everyone is creative, the imperfect is perfect,
travel is about making memories, sweet
moments in life are in the everyday, real life &
real people and the simple little things
are what make Life Sweet.
THE SWEET MAG CREW:
Editor-in-Chief & Founder- April Atwater
@sweetlifeinthe
contact@simplythesweetlife.com
Editor-in-Chief & Founder- April Atwater
@sweetlifeinthe
contact@simplythesweetlife.com
April is a Designer, Blogger and Magazine Editor. From the day she stayed inside from recess in grade school to create Santa's Village from toilet paper rolls, scrap paper and glitter April has been creating. Growing up she was often found in the kitchen and garden with her mother and grandmother. Continuing on to culinary, art and sewing classes in high school the creativity and love for beautiful things and good food flourished. After high school she went on to study design and photography in college and worked as a floral designer. Since reading her first copy of Martha Stewart Living in 1991, April knew she wanted to be a part of a beautiful magazine and some day publish one herself. Simply the Sweet Life has been years in the making with one dream, to share Simple Little Things to Make a Sweet Life.
Senior Photographer & Founder-Season Atwater Season Atwater Photography
@seasonatwater
contact seasona@simplythesweetlife.com
Season Atwater is a freelance photographer located in Provo UT. She has been taking pictures as far back as she can remember which lead her to a formal education in photography. She dabbles in just about everything and really loves an assignment or project, which has made working with Simply the Sweet Life Magazine so much fun.
Advertising Sales and Integrated Marketing Manager- Lindsey Petersen
lindseyp@simplythesweetlife.com
Lindsey Petersen is an east coast native turned Utah local that's a talented multi-tasker, travel addict, and total and complete spaz. With an education in the fine arts and professional experiences ranging from rock band management, to bronze casting, to cake decorating instruction, to corporate social media management, Lindsey's interests and experience are all over the board. As a wife to one, mother to four, and friend to many, Lindsey considers herself a life aficionado and an experienced fun facilitator that prefers warm places, warm colors, and warm people.
@ohsweetbasil
CarrianC@simplythesweetlife.com
Senior Online Content Editor-Heather Ann Johnson
Heather Ann Johnson M.S. is the voice behind Family Volley, an advice column for families. She believes that strong families build strong societies and aims to share solid and trusted advice with her readers about family, parenting, marriages, motherhood, and everything in between. You can even email her with questions or struggles you are having in your family and she will address them on the blog. Every Friday, Family Volley showcases a new game or activity that families can do together. She has a passion for teaching and helping others, and can be found at Brigham Young University three days a week, teaching college students the principles behind successful families. The blogging and teaching are part time. Her full time passion is her family. Married for 10 years, her greatest joy and satisfaction come from being a wife, and mother to their 4 children. Heather used to speak French, wishes she could dance, and will almost always choose fruity over chocolate.
FOOD:
Becky Olsen
Becky is a Utah native and proud of it. Whether it's scoping out a local bakery to try their signature item, attending an art exhibit or joining the nearest CSA, she loves to support local. Becky authors two sweet-centric blogs: Utah Loves Cupcakes and Project Domestication, which chronicles her journey in baking and all things domestic. She loves using high-quality, local ingredients, especially if it means learning something new and being able to enjoy a special treat with those she loves. You can connect with her on twitter at @DomesticBecky.
Maria Lichty Two Peas and Their Pod
Maria Lichty is the creator of Two Peas and Their Pod, a food and recipe website. Maria and her husband Josh enjoy spending time in the kitchen together and are known as the "cooking couple." They make a great team and love sharing their creations with others. Two Peas and Their Pod has been featured on CNN.com, Saveur.com, and the Los Angeles Times. Maria also is a regular contributor for The Pioneer Woman's Tasty Kitchen website. Visit Two Peas and Their Pod at www.twopeasandtheirpod.com, their kitchen is always open.
{photo by Heidi Larsen}
Melissa Chappell Raw Melissa
Melissa has been playing with food for many years, most recently within her company, RawMelissa.com where she sells gourmet desserts and teaches whole food workshops. Her philosophy is that food should nourish you AND taste amazing. Melissa's most recent cookbook is called, FAVES, a collection of simple and delicious fresh food recipes.
Lindsey Johnson Cafe Johnsonia
Lindsey made her first cake all by herself when she was in first grade. Since then she has honed her craft and spends time catering and making wedding cakes when she can. Lindsey blogs at cafejohnsonia.blogspot.com. She is a stay-at-home mother to three small children and finds the most joy in life spending time with them and her husband, Frederick.
Frieda Franchina grew up watching her mother bake pies and weekly loaves of hot, fresh bread. Soon, Frieda emerged as the designated roll maker every Thanksgiving. She became a teacher of special needs children and channeled her love of teaching into helping her neighbors and friends learn how to make a fabulous soft dinner roll or loaf of bread. It was from these classes that her blog, Frieda Loves Bread, was born.
