Cupcake Jones Cupcakes

Sweet Support in the Pearl

They say that Fairbanks, Alaska is “The Golden Heart City,” Millinocket, Maine is “The Magic City,” and Pennsylvania is home to both “The Friendly City” (Johnstown) and “The Sweetest Place on Earth” (Hershey), as well as “The Gem City” (Eerie, PA). But… …if you ask me, Portland currently takes the cake on all of these…

Garden of Miracles – Summer Bounty!!!

Yes, its summer here and one of our favorite times of the year with our Flawless Community. It was so inspiring to step back into our amazing gardens from last summer and bring everything back to life. We are so incredibly grateful to our Garden of Miracles donors and especially to our corporate sponsor for…

Flawless Founder, Janine Francolini sharing a birthday cupcake with her son Ellis

Happy Birthday Flawless by Emily Andrysick

This time two years ago, I was finishing up exams and prepping to go out to Portland and start working with Janine; she’d originally floated the idea past me of nannying, but over one phone conversation had mentioned “this Foundation that I just started…it’s kind of turning into a huge project, so I’ll probably need…

Lavender used for pillows

Lavender!!

We had the best time this week making lavender eye pillows with a group of boys. One of our special corporate donors, Sundance Lavender Farm has donated a ton of Lavender bouquets and Lavender essential oil for our Flawless Care Program. Our first project was making the pillows with flaxseed and lavender. The boys loved…

Pioneer student planting in the garden

Gardening Launch!

We launched our Garden of Miracles this week – it was a dream. We started with a class of 8 – 11 year old boys who are quite active and to watch them interacting, planning, gardening together with such calm and peace was AMAZING. The teachers were awe struck at the change in the students…