About Me

Hi there! I’m Naomi, and it’s a pleasure to meet you!

I’m starting to realize that keeping my “About Me” section of this blog current is a lot harder than I thought. My life in the last few years has been a whirlwind of constant change… and it seems to promise more and more that in the days ahead!

Still, I suppose I’d better start here: On September 28, 2019, I married the sweetest guy around. His name is James, and this is us on our wedding day:

Photo Credit: Danae Marie Photography 

Since then, it’s been a whirlwind of change. We welcomed our first child in July of 2020, and we are now the delighted parents of 4, looking to an unknown future with excitement and hope!

My Blog

I started this blog as a hobby under the name “Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice” in 2012. Since then, I’ve picked it up and put it down a whole bunch of times. I’ve learned a lot about blogging, including just how much I still have to learn!

The years have also taught me that I love blogging and most of the things that come with it. So here I am, back at it again, with a slightly broader vision than just the occasional recipe. I hope you’ll join me as I journey through this new world of motherhood as I continue cooking, striving to live creatively, and making fancy cakes here and there as well.

My Background

I am the fifth oldest in a family of 12 (all entrepreneurs in their own way), and a home school graduate. When I was about 12 years old, my family started a chocolate company, which has since evolved into a Baking Company— and now, a bakery! Through these outlets and the instruction of my oh-so-skilled mother at home, I gained a lot of experience in cooking and baking, and developed my own desire to see it through to new areas.

When I was 16 years old, in keeping with family tradition, I started my own business making wedding cakes, which I have now officially “closed.” I say “closed” because… well, closing can’t stop me from making wedding cakes. I love it too much, so my cake making days are far from over, and I hope this blog will see many more of them in the days to come!

Other Stuff About Me

I am a lover of little things. The simple things in life are really my favourite: like the sound of the rain falling in the spring, the taste of fresh strawberries in the summer, the smell of bread baking in the fall, and the sight of small children with chubby, rosy cheeks in the winter.

Also, I love tea and coffee.  Did I mention that?  These are daily occurrences, yet they somehow never cease to thrill the socks off of me. I am also beginning to develop a deep love for pedicures while drinking tea or coffee. But I won’t go into that.

I love pictures, I love people, and I love fairy tales… But most of all, I love my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.

More “Other Stuff About Me”

If you’d like to read a little bit more about me, you can check out my 10-part series (below) in which I talk a little bit about why I started a business at 16 years of age, and what eventually made me decide to quit making cakes – And move to Germany for a while, which changed my life in many ways.

Please leave a comment if you stopped in! I’d love to get to know you a bit, and to have a record of your visit.

Bye for now!

–Naomi

9 Replies to “About Me”

  1. Hi Naomi!!! Just found your blog………awesome!!! Yippee to BIG families!!! Yippee to homeschooling!!! And a great big YIPPEE to our Lord, Jesus Christ!!!! Blessings!

  2. Hi Niomi,
    I was told that you make cake pops? I was looking to have some made for my daughters birthday on December 22nd. Is this something you could do?

  3. Hi! On your Easter Cookies post on March 19, 2018, you show a bunny cutter. I know that it is different than the one in the Amazon link that you had with it but do you know the original manufacturer of that particular cutter. I have been on a search for that cutter for two years. I know it was apparently only sold in Canada and not the US as I have traced pictures of those cookies to only Canadian cookie decorators.

    Any help you could give me would be appreciated!

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