:: Painting letters ::

I got a really good deal on these letters at {Hobby Lobby} a few weeks ago. I attempted to paint them a rustic brown and the paint didn't stick. The letters have a little bit of texture and gold shimmer -I think this was my problem. Does anyone have any paint tips! I loved these letters - I wanted to put them in our master bedroom, any ideas???

HELP with Fabric!!!

So this chair was given to me, by my lovely granny with the instructions to make it my own!

However, I need help with Fabric, I don't even know where to begin!!! I love this chair, love projects and even have someone who will recover it...I just don't know where to begin on color, texture, brands, etc... By the way this chair is one of the most comfortable ones I have ever set in - so soft and cozy!

Any suggestions anyone??? ~M

"Coupon Craving"

It's a time where everyone is saving, clipping, and again looking for deals! Schools about to start and the holidays are right around the corner - to be exact Christmas is 19 weeks away! Yea!

I was watching the news last night and heard a news anchor talking about a lady that created a web-site called Coupon Cravings...she craves looking for deals and now shares them with the world via her web-site. Please check it out when you can. There are some amazing "Freebies"! I would love to hear from you all! Enjoy...

Thoughts on fabric for a "ladies" chair?!?

Not much new going one with us...Trying to enjoy summer and our friendships.

I promise I will have a new picture post soon. I actually was given a wing back "ladies" chair and I need thoughts on fabric!!! I promise I'll get the pictures up this week...I'm thinking traditional plaid, but possibly something fun for "me" to enjoy! What are your thoughts?!?

Check back for the pictures!

Just wanted to share...

Since we've been married, Josh and I have been spending lots of time with our newest nephew, and oh'boy are we crazy about him!!!

Sarah my sister-n-law....mommy to baby Sam!

I think he just woke up!
In the car....

Baby Sam & Momo

FREE COUPONS...

COUPONS, COUPONS, COUPONS

I have found that I LOVE printing coupons, clipping them from the paper, picking them up at stores down the grocery isle and searching for them, endlessly! I personally wanted to share some websites you can print printable coupons. The coupons are manufacture coupons so they can be combined with store coupons. The majority of these coupons are Grocery Coupons. I have found lots of $1.00 coupons :)

http://www.redplum.com/

http://www.coolsavings.com/

http://www.coupons.com/

http://www.couponsurfer.com/

For all you new mom's, mother-n-laws, sister's, aunts, etc... You can always go to the baby websites and sign up for free e-mails and mail offers. These offers are GREAT. Randomly, I'll get free diapers in the mail, formula, LOTS OF COUPONS for wipes, swimmers, diapers, etc. There are usually $3.00-5.00 diaper coupons off.

*I don't have children, but I love buying things for my sister-n-law that has a 3 month old. This all started for me, when I was going to one of her showers and had some random Huggies coupon for $5.00 off diapers (received it in my e-mail). I hadn't planned on buying diapers as part of my gift, but with the coupon I ended up paying less than $4.00 for a big package of diapers!!! I thought that was a bargain!

Some of the baby sites I have come across are:

http://www.huggies.com/

http://www.enfamil.com/

http://www.luvsdiapers.com/

http://www.gerber.com/

Enjoy searching, printing & clipping! Morgan

Like a Warm Cup..Happy 1st Anniversary!

CliCk ThE pArTy BuTtOn!!!!

Who doesn't love a PARTY! Like a warm cup of coffee is having her 1st Anniversary Blogging Party with lots of wonderful giveaways!!! It's her sweet child's 4th birthday too! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Like a warm cup of coffee has inspired me to devote more time in the morning to our sweet father... It's been wonderful. I get those few minutes in the morning to share with GOD how thankful I am for the day he has blessed me with! More days I get to live and learn what his desires are for me. They have given me lots of inspirational thoughts and I hope they will for you too!

Thank you Sarah Mae for helping and inspiring me in my walk with Christ!!!

We have a WINNER!!!

The winner is Carrie over at FARMING ON FAITH!!!

Thank you all for who participated in helping Lauren! She is a special person with a big heart! We need more Christians/givers/listeners like her. She has blessed my life and doesn't even know it. Were going to miss her this summer...pray she has safe travels and God watches over her!

