Mini Wedding Album!!

Awhile back my sweet gal Tina from Mommy Scraps a Lot posted a new item in her Etsy shop...

an accordian style wedding scrapbook!

It was so pretty; so I ordered it and she even personalized it a bit for us!!

It came fully embellished so all I had to do was adhere the photos... easy as pie!

So here is the first little album of wedding pics of my hubby & I ♥

The front cover... the wedding cake sticker is soo pretty...

click on the pics to see the details ♥

My fave wedding photo...

we looked SO GLAM!

another fave...

my mom, my hubby and me...

us and my father in law (kinda blurry... sorry, my camera sucks!!)

another angle of my fave pic!

Look at the cute stickers!

so pretty!!

the paper and the pretty corner embellishment on this page is so lovely!

♥ sweet kisses ♥

Here is a shot of the whole album standing up...

And the back view...

Its so perfect... thanks so much Tina!!

Oh you can see my new Valentine placemats from the other love of my life...

TARGET!!! Aren't they cute?

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I'm gonna be a bad girl now and give a sneak peek to Mishele (click on her name to see her blog- her home is gorgeous, warm and french country... oooh la la, mi amor!!) of her sweet swap package she will be receiving soon from me... Dolly who's hosting the swap said to post no pics till the 14th but I just have too!!

Ok, now thats all I can share for now!!

~~Got any big plans for this weekend?~~

I've got TONS of school work so I may be a bit MIA!!

Love to you all,

Noelle ♥

So Stinkin' Proud!! ♥

Have you ever wanted to create something crafty just straight out of your own head with no inspiration from anyone else??

I did and it came out sooo cute (at least I think so!).

Here it is...

Ta-da! My 1st Vintage Valentine Inspired Creation ♥

Some close-ups...

The back side...

isn't that paper the cutest?

It came from Hobby Lobby and was like $0.85 a sheet!

This is a sweet cupcake pick that I used; just cut the toothpick part off!

All my supplies I used...

The paper is glued to a flat wooden "block" for lack of a better term!

I used mod-podge to seal it, then added a paper rosette behind the lace paper heart to raise it up a bit.

Hot glued the little boy pick to that, then hot glued to prima flowers, ribbons and buttons on.

Also used a little sanding piece to smooth the edges of the scrapbook paper to the block!!

And wa-la!!

So, do you like it??

Wanna win one?

I'm going to create another later this week and this will be my lil Valentine giveaway!!

More details to come soon ♥

Love ya all~

Noelle ♥

Out of the Mouths of Babes!

Cute Kid quote of the day...

My lil Gage (2 years) looks at this pic today and says to me,

"Mommy you wook (look) pwetty (pretty) in dat (that) weddin dress!"

Awwww!!

He melted my butter there!!

FUNNY kid quote of the day...

While shopping at Walmart to prepare for my monthly visitor...

My oldest asks after I place the above items in our cart,

"Mom what are those things for?"

My response: "I'll tell you when you get older"

He says, "Like when I'm thirteen?"

Me: "Sure, yea 13 would be ok."

He says, "Yesssssss... thats only 4 more years!!!"

LMAO!!!

Poor guy, at 13 he is SOOOO not gonna want to know what tampons are for!!!! LOL

Kids say the darndest things!!!

~Noelle ♥

♥ Inspiration & a bit of Romance ♥

Today I made a trip to Big Lots!!

I was looking for a couple new not too pricey pieces for my living room.

Here is what I found...

The cute HOPE sign above this mirror was a BL find for under $10!

I'm HOPING it gives us some inspiration in our home to have HOPE for what the future has in store for us. 

This shutterpane mirror has been on my wall for years; 

I added a valentine ornament and tag to it that were made for me by Michele last Valentines Day as part of a swap.

To the left of the mirror are the new new pictures I picked up today for $10 a piece...

The top frame has a F for Faith and a little saying.

The pic below was just pretty; I loved the warmth of the bronze frame.

Aren't they pretty?

These hang to the right of the mirror...

The blessings sign came from Michaels last winter and this LOVE frame was a bridal shower gift from my friend Heather. 

This is the photo that is inside of it...

Isn't it sweet?

I want to look at this picture and the inspirational words on the wall art around it and remember that we love each other and will have many tough times and many wonderful times in our marriage.

Just seems like there are too many tough times lately:(

But we are in this for the long haul and my fave quote is...

"This too shall pass!"

We got a card in the mail this past week for a FREE marriage encounter weekend coming up this November 2010 here in our city. It will take place on week after our 1 year wedding anniversary and I REALLY want us to go. It would be a wonderful time to spend reflecting on our married life and to be able to spend some one on one time together ♥ Also do receive advice and attend a couples workshop too. I've got many months to get babysitter/s lined up and I'm GONNA make it happen!!

