Heart and Holler | The Autumn Laurel Journal

What Are Squeezable Wax Melts? - Autumn Laurel

What Are Squeezable Wax Melts?

Squeezable wax melts are a fast-growing trend in artisan home fragrance, offering a softer, more customizable alternative to traditional wax melts. Learn how scoopable wax melts work, why they are...

What Are Squeezable Wax Melts?

Squeezable wax melts are a fast-growing trend in artisan home fragrance, offering a softer, more customizable alternative to traditional wax melts. Learn how scoopable wax melts work, why they are...

Handcrafted Appalachian soap bars arranged beside a cast iron kettle, dried botanicals, and traditional soapmaking tools, hand-poured in small batches in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Appalachian Soap: The Forgotten Mountain Craft ...

Appalachian soap making is more than a forgotten mountain craft — it is a tradition rooted in self-reliance, heritage, and intentional living. Explore the history of Appalachian soap, traditional lye...

Appalachian Soap: The Forgotten Mountain Craft ...

Appalachian soap making is more than a forgotten mountain craft — it is a tradition rooted in self-reliance, heritage, and intentional living. Explore the history of Appalachian soap, traditional lye...

Creating a Sensitive Home Environment: A Guide ...

A sensitive home environment is designed with awareness of scent, air quality, and sensory input. Learn how to create a calmer, more balanced space that feels good to live in.

Creating a Sensitive Home Environment: A Guide ...

A sensitive home environment is designed with awareness of scent, air quality, and sensory input. Learn how to create a calmer, more balanced space that feels good to live in.

Can Candles Give You a Headache? What to Know Before You Burn - Autumn Laurel

Can Candles Give You a Headache? What to Know B...

Some candles can cause headaches, often due to fragrance strength, wax type, or air quality. Learn why it happens and how to choose candles that feel better in your home.

Can Candles Give You a Headache? What to Know B...

Some candles can cause headaches, often due to fragrance strength, wax type, or air quality. Learn why it happens and how to choose candles that feel better in your home.

Antique-style sepia photograph of an elderly Appalachian folk healer seated at a wooden table inside a rustic mountain cabin, grinding herbs with a mortar and pestle.

The Mountain Healer

A quiet reflection on Appalachian women who understood what to gather, and when. The story behind Mountain Healer.

The Mountain Healer

A quiet reflection on Appalachian women who understood what to gather, and when. The story behind Mountain Healer.

Hand-Poured Candles from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia - Autumn Laurel

Hand-Poured Candles from the Blue Ridge Mountai...

Hand-poured in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia using apricot coconut wax — not soy, not mass-produced, not pretending. Autumn Laurel is made in Christiansburg, Virginia by a maker with...

Hand-Poured Candles from the Blue Ridge Mountai...

Hand-poured in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia using apricot coconut wax — not soy, not mass-produced, not pretending. Autumn Laurel is made in Christiansburg, Virginia by a maker with...