Varner Candle Co.

09/05/2026

🎶 OAK HARBOR MUSIC FESTIVAL IS HAPPENING NOW! 🎶

Downtown is ALIVE today! Music, people, sunshine and such a fun energy outside. ☀️🎸

If you’re out enjoying the festival, come take a little break between sets and MAKE A CANDLE! 🕯️💛 Pick your scents, create your own blend and head back out to enjoy the music while it sets.

The festival is happening TODAY + TOMORROW, so come hang out downtown, support local, listen to some great music and make something that smells amazing while you’re here. 😂

📍 Varner Candle Company • Downtown Oak Harbor

Come see us between sets! 🎶🕯️

08/29/2026

🍂 The fall favorites are BACK! 🕯️

Finishing up fall candle making over here, and I had to bring back three of your MOST loved scents from last year:

🍁 Harvest Fig
🎃 Toasted Pumpkin Spice
🍐 Spiced Pear

If you had a favorite last fall, you might want to grab it while you can. 👀

The shop is officially starting to smell VERY cozy. 😂🍂

Which one are you picking?!

08/25/2026

08/16/2026

Mother-son bonding at the candle shop today. 🕯️😂

Except apparently my version of bonding is me saying things like:

“Okay, but did you greet them?”
“Tell them about the Candle Bar!”
“No, you can’t just sit there.”
“Did you ask if they need help?”
“SMILE. You work in retail.” 😂

So basically, I’m spending the day training my son on the fine art of customer service, candle making, and surviving working for his mother.

Come see us today at Varner Candle Company — he could probably use some friendly customers to practice on. 😂🕯️

Walk-ins welcome at the Candle Bar!

And yes, I’m trying very hard not to micromanage him from six feet away. 😇

08/15/2026

It’s a GOOD day to be downtown! 🤠🛍️✨

By the Harbor is happening right outside, and I may have already done a little shopping myself. 😂 Just snagged the most FABULOUS cowboy boot-themed shirt from my neighbor Yon Bureau and I’m obsessed. 👢❤️

Come wander the market, shop some amazing local vendors, and then pop in and see us at Varner Candle Company! 🕯️

We’re here, the candles are pouring, and there’s plenty to see downtown today!

Come down and see us! 🤍

08/08/2026

Okayyyy… LOOK WHO’S HITTING THE ROAD! 👀🕯️✈️

Varner Candle Co. is officially cruising around Whidbey Island, down the I-5 corridor, and all the way to SeaTac Airport!

A huge thank you to Whidbey SeaTac Shuttle & Charter for giving this little local business some BIG visibility—and to Whidbey Signs for taking the idea and making it come to life so beautifully. 🤎

Three Whidbey businesses supporting each other, and I absolutely LOVE it.

So if you spot this shuttle out in the wild… THAT’S ME ON THE BACK! 😂🙌

From Downtown Oak Harbor to SeaTac and everywhere in between—come make a candle with us! 🕯️

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08/08/2026

Our downtown family at Whidbey Island Trading Co. and the Harborside Village Mall, Historic Downtown Oak Harbor is hosting a back to school bash!

Summer is wrapping up, and Whidbey Island Trading Co. is celebrating with a fun Back to School Bash this Saturday!

Bring the kiddos downtown for a day full of free activities, creative fun, and end-of-summer energy before school starts back up.

They’ll have:

🧪 Slime Lab
🎨 Clay Art
✨ Custom Fidget Clickers
🌈 Free kids activities

It’s a perfect reason to stop by, let the kids have some fun, explore shops like Keto Carb Crave, The Jewelry Gallery, Garry Oak Gallery, Yon Bureau, Whidbey African Store, Varner Candle Co., The Tipsy Jellyfish and support a downtown business that continues to bring creativity and community to Oak Harbor. Stopping for lunch at Noe Jose Cafe is just the cherry on top!

📍 Whidbey Island Trading Co. & Harborside Village Mall, Historic Downtown Oak Harbor
📅 August 22
🕒 12-4 PM

Goodbye summer, hello school year! 💛

08/02/2026

🎃 Too early for pumpkin spice...? 👀

Be honest...

Every year I say, "It's WAY too early for fall." 🍂

And every year, you all prove me wrong. 😂

These adorable pumpkin vessels just arrived, and I'm trying to decide...

Do I hold off a little longer... or is it officially time to start blending all the cozy fall scents? 🎃☕🍎🍂

Vote below!
🧡 YES! Bring on pumpkin season!
💛 Not yet... let me enjoy summer a little longer.

Your votes might actually decide when these hit the Candle Bar! 😉