Thank you all for supporting us in our first GIVEAWAY!
I'll do another one real soon!

In his precious name ~ Morgan & Lauren

One More day until the GIVEAWAY!

One more day until I get to do my first GIVEAWAY!!! Yeah!!! Go comment for your chance to WIN a cute necklace....FREE!
Thanks for supporting Lauren over at Leafy Tree!

FREE GIVEAWAY!

We all love a giveaway!!! I am helping a sweet college friend of mine who is raising money for her mission trip. She starting making these adorable necklaces to help with the cost of her trips & for fun of course! I have personally bought a few as gifts - there wonderful! Her necklaces cost $5.00 + $1.00 for shipping and postage! She packages them ~ super cute and will get them to you asap.

Here's the deal - you must check out her blog http://leafytreecreations.blogspot.com but leave a comment on my blog for the FREE GIVEAWAY! Together we'll pick a winner Wednesday, May 12th by noon!!! GOOD LUCK!!!

PLEASE SUPPORT LAUREN & GO BUY SOME NECKLACES!!!!

Were MARRIED!!!

Husband and Wife....just as God wants it!

Spanki you ROCK!

AMAZING! more to come...
Whistler Blackcomb Mountains...Love British Columbia, Ye!

Snowmobiling for the Husband....

Fairmont Resort! Ahhh, the only way to go...

We joined in marriage on April 4th - it was one of the most remarkable day of my life. It's amazing how the Lord leads you to your mate and allows you to have no doubts about where you are in life. If you right with the lord, life is so sweet! I love you my dear husband...Love, M

We embarked on a 3 day extravaganza before the wedding. With family arriving from out of state, family dinners, visiting, camaraderie, laughter, lots of love, hugs and kisses...it was wonderful! Then "our wedding day" came and it was out of a fairy tale, every candle was lit, guest seated, sun setting, the cannon d playing in the background...the preacher looking at us asking the most important questions of our life, and then we became united as husband and wife. We then traveled to Whistler, British Columbia, Canada for a 6 day honeymoon, that was better than any trip we had ever taken...The villages, snow, late night fires, hot chocolate, ski slopes, LOTS OF LOVE, and more laughter...Josh I had the best time of "our" lives...we'll always have Whistler!

Thank you all for being a part of our marriage! We love you! Morgan & Josh Newman

UPDATE!

A few pictures of the place where were getting married! Peaceful....

I haven't been the best blogger these past few weeks...life is busy, wedding planning is coming along and little with sleep! Just wanted to let you all know I am still here~ We did lay 3 pallets of grass this weekend at the ranch were getting married at, ahhh it looks GREAT! I worked every muscle in my body I didn't know I even had....we were so sore, but totally worth it! We hung some curtains this past weekend in our bedroom, finished our laundry room (that's connected to the new carport) and received a few little wedding gifts in the mail....I have attached a picture of our china, which we received ALL of. Love it...I hope you can see it! It has swirls all around the rim with silver trim.

Were down for the count....20 days to go until I'm Mrs. Josh Newman! I just love the sound of that! Just perfect, God's "WILL" will take you to wonderful places!

Randomness...

Spring time is in full bloom at our house!

Inspiration for patio....
I LOVE SPRING!!!

This time next month....

This time next month I will be Mrs. Josh Newman! Wooo hooo! I am getting so much more excited each day…you just have no idea! I wake up on cloud 9 every morning. It’s breath taking! The excitement of marrying my best friend and enjoying the rest of our lives together as one is, well there's not any words that come to mind....speechless!!! I love him so much!

"Thank you" notes for the guest tables

Thank you cards for each place setting

at the wedding!

I decided the tables for the wedding needed some color....As of now, the table scape includes clear glass vases w/white candles w/grapevine around the outer edge of the glass I thought the cards would be a cute dash of spring color in front of each place setting (glossy of course - hoping the candles will reflect the glossiness)!!! There about post card size!!!

