{"id":84553,"date":"2024-09-08T03:22:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-08T07:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/?p=84553"},"modified":"2024-08-06T20:32:47","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T00:32:47","slug":"september-8-national-ampersand-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/september-8-national-ampersand-day\/","title":{"rendered":"September 8 &#8211; National Ampersand Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Who knew there was actually a day to celebrate the good ole&#8217; ampersand!?  The day is set to honor the &#8220;&amp;&#8221; symbol and its importance in writing, logos and titles.  I did a quick search of the shoppe and wanted to showcase some of the fabulous kits that contain our friend, the ampersand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/sweetshoppe\/product.php?productid=33281&amp;cat=&amp;page=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-216.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-84554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-216.png 700w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-216-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-216-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-216-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-216-400x400.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/sweetshoppe\/product.php?productid=44520&amp;cat=&amp;page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-217.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-84555\" width=\"701\" height=\"701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-217.png 700w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-217-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-217-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-217-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-217-400x400.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/sweetshoppe\/product.php?productid=50479&amp;cat=&amp;page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-218.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-84556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-218.png 700w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-218-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-218-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-218-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-218-400x400.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/sweetshoppe\/product.php?productid=46248&amp;cat=&amp;page=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-219.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-84557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-219.png 700w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-219-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-219-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-219-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-219-400x400.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/sweetshoppe\/product.php?productid=53365&amp;cat=&amp;page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-220.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-84558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-220.png 700w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-220-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-220-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-220-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-220-400x400.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/sweetshoppe\/product.php?productid=41806&amp;cat=&amp;page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-221.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-84559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-221.png 700w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-221-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-221-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-221-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-221-400x400.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/sweetshoppe\/product.php?productid=57548&amp;cat=&amp;page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-222.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-84560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-222.png 700w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-222-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-222-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-222-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-222-400x400.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/sweetshoppe\/product.php?productid=58863&amp;cat=&amp;page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-223.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-84561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-223.png 700w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-223-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-223-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-223-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-223-400x400.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are a few layouts featuring ampersands for your inspiration:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Trina.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"52\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Trina.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Trina.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Trina-300x22.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Trina-600x45.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppecommunity.com\/gallery\/showphoto.php?photo=719192&amp;title=15achristmas-memories&amp;cat=710\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-224.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-84562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-224.png 700w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-224-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-224-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-224-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-224-400x400.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/scrappinnewbie-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"52\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/scrappinnewbie-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/scrappinnewbie-1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/scrappinnewbie-1-300x22.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/scrappinnewbie-1-600x45.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppecommunity.com\/gallery\/showphoto.php?photo=719808&amp;title=follow-your-heart1&amp;cat=710\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-225.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-84563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-225.png 700w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-225-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-225-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-225-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-225-400x400.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/immaculeah-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"52\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/immaculeah-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/immaculeah-1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/immaculeah-1-300x22.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/immaculeah-1-600x45.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppecommunity.com\/gallery\/showphoto.php?photo=719902&amp;title=today&amp;cat=710\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-226.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-84564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-226.png 700w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-226-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-226-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-226-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-226-400x400.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-blog-MrsPeel.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"52\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-blog-MrsPeel.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-blog-MrsPeel.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-blog-MrsPeel-300x22.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-blog-MrsPeel-600x45.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppecommunity.com\/gallery\/showphoto.php?photo=755556&amp;title=best-friend&amp;cat=717\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-227.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-84565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-227.png 700w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-227-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-227-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-227-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-227-400x400.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s all for today &#8230; thanks so much for stopping by!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Until next time &#8230; happy happy scrapping!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who knew there was actually a day to celebrate the good ole&#8217; ampersand!? The day is set to honor the &#8220;&amp;&#8221; symbol and its importance in writing, logos and titles. I did a quick search of the shoppe and wanted to showcase some of the fabulous kits that contain our friend, the ampersand. Here are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":84568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[127,105,818],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84553"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84553"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84567,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84553\/revisions\/84567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}