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Bath Cake Boutique was on the front page of The Winsted Journal!! Yay!!

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Overcoming the odds
November, 21, 2008

By GINA L.

SARTIRANA

Staff Reporter



WINSTED — Erin Fallon-Sullivan is the owner of a home business, the mother of three and a cancer survivor. Despite all the obstacles she’s had to overcome, she always has a smile on her face.

Fallon-Sullivan was diagnosed with breast cancer in October 2006 at the age of 36. At the time, she was a single mother working accounting jobs and home schooling her three boys, Andrew, 9, William, 8, and Patrick, 7.

"I was told by doctors that I was going to leave three little boys behind," said Fallon-Sullivan. "They were wrong."

Shortly before her diagnosis, Fallon-Sullivan reunited with an old friend, Thomas Sullivan.

"I knew Thomas for about 10 years prior. He had worked at a company that I worked at. He left the company and the company folded and he moved to Missouri," said Fallon-Sullivan. "He sent me a random e-mail 10 years later and moved home from Missouri a few months later."

Fallon-Sullivan decided to move forward with plans to wed and become a family, despite an unfavorable prognosis.

"We were planning on marrying in November, but moved it up to May (2007)," said Fallon-Sullivan. "We married on Memorial Day. I got married bald. It was very, very last minute. We got married with only six days of planning."

But in the end, she said the day was perfect. Both she and Thomas volunteer for the Winsted Fire Department and many of their guests were members of the department. Between the Memorial Day parade and a fire call earlier in the day, guests attended in attire ranging from turn-out gear to parade uniforms.

"It was really the most perfect day," said Fallon-Sullivan.

After the wedding, Fallon-Sullivan’s health improved and she began to think about going back to a passion: baking.

"After chemo and surgery and I got better again, what I really wanted to do was bake," she said.

However, Connecticut does not allow home-baking operations, so Fallon-Sullivan had to find another way to put her talents to use. Bath Cake Boutique was born.

Fallon-Sullivan makes bath products that look like baked goods. She sells all-natural soaps, body butter and "bath cakes" (also known as bath bombs) over her Web site, bathcake.com. She has recently started producing laundry detergents, as well as a variety of other creative products.

"I just started working with
water-soluble paper to put into soap to embed photos and logos," said Fallon-Sullivan.

Bath Cake Boutique has been in business for a year and has seen a steady increase in sales.

For more information on bath cakes and Fallon-Sullivan’s other products, visit bathcake.com.


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http://www.tcextra.com/news/publish/winsted/Overcoming_the_odds/731000.shtml

Pancakes!

We are on vacation this week. In New Hampshire. This morning we followed the recommendation of the activities director at the resort we stay at annually ... she recommended Heritage Farm Pancake House. This was the best breakfast EVER!!! Ever. Ever. Ever!! I can hardly begin to describe the quality of the food. But not only that we got ... pumpkin, egg nog, cranberry orange, blueberry, plain, chocolate chip, and double chocolate chip pancakes! Along with a platter of eggs, bacon & homefries ... all served family style. And to top it all off, while the food was being made we were encouraged to go play with toys, play in the playground or go out back and visit the animals. This was a dining room in a fully working farm and sugarhouse. We fed the pig, cow, goats, ducks, geese, chickens, donkey, and dog pancakes. :) They loved them too. Then we ate this amazing food and sampled different syrups. We left with a syrup and ... (you knew this had to be related to soap somehow) a goat soap made at another local farm. I saw it in a couple different places ... and decided to give one a try. For some reason I started telling the woman who took care of us that I make soap ... she handed me some money and placed an order right there and then. I so can't wait to get her order out to her, she took such great care of us and gave us such an exception experience ... I hope to do the same for her!!

All About Accessories

Now being carried locally -- Bath Cake! Stop by All About Accessories in Litchfield, CT to see Bath Cake Boutique products up close & personal. :)