Sweet Hill Farm

12/01/2024

If you are looking for the perfect Christmas gifts this season please consider "The Princess Above the Ice Cream Parlor" an encouraging storyline for adolescent girls set right here at Sweet Hill Farm and available on Amazon now in hard cover and paperback
***inside the cover you will find a special QR code to order the SSP Star Charm which corresponds with the story in both youth and adult sizes. The bracelets are made by Starfish Project an organization that partners with survivors of human trafficking. More info inside the book!
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11/28/2024

"Enter His gates with Thanksgiving and His courts with Praise" Psalms 100:4

Wishing everyone Joy that makes no sense and a heart of unexplainable gratitude even in the storms. Grateful for this community where we work and live and each and every one of you through the years. ❤️

11/18/2024

The "Secret Society of Princess'" charm bracelet came in!!!
Learn more about the story and order "The Princess Above the Ice Cream Parlor" childrens book set right here in our village and available on Amazon

A PERFECT combo for the Holidays!

https://www.amazon.com/Princess-Above-Ice-Cream-Parlor/dp/B0DJFZN7BM/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=1U3FA963S3Y6L&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.U6eV9hDRbsiDcJE-MpFCJg.3NUFF3-AXA81UPhy09kJIRcxcJWD6L3f39xXvUeKzRI&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+princess+above+the+ice+cream+parlor&qid=1731951213&sprefix=the+princess+above%2Caps%2C175&sr=8-1

11/03/2024

10/28/2024

FUN Fact, my business partner at Rand Stewart Venues , who is the event planner/owner of RJ Stewart Events and myself share an October Bday which we celebrated this past weekend. Together we are building a brand of various wedding/event venues locally.
We are NOW BOOKING the beautiful year round dazzling micro mansion venue in Norwich, Agora Gatherings CT with dates open for 2025!
Be sure to click and follow the Agora page for venue pics!

Branding Mandie Lee Photography - Senior/Newborn/Family/Small Weddings Photographer

10/24/2024

Just a few more days to order your copy during pre-release of

We have partnered with Starfish Project to design a custom made Princess Charm bracelet from our story! StarFish project employs and empowers survivors of human trafficking. When you wear this bracelet, it's about woman, its about business, its about lifting the next one up! The bracelet is called the SSP "secret society of princess"






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10/21/2024

10/10/2024

The northern lights over Sweet Hill Farm

10/07/2024

This is our most exciting post yet!!!!!!!!!
Years ago, the idea for this book was placed in my spirit and last winter I knew it was time. This book was written with the goal of empowering young girls with confidence. The setting is our very own village Sweet Hill Farm and it's now available on Amazon!

PLEAE SHARE!!!!!! And get your copy in time for Christmas!
Click below

https://www.amazon.com/Princess-Above-Ice-Cream-Parlor/dp/B0DJFZN7BM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2XUU2WH8E1PPO&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.U6eV9hDRbsiDcJE-MpFCJg.GR-xg0QkEzr2Gc36JokGzI42xzHrxjQ8WPUmZjU_UW8&dib_tag=se&keywords=The+princess+above+the+ice+cream+parlor&qid=1728321344&sprefix=the+princess+above+the+ice+cream+parlor%2Caps%2C114&sr=8-1

10/04/2024

We got the gallery back from our team photo shoot! If there is 1 thing that I've never taken lightly, it's the honor of being part of the village when it comes to our teenagers. As they go back to school, and to the ones who missed this day because they had already left for college, the parents and our community, THANK YOU!
Also let's all thank local photographer Carmen N Garcia Irizarry for this incredible shoot. There are many more pics so if you're kiddos are on the team, email me for the full link!

10/01/2024

CONGRATULATIONS Carson & June !!!

You know it's all vibes when there's no dry eyes BTS!!

Here are some of our favorites from the sneak peaks!!
kings .marispan


Sue Evarts



Sweet Hill Farm
Zest
RJ Stewart Events

09/19/2024

Me and Nani in 1976 ish... ❤️ this is the only baby pic I'm ever gonna post 😆

09/16/2024

Heyyyy!! Sorry so late with this BUT our August Artisan Fundraiser for Ledyard Soccer Club brought in $357.98 AND one of our customers (who insisted on remaining anonymous) topped in $100 bringing the total up to $457.98 raised!!!!!

08/30/2024

"I didn't know"
I'm honored to announce that we won #1 Wedding Venue 2024 Best of the Best Readers' Choice Awards. The newspaper had a changeover of staff & we actually never got notified that we had made top 3 or even knew the winners banquet had taken place until afterwards. Things happen & we welcome our new rep as she gets settled into the area and her position.

You know I like to be transparent because it's one thing on social media to make it look like your always winning, but truth be told, since we won in 2023, almost immediately started a really rough year.

We had some unexpected changes & expenses occur, in an amount that could of crippled a little business but we took it on & made sure not to pass it off to the unexpecting consumer. Then we hired architects and worked with numerous officials all whom spent valuable time, only to have permit signature requests ignored by our former "acting" landlord. Then we went head to toe to protect our contracted events from disruptions. Everybody wants to be a "Boss" but sometimes that means taking on the pressure in a way that no one else under your care even knows there's a fight happening. During this, my grandmother went into the hospital. I had to divide my time because so many things were coming at me. She would never come home. Stay with me though, because this is not a poor me post. Where do you think I got my fight from! That woman was no joke. And neither am I. You squeeze me hard enough, you might mess around and get that good wine, that fine oil. It shocks me sometimes what people will do for a dollar. Such a flimsy resource, up one day and down the next. Time is our most precious commodity. So I decided I needed some. I got through the season and decided for the first time I would close down for the winter. I planned to rest, to greive finally. But the second I did, a lady and her daughter twisted something to suite their need for self inflicted drama and attention and started this crazy story on social media and launched an attack of fake reviews for like a week.. I happened to be taking a break from social media but of course as word got to me, I didn't get that time of rest. I had to be a temporty cup of water to quench someone elses dryness. I remember just being burnt out, desperately needing peace and thinking to myself, this is not worth it. First I had sacrificed time and now it's costing me my mental well being. If I didn't have a full calendar for 2024, I would of tapped out. But a rope came down into that pit from the most unlikely of places.... one of our kids started hitting me every morning with Bible verses...
"I will not be shaken"........
Who did she think she was being the teacher? When did this happen? Who gave her the authority to pull ME out of darkness? She sounded a lot like, a lot like ME!!! And the word of God came down and a new generation of power stepped in and I realized there had been a shift. And right then I knew I had won.

You see, while all these things were coming at me, i didn't know, you were all voting for us.
And while maybe we didn't get an invite to the banquet, I didn't know there was a room calling out our name and people were clapping for us.
Right now I've got two pregnant daughter in laws due at the same time.

And now I understand what Jesus meant when he found Mary crying at his grave and said.
"Woman, why wheepest thou?
I was trying to find a quiet place to cry at a tomb while He was busy blessing wombs. I was never going to get that time because I didn't know that Life was walking up behind me.

So maybe we didn't get a seat at the banquet this year, but sometimes you gotta lace those heels up and throw your own party. So as the #1 event venue, that's precisely what we did!

Photo credits Carmen Garcia Photography LLC.

08/28/2024

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