Hey, hey Sweet Shoppers! I know many of you are already out on Summer break, but my kids have just a couple more days of school next week and then Summer is officially here in my house too! I am really looking forward to having several relaxing weeks without the pressures of homework, lunches, early mornings and everything else that goes with the school year!

Most of all I am looking forward to having time to do the things I love, and putting more focus on Sweet Shoppe Designs is at the top of the list for me! I am ready to have a great summer and I know you are too, so without further delay, here’s your first look at this week’s seriously gorgeous sweet new stuff…

In addition to a peek at all of this week’s seriously gorgeous stuff, you can also see that we’ve spiffied up our weekly header for the kick off of our Sweet Shoppe Summer of Love event!! I’m super excited about this event because there will be an incredible new Free with Purchase goodie every week… all Summer long! The first FWP is this week’s brand new Featured Designer kit from the fabulous Jenn Barrette, and it is one you won’t want to miss…

Jenn’s Lead Not Follow is seriously gorgeous, and best of all it’s FREE when you spend $10 in the shoppe between now and next week when our newest releases go live! While our Featured Designer kits are usually available for 2 weeks, they’ll only be available for a limited time this Summer so that we can fit lots more free goodies in for you to enjoy over the next 3 months!

Starting next weekend, the first of our Summer Petit Fours will be available and we can’t wait to show it off! Jenn, Ru, Brook and Erica teamed up for the first of our special edition Summer Collabs, I <3 Adventure, and it is absolutely AWESOME! You’ll definitely want to collect the entire series of I <3 kits this Summer, so check in each week to see what’s new ALLL summer long!

Before I go, I also wanted to mention that in preparation for our 10th anniversary year, we’re looking for some incredible designers to join our team! If you would love to work for the sweetest shoppe in all of digi-land or know someone who might be interested or who you’d like to see join us, look for our new Now Hiring graphic in the shoppe and on our blog and apply now or pass it along! We can’t wait to hear from you as we start building the team that will move forward into our second decade as part of the Sweet Shoppe family of designers!

On that note, I’m off for the week, but I’ll be here in your inbox next weekend with lots more sweet new stuff! Until then, keep making memories and scrap MORE!