to give them a second life.
And whether a bottle begins its journey as reclaimed or newly made, we design every vessel to have a long life beyond the candle itself.
When your candle is finished, the story doesn't have to end. Your vessel can become a storage container, planter, piece of décor, or whatever else you dream up.
Sustainability isn't a marketing trend for us. It's something we've been practicing since the beginning—and something we're continually looking for ways to improve.
We thoughtfully choose materials that are made to last, including renewable soy wax, USA-grown hemp wicks, organic fragrance oils, and recyclable packaging.
We even find ways to reduce water consumption in our workshop. Atlanta's naturally humid climate provides an unexpected resource: using a dehumidifier, we capture water from the air and reuse it in our wet tile saw, flat lap, and wax melter.
Whenever possible, we reuse shipping boxes and packing materials that arrive with our supply shipments, extending the useful life of materials that might otherwise be discarded.
And, of course, we design our glass vessels to be reused long after the candle has burned.
Not every piece of glass can become a candle. Cut glass that is unusable for production, along with unusable packaging and empty supply containers, is taken to the recycler.
It's not about being perfect. It's about paying attention, making thoughtful choices, and continually finding better ways to reduce waste.
We know sustainability is a journey, not a destination. We're proud of how far we've come, and we're always looking for ways to do better.
Music is woven into the DNA of Lit Up Candle Co.
Our fragrances are inspired by songs—because we believe scent and music have something powerful in common: they can instantly take you somewhere else.
A familiar song can bring back an entire memory. So can a fragrance.
That's why you'll find names like Whole Lotta Love, Sunshine Daydream, Island in the Sun, Ruby Waves, and Harvest Moon throughout our collection. Each one has its own story, its own mood, and its own soundtrack.
Put on the playlist, light a candle, and let the soundtrack begin.
From our workshop to your home, every Lit Up product is made by hand with thoughtful materials, memorable fragrance, and craftsmanship you can see and feel.
Each bottle is carefully cut to become a candle vessel.
Every edge is sanded and polished by hand.
Each vessel is carefully prepared and wicked by hand.
Soy wax and fragrance are hand-poured in small batches.
We trim every wick and give each candle a final quality check before it leaves our workshop.
Then our finished products are ready to find their new homes.
Want to see how the magic happens? Watch our production process and get a behind-the-scenes look at the Lit Up workshop.
What began as one person's creative hobby has grown into a small business with customers and retail partners across the country.
But no matter where you discover us, you're supporting a small, independently owned business—and every order helps keep this little spark glowing.
Thank you for being part of our story.
Cheers,
Stacey Fish
Founder & Maker
