~~COVER~~

On the Cover

By Stephanie Lynn, age 26, Massachusetts
SDM Editor-in-Chief

On the cover this month ... it's a cupcake! I know, you were expecting to see a face, you know, one of our amazing writers. Amazing writer, next month.

In May we're featuring Jill, 24, from Florida, who has started her own online business called the "Stay Calm Cupcake Shop". If you've ever had an idea, a dream, a thought of starting your own business, you might want to read about Jill.* Read the interview!

To change the subject, this is one of our best issues ever. I especially want to call your attention to 5 remarkable stories in this issue to read and tell your friends about:

♥ Teens Have More Fun!
♥ Better to Have Loved and Lost
♥ The Calming Closet
♥ The "Other" Girl
♥ Hunger Pains

Have a wonderful Spring, successful final exams, and to those graduating, I wish you my very best for the future. Summer is almost here! Enjoy! :)

~ Stephanie Lynn

* To read stories of other teen and young adult women who have started successful businesses with little more than a dream, I recommend the following links to previous SDM features:

♥ Whimsical Hair Ornaments: Interview with Royal Menagerie
♥ Etsy Youth Holiday Shopping Wishlist
♥ Acrylicana: Our Interview with Mary, age 23, Michigan
♥ Robots, Giraffes, and Superheroes: Interview with IttyBittiesForYou
♥ Advice for Aspiring Fashion Designers, by Heather of Meow Kiki

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February & March Magazine Issues

March 15, 2012

The February and March issues of Sweet Designs Magazine are now online, featuring a combined 53 new articles and features!!

- Cover: Stephanie Lynn reflects on 5 years
- Cover: India (of Darn-licious knitwear)
- Life in the dumps (moving in with my bf)
- The difference between men and women
- Angels among us (parts 1 and 2)
- Arts graduates & the dark night of the soul
- Triple threat (how I survived my teen yrs)
- Dating isn't easy (my true story)
- How to turn not-so-great gifts ... (fashion)
- Ten reasons to love being single
- Taking the big leap (college)
- Valentine's Day (not what you'd expect!)
- The last of the cold (hopefully) (fashion)
- A month full of love
- Ten tips for successful airline travel
- Reasons I love writing for SDM
- Who needs love?
- They're not all the same
- The life I'm glad I don't have (fiction)
- Professional dress/ finding Fendi (fashion)
- An airport anniversary: a true story
- Inappropriate Facebook photos
- The perks of a big city (college)
- A night(mare) to forget (part 2)
- The Anita Blake series (book review)
- Saving June by Hannah Harrington (book)
- Under the Mesquite by GG McCall (book)
- The Lullaby by Sarah Dessen (book)
- If I Stay by Gayle Foreman (book review)
- My sweetheart (original poetry)
- Isn't it funny (original poetry)
- The stranger (original poetry)
- A winter wonderland (original poetry)
- One night valentine
- The thick envelopes (college acceptance)
- Southern love
- Healthy hair and vitamins
- It's a date (dating idea alternatives)
- The 30 hour famine
- School's out forever!
- Marching right back into spring? (fashion)
- Dear John
- When TV shows depict your life
- 3 Fun ways to rock spring's hottest trends
- Neglected teeth
- Starting something new
- Guy movies
- To hesitate or dive in?
- Deadly, by Julie Chibbaro (book review)
- Beastly, by Alex Flinn (book review)
- I don't care (poetry)
- Together, alone (poetry)

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