::February update::

February is here and were less than 2 months away for the wedding! Yeah!!! My mother went with me Saturday to do the final fitting for my wedding gown. It was such a blessing to have her share that moment with me. I really enjoyed our time together. We got up early and drove the Brenham...what a pretty drive that was...we enjoyed our Starbucks coffee and each others company. A wonderful mother-daughter morning, which I hope we have many more of. Sunday, I slept in a little - - missed church but I needed some sleep. I have gotten up early the past 21 days and just needed an extra hour or two to roll around in my cozy bed. I then enjoyed a cup of coffee in my adorable new coffee cups (bought a Ross for $2.99 each) - then got knee deep in addressing, stamping and stuffing our wedding invitations! By the way I now know they sell stamps at Kroger....no more post office lines for me. Yeah from Kroger!!! Then as no surprise my wonderful STB husband fixed dinner....he is such a blessing to me and I LOVE HIM! I know were going to have a wonderful life together. He is so good to me and I don't know what I would do without him!

We started our carport/washroom remodel this month too. Josh has done an excellent job on taking this task on. The old carport was torn down and demolished along with the old concrete. We had new concrete poured twice the size I might add. Were finally going to have some storage too and even our own work/craft tables. I can't wait to have my own crafting space....It's so needed...The contractors start this morning. I can't wait to go home at lunch and see what progress they have made! I will keep you all posted.

Thanks for listening to me blab....Just wanted to do a little update. I hope to post pictures soon.

::PICTURES!::

Josh...you look so happy...and I look so giddy!!!
Sweet!

MY FAVORITE!

Update on Engagment pic's!

SHE DID IT....go to: http://spankimillsphotography.blogspot.com/

I cried happy tears! Thank you Spanki!

Engagement Pic's!!!

Engagement Pictures....today is the day! It's quite exciting for me...Were finally going to have some professional pictures taken. It seemed like this day would never come. For me, it's kind of like what do we wear, do we take props, do we take layers of clothing, etc...I am really EXCITED and Spanki Mills is going to be taking them this afternoon. Her work is TERRIFIC! I know what I have pictured in my head the pictures will look like but I am in hopes she will surprise me and go far and beyond the normal pictures. I don't want the average...me standing behind Josh and us just smiling. I really hope she captures the moments, smiles, laughter, etc...Which I have seen in all of her other pictures. There so neat! I know I have picked the right person for the job & the neat part is it's not even her job, she does it for the passion of photography! I will keep you all posted and hope to have some on my blog in the next few weeks.

Christian Art for the Home!

Christian art for the home....

This was a piece I bought and dont' know what to do with! Don't you just LOVE....


I ordered the first piece, not done yet....the second piece I got right before Christmas!

Art...I have never been a big fan of it but recently I have been somewhat addicted to Fidgeteejibbets! These ladies are so talented...Look at a few of the pieces they have done. They make unique and wonderful treasures created from, old junk, found items and some bought stuff. Thank you ladies for making my home beautiful...If your interested, please contact Robin @ (936)394-2130 or Jan @ (936)973-2331

I hope you like the art as much as I do....

My sweet stb mother and father-n-law recently moved to Arizona. We have just started having a hard time with them not being 15 minutes down the road...they have only been gone 2 weeks but it feels more like 2 months. It's AMAZING you don't know what you have until its not there anymore...There flying in this weekend and were ready. Miss you guys & love you so much!

::Thoughts::

Time flys and I don't know where it goes. Were 80 days out from the wedding and there is so much left too, but yet so much has been done. This past Friday I was nauseous to my stomach all day, I didn't like feeling that way. I couldn't wait to get home and just wrap my arms around Josh and be hugged by him. By hugging him I know things in life are okay. No matter how crazy things get one simple hug from him and nothing in the world seems to matter but him and I :)

We registered this past weekend. Wow...that was time consuming. Picking out China was like picking out that perfect pair of shoes to go with that one fun dress in your closet. Something you have to have, but will use seldom. I made a commitment to myself to keep 2 place settings of our china out everyday. As a new wife I am hoping that each Sunday when the 2 of us sit down for dinner we can use our very special and beautiful china. Something our kids will look back and say....my parents used this china every Sunday for Sunday Dinner. Good plan, huh! I'll let you know in a year how that turned out :)