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A Rainy Day Activity

I am always looking for new activities to do with my kids on those rainy days, or times when they are bored and are trying to find something to do. I pull this one out every now and then because 1) it is super easy 2) it isn’t too messy and 3) it keeps them […]

Perfect Portfolio Pages

Hi everyone!  It’s Dana here today – and I thought I would do a gallery standouts type post today and show you all some of my favorite pages made for this month’s Pinterest portfolio.  I had a great time looking through the September portfolio thread and seeing all the wonderful pages that have been made […]

Spin-a-lift! September bonus portfolio challenge

Happy Tuesday Sweet Shoppers! Lizzy here, bringing you another chance at a bonus portfolio challenge for this month. For this challenge, we’re doing a spin-a-lift of the amazing Lydia’s gallery. I’ve always been a fan of Lydia’s pages, her layering and clustering is always gorgeous, and who could resist those gorgeous kiddos faces? So take […]

20 Questions with Kristin Cronin-Barrow

Sweet Shoppers, we’re halfway through September, and that means it’s time to put another of our fabulous designers into the Featured Designer spotlight. In this week’s newsletter I hinted that she was a fan favorite and I wasn’t messing around! Kristin Cronin-Barrow, also known as KCB to most of us, has been part of our […]

Sweet Shoppe Saturday 9/15

Hey Hey Sweet Shoppers! Another week has come and gone, so I’m sure you know what that means. That means it’s time for me to show off a heap of brand new goodies from our amazing Designers and inspiring SugarBabes. I know you’re eager to take a peek at the latest sweet treats, so let’s […]

Vulnerable

  Hi Sweet Shoppers! Lex here, and in the spirit of keeping things real, I wanted to write about what this week has been for me. Some time ago I had felt a large mass on my left breast. It was frighteningly large, and my OB-GYNE, after instructing me to get a breast ultrasound, asked […]

A quick template giveaway

I’m heading out today for some much needed me time, things has been busy around here so I’m really looking forward to spending the afternoon relaxing and doing a little shopping. But before I go I’d like to share a template I made using one of my LOs. Download here I hope you like them.

Go to Kits

I know. I know. Many of you are one kit scrappers and I understand that. But sometimes it is fun to get a little crazy and pull from different kits.  Today, I am going to show you some of my go-to kits and some of my fellow Babe choices. There are certain kits as a […]

Remembering September 11, 2001

Hello Sweet Shoppe dwellers. Yari here today to bring you a special blog post honoring September 11, 2001 and all that happened on that day. I am not going to lie, this was rather difficult for me to do. Tears filled my eyes and my heart was taken away in emotion several times as I […]

The Quest for Birthday Adventure

Birthdays are always something I’ve tried to make very special for my daughters.   I love to celebrate each of them individually to show my kids how special they are to me.  For the past four years we have hosted my youngest daughter’s, Hannah, birthday party at our house during Labor Day weekend.  We generally […]

Home Renovations Update

Well, I know during the spring I shared that we were going to use our tax refund to remodel the main floor of our house on a very tight DIYer budget… we had found some kitchen cabinets at the Habitat for Humanity Restore and that was probably the biggest chore for us was piecing them […]

Sweet Shoppe Saturday 9/8

Hey Hey Sweet Shoppers! Your favorite day of the week is here and as usual, I have loads of sweet new goodies for you to devour tonight. Our inspiring Babes and talented Designers have been busy bees creating for you this week, so let’s get right to it with your first look at this week’s […]

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