It all started in 2011 when Aaron McWilliams and his wife Sara started making Spiral Lights in their garage in Hillsboro, ND. After coming up with the idea in a restaurant, Aaron invented the first Spiral Light candle and in 2015, Aaron’s idea earned him a patent, US 9,033,701 B1.
Aaron and Sara continued to make candles until late 2016 when they made the difficult decision that the Christmas season would be the last for their candle factory. They shipped what was left of their candles out to distraught vendors and at the end of December 2016 Spiral Light Candle closed its doors in Hillsboro, ND for the last time and it appeared the unique candle would be no more.