Mostly Wordless Wednesday!

I'd like you to meet my 3 year old...

Mr Wonder Pet/Handy Manny/Cowboy/Captain Underpants with a Chocolate Moustache!

{LOL}

He's THE BEST ♥

Easter Inspiration

Hi there!

Well, since 48 out of the 50 states have had snow this winter... I think many of us are looking forward to spring, GREEN, sunshine, flowers, and EASTER:)

I was out at Target today and was surprised to NOT see a bunch of Easter stuff out.

I'm not usually crazy about soft pastel colors but I love them near the end of winter, beginning of spring. To me the soft colors represent birth, and new life.. just as we see pastel pink and blue for new babies.

By the way, my friend Hilary is having a baby girl in May!!! I'm soooo excited to buy baby girl stuff:)

She has 2 boys now, so I KNOW she is THRILLED to see girly stuff now!!

Here are a few pics of cute things, inspired by Martha Stewart.
(Like I said before, I think the woman is SO boring... but she makes CUTE stuff!)

So pretty, clean and spring-filled...

I've always wanted one of these cake stands to decorate with... love YELLOW in spring and summer!

Super cute and easy egg garland, I'm SO making one this Easter:)

I love GREEN grass and the smell of freshly mowed grass... this is a cute way to jazz up plain candles.

Not liking the white and brown eggs but a colored egg wreath would be adorable!!

Love the idea of using a big egg and filling it with flowers for a table;

I'd have to use artificial flowers, the cats would nibble on fresh ones :(

So cute! But wouldn't stand a chance in my house with my candy lovin' boys... lol!

These are so cute!

I think it'd be fun to include my boys in making these, by letting them grown the grass:)

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Who else is SOOO excited for Easter/Spring?

Meeeeee!!!

Noelle ♥

Valentines Day Wrap Up ♥

Hey gals!

I hope you all had a sweet Valentines Day:)

Its been such a CRAAAAZY busy week at work for me, we are getting ready to have a Federal Review in March so lots of preparing is put into that and I'M BEAT!

Here's a wrap up of our love-filled weekend...

Last Saturday I took my 2 sweet boys to see Gnomeo and Juliet... what a CUTE movie!

We did a little shopping for Valentine Treats for their schools:)

On Sunday hubby and I went out to dinner ALL ALONE; it was nice!! 

Like we usually do on our dates, we went grocery shopping afterwards... oozing romance, I know! LOL

For Gavin's class, I went to this adorable popcorn shop here called "Pop-Style" and got Valentine Mix popcorn and divided it up into individual treat bags and added a tag that said "Hope Your Valentine's Day is POPPIN!"... it was cute!

Gage had an ice cream party for his preschool; we just sent in cards with suckers; he had 25 kids to give goodies too. By the time I began to shop for candy, it was so picked over:( I chose to not go crazy trying to figure out what to do! But I skipped out on work to go to his party and it was PRECIOUS!!

Here's a couple pics...

Gage enjoying his upside down ice cream sundae:)

The teachers had several games set up and a couple crafts as well...

I talked Gage into making mommy a candy heart...

Busy little hands...

 Creating a pretty for his momma!

Have you noticed that the sayings on the Conversation Hearts have changed over the years?

He has one that said "Text Me"... lol!

Most of this busy boys time was spent building with blocks, playing trains or with other toys...

He LOVES anything related to Toy Story!!

On Sunday morn, we celebrated LOVE day with the boys... we gave them their lil goodies then since they had school on Monday...

Gavin got a silly gift; he always complains about no pencils being sharpened for homework time so one day I said "I'm gonna buy you an electric pencil sharpener for Valentines Day!" (I was totally kidding but he said YES YES, I want one!!)

And so, he got an electric pencil sharpener for VDay plus batteries for his camera (he always hounds me about) and some candy! The DUDE was THRILLED!!! 

Gage is in LOVE with the game Candy Land and believe it or not, we have never owned that game!

So he got a Candy Land game, a couple little cars that light up and a couple other goodies- but he was THRILLED too:)

See the happiness in those squinty lil eyes?

Love him ♥

Well thats a wrap...

Be back to chat this weekend:)

Noelle ♥

Pinktastic Swap ♥

Hi girls!My PINKtastic swap package arrived on Monday from my partner Kat:)What a fun and girly surprise to come home to from work on a MONDAY!
Here's a look at the girly pink goodness she sent me... 

 For some ME time and good ole' pampering she sent me:Some yummy smelling PINK shower gel, 2 new bath poufs (love these!), travel size q-tips in a PINK case... cute!, some pink and red argyle socks (how's she know I ♥ argyle?), some pink nailpolish and a 2 pack of raspberry softlips (my winter chapped lips are THANKING YOU Kat!)

Kat sent me a heart with chocolates inside- yum!Also some ribbons, stickers and embellishments for crafting, or scrapbooking:)

You all know I LOVE to bake and was especially thrilled with my new pink polka dot oven mitt and heart cookie cutter, sprinkles, heart shaped pancake turner and a 2 pack of CUTIE pie cupcake plates!!!

So I hope I have luck growing these roses in this kit cause I ♥ Roses too!!
Thanks Kat for all the goodies; it was great getting to know you:)
Here's a peek at what I sent Kat...

