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Trevor Goodwin of Amy Lynn's Candles in Blue Springs will be profiled on the Home & Garden Television network's show "Crafters Coast to Coast." Members of HGTV are in the Kansas City area through May 8 documenting different crafters and the items they make. The segments will begin airing this fall. Goodwin will demonstrate how he makes a three-wick pie candle, made from candle wax and gel.
The episode of Crafters Coast to Coast featuring our Blueberry Pie Candle airs on the Home & Garden Television network. It was hard work, but well worth it in the end. If you would like to read the story behind our appearance, see more photos or find out when the show will air again, click here.
“This is something I’m excited about and love talking about,” said Trevor Goodwin about making scented candles, his hobby and part-time business. Goodwin works with his wife, Amy Lynn Willetts, on the candles. They have two children: Kayla Goodwin, 9 months, and Anthony Willetts, 7.
By Diana Lambdin
Meyer
Trevor Goodwin of Blue Springs will tell you he is a shy
person who likes to sit back and take in the antics of others.
His smile is slow, but genuine, filling into dark eyes.
He is soft-spoken, a customer-care representative for the Care-Mark
Pharmaceuticals and the father of two. So
how does this mild-mannered lover of jazz and salsa dancing explain his recent
appearance of cable television, dancing in his Blue Springs garage, laughing and
joking? Scented Candles.
“This is my passion,” said the 28 year-old native of
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. “This is
something I’m excited about and love talking about.”
Goodwin’s hobby and part-time business grabbed the attention of
producers for a new television program called “Crafters Coast to Coast” on
Home and Garden Television. The
episode featuring Goodwin aired Nov. 22. The
definition of a crafter often conjures up images of women making doilies in
their spar time,” said Jill Roozenboom, supervising producer of “Crafters
Coast to Coast.” “Trevor is
such a contradiction, and I think he represents the new generation of crafters
who bring a diversity of ethnicities and interests to their art form.”
In its first season, “Crafters Coast to Coast” is
carried weekdays at 10 a.m. on HGTV, which is distributed to 80 million U.S.
households with cable service. Roozenboom
said each episode highlights three people who craft for the pure love of the
art. “Our show is a little more
vibrant and energetic than most craft shows,” Roozenboom said.
“We’re a little offbeat, which makes crafting more fun.”
That explains Goodwin’s segment starting with shots of a lake and other
water sources from Blue Springs, checking to see if they were indeed blue.
And it explains Goodwin dancing in circles around tables in his garage
filled with his pie-shaped candles.
The scented candles caught the attention of program
researchers, who found Goodwin via the company’s Web site, www.amylynns.com. The company, Amy Lynn’s is named for Goodwin’s wife of 18
months Amy Lynn Willetts, a 1998 graduate of Blue Springs South High School.
“She really is much more shy than I am, but we both love making
candles,” Goodwin Said. “She
helps with the preparation and then brings all of my wild, crazy ideas down to
earth.”
Producers first communicated with Goodwin by e-mail in
April. When they learned the
creative force behind Amy Lynn’s was a young man, they did a telephone
interview and scheduled a taping segment for May.
Two field producers from Weller Grossman Productions flew from Hollywood
and worked with a locally hired sound technician and camera operator.
The team spent six hours in Goodwin’s home to create the seven-minute
segment. “After this experience,
I respect anyone who works in television for a living,” Goodwin said.
“It was hard work, but it was fun at the same time.”
After the program aired, the hits to Amy Lynn’s Web site
increased more than six-fold before tapering about two weeks later.
In addition to the increase sales and national exposure, Goodwin was
amazed and delighted at the volume of e-mails he received from across the
country. Many were from crafter and
candle lovers who simply wanted to ask questions and share experiences.
“I got a really nice e-mail from a lady who does candles at a summer
camp for children with disabilities, and she just wanted to share her love of
candles and children with me,” Goodwin said.
Goodwin and his wife have two children who are involved in
the business, as well. Although the
parents keep the younger ones out of the room when hot wax is being poured,
Goodwin says the boys like to place wicks in jars and help pack candles for
delivery. Goodwin and Willetts
spend about 20 hours a week working with their candle business, which includes
craft shows and candle parties. They
worked the recent Grain Valley Holiday Show and were delighted when another
vendor recognized Goodwin and their product from television.
While Goodwin enjoys the interaction at craft shows, his favorites sales
outlets are candle parties in private homes.
“I like the intimate relationship I can develop with people talking
about our candles,” he said.
For Video Click here, then find Trevor Goodwin under September 2005
http://www.bluespringsgov.com/Administration/CTV7/CitizenSpotlight.htm