Potion Master Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 COME ONE, COME ALL! ALL AGES WELCOME!You don't want to miss our New Release Party this Friday! We are hosting a CARNIVAL in our shop - complete with cotton candy and popcorn being made on the spot, games and prizes and even fishies in bags! All this to celebrate our Limited Edition fragrance set for Fall - our Carnival Collection! Come on down and join the fun! Love Potion Magickal Perfumerie703 Main St, Vancouver WA 98660Friday Sept 2nd5-9 pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missdarlyncherie Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 CARNIVAL COLLECTION!!! Oh my!!! DO TELL!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StacyK Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Ohh goosebumps!!!! These are going to be awesome!!! I so wish I could hop on a plane and go to the release parties. I swear I'm buying an RV one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luna65 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Oh my!!! DO TELL!!! It is FABOO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missdarlyncherie Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 It is FABOO! Of that I have no doubt! Now cough up some some hints before I jump on an elephant and storm the LP castle dammit!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luna65 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 It's going to be everything you love about carnivals...some really cute things, some yummy, and all of it fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missdarlyncherie Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Tee hee hee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggers Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Ugh! I LOVE the ticket with the heffalump on it! I really wish I could make it to one of these shindigs. They sound like a blast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinnamonmel Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 I know! Me too. We're having a candy floss machine and popcorn at middle kids birthday soon though, so part way there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quietguy Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 It's going to be everything you love about carnivals...some really cute things, some yummy, and all of it fun! Pennywise the Clown & The Lost Boys haha?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luna65 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 LOL no - NO CLOWNS ALLOWED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndieAna Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 OMG sounds ah-mazing!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Cat Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 OMG a Carnival theme?!?!?! Freaking out with delight!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbudish Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Creepy Carnival Scents! That would be incredible! Every year a carnival company rents our land and has an old fashioned small town carnival. This year I'm sneaking my girls on the Merry Go Round at dawn and doing a photoshoot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tink333 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 I'm excited for LP new releases, like always, but I cannot even begin to wrap my brain around the idea of carnival scents. I can't wait to see these. I just keep going to American Horror Story season 4 was it? I couldn't get through that season. That clown. Completely terrifying! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luna65 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 This isn't a creepy/scary theme, though, The Halloween collection will be spooky, but this is old-fashioned Fall Carnival fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyVictoria Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 OMG FUNNEL CAKE AND CANDY APPLESSSSSSSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyVictoria Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Roses and cupcakes!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethOSP Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Woo-HOOOOO!!! STEP RIGHT UP!!! Gods, I LOVE the labels and the ticket!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tink333 Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 OK, the carnival theme is BRILLIANT!!! The labels are STUNNING!!! I just truly could not get creepy carnival out of my mind. I think American Horror Story traumatized me. This is why I stopped watching it. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luna65 Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 OMGosh, John-John looked totes adorbz in his getup! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potion Master Posted September 3, 2016 Author Share Posted September 3, 2016 The party went over AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so so so happy about that! I LOVE CARNIVALS! Everyone really had a great time, including us. We had little wee kids all the way up to grammies and grampies, and multiple people said they had looked forward to it for weeks!!!!! One family - omg, the most adorable family ever - we met them a few weeks ago at the shop - they just relocated here - and the littlest one, it was her 5th birthday tonight, and this is where she wanted to go. Heart. Melt. I have so much fun with this kid because we do little tricks of funny magic here just to show peeps we are REAL WIZARDS AND WITCHES and this little girl is just stunned and amazed by it all. SO FREAKIN' CUTE! Of course, when it gets totally packed, we get too busy to snap pix, so you can't see how really crazy it got tonight, but it was wonderful. Everyone was overwhelmed and appreciative of the event, and we all had a marvelous time. The Vancouver Downtown Business Association even sent us a thank you for throwing unique events in the district and included us on their walking map of special events for the month.. Mae worked the Ticket Booth, dressed as a Gypsy. What a cutie beauty, inside and out. She's more than a little Fae. Magic in this one for sure. Her treasure chest is filled with Pirate Coins and each attraction or food item costs one coin, except drinks which were free all night. We gave a few coins to everyone who entered, and if they wanted more, we charged them $5 for 10 coins. We had five games, each with unique prizes. John ran three of them from one long table. LOOK HOW CUTE HE DRESSED UP FOR THE OCCASION! Adorable. He also programmed the music for the evening and did a fantastic job. We blasted exciting rock music, 50's-70's mostly, brought in extra speakers just for this and I think we'll keep them here, it was awesome. We gave away full bottles of perfume as GRAND PRIZES, and lots and lots of little toys and stuffed animals, and jewelry too. John magically levitating rings. Behind John was the FOOD booth, run stunningly well by Alexis and Cinnamon. We had originally planned to have each food in a different place around the store, but then we realized we needed it all in one spot because of the socket placement, so Alexis and Cinnamon ended up having the most difficult job of the night keeping hot dogs rolling, popcorn popping and cotton candy spinning all at once. Truly, it was insane. And on top of that, we blew a fuse as soon as we tried to light it all up at once so Izzy had to run to 3 different stores to get us back up again - luckily that part happened before the event started, but