Good Day at Goodwill!

Hi there! Hope you all had a great weekend:) Ours was a busy one! We had 2 graduation parties to go to then the boys and I stopped off at one of our Goodwill's yesterday where we did some "treasure hunting"! I think I have my oldest son loving Goodwill, lol! He likes to see all the cool things you can find for SUPER CHEAP!

Above is a pic of a cute basket I found with strawberries painted on the front:)

Here are 2 of the tea cups I found. The one on the left looks "old" to me. I want to do some research online to see if any of the tea cups I have found are of any value. Its nice to know if you have a piece or two that is worth a good amount of money!

I just loved this little cute one:)

This one is very pretty too; it has yellow and pink flowers on it. Do you ever wonder the "story" behind the treasures that you find? Like, was this tea cup maybe used by a great-grandma having a little tea party with her great-granddaughter?? Kinda sweet!

Here is another cute cup and saucer with red, blue and green!

This was my #1 find... a lovely pitcher! It was marked $3.00 but I don't think the girl saw the tag and charged me $0.25!!! WOW! It has a small crack on the backside and it looks old to me, now I am drawing a blank on what it says on the bottom... I'll have to do a search on this one too!

I just thought the kids on this plate were too cute! I was only almost 12 years old in 1990 when this plate came out; I knew then that I always wanted to be a mommy and here I am one today:)

This cross had NO price on it so the gal gave it to me for a quarter also!! I am going to spray paint it white and hang it in our living room!
I have wanted one of these crosses for a long time too!

I also picked up this patriotic scarf with '76 on it! That was 2 years BEFORE I was born! It MAY go in one of my lucky girls swap packages:)

I arranged for my future mother in law to watch our boys tonite for us so we could have a DATE night; which rarely ever happens! We went to dinner at a Mexican restaurant where I had a yummmmmy black bean and cheese quesadilla and was naughty and had a raspberry margarita too! We went to see The Hangover after that, which was a FUNNY movie but very dirty, so if you are INNOCENT of mind... do not watch it! It made my hunny laugh which I think he needed so that was worth it to me:)

Not much is going on this week other than my classes, we have a playdate with some friends Wednesday at a place with a bunch of giant inflatables for the kids to bounce in!! The boys will love this! I want to get some flowers planted in my hanging baskets too.

What are your plans???

Noelle ♥

Scrapbook Sunday: Red, White and Blue!!

Welcome to Scrapbook Sunday! I will share my love for scrappin' with you every Sunday along with a few of my blogging buddies too and their creations!

I am feeling very PATRIOTIC lately!! So I decided to show off a 4th of July page from 2007!

I had so much fun making the borders, the journal box and
punching out various stars for this layout!

For the top border I used a red and white gingham paper for the large border strip; I used the Decorative Trimmer from Creative Memories to make the wavy lines! I punched out small starts in blue then added letter stickers for the title.

Close up of the stars...

For the journal box, I used a teeny-tiny star punch that I picked up at Dollar Tree then added a red dot in each star with a red pen from CM, then did the wavy lines to connect the stars! I LOVE how it turned out:)

Here is my ALL-AMERICAN CHUNKER!! He was only 3 months old in this pick; he was the happiest and CHUBBIEST baby!! LOL

Here is my Mr. GQ stud-muffin!! He is so photogenic:)

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you enjoyed this layout:)

Please join us by sharing your pages each Sunday; just grab my button and leave a comment if you'd like to do a post. I'll add your name and a link to your post!!

Check out these gals to see their SS Sunday posts!

HOLLY

Noelle ♥

A quick note and more later...

Hi there friends!

I have missed hearing from you all so much the past couple days!! (Waaaah!) Sometimes its the kind words from you that help me get through my CRAZY days!

Someone told me that my posts weren't showing up on my followers blog-rolls so I am hoping thats why I haven't had many visitors?

I will leave my blog OPEN again and just hope that CREEPY people who only want to "SNOOP" or "LOOK for GOSSIP" will go away! I love my readers that leave me comments so I know who you are and can become a friend of yours too:) I just don't want to be leary about what I can/should write about and show...

