Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Valentines Weekend!

Morning! How was your Valentine's Day?
I felt like mine was stretched out over the whole weekend...
not bad cause it was a GOOD weekend!

The indoor flea market I mentioned was a BUST on Saturday:(
My mom and I agreed we should have done something else.
I did get a couple garden flags and Tastefully Simple items, nothing
too exciting. Mom and I went out to breakfast shortly after the flea market,
and had a nice chat.

After taking my hubby to work, the lil boys and I hit up THE CHRISTMAS TREE SHOPS!!
Jackpot!!! Got lots of NEW Easter pretties... will be posting those soon!

Went to my sister in laws Scentsy Party and got a couple new bars for my warmers...
I came to the conclusion that CRANBERRY scents are my NEW fave smell!

Sunday, ♥ Day was mostly spent with the boys, as hubby had to work again:(
The boys woke up to some lil Valentine gifts and their own personalized mailboxes!



I filled the mailboxes with some candies:)



Lil Mr was so excited to open his goodies...


He loves the show Ni Ho Ki Lan, so I found him a little playhouse from that show at Target a couple weeks ago... reg. price was $14.99 and I got it for $3.49!
I'm a sucker for gift giving and holidays,
so needless to say... 
our boys are just a TAD bit spoiled!!



Gavin is such a goof when it comes to taking pics anymore! LOL
He won't give me a toothy smile since he's begun to lose teeth:(



Oh wait, there's a lil smile but of course, he's not looking at me!
I got him a Valentine set for the Pixo Maker he has.

I made some Raspberry pancakes for breakfast that I tinted pink,
the boys didn't like them,
 but I thought they were pretty good!

Later in the day we had some Sugar Free Cherry Jello with FF Cool Whip... YUM!


Cutie!! ♥

I decided to be a ROMANTIC this year for ♥ day and surprise my hubby with some White-Chocolate Dipped Strawberries...


Yummmmmmy!!

We have needed a new comforter for some time now, 
but I've had a terrible time deciding what color scheme to get!
I love warm colors for our bedroom and came across this set from
Better Homes and Gardens before our wedding...

The colors are so warm and pretty!
Gold, browns, oranges and burgundy's!
So I bought it to surprise hubby.

Funny story...
We ALWAYS fight over the blankets at night.
Our bed is Queen size so I thought if I bought the King size set, 
it would give us more "blanket space".

Me and my BRIGHT IDEAS...
I get the set home and want to wash it so it smells all comfy and cozy!
Welllll... come to find out that a KING size comforter REALLY does NOT FIT in our washer! 
Soooo... the washer couldn't really spin ALL the water out and...
a SOPPING WET comforter had to go in the dryer...
it took 6 HOURS to DRY that THING!
OMG!!!

But on the bright side,
its really comfy and cozy and we both can be covered up at night!!

For dinner on ♥ day,
we went to visit daddy/hubby to eat our Heart Shaped Pizza!

Yummy!

I even wore red for the occasion...

I'm NOT usually crazy about wearing RED but I felt a little sassy 'n romantic in it...
oooh la la!

On Monday, hubby and I took off for a few hours without the boys to do some Spring shopping for clothes at a local outlet mall, brrr! It was cold!
We had dinner at my fave, Olive Garden... where it was so nice to chat and eat and NOT have to argue with our boys as to who sits where, etc!

~~ So how was your ♥ day??~

....Noelle....

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Mamarazzi's Fave Things Swap!



Hey gals! Last year I joined in on this swap and made a WONDERFUl new friend, Stacy!!
We had so much in common through the swap that we decided to meet up in Ohio last summer with our kids to hang out!

Fave Things Swap= Goodies= New FRIENDS!!

Pop on over their to sign up!!

~Noelle~

♥ Vintage Valentine Ornament Giveaway WINNER ♥



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#8 is Jessi from Welcome to the Zoo! Congrats girl!!

Monday, February 15, 2010

Winner of OWOH giveaway is...


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The winner of my OWOH giveaway is...#51 on my comments...Vun Home @ Beyond Motherhood!CONG-RATS!Thanksto allthe great gals whoentered,its been a pleasure getting to know all of you:)
Noelle ♥

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Vintage Valentine Party/Giveaway ♥


Happy Valentines Day everyone!!
Its Vintage Valentine Card Party time,
Head on over to see more party participants too!!


Come on in and enjoy some sweets and coffee ♥







Don't forget your party favor...
some beautiful roses!



Today I am sharing some sweet Vintage Valentines that I found online but wish I really had to create with...
I love the silly humor in all of them!
The vintage valentines are so much cuter/sweeter than the valentine cards available
 for kiddo's today, its kinda sad!

Onto the cards...



So sweet!
I remember being in 7th and 8th grade and saying that we were"going together" with a boy! LOL



Too cute!!
I love their chubby lil legs:)



This one is so sweet 'n corny!!






Awww!! 


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I found these cute lil award that I would like to share with all you sweet gals today ♥
Feel free to copy and paste it to your blogs too!!

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I recently participated in Heidi's Homeade Valentine Swap...


I was partnered up with the sweetest lady Tanya from California ♥
She doesn't have a blog so I will show what she sent me and what I sent her as well...

Tanya SPOILED me ROTTEN!!



A pretty lil lunchbag...



A cute lil coffee cup cozy and a Starbucks gift card- yum!!



A three piece bamboo silverware set for my lunchbag, all wrapped in a pretty vintage hankie,


Love this!! 


Lovely wedding scrapbook kit...



CHOCOLATE!! Rose lotion and pretty tissues with an N monogram...



some tea bags and Reynolds heart cupcake liners...


3 yummy magazines!!



More baking goodies... cupcake mix, frosting/sprinkles, cute spoon and a sweet towel...


everything was wrapped so pretty...
some wedding stickers...


A really cool Ruler Book for scrapbooking!

She also sent my boys their own goodies too, which they LOVE to get their OWN swap stuff too:)


Lots of COOL Bakugan stuff which is right up Gavin's alley!!



Gage was so excited to open all his goodies...


He got a foam castle craft kit and a dragon puzzle!
We already put the castle together and he's removed all the stickers off it!!
Lil stinker 2 year old! LOL

Here are the goodies I sent to Tanya...


These 2 pretty vintage valentine hearts from The Christmas Tree Shops, they kinda have a shabby chic feel to them which Tanya likes...

sweet pink rose wreath (she likes cabbage roses a lot)...


I filled this cute shabby container with some floral body splash, candy and some ribbons...

Heart shaped Junior Mints, the ribbon and valentine baking cups for the recipe that we were supposed to include in the package as well...

Here is the recipe I sent her for some yummy cheesecakes...
I jazzed it up with some scrapbook paper and ribbon...

I also made Tanya this little tin ornament...

This was such a fun holiday to do swaps for ♥
Thanks for everything Tanya!!
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Well gals thats about a wrap!

Hope you've enjoyed the party...
Before you leave... its GIVEAWAY time!!!

I've created a 2nd Vintage Valentine ornament like the one I made for my other swap partner Mishele... but this one if for YOU to win!!



The front side...



The back side...

**All you have to do is tell me your fave thing about Valentines Day, to be entered to win!!**
I will pick a winner on MONDAY, the 15th of February.

Hope you all have a fabulous Valentines Day!!


Handsome Gavin is wishing you lots of love on this day...



Sweet lil Gage is sending some love your way too ♥

Also some Valentine wishes from...
The NEW Mr and Mrs...




xo xo xo
~♥~Noelle~♥~