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3 months ago
We're BACK!!
As most of you know, 19 months ago I was baking up a storm! Jeremy and I honestly thought that we were doing everything "the right way" when it came to Sugar and Spice Sweets and the licensing. The Rockdale Citizen ran an article about the business in the paper and the next day I received a call that shut my business down! It was heartbreaking at the time. Jeremy and I knew that I could just bake again and fly under the radar, but we wanted to do things the right way. If the county said it was illegal then I wasn't going to do it until it was legal! I really didn't think that I would ever bake out of my home again. I just figured that I would bake again professionally once the girls got older and I could purchase a bakery.
As soon as I was shut down Jeremy began looking into how to go about changing the laws in Georgia and Rockdale. He found a group of home bakers that had done a lot of work trying to make changes in Georgia. In September of 2012 the state made some changes and baking in the home was allowed! As soon as that happened Jeremy contacted the commissioners in Rockdale and started to press them on the issue locally. He had countless conversations and we attended board meetings (Jeremy even spoke on the behalf of S and S Sweets at one of them) in order to make sure home baking was permitted in the county. In December 2012 Rockdale County changed the law in the county in order to allow home baking!!
So much has happened in the 19 months that I've been out of business. God has really revealed a lot to me about my priorities and the business over the past 19 months. The time off really gave me the time to take a look at the business and how much time it took away from my family and Him and how much stress I piled on myself over it. God also blessed us with baby girl number 3 during the 19 months off....a complete surprise to us! Looking back at everything, this break has been such a great one for my family and for me. God really knows what He's doing even if we don't always understand why at first (or ever).
SO, after 19 long and necessary months Sugar and Spice Sweets is back in business....my God receive all of the glory, honor, and praise for the amazing things that He has done to make this possible!
The Rockdale Citizen Article
Below is the link the the article that they did on me in our local newspaper, The Rockdale Citizen!! God has given me such an amazing opportunity. He has allowed me to serve Him with an amazing group of Christ Followers at Discover Point Church. Every Sunday the Discover Kids family and I are given the chance to help the kids learn that Jesus is REAL, FUN, and EXCITING no matter what your age! As if that's not enough, God has allowed me to be the mother of two absolutely amazing little girls. He has trusted Jeremy and I with the task of teaching these precious girls about who He is and how much He loves them. And not only did He give me these baby girls, but He matched me with a wonderful Godly man that balances me out just right. And as if that all isn't enough......He has blessed me with cake artistry so that I can be home with my girls! Our life has not always be good, nobody's is ALWAYS good. But I know this to be true-no matter what's going on in life I know that God is ALWAYS good, ALWAYS faithful, and ALWAYS there (just to name a few).
May God receive ALL of the glory!
Cookie Card Birthday Cookies!
You can enjoy cookies just like this on your birthday too!!! People have so graciously purchased $50 cookie cards from Sugar & Spice Sweets that entitles them to 1 dozen homemade hand decorated cookies on their birthday (shipped or delivered). All of the money goes to support my mission to Bosnia with my church-Discover Point Church-this fall.
Email me to order your cookie card today!!!
sweetsartist@gmail.com
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