Winner of Mother's Day Give-Away!

And the winner of the Mother's Day give-away is... drumroll please....
LAURIE STAR!

I did that stupid random number generator thingy but couldn't figure out how to post it to my blog:(

Anyway, CONGRATS Laurie Star!! Please email me your address so I can send you your PRIZE!

Thanks to all the moms who entered; wish I could give all of you prizes!!

Hugs,
Noelle

P.S. I'll be back in a couple hours to do my other post!!

quick hello!

For some reason, I am beyond exhaustion tonite and am heading off to bed! I know, I know... I promised to show all my freebies/finds from this past weekend; believe me I have 16 pics waiting here to be uploaded to a post- whew!! Maybe all the fun from this past weekend is catching up with me?

Anyway, I will pick a winner tomorrow for my Mother's Day give-away!! Yay!! Good luck to you all:) If you have not entered, scroll down till you find the give-away post and ENTER!!

Spring semester '09 is officially OUTTA HERE! Wahoo! AND... to solve my dilemma of being in class 4 afternoons a week this summer... I dropped the Mon/Wed class BUT found it online out of another campus!! So, I only have to go to class on Tues/Thurs from 1-3:45; and can work on the online class AT HOME! That means I might need to be GOOD and NOT blog everyday this summer, maybe just every other! lol

Lots of eye candy for tomorrow and a WINNER, ok???

Loves ya all!!
Noelle♥

I've been BUSY as a BEE!

What a great weekend! The weather was beautiful:) Saturday, the boys and I were pretty lazy all day then headed over to a friend's rummage sale at her church where I got some really CUTE things that I'll be showing off tomorrow. I let Gavin pick where we had dinner and he chose McDonald's, OF COURSE- cause it had a play area! After that I stopped at little market that had flats of flowers for sale: I got the one above with Dahlia's, Vanilla Marigolds and Pansies.

So yesterday I began to plant my new flowers in the pots I have on my front porch. See this little polka dot pot, isn't it cute?? I found it at Dollar General for $2.50!! Aren't those Dahlia's lovely?

I also picked up this cute outdoor porch mat at DG too; I love the topiaries on it.

Here are some more pots on the front porch! I love this wooden blue watering can; I got it at a craft show a couple years ago!

In the center of this pink pot, is one of the Vanilla Marigolds!
I can't wait to see them when it blooms:)

Here are some of the pansies; I bought white, yellow, orange and a pretty blue this year.

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On Friday, I got my "Favorite Things" swap package from my good friend Stacy!! For this swap we were supposed to create a package for our partner with our favorite things! It cracks me up that I didn't know Stacy prior to this swap, but we have SO much in common!! She has 2 boys and a fat cat, so do I! She scrapbooks, used to be a Pampered Chef consultant, and so on!!

She did SO good on this swap! I got a new pair of flip-flops, lip gloss, note cards, Fiber One bars, chocolate chip cookie mix, some Barbie post-it notes, a $10 Target gift card and a $5 Starbucks gift card... and she made these yummy "candies" with pretzels, melted Roll-O candies then pecans on top- YUMMMMMM!!

She also sent me one of her fave books Cocktails for Three and a cute basket, which Gage has claimed for his Hot Wheels cars!! LOL
Thanks again, Stacy!!

Here is a SNEAK PEEK of Stacey's package that she should get in a day or so!!

I also am participating the the White and Green, Crisp and Clean swap; with my partner Heidi who is the host too! Here is a sneak peek of how pretty one of her "surprises" is wrapped up!

Let's see... what else did I accomplish this past weekend:
I made grape jello for Gavin, pasta salad, ate my first turkey burger (YUM!!), washed/dried/folded/put away probably 6 loads of laundry, swept the floors, dusted, did the dishes, played outside with the boys... and maybe more!

It is amazing how lovely Spring weather gives you LIFE back again after a long, cold and dreary winter! I feel so refreshed and energized! I haven't had much pain at all this past weekend, except in my back. The pains I was having in my pelvic area from the cyst have almost completely gone away; I also got my period last week with the help of Provera, of course but I feel so much better now that that is DONE! (Sorry to get so personal there!!) My bloating has gone down a LOT and I have lost 2 lbs.

