Last Saturday, after my delicious meal at Hearth, I was walking down Prospect Road in the Heights and saw a shop I had never seen before called Generations Candle Co.
I went in and met the owners, Susan and Chad Zobrist and they said they just had their grand opening celebration last week and that things are going very well.
The concept is that you can make your own unique scented candle from scratch in here and they also have a huge assortment of candles that are made on the premises.
You can see more about this inventive new shop by clicking this link and watching a segment WMBD filmed last August, when it first opened.
It’s really a unique idea and shop, so let’s go over and see what’s burning at Generations Candle Co. in the Heights!
Here we are at Generations Candle Co. in Peoria Heights. I think this is the only store in the area dedicated just to candles.
Let’s go in and take a look around
There’s the large bar area where you can make your own candles.
Which is exactly what these two women are doing and as you can see, they’re having fun making their own scented candles.
Allie is the manager in here and she said business has been great and people are loving this new concept of making your own scented candle.
She said I could take some photos of the shop, so let’s put the MBIP Camera to work!
Here’s a nice lounge area in the front of the shop with a photo display of the different generations of the Zobrist family.
The owners, Susan and Chad Zobrist told me last Saturday that their entire family is working here and part of the business and that’s why they’ve named it “Generations Candle Co.”
This is a photo display of the generations of the Zobrist family in different eras of time.
That’s very cool and nice to see a true family-owned business starting here in the Heights!
In addition to being able to make your own candle from scratch, you can also buy candles in here that are pre-made in the shop.
There’s all kinds of unique scents to choose from and they were currently burning Gabe’s Blend when I was in there and it smelled fantastic!
If you want to make your own candle you can do it in three easy steps. There’s the scent wall to choose your own scents to pour into your candle and the whole process takes a couple hours.
They specialize in hosting events here like birthday parties, bachelorette parties, baby showers, anniversary parties, corporate events, luncheons, reunions and more.
You can read more and fill out a reservation form for your very own candle-making event by clicking here.
Here’s shot from the back of the candle-pouring bar.
I didn’t have time to make my own candle, so I got one that was made in-house here at Generations Candle Co.
What a cool store and a unique shopping experience.
Stop by and make your own candle or choose from their wide variety of house-made candles today and help support this new family-owned business in the Heights!
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4600 N. Prospect Road
Peoria Heights
309-966-1791
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