About Riverside Soy Candles

Danette Hagen Thacker, the owner and sole candle maker of Riverside Soy Candles, started making candles in the basement of her home in the Riverside neighborhood of Duluth as a hobby in 2013. As her candles grew in popularity, she established Riverside Soy Candles as an LLC as of January 2018. April of 2019, Danette found herself outgrowing her basement and was fortunate enough to find a great rental space in Duluth's up and coming neighborhood of Lincoln Park. In her new space, she is able to have a production area and enough room to offer candle making workshops for the public as well. As of September 2024, my shop in the Lincoln Park area of Duluth, MN is closed. Due to increasing issues with vandalism, I decided it was best to move my production back into my home. Candles workshops are still available at remote locations. Read their story