🌅 New Beginnings Taper Set
$24.00 set of six tapers • flat $5 US shipping • free shipping on orders over $40
There's an old custom, kept in more than one tradition, that the first light in a new home should be a light you chose — carried in and lit on purpose, so the walls learn early what kind of house this is going to be. The New Beginnings Taper Set is our contribution to that custom: six slender ivory tapers, one for each first night that deserves marking. First night in the new apartment. First evening of the new job. The night after the divorce papers, the diploma, the diagnosis beaten, the resolution finally kept. Beginnings come in all weathers; the taper doesn't judge.
Why a taper, and not a jar? Because a taper is the most ceremonial candle there is. It doesn't sit around being ambiance — it stands up. You have to give it a holder, give it a place at the table, and give it your attention, because a taper burns bright and finite: each one gives you about eight good hours, and then it's done, the way a first day is done. Light one at dinner on the night something begins, and the evening becomes, officially, an occasion. (They also burn beautifully in a bundle — see the photograph — for beginnings big enough to need more than one flame.)
They're dripless ivory tapers with cotton wicks, dressed up or down by whatever holds them — they look like a dinner party in crystal (right), like a farmhouse in a jam jar, and like a fresh start either way. This is the set we mail most often as a housewarming gift, and the one our readers buy for their own kitchen drawers, so a ceremony is always within reach. As always, the set arrives handwrapped, with its quote card tucked inside: "And now let us welcome the new year, full of things that have never been." — Rainer Maria Rilke. It works for new years of every size.
The Particulars
| Detail | The facts |
|---|---|
| Size | Set of 6 tapers, each 10" tall, standard 7/8" base |
| Materials | Ivory dripless wax, cotton wicks (holders not included) |
| Burn time | Approximately 8 hours per taper — 48 hours across the set |
| Scent | Unscented — ceremony needs no perfume |
| Comes with | Hand wrapping + Rilke quote card |
| Ships in | 2–4 days after payment is arranged |
Pairs Well With
Every beginning deserves a record: add The Mir Reflection Journal so the fresh start gets written down as well as lit. And for the ordinary evenings between occasions, the Quiet Jar Candle keeps the light going on a workaday budget.
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We keep ordering old-fashioned on purpose — no cart, no checkout maze. Send the request below, and within 1–2 days a real person will reply with a friendly email to arrange payment (PayPal or check) and shipping. Your tapers are then handwrapped and shipped within 2–4 days.