My Story

Hello, my name is Samantha, and I am the founder of PEWTER & TWINE.

I have loved candles all my adult life and I have never lived in a home without candles burning everywhere whatever the season!

I don’t think there is anything more ambient than candlelight. In fact, I timed my winter wedding so it could be bathed in candlelight from the ceremony to the reception, after all, it was held in a romantic 16th century Scottish castle.

I grew up in Kent and moved to Scotland in 2012 for love. Little did I know that I would also fall in love with Scotland. I am very proud to call Scotland my home.

My career path has been very varied, originally, I spent three years training as a chef, and I can say with pride that I have worked at the renowned Ritz Hotel, London and then the discreet luxury boutique Halkin Hotel, now known as COMO The Halkin, located in the heart of Belgravia, London as a Pastry Chef.

After catering, I then ventured into retail and worked at L.K.Bennett for almost two decades in total, starting as a Sales Assistant and working my way up to Manager then Area Manager and for the latter years, Office and Health & Safety Manager in Central London.

I now find myself working from home, in the finance industry, supporting and personally assisting Partners of the prestigious St. James’s Place.

My hobbies include cooking (obviously!), entertaining, arts and crafts, walking, especially with my dogs and my greatest love of all, all things interior design, renovation, homeware and décor.

Naturally, I am creative and one day I decided that I would like to learn how to make a candle, as I love them so much. I attended a small local workshop and since then I never looked back.  I was determined to venture out and create my own candles and run a small business on the side from working full time to fulfil my creative needs.

I have always worked in the high end of catering, retail and finance, so it was crystal clear what direction I wanted to take with my small business.  I wanted to create a luxury affordable product with a unique and elegant finish to reflect my personality and love for design.  When buying candles, I very often dismissed them due to the aesthetics, this led me on to creating a collection of candles that are perfect in any space or room in your home.