Twilight Inspired Treasury

We made a Twilight-inspired treasury in anticipation of Eclipse coming out today. Check it out!

Phenomenon

I think we can officially say: Twilight is a phenomenon. It started out with just the books, but has spawned movies and stores and an amazing number of blogs and fan tributes. It amazes me when something affects so many people so strongly, and moves them to create such fantastic things.

Our Love Triangle lollipops are just a small part of that, but we hope that you'll include them as part of your Eclipse viewing!

photo by Kevin Keeker

Blogs Blogs Blogs Blogs

We've been featured in a two blogs over the last week or so, and we wanted to make sure everyone saw them!

Last Monday, the gorgeous style blog Creature Comforts Blog had a quick One Good Thing post about our lollipops, featuring pictures of our lovely Nutmeg-Creme lollipops. She features small shops and Etsy sellers, and she finds a lot of amazing stuff. How does she do that?

Over the weekend, Voracious, the Seattle Weekly food blog, reviewed our Celebration Time lollipops, having bought them from the wonderful CakeSpy shop on Capitol Hill.

Read all about them!

Thank You Real Simple!

Now that June is done (and the July issue has been out for a couple of weeks), we need to take a deep breath and say a big THANKS to Real Simple for including our Adventure Pack lollipops in their Summer Gift Guide. We've had a nice little sales boost and are quite happy after a hectic month!

How I Started Reading Twilight

It's all Susan's fault.

That's not entirely true, not really, but it is the upshot. Susan read the Twilight books and had the (brilliant) idea that OF COURSE we needed to make a Blood Sucker. We also started brainstorming Pacific Northwest themed flavors for the Lickanthrope (Jacob) and Sweetheart (Bella) lollipops and then I was about to need to write some copy talking about the flavors and it was clear that I wouldn't be able to do my job without reading Twilight. How did I know what flavors would be good for Jacob or Bella? How could I talk intelligently about how the flavors and shapes related to their characters without knowing anything about their characters? I couldn't.

So I caved and read the first one. It helped - there's no way I would have known that every teenaged boy in Forks had a crush on Bella if I hadn't read it. I treated it as way more tongue-in-cheek than Stephenie Meyer probably intended, but it turned out to be entertaining! Then I traveled to Seattle for a holiday show and we snuck in a New Moon viewing while I was there. For those of you who know me, I hate watching a movie without having read the book. So I read New Moon. I read Eclipse shortly thereafter (and we're planning a trip to see Eclipse while I'm in Seattle for UCU).

There you have it. I discovered that Twilight is good, campy fun because Susan wanted to make a Blood Sucker. It is all her fault.

photo by Kevin Keeker

UCU Countdown: < 3 weeks!

Holy cow, the amazing Urban Craft Uprising show is coming up fast: July 10-11!

I’m happy to report that our lollipop production is on track and we are feeling incredibly energized about the whole shebang.

We wanted to share some exciting news about UCU:

1) I can’t even believe how awesome this is. Mobile Chowdown 4, an event featuring over 20 mobile food trucks from Seattle and Portland, will take place near the Experience Music Project at Seattle Center on Saturday July 10th, giving you yet another reason to come on down. Oh, and if you want me to pay you to stand in the Marination Mobile line to get me some aloha sliders, I’m accepting applications EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY :-)

2) UCU’s blog has begun featuring brief interviews with various vendors, including several who are doing product giveaways to the blog’s commenters. Head on over to read about the talented artists and crafters who’ll be participating in this show!

To sum up:

• What: Urban Craft Uprising / Mobile Chowdown
• When: 11 am – 5 pm, July 10-11 / Chowdown the 10th
• Where: Seattle Center’s Exhibition Hall / EMP