westshoredesigns

Welcome to West Shore Designs!

This is the place to find hand-dipped bees-wax tapers and one-of-a-kind hurricane candles!!

All beeswax tapers are hand-dipped by me (Vicki)
using beeswax from a local apiary (also known as a bee-keeper). My 100% beeswax tapers are designed to fit a standard 7/8 inch candle holder and come in the natural gold color as well as red and green, with a variety of sizes from 6 inch to 18 inch! Packaged gift sets are also available at a great price!

The "Glowing Cylinder Candle" (my signature piece) is completely hand-crafted from start to finish and each is individually hand-crafted using REAL butterflies, dragonflies, pressed flowers, ferns, grasses, American holly, cedar, cypress, and pine...there is nothing fake here!
Butterflies and dragonflies are such a universal (and biblical) symbol of re-birth and renewal, and it is my way of preserving these magnificant insects to share with others. Some of the butterflies and dragonflies are my own "catches", but many are purchased from importers in South America. None are on the endangered list, and each is carefully mounted by me to place in your candle. Most of the plants and flowers are gathered and pressed right here in Wisconsin...many from my own gardens. (ok...I do get a few from relatives in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Arizona) and only a select few are purchased.
All "Glowing Cylinder" candles are unscented,
and each comes with it's own unscented tea-light or votive candle.