Hope you all have a fabulous weekend!!

Noelle ♥

♥ Valentines from Kohls ♥

Hey girls!

Whats new?

I've just been trying to clean house even more, got our bedroom straightened up this morning. Still working on getting the rest of the Christmas decor down around here. I don't have much to put out for Valentines Day but... not to say that I won't soon!?! Check out this super cute stuff they have at Kohls right now for 40% off...

Precious... pink and brown heart Welcome sign!!

Awww, conversation heart wreath!!

Soooooo L♥ve this one!!!

Super cute basket with cupcakes!!

Same basket with the convo hearts ♥

Baking bowl... love ♥

Need it? Not really:(

PRECIOUS!!
Need? YESSSSS!!!!

Can I justify buying it... maybe?

Very cute!!!

Want it too!!! ♥

Really really cute!!

Love the baking theme they've gone with this year!

Most of these things are marked down right now for like $10!!

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Well on a good note...

My goofy vision problems have ceased at the moment.. Thank you God!!

This is my BUSY back to school and work week!!

I NEED to get my BUTT in GEAR and focus on my classes this semester...

last semester was a rough one; I withdrew from my math and stopped attending my scientific inquiry class that I was told I'd get an INCOMPLETE in... well the prof was new to the university's policies and gave me a WF!!

Which meant that I failed because I stopped attending, that dropped my GPA waaay down which could danger me getting financial aid!

So I talked to my advisor and the prof and we are trying to work on me getting that Incomplete, so I could have 30 extra days to complete the coursework and get a GOOD grade!

I start class tonite for Music Appreciation; which is from 6-8:45 every Wednesday.

Then on Fridays from 1-3:45 I have Survey of Art and Culture 1.

I do my literacy tutor job Mon.-Wed. from 2:45-4:15;

then work at the home daycare on Thursdays from 8:30-2 and Fridays from 8:30-11:30, so its always go, go, go for me! No wonder if feel like a mad woman all the time, but its what I have to do for now.

A question for you...

Being a mom you have a crazy busy life- especially if you work and /or go to school too...

How do YOU juggle it all and NOT GO NUTS?

How do you make "ME" time for yourself?

Please HELP!!

Love ya all,

Noelle ♥

Accomplished!

Nothing says TIME TO CLEAN other than a cold windy winter day in Northern Indiana!

Hubby had to work today so I chilled (literally) at home with the boys...

and CLEANED!

I started on my computer desk then preceded to go through scrap booking supplies by the mother load!

I pitched some stuff and stuck a bunch of the "stuff I thought I'd use in my albums but haven't touched in like 3 years" into a box to set out at my next crop as FREEBIES for my croppers!

I swept the basement, did a couple loads of laundry.

Headed upstairs for lunch then did the dishes, put 4 baskets of laundry away...

cleaned up my oldest sons room AGAIN!

Straightened up lil Messy Marvin's room then began to do this...

Put plastic insulation on the boys windows!!

I've been talking about doing this for years so I am SO PROUD that I remembered to purchase this at Walmart the other day!

I put it over the big window in our bedroom yesterday and have already noticed a different in there; its actually WARM!

Our house is about 50 years old, maybe a little more and BRICK and COLD!

The windows are getting drafty which is a major investment that we can't do at this time.

So I got the boys windows done and it was time for this...

Swiffer Wet Jet!

I am in LOVE with this thing!!

It makes mopping soooo easy!

And I found out that if you remove the bottle of cleaner,

it provides at least an hour of endless entertainment for busy little boys!

When you press the button it makes a "brrrrrrrmmmmm" sound and they LOVE it!

But if you press the button, the cleaner will squirt out!

So me being a GENIUS today... I thought "Hmmm, I will take the cleaner out and they still can play with it!"

So my living room floor got dusted with the cloth on the bottom (hard wood floors) and they had a BLAST!

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Another exciting day tomorrow...

BACK TO THE GYM!

I haven't gone since November, well since before the wedding!

I've gained back 2 pounds and the belly is full of jelly:(

So I will get measured, be sad for a moment at the numbers then hop my phat fanny on the treadmill!!

My goal is to lose 30 lbs by June 1st!

Which if I go back to eating GOOD like I was in the summer, it shouldn't be a problem!!

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Apologies if this was a boring post...

It feels good to get off my rear and GET MOTIVATED!!

Love you all!!

Noelle ♥

Winner announced!

True Random Number GeneratorMin: Max: 
Result:16

The WINNER of my FAVE WINTER THINGS giveaway is...
#16... Katie from My Life as a Wallace!!


CONGRATS!
Thanks to all who entered:)


(Katie email me with your address, so I can send your WINS to you!! 
Its: lilbitsandpiecesofme@gmail.com)