Christmas shipping deadlines

This Charming Candy's 2013 holiday order deadlines, for delivery of your candy orders by December 25:

• for delivery to Africa, Central America and South America -- Sunday, December 1
• for delivery to all other non-US countries -- Sunday, December 8
• for delivery within the US -- Tuesday, December 17

Thank you!

2013 Event Schedule

Lingering happy memories are still with me from the summer and fall, but it's time to turn an eye to the 2013 Holiday season! For now, I'm sticking to the west coast, and am branching out to include a couple of big gift festivals that showcase food items and mix handmade goods with commercial ones. I hope to see you at one of these events... 

Pike Place Arcade Lights

Pike Place Market

Seattle, WA

October 18

Holiday Food & Gift Festival

Oregon Convention Center
Portland, OR
Nov 1-3

Christmas in Seattle

WA State Convention Center

Seattle, WA

November 8-10

Holiday Gift Boutique
Sand Point Country Club
Seattle, WA
November 12

Urban Craft Uprising

Seattle Center Exhibition Hall

Seattle, WA

December 7-8

Renegade Craft Fair SF
Concourse Exhibition Center
San Francisco, CA
December 21-22

Pike Place: Arcade Lights

Pike Place Market is one of my favorite Seattle institutions, and I'm excited to participate in next month's Arcade Lights Festival to benefit the Market Foundation.

Arcade Lights celebrates our town's artisan food, craft beer, and wine makers in an evening of after-hours tasting. The entry fee includes 10 tokens redeemable for your choice of food and beverage and a keepsake glass. Additional tokens are available for purchase at the event entrances.

Date:

Friday October 18

Time: 

7 - 10 pm 

Tickets: 

$28 in advance [buy from Brown Paper Tickets]  / $35 day of event

Planes, Trains, & Automobiles, plus a Brief Shipping Delay

My travels and exploits during the Strange Folk Festival will take the better part of a week, as I fly into Chicago, carpool to and from O'Fallon (outside St. Louis), and finally return to Seattle by train. Accordingly, new online orders will be briefly delayed.

Specifically, orders placed between Sept 26 - Oct 3 will begin shipping by Friday October 4. Thanks in advance for your understanding! And you can peek at my Instagram account to see photos from the adventures. See you soon!

New Stockist: Eat Local

Eat Local is a business I kind of wish *I* had invented! They make awesome from-scratch prepared frozen meals using (obviously) locally-sourced ingredients. As my grandmother used to say, "delicious, nutritious! Makes you feel ambitious!"

My goofy family sayings aside, I've already tried several of Eat Local's soups and it's clear that we share an philosophy of creating great flavor combinations. Hazelnut & White Bean? Apricot Lentil? Oh yeah!

So this is basically a dream match. We're thrilled to be in their selection of locally produced pantry items, along with confections from Theo Chocolates and Jonboy Caramels; jams from Tiny's Organic and honey from Moon Valley.

If that weren't enough, I just about fainted from delight when I saw that Erin in their Capitol Hill location drew this amazing sketch of Morrissey saying "you deserve a ten minute treat" for their in-store display:

Don't argue with Morriseey.

Eat Local's shop in Capitol Hill

This news also means that Capitol Hill residents once again have a neighborhood option for lollipop shopppin'!

503 Broadway E
Open from 9am to 11pm everyday

Midwest Candy Fest Continues...

One of my business goals this year was to add a few new cities & events to my tour schedule. Until this year I've stuck to west coast cities within driving distance. I'm really excited to have two opportunities to reach Midwest customers this month. Earlier this month This Charming Candy had its Chicago debut, and now we're gearing up for our first St. Louis area appearance at Strange Folk Festival!

Here's what you need to know:

September 28-29
10 am - 6 pm both days
O’Fallon Community Park
O'Fallon, IL (15 min from downtown St. Louis)