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🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🥟 October is Polish American month! —where both sides of my dad’s family decided to emigrate to, is in the top 25 cities with Polish Heritage—at one point in time, we were up in the top 10! My dad’s parents each had 12 siblings each who all grew up here in Erie 😳🫣😮 (and here I am barely able to handle 2 kids, lol). I joke all the time—that if you’re Polish and grew up here in Erie—there is a good chance we are related!

I was handed my genealogy on my mom’s side—back to the 1300’s. No Polish ancestry there, but I had an ancestor 13th in line to the English crown, architects in Boston, NYC and Philly, and a president of Harvard—basically part of the colonial expansion here in the US.

I had no genealogy for my dad—I still haven’t seen a photo of his dad (my grandfather)—I knew only the names of his grandparents. So back when my babies were young I started digging—and then I lost my dad—so I dug in deeper. It’s one of those time periods that shaped my views of immigration, too. There were a lot of ugly things happening in Poland—I cried a lot doing that research. Some of my cousins from Poland are in Brazil, some are in India—some in Chicago, Buffalo or Pittsburgh—because had their parents/grandparents not fled there—they wouldn’t be alive. Then there were the ones where there was an abrupt end to the paper trail…😔

So here are my offerings to celebrate the resilience, strength and determination of my ancestors. My father has been a huge inspiration to this “daddy’s girl”—he was a design engineer and held patents—he was actually an enigma—he was 100% hearing impaired as a child—dumped off for being “deaf and dumb”—but teachers actually saw he was a savant! Now if only I could channel some of those engineering skills into my meager soap and mold designs!

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🍂🍃🍁FALL Foliage Fest at Panama Rocks Scenic Park starts tomorrow—and the weather looks fabulous! Find out there from 10-5 both Saturday & Sunday. And also, you’ll find Bubble Mom and the OG CEO out at the Farmer’s Market in Fairview, PA hosted by the Fairview Township Parks & Recreation on Chestnut St from 9-1 tomorrow.
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When we like to actually repeat our bath bombs (there have been some we have made once and said “nope, not again), I like to then print sheets out like this one, so I can reference it—because for some reason even though I have a pretty decent memory, somehow I would manage to make them wildly different the next time. I’m human. The other reason I print these—is because I don’t like disrupting the music on my phone while painting to look up a picture in my phone picture library 🤳😂

Our first time out at the Fairview Farmers Market!

🍁👻🧟‍♀️🦇☕️🪾🎃Welcome October and all the Halloween and fall vibes! RIP Tim Curry!

Our amazing customers cleared us out of almost all of our Halloween bath goodies this past weekend at WineFest, so we have been tirelessly restocking them, along with a few of our regular bath bombs. And uh …. *cringe* we may also be rolling out some (this hurts me to say 😂) CHRISTMAS 🎅🏻⛄️🐧bath bombs—just a few, we have our “Christmas 4 for $4 each” on my bath bomb painting table as we speak—and Christmas confetti is also on our list if we can get it done today.

You can grab some of these this weekend—first will be our FIRST Fairview Township Parks & Recreation Farmers Market at Buseck Memorial Park (Chestnut St) from 9-1. And will be out at Panama Rocks Scenic Park for their Fall Foliage Fest 10-5 Saturday and Sunday!

🎃🦇👻 It’s time for a new calender! We *might* be adding an event the weekend before Halloween weekend—still waiting for emails!

Panama Rocks Scenic Park

Fairview Township Parks & Recreation

Peek'n Peak Resort

Lawrence Park Township
Erie Craft & Gift Festivals

Copper Carriage

Another NEW bath bomb is our black rose 🖤🌹 scented in a pleasing combo of florals and berries. Also pictured is our massive coffin ⚰️ bombshell bath bomb—if you’re familiar with our Dragon Egg—this is similar—a large, hollow bath bomb, filled with sparkly milk bath mix, and concentrated color embeds. Hidden inside is a little articulated 3D printed SKELETON! Also in the pic—our 2 color variations of a planchette!
You can pick these up TODAY until 10 pm & TOMORROW 11-4 out in North East, PA at WineFest! 🍷 Grab your besties—the weather is amazing!

NEW BATH BOMB—You guys—I apologize that this photo is so washed out from the sun, but look it how caaaa-ute these are! Spider web 🕸️ bath bomb with your choice of an articulated 3D printed 🕷️ spider! Grab one from our sky blue 🫧🩵🩵🩵 tent at WineFest out in North East this weekend! Today and tomorrow until 10 pm, and Sunday from 11-4.

Thank you to Cada Molds for your fantastic molds and even more fantastic customer service!

We are full on Halloween 👻🎃 mode here! TODAY is the first day of WineFest 🍇🍷out in North East! We are in our usual spot next to the fountain in Gibson Park—and we will have lots of fun new Halloween bath goodies—and back are these fun bath “bucket” style bath bombs. It’s fun to climb into your bath with one of these, dip it in the water, let the mix activate, then pull it out of the bath and let the bath bomb foam out of the cauldron (or ghost or Frankenstein or pumpkin)—repeat until it’s all gone! We will be here tonight from 4-10, tomorrow 12-10 (we will probably be there earlier), and Sunday 11-4.

We are all set up today at 2 locations! First up we are at GRIDLEY PARK for the FINAL LEAF - Lake Erie Arboretum at Frontier Park Open Market—it was moved here due to the ongoing cleanup efforts at Frontier Park.
You’ll also find out at the Visit Bemus Point Fall Fest today and tomorrow! Come see us!