Craving

Up until recently I have been pretty sick with this pregnancy (yep, baby #3 is on the way!). When we moved into our new home we were fortunate enough to have huge lemon, tangerine and tangelo trees. The smell of them coming through the window with the breeze is just heaven. As I have started to feel better and begin to actually keep food down I find myself craving lemons terribly! I have been squeezing them on everything I eat and have bowls of them all over the house. My husband thinks I'm crazy but I just keep cutting them up for the smell alone. This is really odd for me because I have never been one for sour foods. In the past 3 months however I have not had anything sweet apart from trying a bowl of ice cream a few times to help my aching tummy.

So I guess it will be lemons this time around. With my first it was avocados and milk, my second I craved bean and cheese burritos and again lots of milk. This time just lemons, oh and water. I can't get enough water. Let's hope this baby isn't a sourpuss. LOL

Hope you have a wonderful day and indulge in a craving of your own!

Love This Book!

I just got my copy today of Fifi O' Neill's book Romantic Prairie Style. It is so beautiful and exactly what I was looking for to inspire me in decorating our new home. It is filled with wonderful ideas and gorgeous pictures. I highly recommend it. I just can't seem to put it down!

Settling In

It has been a very long few months but I am happy to report we are officially in our new home!! It feels so good to finally be here, boxes and all. It has only been a week but we are slowly settling in, unpacking and hunting for furniture to fill this large empty house. While my studio will be an ongoing project I plan on setting up a temporary space in the house to get the business back up and running very soon!

I had to share my absolute favorite new addition. This French Farmhouse dining table and bench. It seats up to 12 and just needs some chairs and a big bucket of dried lavender.

Very rustic and just what I had been looking for. It sits in front of a huge window seat overlooking fresh Rosemary bushes and beautiful fruit trees. I will have to share those soon! The dining room has hardwood floors so we decided to keep them and continue it into the living room.

I also love this built in hutch. For some reason everything here is painted a dark glossy chocolate brown. . but that will change soon. Picture a vintage white and the shelves filled with pretty things! We have many projects to do in this house and while I know it will take time I am enjoying doing things just as we want them. I also plan on sharing the transformations along the way. The house has very high ceilings and was built in 1915. It is just brimming with possibilities!

Now back to unpacking.
Look for Noelle Garrett Designs to reopen within the next week!

~Have a wonderful day!~

Happy Valentine's Day!

Wishing you a Happy Valentine's Day with your sweetie!

A Few Tuesday Treats

Just a few of the new treats listed on our site this cloudy
Tuesday afternoon.

Sunbathing

Sunbathing on a Sunday morning. . . ahh the life of a cat.

April in Paris

After being sick for over a week I am slowly getting back in the swing of things. One of our new collections was just completed and we have several others on the way! This one is called April in Paris. It is frilly and feminine and features a soft pastel palette
with lots of lace and ribbons.

It includes a variety of note cards, gift tags, journals, bottles, stamped bags and a few other treats! Each has a little French message.

I really love the images, they are rather stoic but very beautiful.

Some pieces also have stamped burlap accents.

This is the first journal. Lots of vintage lace and pretty paper rosettes adorn the cover, simple yet elegant.

A sweet bottle to fill with buttons or craft supplies.

The second journal has a wide row of vintage lace and a pastel graphic paper background. Very pretty in person, as you can tell I was beginning to loose my light while photographing these last few.

This is just a sampling of the complete collection now available here. We hope you like them as much we do. Well, back to work on our other new collections.
Happy Wednesday!