At last! I found the time to enter the wonderful world of blogging! :) Thanks for taking the time to find out a little bit more about me and my "sweet" life! Just a quick warning, or rather an apology for my obsessive use of exclamation points, smiley faces and the use of the word "sweet"...what can I say? That's just me! :)))

My Sweetly Designed business is all about making people HAPPY! Entertaining is one of my favorite things to do, I love planning small and large parties, so designing custom party favors is a way to feel a part of that, all the time...just seeing people happy, laughing, enjoying themselves and having fun with others is what life, to me, is all about.

I love interacting with and making friends with my customers. I love watching their families grow through the years and have an amazing client base of returners that allow me to do that! Designing for their weddings, then baby showers, then birthday parties is so much fun for me...and I save everything!!! I know I need to start deleting 5 year old files soon, I just like looking back to see how far not only they have come, but myself as well! Looking back at some of my first candy bar designs is hilarious!

Life is a learning process, we all have bad days and amazingly "sweet" ones! Those wonderful days are what we all look forward to, they help us to get through the not so good times...just knowing that there will ALWAYS be better days ahead!

I just want to help others make those good times with friends and families just a little bit "sweeter" in my own little way!

Have a "sweet" day and enjoy your time here on my blog! ~ Shannan

Saturday, August 21, 2010

A Rare Kind of Day....

So it's Saturday and my schedule is completely clear!!!! Other than having to spend about 20 min. finishing up a super cute baby shower order, I just don't know what to do with myself today! :)))  In these crazy times this is definitely a rare treat! Maybe I can think of how I DON'T want my day to go....I don't want to waste it by the hours that can, so easily, slip away by researching new ideas for my business on the computer.  I can get completely lost in time by checking out other candy wrapper websites, looking for advertising ideas or stressing out on what I haven't been doing, like updating my eBay accounts or adding projects to my website.  I also don't want to clean house! LOL But I'll probably have to do at least a little laundry...with a big family that's something that ALWAYS needs to be done.

Since this is my first "official" post, I guess I should clue you in on what and who my family consists of (I'll give myself a 5 minute limit and then, I'm getting off this computer to enjoy this beautiful day...a promise to myself! :P)  My husband, Jamell and I have been together since our Sophomore year of high school, way back in 1992.  Our oldest son, J.J. was born at the end of 1994, Tyson followed in '99, and then added 2 more to our family in 2002, our daughter Amaya and my brother-in-love, Orlando, who was 13 at the time. Talk about LAUNDRY!!! (and I guess milk and eggo boxes, too for that matter!!!)  A big family but I LOVE every minute of them! One of my favorite quotes is "appreciate what you have before time forces you to appreciate what you had" and I apply that EVERY DAY!  I watch them sleep, listening to them breathe or hear them laughing in a room and say to myself  "Just remember this".  It's important to me to have the people in my life know how much I love them, how much they mean to me and how much I appreciate them in my life.  They are the greatest Blessings and gifts I could have ever asked for.  Through good times and bad, I love having them all around me and thank God for them....they make living life that much "sweeter"!

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