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Soy candles poured in the Tri-Cities

SOILMATES carries Blessings Art & Candles, a local maker whose coconut soy candles are one of our top sellers. Most scents come with a matching car diffuser, and a few come as a room and body spray. All of it is hand poured in the Tri-Cities and sold at the shop in downtown Kennewick.

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Meet the maker

Made by a neighbor

Blessings Art & Candles is a Tri-Cities maker. She pours coconut soy candles by hand and sells them here, on the shelves between the plants, where they have become one of the shop's top sellers.

Find them at the shop in downtown Kennewick, an easy drive from Pasco, Richland and West Richland. Buying one supports two small businesses at once.

  • Coconut soy wax

    Every candle is a coconut soy blend, poured by hand.

  • Made in the Tri-Cities

    Hand poured in Tri-Cities, WA. It says so on every label.

  • Matching diffusers

    Most scents come with a matching car diffuser. Not every one is pictured, so ask at the counter.

The candles

Pick a scent

21 scents so far, from Lavender to Snickerdoodle. Stock changes, so call (509) 627-8156 to check on a scent before you drive over.

  • Lavender candle in a glass jar with a silver lid, surrounded by sprigs of lavender

    Lavender Coconut soy candle

  • Vanilla Amber candle in a glass jar next to vanilla beans and white blossoms

    Vanilla Amber Coconut soy candle

  • Sandalwood candle in a black jar with wood shavings and chips around it

    Sandalwood Woody, warm, earthy

  • Good Vibes candle in a black jar with incense sticks, gold and a wisp of smoke around it

    Good Vibes Incense, nag champa

  • Spicy candle in a glass jar with cinnamon sticks, cloves and star anise

    Spicy Clove, nutmeg, allspice

  • Pumpkin Spice Latte candle in a glass jar with a small pumpkin, cinnamon sticks and coffee beans

    Pumpkin Spice Latte Pumpkin, spice, coffee

  • Blood Orange candle in a glass jar with sliced blood oranges around it

    Blood Orange Coconut soy candle

  • Pink Sugar candle with a pink label in a glass jar, with berries and pink sugar crystals around it

    Pink Sugar Fruit, vanilla, musk

  • Watermelon Cucumber candle in a glass jar with watermelon wedges and cucumber slices

    Watermelon Cucumber Coconut soy candle

  • Snickerdoodle candle in a glass jar with cinnamon sugar cookies and cinnamon sticks

    Snickerdoodle Vanilla, cinnamon, butter, sugar

  • Sea Breeze candle with a blue ocean label, next to limes, a lemon and white flowers

    Sea Breeze Sea salt, lemon lime, florals, musk

  • Paradise candle in a glass jar with pineapple, mango and orange slices

    Paradise Tropical fruits, island greens

  • Jamaican Sunrise candle with a sunset label, next to oranges, pineapple and coconut

    Jamaican Sunrise Tangerine, pineapple, coconut

  • Cactus Flower candle in a glass jar with aloe, a pink cactus bloom and white mums

    Cactus Flower Agave, aloe, chrysanthemum

  • Poison candle in a black jar with a purple label, with jasmine blossoms and purple smoke

    Poison Sandalwood, patchouli, jasmine, musk

  • Salted Caramel candle in a glass jar with caramel squares and flakes of sea salt

    Salted Caramel Warm, buttery, sweet

  • Cannabis Flower candle in a glass jar with a blue and purple label, among leaves

    Cannabis Flower Coconut soy candle

  • Garden of Eden candle with a floral label, among roses, violets and lavender

    Garden of Eden Jasmine, violet, lavender, rose

  • Soleil candle with a sunset label, next to coconut halves and banana slices

    Soleil Coconut, banana, suntan oil

  • Apple Cider candle in a glass jar with red apples, cinnamon sticks and fall leaves

    Apple Cider Apples, cinnamon, spice

  • Aloha Plumeria candle with a turquoise water label, next to plumeria flowers

    Aloha Plumeria Sea salt, plumeria, musk

Top seller

Car diffusers to match

The diffusers are top sellers at the shop. Hang one from the mirror and the drive smells like home. Most candle scents have a matching diffuser. These four are the ones photographed so far, so ask at the counter about the rest.

  • Heavenly car diffuser, a hanging glass bottle with a wooden cap and paper tag, next to strawberries

    Heavenly Strawberry, patchouli, sandalwood

  • Sandalwood car diffuser, a hanging glass bottle with a wooden cap, next to a piece of sandalwood

    Sandalwood Matches the candle

  • Vanilla car diffuser, a hanging glass bottle with a vanilla bean inside, next to white blossoms

    Vanilla A vanilla bean in the bottle

  • Lavender car diffuser, a hanging glass bottle of pale purple oil, next to lavender

    Lavender Matches the candle

Room and body

The same scents, in a spray

A few scents also come as a room and body spray in an amber glass bottle. One spritz for the room, the car or you.

  • Pumpkin Spice room and body spray in an amber glass bottle with a gold cap, among fall leaves

    Pumpkin Spice Nutmeg, cinnamon, clove

  • Spicy room and body spray in an amber glass bottle, with cinnamon and fall leaves

    Spicy Clove, nutmeg, allspice

  • Good Vibes room and body spray in an amber glass bottle with a tie-dye label, in a wisp of smoke

    Good Vibes Incense, nag champa

Candle questions

Good to know

Who makes the candles at SOILMATES?

Blessings Art & Candles, a local maker in the Tri-Cities. Her candles are coconut soy, hand poured, and one of the shop's top sellers.

Do the candles come with a matching car diffuser?

Most scents do, and the car diffusers are top sellers on their own. Not every diffuser is pictured on this page, so ask at the counter which ones are in.

Can I buy the candles online?

The candles, diffusers and sprays are sold at the shop, 525 W. 1st Ave in downtown Kennewick. Call (509) 627-8156 to check on a scent before you drive over.

A dark corner of the shop: trailing plants on black shelves around a Girl with a Pearl Earring print

Downtown Kennewick

Come smell them in person

525 W. 1st Ave, Kennewick, WA 99336. Plants, candles and gifts from local makers, soil and SOILMATES apparel, all under one roof.

Open Tuesday to Sunday
Tuesday to Friday
10 AM–6 PM
Saturday
10 AM–5 PM
Sunday
11 AM–5 PM
Monday
Closed
Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab) (509) 627-8156