About Me

Hi, I’m Lisa…

I’m the creator behind Words on Wax, a little business born from a love of creativity, candles, and the special meaning we attach to the moments and people in our lives.

I live in Rolleston, Canterbury, with my husband and our family. We have five children, although these days only one is still at home — a sign that somehow, despite all the candles I’ve made over the years, time really does fly!

Words on Wax began many years ago when I was looking for something different and uniquely special for my Mum for Christmas. I decided to create a candle featuring a Christmas picture, and when I saw the finished result, I was hooked. That one little candle sparked an idea, and the possibilities just kept growing.

Over the years, I’ve fallen in love not only with candles themselves, but with what they can represent.

There is something incredibly special about lighting a candle. It can mark a moment, celebrate a milestone, honour someone we love, or simply remind us of a person, place or memory that means something to us.

I create personalised celebration and commemoration candles, each one made to be unique and meaningful to the person receiving it.

Whether it’s a wedding or anniversary, a birth or baptism, a milestone birthday, a special family occasion, or a candle created to remember someone who is no longer with us — I love being able to create something that adds a little extra meaning to an important moment.

Some of the most special feedback I’ve received over the years has been from customers telling me what their candle meant to them. Knowing that something I’ve created has become part of somebody’s celebration, remembrance or treasured memories is incredibly humbling, and it’s what continues to make me passionate about what I do.

Every candle tells a story.
I’d love to help you tell yours.