Some candles just smell good.
My candles also say something.

I pour every candle myself. Small-batch, in my kitchen in San Diego. Each one carries a theme I wrote and a message I left for you on the back.

"Make the most of life's little shiddies."

My dad was in Search and Rescue. He ran toward the hard stuff and called it a lesson. He passed in 2021 and left me with one thing I could not shake — make the most of life's little lessons. I took that, along with a particularly stinky bathroom moment, and poured it into wax. The Shiddie Co. is what came out. Every candle is a theme I wrote. Every back label is a message I left for whoever needs it. This is not a candle company. It is a practice.

A scent built for a feeling

I blend every scent myself until it hits that moment. No bulk lab formulas. Just my nose and a lot of test burns.

A theme written for a moment

Every flagship candle carries a theme I wrote — and rotating messages on the back. Not affirmations. Writing.

Something waiting on the back

Flip it around. I left you something back there. It changes. It is always for wherever you are.

Limited Runs

Seasons
Change.
So Do
The Pours.

Same scents. No flame required.

For the spaces where you can't strike a match, the Shiddies Room Sprays deliver the exact same small-batch, intention-driven scents as the originals.

I am a writer first. The candles are where my writing lives now.

"This isn't shame. It's sacred scrubbing. You're worth the effort."

Written by hand.
Poured with intention.

I grew up in Yosemite. I earned my Eagle Scout. I went from writing alone in the woods to contributing to publications around the world. I teach yoga. I travel. And now I hand pour candles and curate scents in my kitchen, small batch because my dad taught me that the hard moments are the life lessons. This is what that looks like when a writer gets his hands waxy.