Cabin Fever Indie Gift Show

Mark your calendars - Stella Marie will be at the 1st annual Cabin Fever Gift Show!

Friday, February 5th, 6 PM - 9 PM
Saturday, February 6th, 11 AM - 7 PM

460C Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA

6th Annual SOWA Holiday Market

This is THE place to be this weekend, folks! I've got all kinds of special goodies, too! You don't want to miss it!

Pics from Vanson Open House

Here are a few pics from today's event!

Shades of Winter Craft Fair

We'll be there!

[can you find the typo in this flyer?]

Pictures from ArtBeat

I would like to thank everyone who made yesterday's ArtBeat festival a success! This was my first outdoor festival and it was super, duper HOT! I picked up a canopy from my local sporting goods store and I am so happy I did. Otherwise, we would have melted like crayons in a microwave.

After working a previous show, my friend Anne is now my chief marketing officer. She can talk up my products better than me. And when I sold out of my soaps, she turned it into an opportunity to draw people to my website by offering them postcards and business cards. She must be hired! Jere, my boyfriend, is the human calculator. Combined with his psychic abilities, he had exact change ready before people pulled their bills out of their wallets. Amazing! I owe it all to them.

The good news is that I sold out of nearly everything, so packing up the car was not nearly as difficult as getting it ready for the show. However, now I've got to stock up on my inventory - forthwith! I made a lot of great connections, including a couple of people who are interested in offering my soaps as an option for wedding favors and some wholesale opportunities.

Here are a few photos from the show ...

[before we set up]

[I think the guy in the green shirt knew he was getting his picture taken.]



[Look at this little girl on STILTS!]

BIZEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

This week, I am going to be quite a soap-a-holic, wiping the sweat off my brow until Saturday morning. I've got several soap batches to make as well as batches of other Stella Marie products. Signage needs to be prepared and needless panic and anxiety will need to be quieted. When, oh, when will I be able to shake this day job?

So, I've picked a great time to begin filming the instructional hot process soapmaking video for The Soap Bar. That's right, folks, I'm going all out! You will get to see me as a real talking person. You've been warned. I'm getting the raw footage tonight and I'm hoping to finesse the mofo this week/early next week.

In house news - the deal is ON! We are hoping to close on August 14th or thereabouts. We can't wait to get the heck in there!

Art Beat

The Somerville Arts Council finally updated their website with the full festival details!

This is my first outdoor event - and the first in the heat. I'm going to buy a tarp this week, just to be on the safe side.

Art Beat 2008

Stella Marie Soap Company will participating in Somerville's annual ArtBeat Festival this year! It takes place in Davis Square on Saturday July 19th (rain date: Sunday, July 20th).

From the Somerville Arts Council website:

"During the heat of summer, artists and festival goers converge on Davis Square, transforming it into one of the area's largest and most innovative arts festivals. ArtBeat includes music, performance art, craft vendors, dance, theater, food, and a whole more. Each year we develop a theme that serves as a launching point for artists and the community to express themselves."

This year's theme is : GREEN.

So, if you are a local yokel, and you want to enjoy a day of good times, come on down! We'll be offering the full product line! I'm going to put the whipped shea body butter on ice.

Pictures from the Punk Show

Here are a few pics from Saturday's show. We met lots of interesting folks, saw some awesome live music, bought some cool crafts, and sold some soap! It was a blast!