About Kazzi:

Hey there! My name is Kazzi King and I’m the creator of Velvet Whiskey Candle Co. I’m all about tattoos, mixing bourbon in my coffee, and sleeping in with my boyfriend, Mike, and my cat, Kote. Velvet Whiskey Candle Co. is a small, handmade business in my hometown in Southeastern Kentucky. Each scent is hand picked and each candle hand poured, labeled and packed custom for each customer. Small business and supporting local artists/farmers/musicians/fellow humans is my passion and where I like to focus my energy. I’m also a graphic designer, photographer, crafter and an average workaholic trying to make my corner of the world a little nicer.

Where to Find Kazzi:

Velvet Whiskey Candle Company

Links We Talked About:

Velvet Whiskey Candle Company

Velvet Whiskey Candle Company Instagram

Velvet Whiskey Candle Company Facebook

Podcasts:

Biz Bash

Bellas

Tattoo Shop:

Black Rose Tattoo: artist Rachael Head

Fun Quotes from Podcast:

Transcript of Podcast:

The Sandi Savage Show

Kazzi King

Sandi: Well hey everybody. Sandi Savage here. I hope you’re having a fantastic day today. I have with me just an awesome, awesome lady, Kazzi King. And she is going to be telling us a little bit about herself and about some of the things she’s doing. Kazzi, tell us about yourself and where you’re located and what you’re doing.

Kazzi: I’m from Kentucky but I’m located down in London so just an hour south of here. I make candles. I work at a goat soap shop and I do graphic design and photography and everything else under the sun.

Sandi: Oh my Gosh! It does, it sounds like you do a ton.

Kazzi: If it’s creative, I’m probably doing it or have done it. And it’s worn me out but it’s fun. I love it. I wouldn’t trade it for anything.

Sandi: What got you- I mean, because that is a lot. What really got you started having a creative field? Were you always creative as a kid? Or did you just go when you became an adult, “Hey, I’m going to create stuff”?

Kazzi: No. I loved to draw when I was little. My mom still has all of the little- you know, you draw the picture in school then they would send it off and make a magnet out of it. All of the magnets are still on our fridge. All the horses were drawn. I love to draw horses. I am a farm girl. My dad was a photographer and so that just always very much instilled in me, “Oh yeah, I love to take pictures. I love to do the composition.” My family, we have a kettle corn business. When I was in seventh grade, I wanted a camera to start taking pictures and my dad was like, “Well, if you work for it, we’ll make it happen.” I worked two festivals in a row, the whole weekend, twelve-hour days and I earned enough money. He took me to Walmart and let me buy my first camera. It was a pink Canon power stop. I don’t even like pink so I’m not really sure… That just sparked it and I took photos from there. Then I went to college. I went to Clovis College of Art and Design. I have a BFA in Photography and minored in Graphic Design and then worked corporate up there. I worked for DSW, did all my photos up there and then was like, “Well, I miss Kentucky. I miss my family.” I came back and then just did freelance ever since.

Sandi: What is the thing that you are super focused on right now?

Kazzi: My main focus is the candles.

Sandi: Tell us about your company.

Kazzi: It’s Velvet Whiskey Candle Company.

Sandi: Check that out. This is the actual… If you can’t see this, I’m so sorry. We have a beautiful one of her candles here that is salted caramel. Yum.

Kazzi: It’s one of my faves. The candles are kind of my main thing right now. I hand pour all of them. I do all of the website management, the social media, all of the everything because if you can do it, why would you pay someone else to do it? I do all of that and then I manage Rock Bottom Soap Company for my best friend. I do all of her same stuff. All of her social media, her labeling, all of her marketing, I make lotion at the shop until midnight every night and then go home and make candles until five in the morning. And then go to bed and start at ten o’clock the next day. It’s a lot but I’m trying to get back into the graphic design a little bit more just because it’s easy and it’s different and it’s something that I like to do. For a while, I was like, “Oh my God, I’m on the computer all day every day. I need to do something with my hands.” And now I’m doing everything with my hands. My feet hurt, I want to sit, so let me just ease into the graphic design a little bit more.

Sandi: What is something that you wish you had known when you started out on that journey? Because your journey is mixed with a lot of things. You’ve got the candle company which is how we met. We carry her candles in our retail shop The Kentucky Maker Company. So, what’s something you wished you had known when you started all this out?

Kazzi: I wish I had went i