The Lazy Candle is Sloatsburger Samantha Remmell’s hand-made candle business. She hopes to one day see her soy candles and colorful merchandise on the shelves of her own store. Visit the Lazy Candle at the Tuxedo Famers’ Market Saturday, June 18, at the Tuxedo Train Station.

After attending Rockland Community College, Sloatsburger Samantha Remmell got busy making candles, a craft she learned to love and in the process turned into a business. Now comes the hard part.

Samantha Remmell has big plans for the Lazy Candle, her hand-crafted soy candle and merchandise business — but the knows the road is long and winding. Visit her at the Tuxedo Farmers’ Market and other Hudson Valley vendor fairs an markets.

The Lazy Candle was born out of the idea of creating soy candles that don’t burn black due to chemicals that leave smudge and soot on walls and in the air people breathe.

As Remmell writes on her Facebook site, “there’s nothing lazy about making candles.”

(Lazy Candle Hanging Diffusers make great gifts, and are made from small glass bottles that hold fragrance oils — each bottle has a unique polymer clay design, custom scent and comes complete with a string that can be tied to anything.)

Time and expense goes into producing all Lazy Candle products, and it shows in the colorful, creative displays and packaging that Remmell travels around the Hudson Valley, where she sets up at select vendor and street fairs and farmers’ markets. A tremendous amount of work goes into producing original products and bringing them to market to sell — all to entice and provide a service or product to local customers.

Samantha Remmell is one of many artisans working in the Ramapo Mountains producing hand-crafted goods. Visit Remmell’s the Lazy Candle and fellow Sloatsburger Ol’ Darlin’, and other vendors such as Adams Chocolate and Greek olive oil, Saturday, June 18, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. when the Tuxedo Farmers’ Market returns to the Tuxedo Train Station for the summer.