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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 […]

Sweet Shoppe Saturday 2/25

Hey, Hey Sweet Shoppers! Another week has passed, and the end of February is upon us which means we’re just about ready to bring our 6th anniversary celebration to a close. That said, we’re sending it off in an explosion of sweetness because not only do we have some incredible kits from our Designers, and […]

Winter Fun!

Hello Sweet Shoppers! It’s me – Erin! 🙂 Winter here in the Midwest has been far from normal. I don’t think the kids have even had a snow day yet! (and normally there’s at least one by now!) But as I am typing this blog post – it is snowing. A wet and sloppy snow […]

Self Portraits - Make Friends with your Camera

It’s Not a Mug Shot for Pete’s Sake…

I know it can feel that way sometimes. It did for me when I first started down my road to more self-portraiture. I was coming out of a nebulous fog of self-identity, the “light” at the end of a very dark tunnel. For years, I defined myself by my roles as mother, wife, church volunteer […]

Carnival Adventures

Hey, hey sweet shoppers!  laura here this morning and my blog post today is twofold 🙂  first off, in case you have been hiding under a rock (haha), i was gone for 6 days.  my husband and i went on a cruise to cozumel.  all by ourselves, no kids, just us.  we took a cruise […]

The Beauty Dept.

Hey Sweet Shoppers, it’s Keely here today. After a few recent trips to Ulta, Sally’s and the beauty aisle at my beloved Target, I thought it would be fun to share a few of my go to items and recent finds. While I would never consider myself a girly girl, I love beauty products. I […]

Learning Something New

Hi, this is Andrea bringing you today’s blog post here at the Sweet Shoppe. I’ve been thinking for a few weeks about what to write about today and through the week I spent a happy evening crafting with my Mum who wanted to know how to make a drawer card that she had seen somewhere […]

Sweet Shoppe Saturday 2/18

Happy Saturday Sweet Shoppers! Your favorite day of the week is here, and I have some huge news to share with you tonight, but up first, here’s your first look at this week’s sweet new stuff from our talented Designers and inspiring Babes… There is so much gorgeous stuff in the shoppe this week, and […]

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