Orange you glad it's Saturday? :)

My favorite scents for candles and lotions are CITRUS. Yum. I love the clean, crisp smell of oranges, limes, lemons...and absolutely love the colors. How great to buy a big bag of limes or lemons at the grocery store and just have them in the house. :) This is one of the new Spring scents from Yankee candle and I can't wait to get it! I also have the Key Lime Pie and Lemon Chiffon...both are wonderful. The lemon is now discontinued, but they have a Lemon Zest that I'd love to have.

It's a gorgeous day! Sunny, mid-70's, wonderful day to be outside. (so why am I sitting here blogging? lol) We are going to my nephew's 5th birthday party today then out to a burger joint with some friends for dinner. I love days like today.

Everything in the photo below is from the new Pottery Barn catalog. And all of it inspired me in some way. The picture on the left is a Photo Carousel. They have it filled with photos, but I can see doing small little scrapbook layouts, too, and displaying them along with photos. And I bet you could find one of these at a thrift shop or a small bookstore and just PAINT it. Wouldn't be the same style, of course, but it would work. I posted this photo on 2Peas and people had really neat ideas for the carousel. (even using it as storage in your scrapbooking area)

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The bedding at the top is a beautiful lime-ish summery green and white. That summer green color is EVERYWHERE and I just love it! I want to include that color in a lot of my Spring and Summer scrapbook pages this year. :) The bottom photo is a set of Summer votive candles. Aren't those colors wonderful together? Great combination for a scrapbook page. I especially love the green, orange, and navy blue together.

Last night Noah and his cousin made these cupcakes for dessert. They were very yummy so I thought I'd link the recipe here. Great fun for the kids! A chocolate cupcake with a mini oreo and cream cheese inside. Here is the recipe: Mini Oreo Surprise Cupcakes. :)

Have a blessed weekend with your family!

- Jennifer

"Just think you are here not by chance but by GOD's choosing. His hand formed you and made you the person you are. He compares you to noone else; you are one of a kind. You lack nothing that His grace can't give you. He has allowed you to be here at this time in history to fulfil His special purpose for this generation. You are GOD's servant in GOD's place at GOD's perfect time." - Anonymous