Exhibit 21.1

Subsidiaries of Blyth, Inc.

|Subsidiaries of the
Registrant/U.S.          |  | Other Names Under
Which Subsidiary Does Business |  | State/Country
of Incorporation
|-------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------------------------------ |  | ------------------------------
|1. Blyth Home Expressions, Inc.              |  |                                                  |  | Delaware                      
|2. Blyth Direct Selling Holdings, Inc.       |  |                                                  |  | Delaware                      
|3. Blyth Wholesale Holdings, Inc.            |  |                                                  |  | Delaware                      
|4. Blyth Catalog and Internet Holdings, Inc. |  |                                                  |  | Delaware                      
|5. Boca Java, Inc.                           |  |                                                  |  | Delaware                      
|6. Candle Corporation of America             |  | Colonial Candle of Cape Cod                      |  | New York                      
|7. CBK Styles, Inc.                          |  |                                                  |  | Delaware                      
|8. Endar Reserve, Inc.                       |  |                                                  |  | California                    
|9. KWA, Inc.                                 |  |                                                  |  | Minnesota                     
|10. Midwest of Cannon Falls, Inc.            |  | Midwest                                          |  | Minnesota                     
|11. Miles Kimball Company                    |  |                                                  |  | Wisconsin                     
|12. PartyLite Gifts, Inc.                    |  | PartyLite                                        |  | Virginia                      
|13. PartyLite Holding, Inc.                  |  |                                                  |  | Delaware                      
|14. PartyLite Worldwide, Inc.                |  | PartyLite                                        |  | Delaware                      
|15. The Sterno Group LLC                     |  |                                                  |  | Delaware                      
|16. Two Sisters Gourmet, Inc.                |  |                                                  |  | Delaware                      

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|Subsidiaries of the
Registrant/International              |  | State/Country
of Incorporation
|--------------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------------
|17. Blyth Asia Limited                                    |  | Hong Kong                     
|18. Blyth Candles Ltd.                                    |  | Ireland                       
|19. Blyth Sourcing Asia, Ltd.                             |  | Hong Kong                     
|20. Blyth Holding B.V.                                    |  | Netherlands                   
|21. Blyth HomeScents International UK Limited             |  | England                       
|22. Blyth HomeScents International de Mexico S.A. de C.V. |  | Mexico                        
|23. Midwest of Cannon Falls Canada                        |  | Canada                        
|24. PartyLite A.p.S.                                      |  | Denmark                       
|25. PartyLite A.S.                                        |  | Norway                        
|26. PartyLite BV                                          |  | Netherlands                   
|27. PartyLite Gifts, Ltd.                                 |  | Canada                        
|28. PartyLite GmbH                                        |  | Germany                       
|29. PartyLite Handelsgesellschaft m.b.H.                  |  | Austria                       
|30. PartyLite Importaciones S.A. de C.V.                  |  | Mexico                        
|31. PartyLite Manufacturing Limited                       |  | England                       
|32. PartyLite, S.A. de C.V.                               |  | Mexico                        
|33. Partylite Oy                                          |  | Finland                       
|34. PartyLite Pty Limited                                 |  | Australia                     
|35. PartyLite SARL, Ltd.                                  |  | Switzerland                   
|36. PartyLite SARL                                        |  | France                        
|37. PartyLite Trading SA                                  |  | Switzerland                   
|39. PartyLite Europe Technology GmbH                      |  | Germany                       
|40. PartyLite U.K., Ltd.                                  |  | England                       
|41. Servicios Administrativos PartyLite, S.A. de C.V.     |  | Mexico                        

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