The2Mikes

[ Michael & Mike ]

Hi,

We’re Mike & Michael.

Our story began in Austin, Texas in 1999 when we first met via a chatroom on AOL. Yep, we met on-line and in December of that same year we agreed to meet at an Applebees. We had great chemistry and talked non-stop about our lives and families. We’ve been together ever since moving to various parts of the country including Pensacola, Florida (2004); Las Cruces, New Mexico (2012); and finally, Bristol, Connecticut (2019). We’re a dog family and currently own two adopted greyhounds that bring us love and joy every day. In our free time we also enjoy camping and riding roller coasters.

In June 2021, we celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary. To celebrate, we took a trip to Provincetown, Massachusetts where we had spent our honeymoon. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves dining at all the finest eateries and browsing through all the shops. On our drive back home, we talked about the next chapter of our lives and how exciting it would be to start our own business. We continued the conversation for the next few days and thought about all the different things we could sell and how to promote our products. We finally decided that we wanted to make and sell was handcrafted products and our first line would be candles.

Here we are, The2Mikes. The name was coined by some dear friends of ours and it just seemed to be the perfect name for our business. We’re ready for this new adventure to begin and hope you’ll enjoy the items you purchase from our store. They are all made by our hands with the intent to bring peace and warmth to your home.