what a drama! I tell him he needs his own reality show called "Izzy Does It" because he is the problem solver of the universe. We only unpacked our brand new popcorn popper, hot dog roller, steam trays and cotton candy machine YESTERDAY. We bought everything because renting would have been half the price of buying, so - you use it twice, it's more logical to buy. New respect. This is not easy. The co who we bought the cotton candy and popcorn machine didn't include ANY instructions or paperwork on how to put them together or operate them! John looked up utube vids to assemble the popcorn machine, not intuitive, let me tell you, and I am a champ at constructing furniture and such, but the CC machine - we couldn't find a vid or manual anywhere. We finally worked out how the popcorn machine worked, but the CC machine, we all tried our hand at spinning that sugary goodness onto sticks and only Cinnamon mastered it during the evening. I'm gonna keep practicing, I am determined to nail this. Most of our attempts ranged from pitiful to scary to Trump's hairdo. This is Cinnamon making good ones.... Alexis is pissed, because SHE wanted to run the CC machine - reserved her spot weeks ago, but sadly, was not very good at it. Finally, at the end of the night, Alexis nailed it....look how proud. Really good popcorn, come get some! Ok, so I don't know if these hot dogs were exceptionally good or if hot dogs have always been good but I just didn't know. The thought of them scares me so I have rarely eaten one, but damn, these were GOOOOOD! To the right from there, The Bar. Jessica worked this fabulously well this evening. We did an easy punch because we knew it would be crazy. 6 gallons of Raspberry Lemonade,.3 pounds of blueberries, 20 pounds of ice, and nearly 3 gallons of BOOZE were happily consumed this evening. Bet your tongue is blue! I stationed myself at the front counter with the New Releases. The big hits of the evening were: #1 LP Carnival #2 Medium #3 Vardo Honorable mention for Fair Ground... and Sweet!...oh, and Goldfish too. To my left, the adorable Jesse with the Bean Bag Booth...(why did no one tell me I put the wrong sign on that booth? I didn't know until I saw these pictures, which were taken by our friend Marc.) Anyway, VERY popular booth because EVERYONE loves bubbles, right? Prizes were Bubble Wands - around 8 inches long, and Bubble Swords - around 2 feet long. People came back and back trying to win those swords! And then, Jennifer, The Good Fairy, luring children to the Duck Pond with bubbles. She SAYS she's a good fairy anyway, but just look at the knowing smile.... The bubbles lure you to the ducks...match a pair, win a prize! Jennifer's prizes were all aquatic, she gave away funny rubber duckies, squirty animals and Fortune Fish. ~ AND ~ Did I not promise you GOLDFISH IN A BAG! Psych! It's SOAP! bwahahahaha! Cute, right? 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Potion Master Posted September 3, 2016 Author Share Posted September 3, 2016 Too funny - and they knitted these themselves.... It may not look pretty, but it still tastes good! I LOVE THIS PIC!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoopyace Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 Amazing pictures!! It looks like a very special evening of fun!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBirkeys Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 OMG!! Everything looked fabulous!! The goldfish soap in a bag was genius, I have to say!!! Well done, Mara!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Cat Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 Ohhhhhhh gorgeousness! I adore Vermont and will never leave, but oh! to be an LP local for just one night every month! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quietguy Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 It looks fantastic - you put so much effort into each month I am glad the VDBA recognized you! But I am especially glad that locals appreciate your shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggers Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 Oh wow! What an amazing party! I can't believe how much effort you guys put into this. Incredible. Really incredible. I'm so glad that things are going so beautifully for you with the shop. How could it go any other way when you're putting in such an amazing amount of thought, ingenuity and effort into it. Not to mention all the fun you're injecting into the neighbourhood! I'm so happy for you! So disappointed that I had to miss this - stupid non-existent teleporters! Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missdarlyncherie Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 So much fun!!!! Thanks for posting pics so we can participate (kinda) NOW GIMME THOSE CARNIVAL SCENTS!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StacyK Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 (edited) Oh Mara that looks like a wonderful party. What fun. You have really perfected these events. Looks like a great night. Those goldfish soaps! Inspired. Lol. I know Blackcat... But, what a wonderful trip it would be! Edited September 3, 2016 by StacyK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tink333 Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 Wow!!! That sounds awesome! The pictures are great and I'm so happy that it was such a fantastic party!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luna65 Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 How could it go any other way when you're putting in such an amazing amount of thought, ingenuity and effort into it. Not to mention all the fun you're injecting into the neighbourhood! IKR?! Mara was born to add a little magic to everyone's lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggers Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 IKR?! Mara was born to add a little magic to everyone's lives. She certainly has to mine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luna65 Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 She IS the magic in my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halo0073 Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 Amazing!!! I love all the pictures. I was following along last night as they were posted on Facebook. I'd die to see it all in person! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hearts Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 Looks like a fun party! Wish I lived closer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potion Master Posted September 3, 2016 Author Share Posted September 3, 2016 A four year old girl has declared that the best scents for this month are Ellie's Elephant Snacks and Sweet! She has spoken. It is so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luna65 Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 See, I told you Ellie's scent would be THE BEST! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggers Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 A four year old girl has declared that the best scents for this month are Ellie's Elephant Snacks and Sweet! She has spoken. It is so. Good goin' kid! (Those are the ones I have my eye on!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndieAna Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Wow, what a night was had by all. Thanks for sharing the pics. You and the crew should be so proud, Mara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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