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The Beginning... I loved reading the "Little House on the Prairie," books as a child
and decided that if God ever blessed me with a daughter of my own, I would name
her after one of the Ingalls girls in the books. So, when my only girl was born,
following 3 older brothers, we named her Kari, after Carrie Ingalls.
The name Prairie Kari began years ago when I made Kari, and each of my several nieces,
an old fashioned pillowcase doll. I tied little tags on them that said, "Prairie
Kari was made with love especially for you." Through the years when I have created
crafts, I have lovingly referred to them as Prairie Kari crafts, so it just seemed
natural to name my soap and candles the same way.
The Prairie theme runs through many aspects of our home. Our five children have
all been homeschooled, although most are grown now. I make my own bread, can applesauce,
and I love to sew, read and make campfires. Kari still likes to churn butter in
our antique butter churn whenever she gets some time-but now that she is on her
own, those times are few and far between.
Sometimes I think I was born 100 years too late. Prairie Kari Soap and Candles are
a result of our longing for simpler times. I love the mild pure Prairie Kari Soap.
I have always had dry skin and with my homemade soap I rarely have a problem with
it anymore. Also, most of my soaps are enriched with cocoa or shea butter, and of
course most start with pure virgin olive oil.
Rather than burn paraffin, which is a by-product of oil refining, I wanted to create
a candle that enriched our home environment with wonderful scents using all natural
products. I created Prairie candles with this in mind. Each one is hand-poured with
the finest American soy wax and domestic filtered beeswax.
Soy burns so clean that there is no soot on your jar or in your air. And beeswax
has been used for centuries in candles because it has a sweet smell, is smokeless
and drip-less. Beeswax is an expensive wax, but I felt that its characteristics
and light, rich scent would be the perfect complement to an all soy candle.
My hope is that as you use my Prairie Kari soap and candles or give them as gifts, you
will be reminded of a simpler, quiet time. A time when all things were handmade,
natural and pure.
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