The Frosted Cupcakes - Special Edition 0.35 oz Roll-on Perfume Oil, $6.50 from The Garden Bath, is a limited edition scent, which helps raise money for Donna’s future sister-in-law’s Breast Cancer 3 Day walk in Atlanta - which starts today!

Good luck to Julie who’ll be walking 20 miles today!

$3 from the sale of this perfume will be donated to Julie Levin’s fundraising campaign to benefit Susan G. Komen and the National Philanthropic Trust Breast Cancer Fund.

I did double check since this post was going up today, and the Save the Cupcakes Items will be available until Nov. 23, which is the last day for Julie to accept donations for her walk.

Donna shares why Breast Cancer Awareness is important to her and Julie:

I have been so lucky that none of my immediate family or friends have been stricken by breast cancer. However, everyone that I know has still been touched…some have co-workers or family or friends who have fought against breast cancer. It’s frustrating to know that simply because we’re women that my mother or best friend or even I could get this terrible disease. We have to find the cause and we have to find the cure!

Julie has a great story about why she’s doing this walk on her donation page.

But here’s a brief summary:
Julie’s grandmother was diagnosed with breast & ovarian cancer 11 years before she was even born. Unable to receive treatment since she was pregnant at the time, she had to delay until after she’d given birth, but by that time the cancers had spread. Knowing that during that time in history, cancer was pretty much a death sentence, her grandmother still chose to take every experimental cancer treatment that they had to offer. Her grandmother knew that she couldn’t be saved, but she fought for 22 years - living through terrible pain & treatment side effects - hoping that some day the data gained by those experimental treatments would help future generations of women. She was a true hero and inspired Julie to be the person she is today!

I’m truly inspired by Julie doing this 3-day, 60 mile walk to help raise funds so we can finally find a cure! She’s already walking as I’m typing this, so keep her in your thoughts - it’s going to be a tough 3 days, but nothing compared to living with and fighting breast cancer!

Thank you Donna and Julie!

The Garden Bath also has several other Save the Cupcakes items if perfume oil isn’t your thing - and you can always donate to Julie directly on her fundraising page.

The pink beaded HOPE bracelet, $5, is part of Afrique’s new PINK collection which was designed to inspire and increase breast cancer awareness.

10% of proceeds from Afrique will be donated to Susan G Komen For The Cure in support of breast cancer research and education.

Bethany from Afrique shares:

Breast Cancer Awareness is important to me because about 4years ago a very close friend of mine discovered she had breast cancer. She had to undergo treatment, but thankfully not major surgery. Today, she is a breast cancer survivor, and an inspiration to me. She fought hard and beat cancer. If more women were taught about breast cancer, and were able to receive help in diagnosis and treatment, we could wipe out breast cancer forever.

Bethany contacted me again on Oct. 6 and said:

I found out on Sunday that a very close friend of mine has a pre-cancerous lump in her breast. I am glad they caught it early and the only way they did was because she has yearly mammograms. I am on even more of a mission now to get the word out.

I wish Bethany’s friend the best, and although it is a terrible thing to have happen, it just goes to show how important Breast Cancer Awareness, and yearly mammograms are.

I think Chara says it better than I can:

For the woman who loves simple, elegant jewelry, here is a piece that is quiet but says a million words!

Simply Aware Necklace, $16, by Creations By Chara.

Am I the only one who loves the bowl she’s got the necklace in? :-).

10% of all purchases during October will be donated to Gilda’s Club.

Joy shares:

Breast Cancer Awareness is important to me because my mom died from it on November 15, 2004. She struggled for 5 years with an aggressive form of breast cancer that eventually spread to her lymph nodes, lungs, kidneys, bones, brain- basically her entire body. I do not want another daughter, aunt, sister, mother, father, brother, anyone to have to experience the final breath of their loved ones surrounded by oxygen tanks and machines.

The Simply Aware Necklace is just that. It’s a simple necklace without anything flashy or bold that is a constant reminder that hope is on the horizon. I think it is important to remember loved ones who’ve passed, those who are struggling in the now, those who have survived, and for the future generations that may be touched by cancer. I know that I want a cure when my daughters are older! It scares me that they may one day have cancer and I am willing to fight so that doesn’t happen.

Leave a Comment for the cure at Mystical Beauty’s Musings!

Now through Oct. 23 I’ll donate $1 for any comments left on MBM - so go leave a comment - and help raise money so that we can find a cure for Breast Cancer.

And get ready - Sarah’s Surprises is participating next week, from October 28-30.

I still haven’t heard from Elizabeth M, so I had to draw a new winner - the new winner is Christy, from Christy’s Creations.

If I don’t hear from Christy by Oct. 27 we’ll draw again, but hopefully it won’t come to that!

Here are your random numbers:

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Timestamp: 2008-10-21 15:04:11 UTC