As you stroll through Painted Tree Boutiques, one aisle called Evergreen End draws you in as you encounter the fragrant scents of Bode+Ev.
Whether you are partial to fruity, floral, or sweet, Bode+Ev has an abundance of all-natural soy wax candles with clean and unique scents. Custom-scented natural and organic bath and body products add to the shop’s amazing aroma.
All products are the handiwork of shop owner, Tracey Quarry. She describes Bode+Ev as a passion created with a dream and a purpose to provide products that enhance physical, mental, and spiritual well-being.
“For years, I have been chasing my dreams, and now I feel like I am living them,” says Quarry. “And it all started with an open mind, the loss of a job, and a candle.”
The East Cobb-based company, Bode+Ev, is named after her children Boden and Eviana. As she stated, the loss of employment was the impetus for launching the enterprise. Quarry lost her job at an Atlanta-based events company as the pandemic hit in 2020. A single mom, Quarry’s first thoughts went to how she was going to support her children.
“I had always envisioned turning my candle-making hobby into a business,” says Quarry. “There was no time to waste, and this was the perfect opportunity for me to do just that. “
With a few tweaks to her candles that she had been making for 20+ years, Quarry created BE.CANDLES. Once the candle business got off the ground, she added a custom-scented bath and body line that contains all-natural and organic, sustainably sourced ingredients. That’s when the name was selected, and Bode+Ev was born. All oils used are what Quarry terms as clean, which means they are the safest, highest quality, and most thoroughly tested ingredients in the industry.
Quarry attributes a great deal of her success not only to her passion, hard work, and belief in her products, but also to friends and family who were and still are instrumental in getting Bode+Ev’s name and products out there. She cites two friends in particular, Brett Landry, her product photographer, and Zach Harkey, who lent his talents by not only designing her website, but also creating the signature logo that graces all her products.
Knowing the real value of Bode+Ev is all in the sensory experience, Quarry opened her first shop at Painted Tree Boutiques (4651 Woodstock Road, Marietta, #E7) in August 2021. The shop showcases her hand-poured soy wax and coconut oil candles, as well as her bath, body, face, and hair care products. She also offers a few products that share all the same values as Bode+Ev from other female-owned small businesses. Then in February 2022, she began pouring her candles and holding candle-making workshops across the aisle in #E8. Quarry will bring the candle making to a new location in November 2022 at the Westside Market (606 Holcomb Bridge Road, Roswell, #108).
“I have room for a up to six people in my shop or up to 30 people in the larger space at both Painted Tree and Westside Market,” says Quarry. “I can also bring candle making to your home for 10 or more. I love to collaborate with other DIY small businesses to host monthly workshops together.”
Quarry is opening two more locations just in time for holiday shopping. As stated, another shop with candle making will open at the Westside Market, and additionally in November, a Bode+Ev shop at the Lily Rose Co. Marketplace (Cumming City Center at 441 Vision Road, Cumming). For more information, www.bodeandev.com.
