Our Story

What started in the winter of 2015 as a search for better light and fragrance has gradually become a larger exploration of the objects, scents, and rituals that make a space feel like home.

Made at home, for home

Light Provisions began in an old Victorian house in Colorado Springs, and ten years later, I still make candles at home. I don’t really see that as something the business was supposed to outgrow. Making products in the same kind of space they’re ultimately meant to live in keeps me close to what matters: how they burn, how they smell, how they look on a table, and whether they actually make a room feel better.

I kept reaching for scents that were woodier, smokier, and more grounded than what I was finding elsewhere, so I started blending my own. Over time, those experiments developed into a house style built around balance and layering, with woods, resins, herbs, citrus, smoke, and other materials combined more like a well-made cocktail than a single-note fragrance.

Light Provisions, so far.

Cypress & Lemon travel tin candle styled with its packaging on a tabletop

2015

The First Candles | Light Provisions began at the end of 2015 with a makers market, a very new Instagram account, and two fragrances: Campfire and Lavender Balsam. Both are still here today.

2016

On Brand | By spring, the lighthouse logo, blue labels, and custom lettering had given the brand its first real identity, and by the end of the year our candles were being carried by shops around Colorado, including The Broadmoor.

2018

A glass worth keeping | We moved into heavy rocks glasses with gold rims and a hidden logo underneath, our first real attempt to make the vessel something you'd want to keep and use after the candle was gone.

2019

Growing Beyond Colorado | After years spent at makers markets, farmers markets, and holiday fairs, Light Provisions had grown from a table at local events to more than 60 retailers around the country.

2021

Starting over, on purpose | We retired the jars and rebuilt the collection around custom rippled crystal glassware, new packaging, and a simpler idea: the candle should leave you with something better than an empty candle jar.

2023

Looking beyond candles | Tsubota Pearl became the first outside maker carried by Light Provisions, while a small run of Special Edition candles introduced the idea that would eventually become On Rotation.

2024

Refill, without the lock-in | We introduced a refill candle designed to work with our glassware or another appropriately sized vessel you already own, extending the idea of reuse beyond Light Provisions itself.

2025 → Today

Made here, found elsewhere | Light Provisions has continued to grow into a mix of things I make and things I find, from candles and locally sourced glass to Japanese incense, lighters, vintage pieces, and objects chosen around the same ideas of home, warmth, light, and ritual.

Inside the Studio

Still made at home in Colorado Springs.

Meet Brett

Hi, I’m Brett Owens. I started Light Provisions in 2015, and I’ve kept the business intentionally close to home ever since. The candles are still developed and poured here, the products are photographed around my home, and I personally choose what earns a place in the shop.

After all these years, it’s still a privilege to make things that become part of your homes, gatherings, and everyday rituals.

Known to Buy

A vintage bowl I definitely don't need

outside the studio

Sushi restaurants, photography & hiking

Usually Burning

Something in every room 🫠

Currently Collecting

Vintage glass, specifically "Depression era"

Favorite scent

Sandalwood candle & Guaiacwood incense

On the Turntable