Thank you to everyone who entered the Carberry Soap Company Gift Bag Giveaway!
Rafflecopter has randomly selected the winner of the contest – Krista McCreary!
Thank you again to everyone who entered, and to Carberry Soap Company for offering to do this great giveaway!
Have you ever just wanted a cupcake delivered to your door? Lots of things can be delivered – magazines, pizzas, groceries…but how about a fresh cupcake from a local bakery? The good news is that on September 17th ShopBake.com is launching! What does this mean? Well, you can now have that cupcake delivered fresh to your home with a click of a button from that lazy spot you have burrowed into your couch.
ShopBake.com is a unique online marketplace for Toronto bakeries to sell their items online. Usually cosy little bake shops only sell their freshly baked good in-store, but now their sweets and treats can be sold and delivered straight to your home.
This service is great not just for those people who have these cupcake cravings like me, but also for those times you are having a party or event. Think of how much time you would save if your cake could be delivered to your house or party venue instead of you rushing to pick it up in time!
ShopBake.com will be launching with 50 of the city’s most prominent bakeries, with more being added every day.
Buyers can create personalized accounts whereby its easy to simply click on what you want to order, and see it delivered to your door.
I was lucky enough to preview some of the baked goods from the bakeries on ShopBake.ca, and they were awesome! The macaroons were gone in a second, and cookies were soft and fresh….everything tasted newly baked and were super tasty!
Be sure to check out ShopBake.com on their launch date Wednesday, September 17th! Do me a favour, send me a cupcake!
Twitter @ShopBakeCanada
Hashtag #ShopBakeLaunch
My first visit to Carberry Soap Company was on a whim when I was shopping for favours for a party I was having. My party included a night with my girlfriends where we did some private shopping at one of my favourite stores Turquoise in Whitby (I’ve got a post coming soon about them – stay tuned!), and then I had a cake pop making demonstration where all of the ladies were able to take home some of their own creations at the end of the night. I usually have a party favour for my guests to take home after one of my parties, and I was shopping around for something to go with my theme in some way.
What I found at Carberry Soap Company was perfectly fitting – individual cupcake soaps, packaged just for my event using the colours of my party theme. The cupcakes were incredibly life-like, and the smell of them was out of this world. Perfect, right?
I’ve been shopping there ever since for gifts for friends and family, and of course for myself when I need pampering, which happens pretty often!
The offerings are almost overwhelming, which is actually a good thing. For every soap there are a number of scents, colours and designs.
Carberry’s Organic Babycakes soap is made with pure organic olive oil and fresh organic goat milk. It’s ideal for people with skin ailments such as eczema, psoriasis and rosacea.
Their Gourmet Soap Collection is gentle, soothing, and they smell exactly like the gourmet flavour they are named after!
My favourite offerings from Carberry Soap Company are from their Carberry Cakery collection!
All kinds of baked goods are transformed into amazing soaps! Cupcakes, cake slices, doughnuts – these creations look as decadent as they would be in real life. Not only do they look amazing, but their scents are out of this world.
Carberry has a range of items for children as well. Their Soapy Pops look like real popsicles, which may entice your little one to actually want to scrub up and get clean! Soapy Pops are SLS free and all fragrance oils are phthalate free too!
Carberry has a cute kids station right inside the shop for little ones to keep busy while mom’s take a moment to shop!
And for those who love to have a relaxing bath there are even more handmade items such as Bath Creamers, Bath Blasters, and Recipe Soaps which include a combination of ingredients to create some yummy flavours.
As I mentioned before, Carberry Soap Company was able to customize my party favours to match the colour and scent I wanted, and their team is willing to work with their customers to create the perfect favour for your event.
I love the fact that Carberry offers hands-on workshops to learn how to make these fabulous soaps yourself. This is something I can’t wait to do. Classes are offered based on the type of soap you would like to make, and I think it would make an awesome girls night!
And now – a giveaway!
You can win a gift bag full of goodies courtesy of Carberry Soap Company which includes one if their large fabulous cupcake soaps, a pack of three yummy mini cupcake soaps, and their very own Cake Mix Bubbling Bath Powder!
I was lucky enough to try all of these items, and I literally smell like a walking bake shop right now. It’s pretty fabulous.
To win, all you need to do is enter using the Rafflecopter link below this post! You will need to like sparkleshinylove on Facebook in order to enter.
The contest begins today, Friday, September 12th, 2014 and will end on Saturday, September 20th, 2014 at 12:00pm EST. This contest is open all US and Canadian residents, and the randomly selected winner will be announced on Sunday, September 21st, 2014.
Good luck to everyone who enters!
If you haven’t yet, you should also like the Carberry Soap Company Facebook page here to see all of the great products and incentives they are running. If you visit them in store and like their Facebook page while you are there, they even give you a free mini soap!
Carberry Soap Company is located at 629 Liverpool Road, Pickering, Ontario. You can visit their website at www.carberrysoap.com to learn more or order products online which may be shipped to the US and Canada.
Ebay is trying to gain ground on the Etsy phenomenon by launching Boutiques on eBay. It’s a new virtual space on eBay’s website where they are carrying small capsule collections from select shops for a short period of time. It’s like an online pop-up shop! The idea is to feature local shops and independent designers.
For the month of September Ebay has teamed up with This Little Piggy from Toronto’s Queen West (have you heard it was announced that it’s the world’s second hippest street this week?), and Crywolf from Ossignton Street in Toronto.
This Little Piggy is a children’s clothing shop, and the Ebay boutique features tee’s, leggings, and sweatshirts, while Crywolf is featuring adult shirts. All products are priced under $40.
To shop the collection, or to see the next collection that launches in this space, visit here.
Believe it or not I’ve been thinking about what my son should be for Halloween for a while now. I love this time of year. September has always been my favourite month because it’s starting to get a little cooler at night so I can pull out my cozy sweaters that have been put away for the summer, I travel every year during this month so I know I have a fun trip to look forward to, Pumpkin Spice Lattes come out at Starbucks which make me happy, and pumpkins start popping up everywhere which reminds me one of my favourite holidays are coming up – Halloween! I decorate the outside of our house with all kinds of crazy decorations for Halloween, and around this time I usually start hunting for new scary items to add to the house. My husband made me a coffin a couple years ago, and my reaction of utter joy made him laugh at my wackiness.
My poor son has a few more years of me picking his Halloween costume before he starts taking over the process. I have started to look around for something fun for him to wear, and I have found some really fun and unique costumes on Etsy. Have you noticed I am kind of an Etsy nut? The whole pushing one button and paying with Paypal adds to the appeal. It doesn’t feel like I’m buying anything if there is no card swiping!
Here are a few of my favourite costumes I have found along the way!
Awesome Sauce Designs “Burrito Baby”
Tiny Disguises Prince Charming Costume
Lisas Tutus Wonder Woman Costume
Lover Dovers Clothing Little Red Riding Hood Costume
Catherine Soucy Knight Costume
Rock the Journey Pink Clown Tutu Outfit
Lovelane Winged Hat and Cape Set
Fairytale Jubilee Cinderella Costume