My plan today is to try my new work out video, The 30 day Shred by Jillian Michaels from the show, The Biggest Loser. I heard this workout kicks your BUTT big time; but I need lots of kickin' in mine!! LOL

Have a great day girls!
Don't forget to scroll down and enter my Mother's Day give-away!!
Winner will be announced Wednesday morning!!

♥ Noelle ♥

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Hugs,
Noelle :)

Scrapbook Sunday: GET CREATIVE- Part 2!

Welcome to Scrapbook Sunday! Last week I posted about "getting creative" and coming up with hand-made things to add to your scrapbook pages. I went through another one of my oldest son's albums and found MORE CREATIVE things, done by MOI! Yay, I may have a knack for this sort of thing:)

The layout above is from when Gavin was 5 and went on a field trip to a local Woods; to learn about trees and how they are tapped for maple syrup! The idea of making the paper tree came from one of my Creative Memories page layout books; I cut the tree out by hand and punched out some maple leaves with my Leaf Punch, then added various spring stickers- such as the birds, worms, and flowers! It came out waaaay better than I though it would!

This layout was from a field trip to Domino's Pizza when Gavin was in Pre-K. Each child got to make their own pizza, and his came out YUMMY! As I was doing this layout, I was irritated that I didn't have any pizza stickers! 'Cause as I admitted previously, I AM A STICKER JUNKIE!! LOL So, the creative part of my brain spoke up and said, "Duh, make a DOMINO!!" So I just punched out two red squares and added the dots and cut a blye rectangle and wa-la...
a Domino's Pizza domino was born!!

For this layout, I just cut ovals from my Custom Cutting System and added various punched circles, waves, and the top egg was done using the CM Bubble Maker!

This layout still CRACKS me up! One Sunday, Brian, Gavin and I were sitting around and we had the idea of dressing our cat Maddie up in Build-A-Bear clothes!! Being that Maddie is a "ditzy" cat, she had no clue what the heck we were doing to her, so she just laid there and let us play dress up!! LOL Then she began to roll around on the floor trying to get the clothes off! By the way, we are BIG Cub's fans in this house:)

I made my own baseballs by punching out circles, then drawing the red "seams" by myself. They did come out pretty cute!

Again in the midst of having NO Dalmation stickers for this page... I thought to punch out a bunch of black dots and scatter them all over the page. When Gavin was 4 and 5, he was obsessed with playing dress up at school; the little girls LOVED him for this. He was in his dalmation doggie garb on the day I visited his class and volunteered!! What a NUT!!

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Hope you all have enjoyed SCRAPBOOK SUNDAY!

Please visit my friends HOLLY and VICKIE to see what they have chosen to showcase for today too:)

We'd love if you'd join us and show off some of your pages too! Just leave me a comment if you'd like to join SS!!

Happy Scrappin'!
Noelle ♥

Announcing my MOTHER'S DAY GIVE-AWAY ♥

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Calling all wonderful mom's who love pretty things and want to be pampered! Please enter my Mother's Day give-away by leaving a comment on this post about why you love your MOM so much!

If you aren't a follower yet, become one and get an extra entry in the drawing; blog about this give-away on your blog for another entry!

Here's what you can win... (1) Lovely China Coffee Mug (2) Vintage Floral Hankie (3) Handmade MOM pretty lil' sign made by me (4) Warming Green Tea Facial Mask (5) Cherry Blossom bath set with shower gel, lotion and a shower pouf (6) Delicious Scone mix from Wildtree (7) Spa CD- very relaxing music and (8) a set of fresh scented four tea lights.

ONE lucky winner will receive ALL of these items ♥

I will accept comments on this post ONLY till midnight on Tues. May 5th!

GOOD LUCK LADIES!

Hugs,
Noelle ♥

Win this HANDBAG!

You can win this CUTE PIE hangbag over at my friend Denise's blog, Lauren Nicole Gifts! Denise was my swap partner for the Semi-Slacker Spring Swap. She also has her own Monogram business; where she makes the CUTEST things- go check her out!! She is taking names for the give-away till midnight on May 7th! Good luck but I want to win; lol!!!

I'll be back later today to post pics for my Mother's Day give-away: STAY TUNED...

Hugs,
Noelle ♥