Meet Kathy Misay | Candle Artist

We had the good fortune of connecting with Kathy Misay of TheMelroseCandleCo and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Kathy, we’d love to hear about how you approach risk and risk-taking
By taking risks, it’s a way to be open & communicative towards other individuals. It can allow yourself to step out of your comfort zone and set goals and/or milestones you never anticipated on doing before.

Can you open up a bit about your work and career? We’re big fans and we’d love for our community to learn more about your work.
When it comes to our candles, we use soy based wax. The advantage of soy candles provides a cleaner burn compared to paraffin wax. We are most proud of how our candles provide a vegan friendly, non toxic & is cleaner for the environment. This candle journey of ours, started off as a fun project between my daughter & I, but it progressed into something we never expected to be most passionate about. In the beginning, the process wasn’t easy because it involved in a lot of testing in order to get the perfect burn.

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
We’re from the Central Valley and there’s so many things to do around here. I would recommend going to our favorite sushi spot called “Tokyo Express”. It’s located in the heart of downtown Modesto. That place is amazing and George the Owner of the restaurant is the sweetest person you can ever meet. Downtown, also has plenty of bars/restaurants and museums you can visit!! There’s also many lakes within an hour drive from us if you wanted to do some outdoor activities such as fishing, boating, and Kayaking.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
For this shoutout series, I want to take the time in crediting certain individuals whom has given myself many encouragements & support along this journey. Firstly, my daughter, Melrose, She has truly inspired myself to create this business for the purpose of being able to spend quality time with one another as well as preparing her for the business world. By doing this, she’s able to expand her knowledge on what it is like to run a business, and being able to develop skills.

Secondly, A special thanks to my Husband, Mom, and Sisters for supporting us. Without them, we wouldn’t make it this far.

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