Rosy Rings candles.

• Author: Peterson, Eric
• Position: Colorado Cool Stuff - Brief article

Shannon Cumberland was working as a bike messenger in the early 1990s when a stray observation about a client cost her a job, but afforded her an opportunity. "If I hadn't been fired, I would have never started this company," she said. "It kind of forced my hand." The company in question: Rosy Rings, her decade-old candle manufacturer in downtown Denver that's known for its interesting ingredients. Everything from spiced apple to candy corn to starfish to beer caps are embedded in the company's waxworks of art; fragrances include every scent from pink grapefruit to dirt. From...