Katy & Abby Blue-Eyed Bakers
We’re Katy and Abby. We’re sisters. We bake. We have blue eyes. Hence the catchy blog name. We live in Boston (Katy) and New York (Abby). We love sweet things. Oh and savory things. Oh and crispy, & crunchy, generally delicious things. It’s genetic. So we really can’t be blamed. We were raised by a baker. A very short British one. Yummy things were always being made and devoured almost immediately by two adorable little girls (us, obviously). Brownies, cakes & cookies coursed through our veins. Everything we know about baking we learned from our British mother. Sometimes we measure things carefully. Sometimes we’re a bit reckless with that. Regardless, things usually turn out rather deliciously.
CREATING:
April Meeker Second Sister
April Meeker, also known as Secondsister, lives near the ocean with her three kids, a very tall husband and a crazy dog. She is maker of jewelry, art and dinner. You can follow her harebrained shenanigans at www.suaviloquy.blogspot.com. She is the second sister in a family of three very opinionated girls and one funny brother.
Jana & Rae make up Twig Creative, an event planning, blogging, and photography collaboration that focuses on the beauty in small details. They believe in wrapping themselves around life and squeezing the most out of it they can! Twig has been featured on numerous blogs and Montana publications, for both photography and event design. They are fueled by their passion to capture beauty in every single moment.
Gloria Garlock Glo Garlock Designs
Gloria...or Glo as her friends call her, currently lives in east Salt Lake. Her life long love of flowers began with her first trip to Holland's Keukenhof tulip gardens at age 8. Now she loves all things flowers and weddings. Her business, Glo Garlock Designs is a small wedding flower business dedicated to creating beautiful, non-generic flowers. Gloria is an event coordinator for a non-profit by day, and a wedding florist by night/weekend. She and her husband Mitch enjoy skiing, bike rides and taking advantage of Utah's outdoor beauty and adventures.
LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINING:
Alison Kosakowski Diary of A Dairy Queen
Alison left corporate life in the Big Apple behind when she fell in love with a Vermont dairy farmer. Now she and the farmer live together in an old Victorian house, on a farm nestled in the Green Mountains, where they care for a spoiled Jack Russel terrier and 800 Holsteins. Alison is a writer who loves gardening and cooking, and most of all, cooking with items from her garden. She chronicles her country adventures in love with her hunky dairy farmer at Diary of A Dairy Queen.
Eden Passante is the owner of a boutique event design and dinner party company called Sugar and Charm. After graduating college with a degree in Family and Consumer Science, she created Sugar and Charm out of her passion for lifestyle, entertaining, design and life celebrations. Her affinity for flowers, paper, sugary confectioneries
TRAVEL:
{photo by Heidi Larsen}
Melissa Chappell Raw Melissa
Melissa has been playing with food for many years, most recently within her company, RawMelissa.com where she sells gourmet desserts and teaches whole food workshops. Her philosophy is that food should nourish you AND taste amazing. Melissa's most recent cookbook is called, FAVES, a collection of simple and delicious fresh food recipes.
Lindsey Johnson Cafe Johnsonia
Frieda Franchina Frieda Love Bread
Frieda Franchina grew up watching her mother bake pies and weekly loaves of hot, fresh bread. Soon, Frieda emerged as the designated roll maker every Thanksgiving. She became a teacher of special needs children and channeled her love of teaching into helping her neighbors and friends learn how to make a fabulous soft dinner roll or loaf of bread. It was from these classes that her blog, Frieda Loves Bread, was born. Katy & Abby Blue-Eyed Bakers
CREATING:
April Meeker Second Sister
April Meeker, also known as Secondsister, lives near the ocean with her three kids, a very tall husband and a crazy dog. She is maker of jewelry, art and dinner. You can follow her harebrained shenanigans at www.suaviloquy.blogspot.com. She is the second sister in a family of three very opinionated girls and one funny brother.
Jana Roach & Rae Clausen Twig Decor & The Vintage Whites Market
Gloria Garlock Glo Garlock Designs
Gloria...or Glo as her friends call her, currently lives in east Salt Lake. Her life long love of flowers began with her first trip to Holland's Keukenhof tulip gardens at age 8. Now she loves all things flowers and weddings. Her business, Glo Garlock Designs is a small wedding flower business dedicated to creating beautiful, non-generic flowers. Gloria is an event coordinator for a non-profit by day, and a wedding florist by night/weekend. She and her husband Mitch enjoy skiing, bike rides and taking advantage of Utah's outdoor beauty and adventures.
LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINING:
Alison Kosakowski Diary of A Dairy Queen
TRAVEL:
