FIONA: LOTS OF FREE PARKING
IN THE GARAGES.
MAPS ARE CLOSEST TO THE BUCK
HORNE.
MAKE NOTE OF IT.
TAKE A LOOK AND COME JOIN US.
JEFF: IMAGINE HAVING A CANDLE
THAT LOOKS AND SMELLS LIKE
SOMETHING THAT'S YOUR FAVORITE
DRINK OR DESSERT?
FIONA: TWO COOL.
YOUR CREATIONS WHEN I GOT HERE,
I THOUGHT IT WAS A SEGMENT WE
WERE DOING.
THOSE ARE CANDLES.
THEY'RE CANDLES.
I HAND CRAFT THEM ALL FROM
SOPHIA: WAX.
THEY'RE HIGHLY FRAGRANCED.
THEY HAVE A LONGER LEAD TIME.
VERSUS THE CANDLES YOU BUY AT
YOUR MAJOR STORES.
FIONA: I THOUGHT THE HIGHEST
DECISION WOULD BE TO BURN IT.
MOST OF THE CUSTOMERS, I
DON'T WANT TO BURN IT.
IT'S SO CUTE.
THAT'S WHY I MAKE THEM SO THEY
CAN BURN THEM.
I WANT TO ENJOY THEM.
I PUT A LOT OF HAPPINESS TO
MAKING MY CANDLES AND I WANT TO
BE ABLE TO SPREAD THAT WITH THEM
AND ENJOYING THE CANDLES WHEN
YOU BURN THEM AND SMELL THEM.
FIONA: HOW DID YOU COME UP
WITH THE IDEA IN?
I WAS BURNING A CALENDAR
SIMILAR TO THIS.
IT WAS A CINNAMON BUN.
I LITERALLY THOUGHT OUT LOUD.
SO COOL TO MAKE THESE.
FROM THERE, THEY GREW AND THAT'S
WHEN LUCHE DOLCE CANDLES WAS
BORN
JEFF: SOMEHOW YOU HOW YOU
MAKE THEM?
THESE ARE SOY RIGHT HERE.
THESE ARE HIGH QUALITY WAX.
FIONA: ALL SOY IS IS A HIGH
QUALITY WAX.
WE'RE GOING TO PUT THIS -- WE DO
IT IN A BURNER NORMALLY.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO FOR TV
REASONS PUT IT IN THERE.
AND WE'RE GOING TO GO FOR THREE
MINUTES.
WE CAN DO IT KIND OF LIKE THAT.
WHAT HAPPENED IS.
JEFF: WE'RE SIMULATED.
SIMULATING RIGHT NOW.
THIS WOULD BE MELTED.
JEFF: THE WHOLE THING.
ALL MELTED.
SIMILAR TO THE FRAGRANCE OILS.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE THIS.
SO WHAT WE DO AT THAT POINT IS
WE OPEN UP THIS, ADD IT TO THE
WAX.
AND THEN WE STIR, STIR, STIR
LIKE CRAZY.
THE MORE YOU STIR IT BINDS YOUR
FRAGRANCE WITH YOUR SOY WAX.
THEN, OF COURSE, WE PREPARE --
THIS ONE HAS THE WICK IN IT.
WE GRAB THE WAX SO IT WOULD HAVE
THE SCENT IN IT AND POUR IT IN
TO THE CONTAINER.
A CLIP A HALF INCH FROM THE TOP.
YOU WOULD SECURE YOUR WICK WITH
SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS.
YOU COULD USE STENCILS, STICKS,
WHATEVER YOU HAVE HANDY.
LET IT CURE OVERNIGHT SO THE
FRAGRANCE BINDS TO THE WAX
PROPERLY AND YOU HAVE A STRONGLY
FRAGRANCED SOY CANDLE.
JEFF: THIS IS IN THE OPEN
MARKET, RIGHT?
IT PUTS THE SPOTLIGHT ON
LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS LIKE MYSELF
AND SMALL BUSINESSES, SO IF YOU
SHOP WITH OVERWHELM, YOU'RE
HELPING YOUR SMALL BUSINESSES
THRIVE.
SO IT'S AN AMAZING THING.
THERE'S A WIDE VARIETY OF
AWESOME AMAZING UNIQUE GIFT
IDEAS FOR YOUR HOLIDAY SHOPPING.
THERE'S HAND MADE LEATHER GOODS,
CANDLES, FRESH FLOWERS, AMAZING
THINGS.
I DID ALL OF MY SHOPPING THERE
SO --
FIONA: THAT MARKET JUST
HELPED YOU.
AMAZING RESMONS.
THEY PUT ME OUT THERE AND HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO OPEN ME UP TO SO
MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND SO
MANY AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES.
IT'S JUST AN AMAZING THING.
THEY HELP BUSINESSES TO GET OUT
THERE AND GROW.
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS AND
ENTREPRENEURS.
THEY HELP US TO DO THAT.
THEY BREATHE FRESH LIFE BACK TO
DOWNTOWN.
AN AMAZING FEELING.
WE GIVE BACK.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE
RECEIVING SUCH GREAT RESPONSE
FROM A GREAT OUTPOUR OF PEOPLE
AND THE OPEN PROGRAM.
FIONA: WOW.
SO AS FAR AS WHAT YOU CREATE
HERE, WHAT'S THE -- WHAT'S THE
CRAZIEST ONE YOU EVER PUT
TOGETHER.
THE CRAZIEST ONE I PUT
TOGETHER WHICH I DON'T HAVE
RIGHT NOW BUT IT IS THE BANANA
SPLIT CANDLE.
THAT ONE IS YOU HAVE THREE
DIFFERENT LAYERS OF THE ICE
CREAM SCOOPS.
THE CHOCOLATE, YOUR VANILLA,
YOUR STRAWBERRY, AND I PUT
WHIPPED CREAM IN THERE.
JEFF: I WAS LOOKING AT IT ON
THE TV.
LOOKS GOOD ABOUT NOW.
SORRY, I MESSED UP, SORRY.
DON'T WANT TO TAKE TOO MUCH
OUT OF THAT.
FIONA: HOLIDAY MARKET OPEN
TODAY UNTIL SATURDAY IN THE
HEART OF DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO.