Featured on Santa Barbara Female Entrepreneurs Blog

I have the absolute pleasure of being involved with the Santa Barbara Female Entrepreneurs (SBFE) and being featured on the SBFE Blog!  Santa Barbara Female Entrepreneurs are innovators who actively participate in the creation, operation and management of their businesses.

I would like to personally thank Jennifer Bragg for being the founder of this amazing group and all of her hard work from arranging our gatherings, maintaining our blog, tweeting about our group, and all of the extra behind the scenes things she does that makes this group so great!

Check out my feature on the SBFE blog and please, please, pretty please leave comments.  It would be such a nice gesture from you that would be met with such heart-felt gratitude from me if you'd leave a comment on the SBFE blog to let us know you've read our features.

I am featured on Afro Puffs and Ponytails!

Afro Puffs and Ponytails is a site for inspiring African American girls founded by Kim Thomas.

Appreciation, Recognition, and Presentation That’s what Afro Puffs and Ponytails is all about!

It’s a place where teen and pre-teen girls can read about successful African American women from different businesses and career fields.

My story is about how I got into my field, the training and education required, and why I chose it. I was more than happy to share my story which will hopefully inspire many African American girls as well as other girls just as stories of other African American women have inspired me.

To read the article, click HERE.

Sharing my story also helps me to never forget that I was a girl with afro puffs and ponytails who grew into a woman with afro puffs and ponytails!

Happy New Year, Already!

Is it really the end of 2008? It seems like it was yesterday that Serah's was introduced to the world. My how time flies...when you're having FUN!

Serah's and myself have had a GREAT year thanks to EVERYONE! Thank you, thank you!  I can't mention everyone by name but you all know who you are...my customers, my bloggy friends, fellow helpful entrepreneurs, everyone who has made this year a great success.

Serah's signature Cupcake Soaps have definitely been the headliner of the year. With their yummy fragrances and unique design, they immediately stole the spotlight. Next year, you can expect to see more cupcake soap designs from Serah's that are sure to satisfy your guilty-pleasure and help keep that pesky 2009 resolution that we all seem to have trouble keeping in the face of tempting sweets.

In 2008, we hosted and/or sponsored three giveaways and hope to host and sponsor more giveaways in 2009. After all, who doesn't love a free gift...I know I do!

We also closed out 2008 with our charitable donations to the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure for breast cancer research and The Global Fund for AIDS research. We will continue to support those organizations in 2009.

Some other interesting things are in the works at Serah's but I don't want to ruin all of the surprises so you'll just have to keep coming back to find out all the juicy news. You can subscribe to our feed to get the latest updates.

All in all, 2008 was a GREAT year and we are looking forward to sharing an even more fantastic 2009 with all of you!

Check out some of our favorite posts from 2008:

• Have Your Life & Eat Cake Too
• Sharing the Love
• Cupcakes and the City
• Casting Call: Crafty Island
• Tagged II: The Little Girls in Me & Their Soap
• Happy Thanksgiving
• How NOT to Get Clean During the Holidays
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Santa Barbara Female Entrepreneurs

On the evening of December 17th, I had the pleasure of being in the company of the delightful members of the Santa Barbara Female Entrepreneurs at the beautiful Epiphany restaurant.

The evening began at 5pm and as I walked through the door, I immediately recognized a familiar face...the face of Lisa Braithwaite.  Lisa and I connected through MySpace and Twitter and she informed me of the group and its events and introduced me to the group's coordinator, Jennifer Bragg.

This was my first meeting with the group.  Business cards were exchanged and connections were made.  The bevy of female entreprenueurs included a realtor, a public speaking coach, a web & graphics designer, an image and design consultant, a PR specialist, & a skin therapist just to name a few.

During the course of the evening, I had very insightful conversations which included topics from business strategies on how to approach bios and company fact sheets, cultural business differences, social networking and advertising to a very in-depth conversation of dermis and epidermis.  It's amazing how one conversation leads to another but I definitely learned information that I will remember for a lifetime.

At the end of the evening, our goodbyes were expressed with hugs because as one woman so warmly  stated, "that's what we women do.  "

The Santa Barbara Female Entrepreneurs group posts their events on Facebook.