My camera is DEAD, so I need to run and charge it but I'll be back by later today to do my Scrapbook Sunday post! Its a cute one... Think 4th of JULY fun!!! I honestly cannot wait till the 4th of July for all the red, white and blue FUN! I am involved in 2 red, white and blue swaps this summer... one is Vintage themed and the other is a "anything goes... red, white and blue swap!!

I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend??!!?? Mine has been rough with little sleep, a yucky cough/cold, this NEW WAY OF EATING- which SUUUUUUCKS so bad when you go to parties where there is SO MUCH yummmmmmy CARBS in the Food!!! UGH!!

Chat later,
Noelle ♥

Another Red, White and Blue Swap... FUN!!

Head on over to check out Mamarazzi's Red, White and Blue swap; sounds like its gonna be a FUN one:) I joined too!!

~Noelle~

Tasty Summer Treat!

Oh my!! These are soooo cute and YUMMY looking! Perfect for a summer cookout for the kiddo's; or an alternate for plain old ice cream at at birthday party:)

Confetti Ice Cream Pops

Beneath the confetti-candy covering of these ice cream pops lies a marvelous surprise: a soft-in-the-center miniature candy bar on a Popsicle stick. Let kids help prepare these fanciful confections: Have them push sticks into the candy bars and finish the pops by giving them a full coating of the candy sprinkles. Perch the pops on a chilled cake stand to give them a longer life during serving.

Recipe: Confetti Ice Cream Pops

A picture-riffic post!

Hi sweet girls! I feel like I have been SO out of the loop the past few days... sorry! My posts haven't been "fun" like I usually try to make them, I am trying to get adjusted to my new "lifestyle change" with eating (my dr. won't let me call it a DIET!), I came down with a cold and sore throat... just so much! UGH!

BUT... AMEN, I think I am feeling a bit better, got more sleep last night AND got to sleep in!!
I think my body is starting to adjust better to the new style of eating that I have! I lost another 2 lbs this week; that's 6 total now in the past month or so!

See the first pic above of the FAMILY blocks? I tucked these away at Christmas time and just recently found them, aren't they cute? I think I got them through LTD Commodities. I LOVE the stuff they have to order on that site!!
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My pretty Dahlia's are in FULL bloom now! The tiger lilies have shot up and will bloom soon too. Still haven't gotten over to the neighbors yard to dig up and transplant some of his lovely flowers into my yard! Hopefully next week:)

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The boys and I have been spending a lot of time outside, going to the park and for walks! I love the nice weather!!

Here is my oldest and I; the wind was blowing like crazy so my hair is a MESS! lol:)

Snack time at the park!

We even got some sprinkler time in! They had a blast!!

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I had some gals over to scrap on Monday night; and here is my CUTE creation! I made the train track out of cardstock and added the train sticker to it:)

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For a gift to the kids on the last day of school, I bought some Kool-Aid Kool Pops and wrapped them in bundles on 5 and added a little tag that said "Hope your summer is as COOL as you are!".

The popsicle clip art came from my Printmaster Platinum CD-Rom set that I have; it is WONDERFUL!

Then Gavin tells me when he got home yesterday, that his teacher forgot the pass the popsicles out at the end of the day; I was ANNOYED with that!

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For Gavin's teacher I just went to Dollar Tree and got her a bunch of cute classroom/teacher supplies for next year. Some name plates, magnets, reward stickers...

... sentence strips, bulletin board border, teacher notepad, some newsletter paper, and pencils...

Sorry I added this pic below twice- OOPS!

... here is the borders and a packet of awards too.

I also found a super cute teacher bag at the Dollar Store too!

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Today, I think the boys and I may seek out a couple yard sales to find some "treasures"! We'll see how that goes- lol!

We have 2 graduation parties to go to this weekend and I hope to get some more flowers to plant in the yard too.

I know I get teased all the time for changing my blog layouts but I'm gonna do it once again! LOL
I am feeling the LOVE for summer and want to show it here on my blog! And YES, I am a BIT Obsessive Compulsive with doing this!! hehehehe:)

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend; what are your plans???

Hugs,
Noelle ♥

Privacy

Hi,

I just decided to make my blog private from now on; if you'd like to continue to read my posts... please email me and I will add you! I have some concerns on who may be reading my blog and looking at my photos... its a scary world out there, you never know!

Noelle ♥