where have i been?

Hey gals!

Just popping in today to say HEY! I have been on overload the past few days... my youngest has been feverish with a nasty cough and ouchy tummy; so I haven't slept well or had time to put a descent blog post together either!


Today we celebrated my mom's "49th again" birthday with a Disney Princess Theme; created by me:) Hey, she's girly and loves pink... and wanted NO reminders of her age this birthday! I made a cute cake and will have pics soon! We went to lunch with a couple friends then hit Michael's!! FUN!!


I have been feeling under the weather too with sneezing and stuffiness and today my head felt so stuffed up!! NOT FUN!!


SO tomorrow is my day HOME to do housework, homework and put together a BIG blog post for you all! Say a lil prayer that my Gagie feels better soon:)


Hope you all are having a wonderful fun-filled weekend; I'll be by soon to visit! OH, and there will be no Scrapbook Sunday post from me this week:(


Hugs ♥

Noelle

Tell me what you think!!

Hi girls! This FALL wall hanging has been my project the past 2 weeks.

At first, I had the idea of decoupaging the letters to stand up right on a shelf...

then realized the ones I purchased have funky edges so they DON'T stand! UGH!

So then I came up with the idea of hot glueing them to a ribbon... it came out a bit crooked but I guess I am pretty pleased with how it all came out. What do you think?

I painted each letter then added autumn rub-on stickers used for scrapbooking and some leaf stickers too. The ribbon I used on the back came from Wal-Mart on clearance for $0.75 for the roll! The letters were $2.99 a piece.

I REALLY love how the bow at the bottom came out!! I added a couple prima flowers to the center of it and a brown button; kinds looks like a lil sunflower, eh? Then I hot glued a larger sunflower to the top of it.

I think this will go on my front door. It has a large rectangle window in the center of it, so this would fit perfectly!

I love how all the colors came out on my creation; you know I LOVE fall!

Just still a bit frustrated that I didn't get the letters lined up how I wanted to:(

Have a great day!

(Come back tomorrow to see what I got in the mail from my friend HOLLY!!)

Hugs,

Noelle ♥

MWW#15... Thats why I love him!

Hopefully no one finds this offensive but this is the man that I am marrying just 2 months from next Monday... pretending to "pee" water at the water park we visited this past summer. Thank GOD the children were playing and didn't see daddy do this! lol:)

Sometimes life is very stressful with living on only one income, preparing for the wedding and so on... but this man finds humor in the smallest things and makes me smile!
(although he'd wouldn't be the MOST thrilled if he knew I showed you this pic!)
I LOVE you honey... even if you are a tad bit "OFF"!

Thanks for joining me on MWW!
Maybe after this photo, you regret stopping by?

Noelle ♥

SCRAPBOOK SUNDAY: the Process!

Welcome to Scrapbook Sunday! Today I am showing you a page from way back in 2005... when we were baking cookies at Christmas time!

If you click on the pic to see a close up, I centered the pics and added "Step 1, Step 2, and Step 3" to describe what my son was doing in all the pictures. Kind of a "tutorial", if you will, as to how he was baking cookies for Santa. I thought this was a fun and different way to showcase a "PROCESS" in pictures! Gotta love the gingerbread stickers too!!
(You know gingerbreads are a weakness of mine)

Hope you all have a great day!
Please sign up your SS post below!

Noelle ♥

SCRAPBOOK SUNDAY Participants

1. Noelle

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giveaway goodness galore!!

Holy Moly! Check out this giveaway chocked full of scrappin' and stampin' supplies! Head on over to Julie's Open Window to enter in her 100th post giveaway!! What a generous one indeed:)

Noelle ♥

...a bit of fall frolic...

I have been feeling pretty productive this week when its come to get things done around the home! However, its been a week since I've been to the gym and am feeling the sluggishness of that:( I was determined to get some fall decor up this week and succeeded with that!

I put out some yard signs like the lil scarecrow man above...
did a little bit to our picture window- still need to add a few more things.

Got some cute baby pumpkins from Meijer!
Cannot wait to get some BIG pumpkins for the porch!!

My mail carrier hates when I put things on my mailbox but I thought the pumpkin looked cute hanging there! I really want to paint our mailbox white too, it looks SO blah!!

Cute lil flag:)

I got this scarecrow last year from Michael's for less than $2 after Halloween!

Peek-a-Boo!
Gage is peekin' at you:)
He loves the scarecrows; I have 2 big ones that he calls "mommy and daddy care-crow" and 2 little ones which he says are "gagie and B (thats what he calls Gavin) care-crows" TOO CUTE!

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Not too many flowers are still in bloom after the frost lately, but here are some impatients I planted in our wishing well...

hanging baskets are still holding up nicely...

... MUMS!!!... I love MUMS! And cannot wait to plant more!
These pink pretties have come back each year for 3 years now!

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Gage was keeping me company as I was taking these pics, he wanted to climb the tree too!
Typical boy!

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Here is one of the lil "care-crows" with some summer flowers...

fun pumpkin sign too...

Here is one of the mini pumpkins... CUTE!

Oh and yes... I made a QUILT!!


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Out of chalk, that is! LOL
I don't even have a clue how to make a real one:)

Hope you all have a great Labor Day weekend!
I'd like to take the boys to our BIG Farmer's Market tomorrow to browse and have lunch...
then off to the in-laws lake cottage Sunday for a cookout!

Hugs,
Noelle ♥

MWW #14: Our wedding invite!!!

Here is is...
Our Wedding Invitation!!

I love, love, love it!
It was custom made so NO one else has even had this invite; how cool is that?
The lady that did them for us is a Stampin' Up demonstrator as well; so she used several of their products to make the invites.

Don't you love the little verse on the front?
"As Autumn leaves turn their brilliant hue, two hearts will join and say "I Do"
Awwww!!! LOVE ♥

I am annoyed that I couldn't get the little bow to lay straight as I scanned it in for you to see:(
She also added some "bling" for me with the little gold stones!!
The scroll work you see, will also be present on our wedding cake too.

The invite opens up and is tri-fold; with the same stamped leaves and scrolls on the left and right sides with another verse and our ceremony info in the center of the invite.

The inner verse reads:
"This Autumn we will join as one
With memories of the summer's sun
Visions of the winter's chill
Shared hopes and dreams to now fulfill"

We
Noelle Lee (last name)
and
Brian John (last name)
Along with our parents request
The honor of your presence as we
Exchange marriage vows on Saturday
The fourteenth of November
Two thousand and nine
At half past one o' clock in the afternoon

.... (our church name and address follows)...

Here we are...
the future Mr and Mrs "K"!!!

So.... what do you think of the invite?
I just thought the verses were so BEAUTIFUL and loved how it spoke of the seasons!!

Happy MWW!
Thanks for visiting me today:0)

Noelle ♥