Tickled Pink with The Pink Parlour Festival 2009

I had the most AMAZING time at The Pink Parlour Festival this past Sunday! Some of the most amazing women were all gathered under one roof so I was in great company. I started the morning filled with anxiety because as I was leaving Santa Barbara, it was raining so hard, I couldn't see the road. But eventually the rain stopped and I was allowed to arrive safely at the Santa Anita Park.

My booth was positioned at the festival's entrance which was also next to the entrance for seating for the race track so I had a pretty good view. My first visitor during setup was Alison from Whatakaracter Creative Group who came to check out the competition only to find out that I wasn't competition at all because mine were cupcake soaps and not the edible yummy cupcakes she was selling. I got her Super Hero Cupcake Kit which was SUPER delicious and the proceeds are for a good cause.

As the day went on my cupcake soaps continued to deceive the hungry but also became a fan favorite at the festival! Men and women, boys and girls were all impressed with my cupcake soaps! Some even became repeat customers.

The entire day was AMAZING but here are a few moments that made that day so FANTASTIC:

• Getting to share my inspiration behind my cupcake soaps with customers
• Having a good laugh with those who thought they were food
• Seeing my Neapolitan Cupcake Soap make the back of the event program
  
• Hearing who was getting my cupcake soaps as gifts and who wanted to treat themselves
• Seeing the smiles on people's faces
• Having people come to my booth because someone else at the event had bragged about my cupcakes
• Having a customer tell me that she was interviewed on camera inquiring about whether she had made a purchase at the festival and she said that she had not yet but if she did it would be one of my cupcake soaps
• Seeing familiar faces and meeting new people
• And of course, taking pictures with fans!

I couldn't have asked for a better day! I can't wait until next year! Until then, enjoy photos from this year's Pink Parlour Festival and catch me at our next event.

Wake up and smell the cupcakes
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Cupcake Tats
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The Pink Parlour Event Program
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Miss Lisa Love & Ruby Champagne
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Event: The Pink Parlour March 22, 2009

What: The Pink Parlour Festival
When: March 22, 2009 from 11 am - 6 pm
Where: Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, CA

Serah's will be there selling cupcake soaps! The Pink Parlour Festival brings together crafty women of the world.  Their objective is to unite women and collaborate talent, bringing together unique hand crafted items and art, at affordable prices. It's girl power at its best with female fronted bands and djs entertaining all day. Goody bags filled with samples, treats and coupons will be given out to the first 100 attendees. Their sponsor, Daisy Guitars, will be raffling off one of their female signature guitars. It will be a fun-filled event for the entire family!  All ages, carnival rides, live music, food and drinks!

You can purchase tickets online.

Santa Anita Park is located at 285 W Huntington Drive, Arcadia, CA 91007.  Click HERE for directions.

Featured in Neapolitan Niceties Treasury

This morning, the first craving that hit me was for ice cream. WE ALL SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM! My Neapolitan Cupcake Soap was featured in a Neapolitan Niceties Treasury on Etsy by Mountaineercountry!  The collection of pinks, whites, and browns all in one place is absolutely adorable and quite a temptation!  I am so surprised that I'm not sitting here eating Neapolitan ice cream while writing this blog post...while not the most nutritious breakfast in the world, it would definitely satisfy this morning's craving.  As I've said before I love being featured in treasuries not only because I'm happy to be featured but I get to see what other artistans have created with a similar theme to my items.  

While browsing through Mountaineercountry's Etsy Shop, I noticed a product that included two words I said the most at this past Sunday's craft show...mint and creamsicle!  She has Mint Green and Creamsickle Orange and Cream Color Handknit Cotton Dish Cloths that are not only for dishes but soft enough for babies and faces.  One cloth is a variegated minty green and the other is a variegated peachy cream.  And since we're screaming for ice cream, those two colors reminded me of mint chocolate ice cream which reminded me of my Mint Chocolate Cupcake Soap and those orange push pops I enjoyed as a kid!  What ever happened to those push pops?  Do they still have them?  Well, now I'm on a mission for ice cream!

So while I'm out with probably two pints of ice cream (1 neapolitan and 1 mint chocolate) and a push pop, please visit the Etsy treasury, Mountaineercountry's Etsy Shop, and Serah's Etsy Shop or SerahsOnline.com.

Think Pink - Breast Cancer Awareness Month at Serah's

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Serah’s plans to donate 20% from the purchase of the following products to breast cancer research for the month of October:

• Pink Awareness Ribbon Soap
• Cupcake Soap (Pink only)
• Mini Cupcake Soap (Pink only)
• You’re Special Rose Soap Bouquet (Pink only)

Click HERE to shop.


As the owner of Serah’s, it is my true, sincere personality to be a humanitarian and to strongly support causes which are personal to me. My family and friends have died from cancer, are cancer survivors, or have been generally affected by cancer. For years through school and corporate America, I have give my time and money to supporting my causes. Now that I have my own business, it's only natural that I would continue to support those causes through Serah's.

Serah's also supports charities to help combat the growing epidemic of AIDS in Africa.

I am not trying to push my product to make a profit. I am not sitting around a conference room table devising a brilliant marketing scheme that makes tons of money while only donating a very small share to research. I would like to help find a cure…plain and simple.

If you would like to make donations for breast cancer or cancer research directly to the charity, please visit:

- Susan G. Komen for the Cure at http://www.komen.org/
- American Cancer Society at http://www.cancer.org/