Announcing my Easter Swap Egg-Stravaganza!!!

Announcing my 1st Hosted:
Easter Swap Egg-Stravaganza!!

I will be taking sign-ups on THIS POST ONLY for this SWAP till March 7th! Please leave your name and copy the info below then paste it in an email to me, that way I know your preferences to share with your assigned swap partner.

I will assign your partners on Sunday, March 8th via email to you. Please contact them to let them know you are their partner and also give them your blog name so they can visit and get to know you a little better. Please mail your swap package out to your partner no later than March 25th:)

My "RULES" are:

Please make something for your partner; examples: a card, tag, a wall hanging, a hand painted egg... get creative- I know you all are!!!

Please include the following: an Easter Egg of some sort, candy, something "spring-y" and a bunny or chick. Feel free to add other doo-dads or things that pertain to that individuals hobbies and/or interests.

Hope these rules aren't too picky?? LOL:)

Please spend no more than $15.00 on
your swap partner (before shipping) to be fair:)

Please copy the following info and paste it in an email to me; add your own info so it can be sent to your swap partner...

Name:
Address:
Email:
Blog name:

Are you willing to ship internationally?

Pastel colors; or do you prefer others?

What is your decorating style?
(ex. vintage, country, mod...)

What types of candy to you like?

What are your favorite things about Easter/Spring?

What types of crafting/hobbies do you enjoy?

Favorite Scents?

Favorite Flowers?

I hope we all have a TON of FUN with this swap:) Its so fun to be surprised when you get a package in the mail, isn't it? I love swaps too because it gives you a chance to get to know new gals on here as well!!

Feel free to copy my Swap BUTTON and add it to your blog to announce; the MORE the MERRIER:)

I'll be in touch soon!!

Here's hoping for a Hoppy Easter/Spring!! (hehe)

Noelle ♥

Spring Fever!!

I think we are all ready for Spring, right?? Last night we had a big rainstorm with thunder and lightening! Is that a sign? Is Spring finally just around the corner?? HOPE SO! Look at all of these pretty eggs above! I cannot wait to get my Easter decor out:) I did some shopping yesterday for my boys' Kids Easter Swap partners! Gavin is partnered with a 7 year old boy and Gage is partnered with a 2 year old little girl; man, did I have too much fun finding things for her!! Its not everyday that I get to buy for a little girl and I find myself getting a little out of control when I do so!!! LOL

Oh, to be able to walk across a bridge like this and see all the lush greens and pretty flowering trees! I think I am going to be a flower planting maniac this spring/summer! I miss COLOR so much!

Or to sit on this bench in a field of tulips with a cup of coffee and a magazine and... SILENCE!! What would I do with myself???

Gavin has strep throat again! Or did it not totally go away? I took him to the dr. 2 weeks ago today; he broke out in a "strep rash" which I've never even seen before! The other day he said his throat hurt and was running a fever. Gage is now coughing with a runny nose and fever. I think he is going to have to go to the dr. today; I am worried that maybe he picked up strep from Gavin!!

My mom and I are going to another big bridal show tomorrow! It'll be fun to get away from all the crying and boogers for a few hours!!

Sunday, I hope to get my Easter decor out and pictures taken of it!

Talk to you later,
Noelle ♥

NEWS!!!

Hi girls!

Just a quick post to let you know that I got called back for a final INTERVIEW for the Pre-K teaching job!!! I heard "through a friend" that I was the MOST PROFESSIONAL out of the group that was interviewed and that they loved my portfolio!! I am confident that I could have this position! I need to be prepared to discuss curriculum when I go in, so I need to do a bit of research on a couple ideas I have!

I may not be back to post till Sunday when I announce details for my Easter Swap. I will miss you all:( Please say a little prayer for me that this final interview goes exceptionally well! PLEASE!!!

Love you girls,
♥ Noelle ♥

Cute Chickie Craft for Kids ♥

Oh, I absolutely fell in love with these adorable little chicks!! These could be a Spring or Easter craft for your children. I am thinking of making them for Gavin's class for Easter. I found this craft and so many more at: www.kaboose.com. They have the CUTEST ideas on there. Katie, I knew you'd get a kick out of these too!! Feel free to add this to your new site as well for an idea.

These cute little spring chicks make the perfect gift for teachers, friends or family. A sweet treat lies inside this little Easter cutie! Be sure to check out our main Easter craft index for even more fun such as Easter crafts, recipes and egg hunt ideas!

