popping in to share...

a GIVEAWAY!!!!

Win a FREE Have a Lovely plate when we reach 500 likes on our facebook page! 

Encourage your friends through email, blogging, share on your wall, and/or messages to LIKE the have a lovely.com facebook page. Once they “like” our page they then need to post on our wall that you referred them. We will keep up with the referrals and the friend that produces the most referrals will receive a FREE plate…wedding or birth announcement plate…your choice!

I am most grateful in your help spreading the word and good luck to all of you on getting your hands on your very own Have a Lovely plate for FREE!!

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Hope you are all having a lovely summer friends!

LAST CHANCE! before they take flight...

LIMITED EDITION : Christmas 2011 plate - $55 {+$15 shipping}
a precious keepsake... to treasure your child's handprint or footprint
{{siblings can be put onto the same plate!}}
...we'll turn it into a reindeer and create a unique plate to be brought out every year for Christmas! {other styles available...santa, christmas tree, etc.}

{only a certain number of orders will be accepted}
12.14.2011 is the last day to places orders

if you wish to purchase please email us at ashley{@}havealovely.com



{ have you LIKED us on facebook yet? }

birthday countdown

my little buckaroo will turn TWO on the 13th! {crazy actually that its already birthday time again...i still haven't shared his first birthday party...opps! will do that soon!} with a little inspiration from this post...i decided to make him an advent type calendar leading up to his big day! this way we could celebrate each day as his birthday counted down closer and closer.

{the frame and wiring i made last winter...i use it for pictures and try to change it out with the seasons.} for this "calendar" i used my favorite tags and glittered one side with a number and the flip side i wrote one of the things we just love about our "baby" boy!

we flip over a new tag every morning...

its been a lovely way to celebrate...and just one more reason for me to tell him how much i love him each day! i am going to save them all and put them in his baby book packaged together. i am looking forward to continuing this as a tradition each year...and with each year he'll understand more and more!

1st ever "have a lovely" LIMITED EDITION

LIMITED EDITION : halloween 2011 plate - $55 {+$15 shipping}
a precious keepsake to treasure your child's handprint or footprint
{{siblings can be put onto the same plate!}}
...we'll turn it into a ghost and create a unique plate to be brought out every year for halloween!

to order : email ashley{@}havealovely.com
{only a certain number of orders will be accepted!}

made with love

we bought this dresser {i've become a craigsl*st addict} and dr. daddy has been working so hard to strip and refinish it in his "free" time! he is doing such an amazing job...i'm so proud of him and so thankful he loves doing it!

as you can see...little man has been helping when he can too!

its ALMOST finished since these pics...so i'll try to round up the before and after pics when its all done.

full of lovely thanks

i have been am one busy little bee right now! i am so thankful for the complete abundance of orders this last month! and just a little sampling of the ones i've just shipped...

invited to a june wedding? are you not sure what to get the couple that has e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g.? OR are the newlyweds extra special and you'd like to give them something unique to treasure? have a lovely is a lovely choice!

ALSO...be sure and "like" us on facebook!

spring day

...and he's all done!

mommy and lala made little tickle's shirt...thank you lala! and thank you lala for my big boy button down for spring too!!!

spring?

yesterday marked 2 weeks since our last snowfall!
dare i say that maybe we are snow-free until next winter?

happy birthday daddy!

whats for dessert?

whipped these up last minute for hubby and i last night and they were a hit!
just enough sweetness and nutrition {fruit!} to not over indulge!

a lovely for 2 LOVEly birds

happy ♥ day friends!

i have been "tortured" by looking at this gorgeous little box my mom made since we came back from texas in mid-january. mom sent our valentines with us and we weren't allowed to open until today!

what a sweet little treat waiting inside!

handmade by momma is always a treat! i think i'll be keeping the box out for a while longer so i can continue to admire it! thanks mom!!! ♥ you! hope everyone has a special day filled with love and those they love! i'm off to make a surprise dinner for mine...with a little help from the pioneer woman! { side note...when i went to grab her link...ummm oh my did you see the adorable k.a.mixer she has on her post for today! }

a quick catch up

in late october we...

visited many pumpkin patches...

in november we...

outgrew these... :(

celebrated thanksgiving with dear friends...

moved...

in december we...

met santa...

spent 3 weeks in texas with family for the holidays...










designed a new camera strap with my momma...

and in january we...

SURVIVED the first snow of 2011 back in pa...




and the next one...we ventured out a few times to romp in it...
but my blood is too southern for it and little tickle's not too sure about it!




made lots of tickle soup {its what we call it @ our house }



i think we might be caught up! maybe i can keep up now!