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The Final Countdown

Hi sweeties!  Libby here today, and now that I’ve successfully managed to get a cheesy 80’s song stuck in your head, I thought I’d share a little of what’s been keeping me so busy these days! We are in the home stretch for little Chloe coming to join us!  I’m 36 weeks along today, so […]

20 Questions with Julie Billingsley

Happy Monday Sweet Shoppers! We’re halfway through the month, and that means it’s time to put another talented Sweet Shoppe Designer in the spotlight for our Featured Designer interview and promotion. Next up is Julie, and I just know you’re going to love getting to know her a little bit better in our interview below. […]

Here We Go Again

Hey Sweet Shoppers! This is Nikki here today. Most of you probably are aware that we are a military family. My husband Brian is Active Duty Army National Guard, which basically means that’s his full time job. Over the course of our marriage we’ve been through two 13 month deployments and as of the end […]

Sweet Shoppe Saturday 1/14

Hey, Hey Sweet Shoppers! Another super sweet Saturday is here, and I have lots of sweet new stuff to show off to you this week. The Designers have been busy bees behind the scenes making lots of amazing new kits and other goodies, and our talented Babes have been hard at work creating gobs of […]

Be afraid, be very afraid

Are ya scared?  You should be.  It’s Friday the 13th afterall.  Good morning sweet shoppers.  Laura here today, just to babble a lil’ bit in your ear (or on your eyes, whichever you feel more comfortable envisioning).   It’s no secret that I suffer from seasonal depression.  For years, I tried to deny it, but […]

20 Reasons Why

Hey all, Melissa here with your blog post today. Today is a big day for me and my hubby. It is our 20th wedding anniversary. I sit here in disbelief that it has really been that long, can I really be that old? LOL! A little background on how we met. I met my husband […]

Finding Joy

Hey there Sweet Shoppers!! Laurie here today and I’d like to talk about finding joy and gratitude. I know the idea of a gratitude journal isn’t new, but I’ve never done it before. Last year I was introduced to the book 1000 Gifts by Ann Voskamp. What an amazing book this is!! I follow her […]

Making a room into a PLAY-room!

Sheri here to tell you about how I turned an all-purpose room into a play room!  Some of you may remember a few months ago when I posted in the forum for suggestions on how to convert a room into a playroom (thank you for your suggestions).  I’m proud to present our new playroom.  It’s […]

winner winner chicken dinner!

Thanks to everyone for playing along with my giveaway! The winners are Marla, Natalie, and abm234(Amy). Congrats! Please email me at celestefsmith AT gmail DOT com to claim your gift certificate! xo, Celeste    

Spin-a-Lift Extra Point

I just love to browse through the Sweet Shoppe gallery to get inspiration.  One of my favorite scrappers is Laurie (LibbysMommy).  Her gallery has close to 900 layouts! She is extremely creative so her gallery has a bit of everything…..layouts with lots of clustering, white space, clean designs, templates, lots of journaling, no jouraling, amazing title work,  […]

Sweet Shoppe Saturday – 1/7

Hey, Hey, Sweet Shoppers! It’s been an amazing week here at SSD, and I wanted to take a second to thank you guys for all of your kind words and feedback throughout the past week. It’s been great hearing from both old and new faces and we hope that you guys will stick around during […]

Six Years!

Hola, Sweet Shoppers! Lex here, and today’s an amazing, special day for me: six years ago, I married my best friend, Mark. I can still remember the strange haze of anticipation that I had throughout that whole morning and afternoon. This was despite a sudden, heavy downpour that happened right when I stepped out of […]

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