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Sweet Shoppe Saturday 9/1

Hey Hey Sweet Shoppers! Your favorite day of the week is here and with it, so is a brand new month! That’s right, September is here and that means the busy holiday season is just around the corner. Can you believe that there are just 4 months left of 2012?! It’s a little mind-boggling when […]

20 Questions with Mari Koegelenberg

Sweet Shoppers, September is here, and not only does this mean that there are only 4 months left of 2012, it also means it’s time to put another of our scrumptious designers into our Featured Designer spotlight! This time around, one of our newest designers, Mari Koegelenberg is putting herself out there for you to […]

College Color Day

This is it…the day we’ve been waiting for… College Color Day.  If you aren’t a college football fan then you probably have no idea what I’m talking about.  College Color Day marks the kick off of the football season.  It’s the day where you flaunt your team’s colors. At our house we are HUGE college […]

Get to know me: Mary :)

I decided to take a fun spin on the Get to know me video’s in the Forum. My intentions were real, I swear. I was going to post the video after recording it like 5x’s. LOL I decided eghhhh it’s not going to happen so I’ll ask myself some of the questions asked and post […]

The Long-Awaited Bathroom Remodel

Hi there Sweet Shoppers!  It’s Libby here today to share with you the project that has taken over my life for about the past 6 weeks or so.  Before I get to the pics, I have to give you a little background.  When Jeff and I first met, he already owned this house.  It’s an […]

Bonus Portfolio Challenge: Shrink-a-Template

Happy Tuesday Sweet Shoppers! It’s Erin with your final bonus challenge for the August Portfolio! It’s one of my favorite challenges – Shrink-A-Template. For the directions all you need to do is take a template out of your template stash, shrink it down and decorate it with SSD goodies. Once your layout is complete, post it […]

These are a few of my favorite things …

Happy Monday everyone!  I was working on a layout recently about some of my very favorite things – and I had to laugh at how random and ordinary most of them were.  BUT, they are all things that I use on an almost-daily basis, so I thought they were important enough to document.  I thought […]

Beauty In the Kitchen

Hi Sweet Shoppers, it’s Keely. It’s the last day before the kids go off to school and I think that calls for a little pampering before the chaos ensues. My oldest daughter and I are big fans of kitchen beauty so for our session we’re heading to the kitchen. Over many years I’ve found that […]

Sweet Shoppe Saturday 8/25

Hey, Hey Sweet Shoppers! Another week has passed and I can hardly believe it, but it was the final week of Summer here in North Carolina. The kids go back to school on Monday morning and I’ve spent the week going to open houses and doing those last minute errands that need doing before school […]

Good-Bye Seems To Be the Hardest Word

Hello friends!! Today I’m going to talk about something that’s going on with our family. We have a very close family. We live on the same block as my in-laws. I never thought that would happen, but honestly it is awesome. They really respect our space and our girls have a set of grandparents within […]

It’s all in the shadows

Hey everyone! Jacinda here. I’ve had a few comments on my layouts lately, that got me thinking maybe I should share how I shadow background papers. I discovered a little feature in photoshop some time ago (and totally by accident to be honest), that puts a slight wave into a layer, making it look a […]

Back To School!!

Hi Sweet Shoppers!!!  Nikki E here today to talk about the most fabulous most crazy time of the year, back to school!  I usually love summer, but this summer was brutal.  I felt like I was breaking fights up every 10 minutes, like I was always doing dishes, and since I was babysitting, I felt like we […]

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