I’m a big fan of the ‘shop local’ concept – its helps your local community and you often get better products and customer service. As a small business owner, I’m a member of Local First Arizona an organization that helps support and promote locally owned businesses in Arizona. On their website they have an excellent […]
Father’s Day – have you made your plans yet?
{martha stewart} Father’s Day is coming up fast- have you made plans yet? My husband has two requests – 1) to sleep in and 2) meatloaf Often I work Father’s Day morning and have a few surprise deliveries Father’s Day sweets that have often been ordered for Dads with children who live in other states. […]
Burt’s Bees Beeswax Lip Balm {Products I LOVE}
I’m very passionate about my favorite products. It makes me happy to find new things that I just love. Since I’ve started reading blogs, I’ve learned about a lot of new great products from bloggers so with SweetShoppeMom.com I plan on sharing the products that I LOVE. So starting out this blog with some simple […]
My Top 10 Favorite Sweets
I love sweets, especially chocolate. I own a sweet shoppe – my love of chocolate and cooking got me started in this field. Ice Cream – I LOVE ice cream. I could eat it every day. My favorites include Dairy Queen’s blizzards, Johnny Rockets Milk Shakes, Ben and Jerry’s Phish Food, Sweet Republic Salted Carmel […]
Memorial Day Weekend Escape
As a sweet shoppe business owner its hard to get away for weekend trips – because our speciality is parties, most of our business is on the weekends. Holiday weekends are often quieter for us because there aren’t as many birthday parties and showers. We could tell Sunday was going to be quiet so we […]
Intimacy – have you experienced it yet?
Initimacy – have you been there yet??? Its a new lingerie store that recently opened in Scottsdale Fashion Square. I first heard about this store from Sugar Jones during Bloggy Bootcamp in Scottsdale last year. I”ve always shopped at Victoria’s Secret but was never completely happy with the fit. Other stores, the quality just wasn’t […]
Holiday Cards – have you started yours???
Its December – have you started your holiday cards yet? The last few years I’ve done photo cards with a picture of my son. Most of our friends and family have also switched to Christmas photo cards and I love displaying them – I found this great card hanger from Target a few years ago […]
caught stealing candy from the candy bowl…
This morning while getting ready to leave for school my son seemed to be in the pantry longer than normal. I decided to investigate and he was standing with his face turned towards the wall. My husband had caught him over the weekend sneaking some candy and was doing it again! He tried to hide […]
Finalizing the last few details
It was HOT today! My car said 114 around mid day. Getting closer to opening my new location of my sweet shop with just a few final details left. Today I drove ALL around town picking up a few last things needed before I can open. I hoped to get a new iphone but after […]
BBQ Pool Party with the Neighbors!
This past Saturday we hosted a Thrill of the Grill party sponsored by House Party and Oscar Mayer – we invited our neighbors, set up the slip-n-slide, got the pool ready, and fired up the grill! We received Oscar Mayer hotdogs, Heinz katchup and some Oscar Mayer logo products for our guests to enjoy. I […]