Candle making is a fun hobby—and it can also be a lucrative business. Blk Sunflower started in March 2020 and made $300K in their first 18 months, and owner Jazmin Richards gives us an insider scoop on a day in her life as a candle business owner in this video.

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Jazmin started making candles in 2019 to relieve stress from her corporate job. After she made more in 5 days at a holiday market than she earned in 3 weeks at her job, she decided to take her candle making business fulltime. And that decision paid off. Her startup costs were only brought in $1,500 in her first week, and getting featured in more than 50 publications helped keep her sales growing in the months since.

We’ve talked to Jazmin before about starting her business, and in this followup, we’ll take a closer look at how to make candles and run a successful handcraft business. Making the candles is just the first step of the process, of course. We’ll also see Blk Sunflower’s workflow and SOPs, and how Jazmin leads and organizes the business.

While Jazmin makes all the candles herself by hand, she has a team to support the rest of her business needs, including a publicist, accountant, and business manager. We’ll find out how she communicates with her team and the key tasks she handles each day as the owner to keep Blk Sunflower moving forward. It’s a mustwatch video for anyone who wants to see how a handcraft business functions on the daytoday level.

Make sure to watch our first interview with Blk Sunflower:

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Resources
https://www.blksunflower.com/ Blk Sunflower’s website.
https://www.upflip.com/blog/howtost... – Complete stepbystep guide to starting a candle business.
https://www.upflip.com/podcast Interviews with business owners and experts.

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro
1:06 Jazmin’s Morning Routine
2:19 Getting To Know Jazmin
4:01 On Our Way To The Shop
5:28 Getting Candles Prepared
6:53 Jazmin’s Daily Schedule
8:18 Let’s Go Live!
10:09 Tracking Inventory
11:15 Systems and Processes
13:59 How To Save Money and Work Quicker
14:46 Workplace Set Up
16:00 Setting Up Additional Products
17:45 How To Save Time with This Process
18:34 Picking Up Essential Products
22:04 Utilizing Employees
23:26 How Jazmin’s Ends Her Day