Wedding Inspiration ♥

Hi girls! Don't worry... the BUG is out of my A*S today; so you are safe to continue reading! LOL
We all have a CRAP day here and again and mine happened to be yesterday!
But today the sun is shining, I LOST ANOTHER POUND- thats 9 lbs lost in just under 6 weeks- yahoo! The boys are I are off to our favorite little pool here soon too:)

I came along some lovely Fall wedding photos that gave me some inspiration for OUR BIG DAY that is just 5 MONTHS AWAY now!!

Look at this cute ring bearer pillow! It is very simple with the solid color satin but its the leaves that make it so gorgeous!

Look at this cool old barn! I love how they lined the walkway with pumpkins!! I am thinking that I would like to have the front of the church lined with pumpkins as you walk in for our ceremony!

Look at these pretty fall floral centerpieces! I just LOVE the colors!
This is the color palette for our centerpieces and the bouquets; not as much yellow though!

I thought this idea was neat for the reception...
Instead of guests signing a guest book, they would fill out a post card with "best wishes" for the mr. and mrs. on it. Someone in the bridal party would mail them so when the newlyweds got home from their honeymoon; their mailbox would be full of the postcards from their guests:)

I STILL REALLY want to make caramel apples as favors for my bridal shower guests. My mom tried talking me out of it; because I'd have to make 35-50 of them but... thats not bad! I think its very cute, unique and FALL-ish!!

Mom is using pumpkins for the centerpiece bases at the shower; I know hers will come out prettier than this one but wanted to show it for my inspiration!

UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES:

Mid September: My Bachelorette Weekend Get-Away
Sat. October 3rd: BRIDAL SHOWER
Friday, November 13th: Rehearsal and Dinner
Saturday, November 14th: OUR WEDDING DAY!

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Time is a flying by!! I can't wait to show you all pics from the big day when it comes:)

Hugs,
Noelle ♥

Mostly Wordless Wednesday #5

My Word for today is CRAP! I didn't show some of that 'cause its gross so my potty image represents it today!!

I look like CRAP!
I feel like CRAP!
The weather here is CRAPPY!
I did a CRAPPY job on my math exam which really makes me in a CRAPPY mood!
My youngest son who is 2 still sleeps for CRAP; waking me up 2-3 times a night lately; leaving me to get a CRAPPY night's sleep!
Our other car took a CRAP! So now we are down to sharing the SUV which means I get stuck at home, which makes me in a CRAPPY mood again!

Can ya tell I am not having a good day? I try REALLY hard to be positive but today I just can't pull it off! Sorry that you decided to read my CRAPPY post today:(
Check out this SITE to read some other MWW posts that aren't as CRAPPY as mine!!
Maybe tomorrow will be a better day!

Noelle ♥

Wishful Shopping!!

Well, I planned to do this post tomorrow but... I have to head to campus early tomorrow to complete an assignment for my online class because my stupid computer won't let me download the documents I need to help me- UGH!! So, I got bored and did one of my "secret" favorite things to do... browse a site and "pretend" to buy all the things you like!! LOL Pathetic, eh??
I ended up on The Lakeside Collection site tonite; its kinda like Ltd Commodities where there is tons of stuff that is CHEAP!!

So here are some of the things I'd "buy"!! The door mat above that says "Its 5 o'clock somewhere" is a fave of mine! LOL I think its so cute!! Some days I need it to be 5 o'clock in my house, with no kids and a margarita or 2!

What do you think of these French Country birdhouse solar lites? Too cute; they were I think $9.95 each; I'll take all 3!!

Have you seen these pull apart cake pans? I LOOOOVE them! I want the butterfly and the flower basket- these were $5.95 each!!

I'd like a couple of these for my porch and patio; I think they were like $14.95, maybe? Not bad!

I thought this bathroom stuff was TOO CUTE! I want to redo our bathroom AGAIN! I am tired of the nautical stuff we have in there now; I wanna go GIRLY again:)

I love these Candle Wall Sconces; but the FROSTED ones! Aren't they cool?

This is adorable with the white picket fence!!

These cute little condiment containers caught my eye too! I love fun summer bbq accessories! Look at the chip and dip!!! Eeeek!

This kitty yard sign is really cute too! I like these cats the best because I wouldn't have to take care of their litter boxes!!

Another site that I fill up my "shopping bag" is on Old Navy! Of course, I can't buy it all but I'll fill the shopping bag online with like $200 worth of stuff that I like for us:) Hehehe! Who knows, I could win some money somehow then I would know exactly what I'd buy!!

Geeeez... I know what you are thinking, "She's pathetic!!" Yea, I guess I kinda am!
That's what happens when your money tree stops growing for awhile;
you daydream about shopping!

Have you ever done this? Please tell me I'm not the only one, please??

Good night,
Noelle ♥

Scrapbook Sunday: Summer Fun!

