Originally posted on Abscents:
As promised, I’m announcing two new Christmas fragrances, just in time for the Holidays! Please welcome (my husband’s personal favorite) Balsam & Cedar, and (my personal favorite) Mistletoe & Ivy! More to come! Click on the pictures below to be taken to each candles designated Etsy location for purchase and experience…

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One Whole Year for Brandie Sellers: A Girl With A Blog + Giveaway!

pin This must be a testament to how busy my mind has been recently…I didn’t even notice when my one year anniversary of blogging came up (it was November 15th, if you’re wondering)! Looking back at my posts from a year ago, I feel that as a person I’ve grown and my creativity has definitely […]

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Let’s Talk About Candles, Man

You may have noticed I have a few different wordpress accounts. And you may have noticed I reblog from them time to time, such as Abscents, dedicated to my candle making (I wanted to try to keep it a separate blog if I ever wanted to make it more professional looking). So if you ever […]

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Originally posted on Abscents:
As we all know, Hurricane Sandy devastated the North East. Here in Virginia, we felt our share of the storm although not nearly the impact that places like New Jersey or New York faced. Some of us faced some power outages and thankfully that was it. Here is a lovely testimonial from that time from a…

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Originally posted on Abscents:
Have you had a chance to pick out a candle from the Abscents shop on Etsy? If you don’t see one you love, don’t worry – more fragrances on the way! If you’d like to give me any suggestions, email me at abscentsfragrances@gmail.com! If you already have one picked out that…

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My Etsy Shop Is OPEN!!!

I just decided I was going to dive in and open my Etsy shop on a “made to order” basis. I’ll be adding more fragrances as we go along, and will work up to add a fun fancy label once we really get the ball rolling! For now, I’m just going to do this as […]

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The Missing Solution

Some days I love nothing more than to read a good story on how an individual took an idea and made millions out of it, all by knowing that what they needed was not invented yet or on the market. I admire that they had the drive to do their research and followed through with […]

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Originally posted on Talkin' Shit:
A little over 2 years ago I was standing by the front door of my place of employment.  A woman walks up to me and says, with a very Italian accent, “May I kiss you?”  My first thought was, HELL NO!!  And then I looked into her eyes and saw…

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Lights, Camera, Vlog!

  I have to say that I spend way too much time watching youtube videos. So much so that I’ve started thinking about doing it myself and incorporate that into my blogs. I literally don’t know anyone personally who does this (unless you’re keeping it a secret), although it seems like “the norm” in other […]

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