What you'll need:

• 1/3 cup jelly beans
• Pleated sandwich bag
• 1 large yellow pom pom
• 3 yellow foam hearts
• 2 small wiggle eyes
• Scrap of orange felt or foam
• Chenille stem
• Small pom pom (color to match chenille stem)
• White craft glue
• Scissors
  

How to make it:

1. Pour jelly beans into sandwich bag. Gather beans into one corner of the bag and twist chenille stem snugly around the bag.
2. Trim the top of the bag, above the chenille stem, to about 1/2 inch. Fan out the top of the bag as if opening it to expose the center.
3. Put a generous amount of white glue on the yellow pom pom and place on top of the bag.
4. Put two yellow foam hearts next to each other on the table. These will be your chick’s feet. Glue bag on top of the feet so that the rounded ends of the hearts are poking out the front.
5. Cut the third yellow foam heart on half, these two pieces will be your chick’s wings. Glue one to each side of the jelly bean bag.
6. Glue wiggle eyes to the front of the pom pom head.
7. Cut a small triangle from the orange felt or foam and glue on as the beak.
8. Use the scissors to trim the ends of the chenille stem to about 2-3” each. Fold each side of the chenille stem in toward the center to look like a bow tie.
9. Glue small pom pom to the center of the chenille bow tie.
   
   

Tips:

• If you don’t have pleated sandwich bags you can use zipper bags, just cut the zipper top off before starting.
• You can make full yellow chicks by using all yellow jelly beans, however this may be cost prohibitive unless you buy your jelly beans from a store that sells individual colors in bulk.
• As an alternative you can glue the wings inward toward the front of the jelly bean bag and glue a small slip of paper with the message “Happy Easter” on it in front. Keep in mind that this will hide the jelly beans on your project.

My EASTER SWAP!!

I will begin taking sign-ups for my 1st SWAP: Easter Swap EGG-STRAVAGANZA this Sunday, March 1st!

I am still working out the details on it and can't wait to share them with you!
I know we are all dying for some Spring weather and I think this will help us "get in the spring mood"! Easter is such a pretty and sweet holiday, not to mention a very special one:)

So, please check back on Sunday, March 1st to sign-up and hear more about my SWAP!!

Noelle ♥

Bag Tag!

My friend Katie tagged me the other day with the "What's in YOUR Bag?" Tag! She said I'm a girly-girl and was curious to see what I carry around in my bag/purse. So here it is:

Make-Up bag
Wallet
Checkbook
Mini-Photos Albums with pics of my boys
Calendar
Hand Lotion
Anti-Bacterial Gel
Gum
Body Spray
Pen
Hair Clip
Tanning Goggles
Gloves
Our disc with our Save the Date card on it
A Creative Memories mini-catalog
Coupons for Papa Vino's
Cell Phone
Sticker from our last Dr. visit
Creative Memories scissors that I keep forgetting to give to my friend Renee! lol
A cheap necklace that came with the bottle of tanning lotion I bought:)
Win a $500.oo from Big Lots flier...
And I think thats it! LOL What a bunch of junk!!!

So now I will tag the following girls:

Pea- cause she cracks me up and
I bet she has some silly stuff in her purse!

Holly- cause she's my girly girl but very organized, so her purse may
be nice and neat!

Lori- my mom, cause she's probably has a purse full of junk like me!

Priscila- cause she's a wild woman and probably has a purse full of fun stuff!

Have a great night, girls!!
Noelle ♥

Hubba-Hubba!!

Hey girls! Hope you all had a great weekend? Ours was good; a bit busy and I've been feeling very yucky in the tummy aread:( Brian and I went to look at tuxes today for our wedding, in hopes of finding something we agree on. I have been in love with the chocolate brown tuxes that are popular now and have been hoping Brian would choose them because of our whole Fall color scheme for the wedding and... I am thrilled that this IS the ONE he chose!! Yippee, doing the happy dance:)

He looked SO handsome! Brown is very much his color and goes so well with his skin tone. He and our 2 boys will be wearing a cream color vest and a cream colored neck tie that has some stripes in it. Our dads and the groomsmen will be wearing this tux with the vest shown, but with a solid color chocolate brown neck tie!

Oh, I am so excited!! Time is going by so quickly; when we made our engagement official last March '08- there was 21 months till the wedding. Now there is just a tad bit over 8 months till our big day:) I am slowly narrowing down the options for our wedding invitations; this is a hard decision for me to make!! Almost hard than choosing the "perfect" dress!!

I have some more stuff to share with you all later but will try to do a seperate post tonite!!

Chat later,
Noelle ♥