Alice in Wonderland Baby Shower’s favor

January 26, 2012 by

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I had the wonderful opportunity to work with the Co-Founder of Playground Magazine Chrissy Allen. At the beginning of the month Chrissy contacted me and told me they were hosting a baby shower on January 28th for their founder Heather Reneau – which will be featured in the Spring Issue of PLAYGROUND. She asked me if I would be interested in making 35 pieces of soap as a baby shower favor and in addition my soaps would get highlighted in the article and online.This was an amazing opportunity since SoapMuchLove has been trying to promote its products to the local market.  What better way to do it than by being featured in Playground Magazine, a magazine that is being distributed in a lot of places throughout Central Florida.  As  most of you know I do not have a physical store, most of my sales are online at my Luulla or Etsy online shops where the competition is overwhelming. Being a mom and business owner is challenging since I am a mom 24/7 and I cannot be online constantly trying to promote my products.  For this reason, I would like to focus more on the local Orlando market.

 

After Chrissy and I spent a couple of days brainstorming (we knew Heather wanted a cake soap), the Neapolitan 5 layers cake soap came to life. I wanted to do something special for Heather and her guests. I also wanted to challenge myself with a design I have not done before. Searching the net, I fell in love with Sweetapolita‘s gorgeous cake design. It was my inspiration for my Neapolitan Sugar Scrub soap.

 
 
 Real Cake by Sweetapolita  My Cake soap version
I scented this soap cake with 4 different fragrance oils. Dark Chocolate, Vanilla Bean, Strawberry and Cream Chesse frosting. I added sugar to those layers as a mild exfoliant. The frosting was done with the SoapyLove‘s frosting recipe. If you have not seen my frosting technique video, click here. This was my very first time I made a soap cake. I have to admit that I am not a great cook, but I have so much fun creating soaps inspired by food. I love how this cake soap turned out.
To match the theme color, I bought some bright pink bakery boxes, doilies, black satin ribbon and a cute vintage Alice in Wonderland label. I bought these labels from another Etsy crafter Janice, the owner of Kutekardz. Janice custom made these label adding “lather me” on them. It was a pleasured working with her, I would definitely recommended her shop!
 
  Kutekardz’s custom labels. They turned out super cute! 
Here are the 35 slices of cake. Each of them weighed approx 10oz!
I cannot wait to hear feedback from Chrissy about Heather’s reaction. I hope her and her guests like them as much as I do.  As soon as the Spring Issue of Playground Magazine is available I will let you know, so all my local followers can grab their own copy!.Happy Soaping

Ada

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12 Comments on "Alice in Wonderland Baby Shower’s favor"

  1. Kati on Thu, 26th Jan 2012 3:28 am 

    So cute! And what a great opportunity!!

  2. SoapMuchLove,LLC on Thu, 26th Jan 2012 3:37 am 

    SoapMuchLove,LLC

    Thank you Kati!! cannot wait to see you all on May xoxo

  3. Dawn on Thu, 26th Jan 2012 2:09 pm 

    Great job Ada! I can’t wait to see the feature. I’m so excited that I’ll be in the mag for the first time also :)

  4. SoapMuchLove,LLC on Fri, 27th Jan 2012 4:25 am 

    SoapMuchLove,LLC

    Thank you Dawn! I am so excited too. I think having an Ad in this mag would increase our exposure in Orlando Market!!

  5. Rosie @ Sweetapolita on Fri, 27th Jan 2012 11:37 pm 

    Ada, I’m so flattered that you would turn my cake into soap, but wow, how absolutely divine! All of your work is delightful, and I can’t get over the rainbow cake soap. Too much cuteness! xo

  6. SoapMuchLove,LLC on Sat, 28th Jan 2012 1:38 am 

    SoapMuchLove,LLC

    Aww thank you thank you for taking the time to leave me a comment!. I am a big fan of your work too. My frosted rainbow cake soap is my signature soap/big seller. I am glad you like it. I just refreshed the look of my frosted rainbow cupcake soap too. xoxo

  7. Heather Reneau on Sun, 29th Jan 2012 11:21 pm 

    Ada, thank you so much for working with Chrissy to produce such gorgeous take-home gifts! Everything about them was so special from the beautiful packaging to the colors and how delish the soaps looked … Your creative talents were appreciated by all of the guests. Congrats on creating such a unique and exquisite product for people to enjoy.

  8. SoapMuchLove,LLC on Mon, 30th Jan 2012 3:40 am 

    SoapMuchLove,LLC

    Thank you for letting me be part of your beautiful shower!! I am thrilled to know you and your guests love them. There is nothing better than a happy customer. xoxo

  9. sandy yanes on Sat, 4th Feb 2012 12:45 pm 

    Caio Ada, You are so creative and so much love pours out from your soaps. I just found your site last night and made my first order and look forward seeing more of your creations. What a blessing it is to love what you do and to see others enjoying it.

  10. SoapMuchLove,LLC on Sun, 5th Feb 2012 1:01 am 

    SoapMuchLove,LLC

    Thank you Sandy for stopping by and for shopping on my shop XD

  11. Mel on Fri, 9th Mar 2012 2:32 pm 

    Those cake soaps are the cutest thing ever!

  12. SoapMuchLove,LLC on Tue, 13th Mar 2012 5:51 pm 

    SoapMuchLove,LLC

    Thank you Mel!! xoxo

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