So long.....Farewell!

After 6 years of entrepreneurship running Celebration Time, I’ve reached the difficult decision to hang up my hat. Rising costs of packaging, shipping, and ingredients have made producing and selling my specialty food products no longer cost effective.

Being a food producer has been a wonderful and thrilling roller coaster ride, filled with many highs and lows. I have learned invaluable lessons about regulations, marketing, selling, and promoting across social media channels, the last of which has often left me feeling “behind the times” as I struggle with keeping my personal life private vs. blasting aspects of my professional one. I know many entrepreneurs would agree with me.

Celebration Time officially launched our dressing at the Holly Springs Farmers Market in January of 2020, just before a global pandemic hit, so this wonderful farmers’ market was the ONLY place we could sell product for the first 18 months.

During that time, I started developing a spicy pizza sauce, which became our 2nd product “That’s A Spicy Pizza Sauce-A!”. I actually won 2nd place in North Carolina in 2022! What a wonderful surprise to be awarded this from NC Specialty Foods, an organization that has been so instrumental in helping so many of us food producers in our state. One year later, we introduced a “spicier” version of our sauce.

All of our products have been welcomed wholeheartedly by customers at events throughout North Carolina and on-line. I have so much gratitude for all who showed up rain, shine, heat, cold to have a chat and buy my made from scratch products. This has truly been a labor of love and I will always remember kind words, smiles, compliments, encouragement, handshakes, hugs, and honest feedback.

We have limited inventory of all three products available for purchase on-line through our website ideally before May 31, 2025. If you live locally in Wake, Chatham, or Orange counties, contact me directly and I can arrange to deliver.

Warmest regards and thanks,

Sarah DeStefano – Owner, Celebration Time NC