Cruden Bay Candle Boutique

02/11/2026

02/11/2026

It’s Haddo house Christmas fayre this weekend 💫
I am so looking forward to this one 🎄🤶🎅 you will find me here from 10-4 both sat and sun with a wide range of hand crafted very talented artisans.
This one will definitely get you into the Christmas spirit! ⛄️❄️🎅

01/11/2026

🍂✨ RIGHT THEN… DIARIES OUT CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS! 🎄🕯️

The next couple of months are looking rather busy at Cruden Bay Candle Boutique… November is actually looking downright chaotic! 🤭 And we’re bringing all the lovely smells with us!

This year we’re going a little bigger! ✨

🏰 We’ve got some fabulous three-day Christmas events at Balmoral Castle and Blair Castle, where we’ll be pulling out all the stops with our fully festive displays, gorgeous fragrances and plenty of Christmas magic! 🎄✨

And because apparently one Christmas market at a time isn’t enough for us… we’ve even managed to double-book ourselves! 🤭

So while I’m at Balmoral Castle, my lovely friend Barrie will be flying the Cruden Bay Candle Boutique flag at Haddo House Christmas Market! Two markets, one weekend… what could possibly go wrong?! 🫣😂

Of course, we’ll also be visiting our wonderful local markets in Peterhead, Inverurie and Fraserburgh throughout November and December. ❤️

Expect beautiful candles, cosy winter scents, home fragrances, Christmas gifts and plenty of tempting little treats for yourself. 🎁

Whether you’re the organised Christmas shopper with everything wrapped by November (show-offs! 😏) or the last-minute panic buyer, we’d love to help you find something special.

📅 Our full November and December calendar is below!

Save the dates, plan a festive day out, bring a friend and come and say hello. And if you find yourself leaving with more candles than Christmas presents… well, we won’t judge! 😉

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🎄 Two months. Lots of markets. One very fragrant Christmas ahead!

See you out there! 🕯️✨

Cruden Bay Candle Boutique
Handmade in Scotland, with a little bit of magic.

03/10/2026

🎄✨ For the person who has everything… except a clue what they want for Christmas.

Our Cruden Bay Candle Boutique Gift Cards are now available — perfect for the wonderfully difficult-to-buy-for.

Let them wander, sniff, discover and choose their own little piece of magic. 🕯️✨

No guessing their favourite scent.
No last-minute present panic.
No polite “Oh… how lovely.” 😏

Just candles, fragrance, curious little treasures and the joy of choosing something they genuinely love.

Give the gift of fragrance. ✨

🎄 Perfect for Christmas
🎂 Lovely for birthdays
💌 Beautiful for thank-yous
✨ And rather nice for absolutely no reason at all.

https://crudenbaycandleboutique.co.uk/products/gift-card

03/10/2026

A few little October outings for Cruden Bay Candle Boutique 🍂🕯️

Here’s where you’ll find Cruden Bay Candle Boutique popping up this month — bringing along plenty of gorgeous scents, autumn cosiness and probably far too many candles. 🖤

Come say hello, have a sniff, and find your next favourite scent.

See you out there! 🎃🕯️

02/09/2026

🍂 Hello, September! 🍂

There’s already a little hint of autumn in the air… and we’re ready for a lovely month of markets! 🕯️🤎

Here’s where you can find Cruden Bay Candle Boutique this September. Come along, have a browse, discover your next favourite scent and, most importantly, come and say hello! 🍁✨

I’d love to see some familiar faces — and meet some new ones too! 🤎

02/08/2026

Where you can find me this month…

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26/07/2026

Renovation Diary – Week 2 🔨😂

I left my husband and his best mate in charge of the shop for one morning…

I came back to… well, no walls… or ceiling, for that matter. 🤦🏼‍♀️😂

Their defence?

“It was rotten!”

Which, to be fair… is true. I just didn’t expect them to be quite so enthusiastic! 🤣

Don’t worry though—we’re carefully removing only the rotten materials to uncover and preserve as much of the original building as possible. Every layer we peel back seems to reveal another little piece of its history. 🖤

Now I’m about to leave them unsupervised for TWO WEEKS while I go and visit family… 😳

If you spot two men proudly uncovering more of the building’s history, feel free to keep me posted! I’m equal parts excited and nervous about what hidden gems—or surprises—I might come home to.

I have a feeling I’m either coming home to a shop that’s one big step closer to looking beautiful… or to two men proudly pointing at yet another rotten wall they “had no choice” but to remove. 😂

19/07/2026

Renovation Diary – Day 1(ish) 📖🔨

… straight on the attack with this 100+ year old building.

First surprise? Beautiful original timber cladding hidden behind a wall. Result: 😍 That’s a keeper!

Then came surprise number two…

After peeling back two layers of plastic, we found a wall that turned to dust if you looked at it too hard, timber with the structural integrity of a soggy Weetabix, and a smell that could’ve qualified as a biological weapon. 🤢😂

The joys of old buildings! Every wall is a mystery box. At this rate, I’m either finding Narnia… or a never-ending repair bill. 🫣

17/07/2026

Well… after what felt like 847 years of paperwork, phone calls, waiting, more waiting, and wondering if it was ever actually going to happen…

I finally got the shop! 🖤🎉

The keys are in my hands, Cruden Bay Candle Boutique officially has a home, and I don’t think the relief has quite sunk in yet.

A huge thank you to everyone who has supported me, checked in on me, and listened to me talk about this shop for what probably felt like forever. Your encouragement has kept me going.

Now the glamorous part begins… spending the summer covered in dust, discovering what 100-year-old buildings have been hiding, and questioning every DIY decision I’ve ever made! 😂

I can’t wait to share the renovation journey with you all and, before too long, welcome you through the doors.

Let’s do this! 🕯️