Yes. Here I am talking about Basketball and such already and the new season has not even begun yet! But honestly, you DO want to bear with me. Today there’s a whole new spin to the perspectives and purpose of this post. I’d love for you all to give it a read, and then join in with

Happy long 4th of July Weekend, Everyone!

I designed these two 4th of July folded, 2-sided card printables this morning,
for our tables this weekend, and I am happy to share them with you!

Above is just

Shortly after we started blogging, almost 3 years ago, I found that I really wanted to connect with our readers.  Little windows into the beauty of the various people who visited us here, was more and more evident through the

Last week, I decided rather spontaneously, to have a surprise Give-Away to the 100th ‘Liker’ of our Facebook Page for Our House Of Joyful Noise. The unsuspecting ‘Lucky Liker’, Tammy N.,  got a happy surprise, and I had so much fun doing it!   I’ve decided that using our Facebook Page, when announcing… (READ MORE......) | 3 Comments

We’re so excited that the time has come to announce the winner of our latest give-away, for this beautiful stationary card set and fancy pen!  But before we get to that, we just wanted to say…..

We never anticipated the heart-warming stories you all have shared with us.  It was evident that every… (READ MORE......) | 3 Comments

Hand written notes and letters, have virtually become a thing of the past, with the speed and convenience of technology communications today.  I admit, I am all about using the computer, especially, for communication.  I do love it.  The phone, not so much.   But there are some folks in my life, who are not… (READ MORE......) | 14 Comments

Some of you may recall that I mentioned that there was a Give-Away involved in the collection of  e-mails for the Special E-Mail we were sending out.   The winner of the Give-Away was indicated by the one who had an XO on the purple circle of their Special E-Mail, which was an announcement/invitation to our all new blog site. It looked like this:

There was no schooling on our agenda today – just delivering our May Day Baskets, and the kids could not have been more excited!  But, first, I had to have some of my own fun, taking just a few more photos, as detailed memories.

For those of you who have been itching to know what the winner of Our First Give-Away received, this is the post you’ve been waiting for!  For those of you who are new to our blog, and have no clue what we’re talking about here, these links may help:

Announcement for our blog’s

Well this was just SO much fun for us….

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There was quite a few comments in that bowl you know!

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Really, it was like…..1/2 full!!

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