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Stories That Reach Across Generations

Nothing brings generations together like a good story. Over the past couple of yaars I have had several ‘full circle’ moments as I read stories to my kids that I remember my parents reading to me as a child and I wonder if someday they will read their children the very same stories. Here are […]

One Ringy Dingy, Two Ringy Dingy…

Hello Sweet Shoppers!  It’s Kresta here, with a little bit of a history lesson for you.  Ready?  Good!  Well, on this day in 1876, Alexander Graham Bell, who was 29 years old, received a patent for his new invention – the telephone. My! How far we’ve come in 136 years!  What in the world would […]

Neapolitan Challenge

Hey there Sweet Shoppers!! Today I am giving you an opportunity to earn an extra point for your March portfolio. One of my all time favorite Sweet Shoppe challenges has always been the Neapolitan challenge!! I just love taking parts of different layouts and incorporating them into my own layout!! So inspiring!! Today I’ve picked […]

Year-Long Projects Check-In

If anyone of you are like me, March seems to always be the point when I either give up, stop, or unknowingly let slide my year-long project goals, be it scrap-wise or in any other areas of my life. I always start the year with the best intentions, all fired up, only to have the […]

Back to School

Hi sweet shoppers! Jacinda here to take you back to school for a moment. OK, not really, but my topic today is going to be all about school. Here in New Zealand, our school year begins early February and finishes mid December. I was searching the galleries here at SSD and around the net looking […]

Sweet Shoppe Saturday 3/3

Hey, Hey Sweet Shoppers! March is here, and we hope you enjoyed our 6th Anniversary Celebration – it was such an amazing reminder of what an incredible community we have here at SSD. Thank you so much for being the best fans in all of digi-land – we love you! Now it’s time to give […]

Whatcha Reading?

Hey Sweet Shoppers! Nikki here today and I thought I’d focus on books for today’s post. I’ve always been an avid reader, but it seems that when my husband is deployed I jump into my “to read” pile like I need it to survive. And in all honesty I do. After the kids are in […]

20 Questions with Misty Cato

Happy 1st of the Month Sweet Shoppers! I’m back again to put another one of my fabulous designers in the spotlight! This month’s featured designer is Misty Cato, and I’m sure you’ll agree with me that Misty adds something really special to our team not only in terms of what she adds to our store, […]

Life with a newborn

Hey there, Sweet Shoppers! Libby here checking in from a very sleep-deprived state.  As most of you know, I gave birth to, quite possibly, the cutest baby on the planet 2 weeks ago today.  We are still trying to adjust to life with a newborn.  Being as my older daughter is 14, it’s been a […]

It’s The Little Things…

Hey everyone! 🙂 Zoe here to share something that has been making me smile a lot lately… From the featured image on this post, you are probably thinking “WHOA! Let’s hope that’s not a plan for a new kit” – LOL! And it’s not, it’s my own little Picasso, aka Josh, and I’m loving his […]

Photographing in the Snow

This past week, we headed up to Vermont for a ski outing with the kids. Did I ever mention I don’t ski? I did trek up to the mountain with them one morning to take some shots. When I came home I was very unhappy with the results and decided I better read up on […]

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