If you'd like to see more PINK goodness that arrived around the US this week; click on the button at the top of this post to head to Mammarazzi's blog:)
Hugs,Noelle ♥

Computer Drama!

Uggghhhhh!

I'm seriously going to give up on TECHNOLOGY!!

For some reason, this stinkin' computer I have right now is NOT letting me open boxes to post comments on peoples blogs.. why???

I've already missed out on entering one SUPER cute giveaway:(

Totally Frustrated!

Has this ever happened to anyone?

Heeeellllppp!!

Noelle

Sweetheart Candy Topiary/Valentine Vignette ♥

Good Morning ladies.. Happy Monday!

Mine is a Happy Monday cause I am home today, a little unexpected due to one of my boys still getting over a weekend bout of the flu :(

He's resting upstairs so I have time to share a "sweet" craft of mine and my Valentine display:)

It feels SOO good to be back to blogging and crafting once again!!

Its nice to hear sweet comments about the creations you make:)

I DO appreciate all of your bloggy love SOO much ♥

So I was inspired by my friend Jennie from Craft-O-Maniac, to make a topiary out of a coffee mug!

So simple, but I never thought of it, ha!

Thats where that girl comes in handy... love ya Jen!!

This little project cost me around $4 cause I had to buy the styrofoam ball, some floral foam to hold it in place inside the mug, a bag of those "Oh So Cute but HORRIBLY tasting" Conversation Candy Hearts and a spool of Valentine ribbon from Targets $1 section!

I had the clear coffee mug, paint and pink paper grass at home already:)

So here's what I did...

Just used some Pink acrylic paint I had at home and one of these sponge brushes...

 I painted the foam ball pink because I knew I couldn't completely cover the ball with candy, I also painted a large popsicle stick that I had for the "stick" which I attached the ball too. (Kinda flimsy, I recommend using a dowel rod like others use but I didn't have one). I attached the base of the stick to a hunk of green floral foam which I hot glued to the bottom of the mug (sorry no pics of that). Then I stuffed the mug using this shredded pink paper, which is actually paper Easter grass that I got last year on clearance!! I hot glued a pink chipboard heart to the mug for a little cute detail!!

I then began to hot glue the candy hearts onto the ball; it got a little top heavy so I had to add a bit more hot glue to the base to hold it in place.

I added some Valentine ribbons to the handle for some added pizazz!

And VOILA... a super cute and sweet Candy Topiary for Valentines Day:)

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Here are some shots of the old fashioned record player that I have in my living room (it was my grandmothers)... and the Valentine Vignette (love that FANCY word!) that I created on the top.

 What do you think?

I added the candy topiary here along with a Vintage Valentine banner I created (will post that one tomorrow). The runner on the top is still up from Christmas; but its red so I ran with it:)

What doesn't say LOVE more than a beautiful wedding photo and a lovely family photo?

 This rose vase came from our bedroom, and the 2 little paper heart boxes were $1 each at Dollar Tree! I love this wedding photo of hubs and I; the background is beautiful ♥

This big frame came from TJ Maxx for $5; its very old looking and I love it ♥

Just added another little candle from around the house cause it had some pink on it:)

Thanks for stopping by today!!

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Have a great day ♥
~Noelle~

Valentines Hutch

Here is my fave piece of furniture in my whole house...

My Hutch!!

All sweetened up for Valentines Day ♥

I left up a string of red Christmas lights so it would have a pretty soft glow in the evenings, also kept my red glittered placemats on there from Christmas as well.

This tea cup stays on the hutch year round and I just refill it with whatever decor fits the holiday or season. 

In it now is a glittered berry "kissing" ball that I picked up at GW last holiday season for 50 cents; I tucked some pink paper easter grass inside from last year also.

I found this red charger plate after Christmas this year at Walmart for 75 cents; I placed a framed wedding photo of ours in it; its one of my FAVORITE photos ♥

The heart wreath above it was an after Valentines day find at CVS last year for like 60 cents or so!!

These set of 3 white vases were from a Valentine Swap I did last year; the gal had also put all my goodies in this box as well. The vases say: "Live Well, Love Often, Love Much"; I just tucked some red flowers inside that were sitting around as well.

Here's another of the vases and this sweet little teddy bear with the mailbox was my grandmothers; she had a HUGE collection of teddy bears when she was with us ♥

I just added 2 of my Better Homes and Garden plates from Walmart which I got for $1 each at the end of summer; the glass plate came from GW and I added a vinyl word LOVE to it.

This cutie came from Kohls last year; I looove pink and brown together.. dont you?

These 2 wreaths were finds from in the home already too; they fit right in with the reds of ♥ day...

What would Valentines Day be without candy??

These are apothecary jars from GW as well; conversation hearts in one and red juju hearts in the other..

(Ummm well the red juju hearts were filled to the stop but a certain lady 

named mom kinda got her hands into the jar!!)

I cannot stand the taste of conversation candy hearts but they are so cute to decorate with!!

Well, I completed 2 crafts today for Valentines Day also!!

I must say... they are SOOO CUTE!!

I will be posting them tomorrow:)

~Hope you have had a wonderful weekend~
Noelle ♥