Long Matches

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Long Matches

A long match solves a real problem: reaching the wick at the bottom of a burned-down candle jar or the kindling at the back of a fireplace without singeing your knuckles. We cut ours from straight-grain wood in three working lengths — roughly four inches for everyday candles, eight for deep vessels and lanterns, and a full eleven for fireplaces and wood stoves — each dipped with a generous safety-strike head that takes a flame instantly and holds it steadily down the stick.

The box is designed to stay out on the mantel, because that is where long matches live. Choose a tall slide box or a sturdy tube, printed edge to edge in full color or foil-stamped on a deep matte stock, with the striker panel set into the base or side so the packaging stays clean. Because the box is the display, we treat it like packaging for a premium product — tight registration, rich coverage and a finish that reads gift, not utility aisle.

Candle and fragrance brands use these as the attach item that lifts every order: a printed box of long matches beside the candle turns a product into a ritual and a gift into a set. Match tips can be dipped to the exact color of your wax or label, and we color-manage the box print against your brand references so the pair photographs as one designed object on the shelf and in customers’ homes.

Long matches suit candle brands building sets, home and lifestyle boutiques stocking the mantel shelf, lodges and cabins branding the fireplace, and realtors assembling closing gifts. Free artwork comes back as a mockup within 24 hours, revisions are unlimited, and the minimum is twelve boxes. Get a quote for long matches and we’ll proof the box, the striker placement and the tip color together.