About Us
Black Fern Gifts (formally Smoke & Bubble) is family owned and operated in the Mid-West.
My name is Kim, owner, and I want to share with you some information about us.
I’ve dreamed of owning my own business making and offering products that I truly love for as long as I can remember. Who knew that a suggestion from my husband would lead to that very dream coming true!
This dream business started out as Smoke & Bubble. Why? While I have always wanted to create my own candles and soaps, I have to give all the credit to my husband for this one. (Just don't tell him). My husband loves using hand crafted soaps and suggested that we should make our own and while we were at it, make some candles too! Well, he didn't have to tell me twice! Personally, I think he just loves the idea of being able to shop his own store! So, with selling candles and soaps, that is where the name Smoke & Bubble came from.
However, making quality products such as our all-natural soy candles and handmade artisan soaps brings so much joy! Who knew at 40+ years of age that a person would try something and discover a whole new love and passion?
Moving on, you may be asking why the renaming to Black Fern Gifts? Well, as much as we absolutely love making our candles and soaps, we didn’t want to limit our products offered. People often buy our products to give as gifts and we love that idea. That idea sparked into wanting to offer more products that would make fantastic gifts whether it is a gift for you or for someone else for every occasion.
Since the other products we introduce in our store do not match the business name “Smoke & Bubble”, we decided to create a universal name that will cover all - Black Fern Gifts. I cannot tell you how happy I am to be able to increase our product line and to finally be living my dream as a small business owner.
Our customers tell us on a regular basis that our prices are very reasonable and that we should charge more. While that may be true, it is something that we just do not want to do. We want to be able to offer high-quality products to our customers without breaking the bank. Why? We want everyone to be able to afford to buy from our store.
I could go on for a very long time, but I won’t. I just want each of you to know that we love our store. This is my dream and with it being my dream will work as hard as possible to continue bringing our supporters amazing products. What I want you to know is we are constantly brain-storming, testing and working towards continuing to add new products to our store.
With love to all of our supporters, thank you for making this dream come true and who knows…maybe it will lead to us having our own brick and mortar so you can visit us!