About Waxery

Welcome to Waxery!

My name is Crystal Ortiz founder and president of Waxery LLC, a latin-woman owned DIY candle company.

I originally opened Waxery wanting to provide a unique experience for adults to come together, get crafty and all around enjoy themselves. As I began building the business, I realized that for so long scents held an important place in my life and ultimately my heart. The smell of cookies when I was growing up – I instantly always knew we were near the Nabisco factory on the Roosevelt boulevard (if your philly born then you know). The scent of clean laundry as I would unload the washer or even the scent of ocean breeze that’s always takes me back to my very first island vacation. Of all my favorites, mahogany is the one that embraces me the most, it just always brings comforts and makes me feel grounded. So, as I dove into what scents meant to me and how they filled my life with joy I realized I wanted to do the same for others.

I wanted to create a safe space where people could recreate these scented memories or even create new ones. In a city with so much to do we provide something simple yet elegant, small yet everlasting and mostly fun. Nothing like rolling up your sleeves and allowing your mind to go free and simply doing something because it makes your heart smile.

Here at Waxery you become the chandler! Our most unique attribute being that you not only customize your candle to your liking but YOU, the inspired candle expert melts your own wax and hand pour it into your handmade containers. This is an experience like no other in the industry here in Philly. This is what I dreamt of when I wanted people to come together to truly control and embrace this craft together. Waxrey is BYOW – with no one is disagreement, wine makes everything better and Wine and Wax are the ultimate duo. Last but not least taking your crafting experience to the next level is karaoke – because who doesn’t like a good song accompanied with some great laughs.