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In the meadow, we can build a snowman…

Tracy here to talk about snowmen.  Wait…Tracy…the one from Florida?  What do I know about snowmen?  Not much about the real ones as I’ve only built an actual snowman probably 4 or 5 times in my whole life.  But what I do enjoy is building them through craft projects and activities, especially with my son. […]

Pucker Up – Hybrid Lip Balm Gifties

It’s Juli here with a fast little hybrid winter gift that is quick to make and oh so cute!  I don’t know about all of you, but I love the after Christmas sales.  Every year I pick up packs of lip balms to have on hand in my gift box not only for my family […]

Operation Organization

Happy new year! This is Aly, and I am determined that 2012 will be a wonderful year. For me, the new year makes my mind spin with all of the possibilities. It is like a brand new start… a clean slate. One of the major things I think about in my head constantly is organization. […]

2012 Year-Long Project for Memory Keepers

Hello 2012. For us memory-keepers, the start of the new year always means two things, 1) Tis the season to wrap up last year’s memories and 2) Set goals for memory-keeping for the new year. Which projects would we like to try? Which projects did we fail to finish and would like to give a […]

Let’s Try This Again – Giveaway

Well the site being down kind of crimped the giveaway didn’t it? Sorry for any frustration that caused. I hope that you enjoyed the holidays with your family. Let’s try this giveaway again! I’m giving away three $10 gift certificates to the store. (Robin graciously offered to split the cost with me, she’s really fabulous […]

A New Year, An All-New Sweet Shoppe Designs!

Hey, Hey Sweet Shoppers! Can you believe we’ve been offline for a week now? It seems like it’s been forever, but we are soo excited to be back with you guys in our brand new sweeter-than-ever spot on the web. I have soo much to show off and tell you about this week, so let’s […]

20 Questions with Lauren Grier

We’re kicking off a brand new feature here at the Sweet Shoppe by putting Lauren Grier in the spotlight as one of this month’s featured digital scrapbook designers. Lauren has been at SSD longer than anyone else which makes her a wonderful place to start, and not only is her style one of a kind, […]

365 Days of Bliss – Holiday Gift

I hope that you are enjoying this special day with your family. I’m lucky we are actually celebrating both Christmas and Hanukkah today! We’ll light the menorah right before dinner. I thought long and hard about what I wanted to post today. Then I decided that I get so much from this community so I […]

365 Days of Bliss: Sweet Shoppe Saturday 12/24

Hey, hey Sweet Shoppers! As I mentioned last week we aren’t going to have any new releases for you this weekend, but I still wanted to take a minute to check in with you guys to wish you a very Merry Christmas, and to remind you of some important announcements. First up, today is the […]

365 Days Of Bliss: Last Minute Gifts

We’ve all done it before, no matter how many lists you make or how organised you are we’ve all forgotten about someone in the rush and panic of Christmas so today I wanted to share my last minute ” oh my goodness they’ll be here in half an hour and I completely forgot about …” […]

365 Days of Bliss: Wedding Anniversary

Hi everyone this is Jacq bringing you today’s 365 days of bliss post. We will be celebrating our sixth wedding anniversary tomorrow and I can’t believe that it’s been six years since I walked down that aisle and said my I do. I can still remember all the planning and effort it took for everything […]

365 Days of Bliss: Traditions

Hey sweeties! This is Aly. This time of year always makes me think of Traditions. Family traditions, but especially holiday traditions. I love thinking back on my life and realizing that so many of my most wonderful memories have been centered around traditions that my parents set, and carried through with every year. Being a […]

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