Welcome to Scrapbook Sunday! I am waaaay tardy today in posting! My youngest decided to wake up at 6:30 am and thought he'd stay up for the day- yeah right!! He didn't go to bed till almost 11 pm last night; so I made him go back to sleep and WE didn't get up till 11:30 today!!! Thank goodness for SUMMER and sleeping in!!

Speaking of summer... I am showing 2 fun layouts today from my oldest son' album; that feature some of the FUN things we like to do in the summer here!

This first layout is a fave of mine! I love the blue paper and fun pool/beach stickers! We go to a nice little kiddie water park just a few minutes from our home every summer! Its perfect for the kids 'cause it goes from 6 inches of water at the edges to only 18 inches of water in in the middle; there is a water slide, all sorts of water spraying things too! The boys LOVE it!! It opens tomorrow for the summer and we plan to go on TUESDAY!

This next layout is from a couple years back when my son was playing T-Ball! I love the cute baseball themed paper that I used in the background. I then cut out a baseball to use as my journaling box! This page seems "busy" to me now; due to my lack of time to currently work on my boys albums' my pages have gotten to be kinda "dull" compared to how I used to do them. I feel like I need to "HURRY" in order to get them caught up. I am actually up to Easter of this past year in both boys books, so I probably should not worry about keeping up, and just take my time to create some wonderful pages!!

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Currently there are three other gals plus me who post on Scrapbook Sunday; we'd LOVE some new friends to join us!! If you'd like to join, just take my button and add it to your blog. Leave me a comment telling me that you'd like to join us and I'll add a link to you!! Its that easy:)

Check out these gals to see their SS Sunday posts too:

Holly and Katie and Vickie

I'm off to buy a couple flats of flowers to plant today; the weather is GORGEOUS so I must take advantage of it!!

Have a lovely day:)
Noelle ♥

Red, White and Blue on the BRAIN!

Isn't this the cutest cupcake? I have a major case of red, white and blue on the brain! I REALLY want to have a 4th of July party here at the house this year, but I know it won't happen. I think I am going to have a Patriotic Crop for my scrapbookin' gals though; then I can get all crafty!!

This weekend I need to finish my swap package for the Very Vintage Red, White and Blue swap. I am dabbling in a couple things that I HOPE and PRAY come out cute; I've not made many vintage things so this is taking quite a bit of tweaking on my part.

Tomorrow I am having a friend over with her 2 little girls for a Father's Day Gift Crop; we are putting little paper albums together with our kids as gifts for the daddies:) Then I have to go and waitress for Brian at the pizza place! Sunday may be a treasure-hunting day; so far no plans are made.

No strawberry picking today like I had hoped for:( It has rained a lot here the past 2 days so we'll pass. I only have the oldest boy home with me for a couple hours today so I am mopping floors and shampooing area rugs, along with laundry! I KNOW, so EXCITING!! LOL

Hope you find something fun to do this weekend!! I'll be back on Sunday to show my SCRAPBOOK SUNDAY post!

Love you all,
Noelle ♥

Coming in JULY!!

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Holy Cow! I'm coming up on 300 posts!!
I love the beautiful beach; waves crashing, blue skies!
I've been to the ocean once in my life- so sad!
I want to go back again very soon... so for now, I'll be bringing the BEACH to you:)

I am having a BIG, Beach themed give-away in early July!! Stay tuned:)

(I was gonna add this button to my sidebar but it was TOO BIG! Don't you hate that??)

Noelle ♥

I'm Ga-Ga for GINGHAM!

I made it here today after all! Today was a busy day! We missed our play date today cause we all slept in-yahoo! I had class, then a friend came to visit, we played outside and I cleaned off the patio and dumped poor old Mr. Turtle sandbox that was cracked and now here I am!

I have been seeing so much cute gingham checked things around lately that its making me go GA-GA!! Look at those cute gardening gloves above- floral and checked!

What about this picnic basket? The plates are ADORABLE with roses on them:)

OMG! I could have 2 of these lamps in my living room and I'll take one for my kitchen too:) Mom, if you are reading this... HINT!! HINT!! (My mom desperately wants to buy me some table lamps, I REALLY need some!)

Ugh, and these shoes!!!! Too flippin' cute!!

I have some green and white gingham in my Country Apple kitchen; mostly on the curtains!
My living room has plaid couches with reds, greens, tans and some pinks! Its just SO cute and country looking! I am loving more and more WHITE as accents too but it freaks me out cause I have 2 MESSY boys! So, one day I WILL have the house of my dreams and it WILL be clean... it might take oh, 15 years or so!!

Have a great Thursday! We have a playdate tomorrow and the boys are getting haircuts. Then if the weather is nice Friday, we are doing something NEW... STRAWBERRY PICKING!!! Eeeeeeeeekkkkkkk, I cannot wait!!!! I'll take lots of pics, ok??

Hugs,
Noelle ♥