The Story of Us

from the desk of a dreamer

Starlight & Sage Co. is a love letter to girlhood, grief, and the glittering in-betweens. We hope you find a sanctuary where scent, story, and stardust intertwine.

For the ones drawn to moonlit musings and half-remembered dreams, this space is stitched together with starlight and slow-burning magic. Each creation is a small act of reclamation for your younger self, your truest self, and the version of you still figuring it out by candlelight.

From flickering flames to tiny treasures, everything we make is a soft place to land, an echo of the constellations we once wished on and the lyrics we'll never outgrow.

Our curiosities are made to ground, to guide, and to remind you (gently) that you’ve been golden all along. I hope you recognize a piece of yourself here... maybe one you thought was lost.

Welcome home.

where it began

Once upon a burnout...

In the autumn of 2024, I did the most terrifyingly poetic thing I could muster: I left my corporate job without a plan. I was armed with a gut feeling, an aching heart, and a lyric or two echoing in my ears.

Deny the Deep | Fine Art Print - Starlight & Sage Co.

Follow the flicker

Lighthouse & anchor...

I turned to art, my brightest beacon... painting through the heartbreak, designing through the depression, creating through the comeback (with Taylor on repeat).

Then, you showed up. My lifeline.

sparks fly

A soft rebellion...

You saw what could be. You stayed. You encouraged. You whispered, “keep going” right when I needed it most.

I created to survive. You showed up and made it sacred.

Together, we turned sparks into signal fires.

more than a shop

Scented wax & subtext...

Starlight & Sage Co. was never just about things. It’s a reverent nod to the inside jokes and subtext-heavy winks we exchange like sacred secrets (in invisible ink).

A reclamation of girlhood in all its moody, glittering, soul-baring glory. An ode to softness, to slowness, to things made with hands and held with heart.

a few of our favorite things

Inside the collection...

  • Candles that smell like scenes in a storybook or songs on an album;
  • Jewelry that knows when to shimmer and when to scream;
  • Paper goods & keepsakes that remember everything you wrote at midnight.

take me out & take me home

It's been waiting for you.

Whether you’ve been lurking since debut or just blew in with the winds of fate, I hope you feel seen here.

May you find echoes of who you were and glimmers of who you’re becoming. After all, the prophecy is yours to write.

Because of you...

Thank you for seeing the shimmer, for whispering “us too,” for making this slow-burn story worth writing.
From one somber woodland fairy to another, thank you for being a part of this little revolution. Here's to the glitter under our nails and the dreams in our pockets.
With starlight, sage, and so much love,

Holly ♡
Two girls, Holly Armstrong and Taylor Swift, standing on a beach promenade in Point Pleasant, NJ with palm trees and ocean view.
July 23, 2003
Two women, Holly Armstrong and Taylor Swift, hugging in front of a decorative fireplace with awards on a shelf. Nashville, TN August 2019.
August 4, 2019
you're the wish someone else is making