“Bl.... Baltic” doesn’t just describe the Irish weather — it described my mood at one point too.

Welcome to Black Wasp — a funny handmade candle gift born out of grief, healing, and the kind of Irish banter that keeps us all afloat.

I’m Shelly, and this all started during a dark patch in my life. The kind where even your tea tastes like sadness and you’d trade your last biscuit just to hear from someone who made you laugh. I was missing an old friend I’d lost touch with — we would laugh for hours. The kind that leaves you breathless, sore-faced with stomach pains. Laughing— isn’t just a reaction.

It’s a release. It’s your body’s way of saying: “I’m still here.”

When you laugh that hard, it cracks something open inside you. It makes space.

For a moment, the grief, the anxiety, the weight of it all... lifts. It’s like your soul takes a deep breath and forgets it’s broken. But Black Wasp didn’t truly arrive until a strange meditation changed everything.

It was during a spiritual practice called The Vortex. I saw a vision: a black wasp squeezing its way through a narrow funnel, emerging through a glowing amber light. I’d never even heard of black wasps before. But there it was — small, fierce, determined, transformed. It felt like a sign. A reminder that even when things feel tight suffocating, or dark… there’s a way
through. There’s always light on the other side.
Now I create Irish-scented, funny emotionally charged, and meme-approved candles under the name Black Wasp. Each one is a little ritual for the lost, the healing, and the mad ones still hoovering the garden.

So if you’ve ever:
 Frozen your bits off and muttered “Bleedin’ Baltic” under your breath,
 Felt so skinny, you could hula hoop through a Cheerio.
 Or been told you’ve a head on you that’d make an onion cry…
You’re in good company here.
Light a candle. Have a laugh. Keep going.

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