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Amara Aigbedion founded the business Love & Make with her sister-in-law, Bukola Aigbedion.
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Love & Make o ers a variety of workshops, including candle-making and soap design.
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2516 Times Blvd., Houston www.loveandmake.com
Love & Make brings its workshops to Rice Village A crafter at heart, Amara Aigbedion began experi- menting with candle-making when she was in college. She recruited her sister-in-law, Bukola Aigbedion, and
one of these, what are all the ingredients and the necessary equipment that we need to actually construct this,” she said. The impact Amara Aigbedion said Love & Make is mobile and will travel to host pop-ups at private events around Houston. She said she keeps the products customizable, tying back to the meaning behind the business. “I’m making something from my heart or with colleagues or friends, connecting and bonding, making memories, but I’m also making something that I’ll be able to cherish and use later, or I can give it as a gift,” Amara Aigbedion said.
for candle-making, perfumes, colognes, soaps, di users and bath bombs. Workshops are open to the public, but classes can be reserved for private events. Walk-ins are also welcome. “It’s kind of like a cooking class,” Amara Aigbe- dion said. “You’re learning about the materials, you’re learning about the process of how things work and then you get to dive in and be a little bit hands-on.” Diving deeper The main point of Love & Make is to bring people together and foster community through learning and exploration, Amara Aigbedion said. “We’re really about breaking it down so that you kind of understand what it takes to compose
the duo started hosting pop-up shops in 2017. “I got the idea when I was in business school,” Amara Aigbedion said. “We had a fundraising thing where I donated a candle-making workshop as the gift, and someone bid on it.” The pop-ups were popular from the start, and the Aigbedion sisters turned Love & Make into the business it is today, which is open seven days a week, even as they both work full-time jobs outside of the shop. How it works Love & Make hosts do-it-yourself workshops
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