{About Me}

Hi, I'm Tricia from SweeterThanSweets (the blog and the shop). Thanks so much for checking out my blog! Here's a little bit about me and my blog.

I am:

1st: a child of the all-knowing, gracious and merciful God 

2nd: a wife to a patient, talented and intelligent husband

and 3rd: a stay-at-home mom to a beautiful, kind and talkative 2 1/2 year old daughter

{These are my priorities in life, although it's a lifelong challenge for me to make reality match up with my ideal.}

I Love California
by capow on Etsy

My husband (a.k.a. my Sweets) and I met in college in southern California and have been married for 9 1/2 years. We've moved a few times since we've been married and currently live in North Carolina. I earned my Master's Degree in Psychology and then, 2 weeks later, we were incredibly blessed by the arrival our daughter (Little Sweets) and I became a stay-at-home-mom. Six months later, we started paying back my student loans. =) We also have a playful, allergy-prone Chocolate Lab who (sadly) doesn't get much love since Little Sweets came along.


What you'll read about on my blog are primarily:

• the crafts I make (my favorites are my Korker Cake Banner an Oilcloth Art Smock, and Rainbow Ice and I plan to add more tutorials and ideas based on my education and degrees in Psychology, such as the Emotional Animals Game),
• the travels we take (most recently to Charleston, SC, Wrightsville Beach, NC and Washington, DC), 
• the food I bake (like Homemade Fruit Leather, Homemade Tortilla Chips and Vanilla Bean Scones).

I also love to share with you:

• coupon codes and new lines for my Etsy shop, SweeterThanSweets (where you can shop for sweet somethings for the little ones in your life... and some for the mamas, too!)
• the inspiration I find (my favorite Inspiration Boards are A Smurfy Wedding and Sail Away With Me),
• helpful resources (like my Tips for Traveling with Tots series and How to Get Yourself Featured on high-profile blogs),
• what I believe as an evangelical Christian (find a general overview on my Resurrection Eggs Tutorial),
• charities my husband and I have felt called to give to (like Kiva.org and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation).

***Disclaimer(s)***

What you see on this blog represents only a part of my life. I'll share with you mostly the positive things in my life, because I feel there is enough negativity in the world without me needing to add to it on my blog. You won't read about the frustrations I have with my husband, the power struggles I have with my daughter, the disappointments I have with myself or the mold that's growing in my shower (though they all exist, trust me). I won't share too much about me personally because I'm more of a private person, and you won't see many pictures of my husband... he's even more private and not even on Facebook (gasp!). Despite all of these disclaimers, I hope you like my blog anyway. =)

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