Welcome Spring~

The beautiful spring came, when nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive. 

-Harriet Ann Jacobs - Photo: Pinterest

At Fanciful we've just added some New Items for Spring!  Nori Branch Earrings,

Stunning Mother of Pearl Parisian Designer Ring,

Butterfly in Lucite Paperweight and much more!

Also, Spring is a busy season for my Paper Flowers so I'm taking Special Orders Now~ 

Order yours ahead to avoid a long lead-time. 

Visit Fancifulshop.com

Wishing you and yours a beautiful Spring~
Thank you for your business and support always! 

A Day for Love

The other day in yoga, my instructor Elaine reminded us of an important part of love. What she shared was so simple, yet so powerful. I believe in it so much and am so thankful Elaine is in my life to whisper her words of wisdom and inspire me to be better. I created this quote (above) in honor of what she shared to share with YOU for Valentine's Day.

I hope YOUR Valentine's Day is full of things that make you feel loved and happy!

I will be with my beloved husband. He is my world, my true love and my best friend. Mike, you give me so many reasons to love and more.  Thank you for your sweet notes in the morning, for telling me you love me every day, for your support always, and mostly, for being you. 
I love you with all my heart.

Tell me about your Valentine or Something you LOVE ~

Also, I want to thank all of you so much for entering my Giveaway and for following my New Facebook Page!  The winner has just been posted HERE!

XOXO,
Noel

pictures from google images,  pinterest and fanciful.

{Happy Birthday Mom}

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Birthday Card  Above Available at Fanciful Designs

You've taught me everything I know. How to love, to hope, to wish, to create, to believe, to trust, be still, be kind and be true. But mostly, you guided me and helped me grow.

You are the most beautiful person I know.  The joy you bring into my life is more than I could ever ask for. You find a way to make an ordinary day extraordinary. You always have and I know you always will. But today, is YOUR day! So I've invited everyone to come celebrate YOU!

We have a cake, festive balloons and wrapped presents all waiting just for YOU... 

~I cannot wait to celebrate YOU~

 Say Happy Birthday to my Mom at French Blue!

Happy Birthday Mom!!

Giveaway for Love Day!

 Come celebrate this month of love with me!

 Today, Fanciful joined Facebook! I'm so excited to share some new and exciting things with you! And, as we celebrate for Valentine's day Fanciful will be giving away a Diptyque French Rose Candle along with a pair of Handmade Angel Wings. 

To Enter the Giveaway, like Fanciful on Facebook HERE
Also, post about my sweet giveaway on your blog or facebook to be entered 5x!
(Be sure to email me to let me know) 
Thank you for all your support always~ 

The winner will be drawn and announced on Valentine's Day via Facebook.

Our Wedding Invitations

Since I can't have you all there, I wanted to still send you an invitation through this post!
One of my favorite things is to send something beautiful for one to receive. I love the creative world of stationery, papers, stamps and the endless ways one can express a message through the old fashioned post. When the time came to create my own wedding invitations I made sure they would be something very special, and made with love using my own hands.

The invitations were carefully designed fitting in with our theme of gardenia paper flowers and touches of pastel blush pinks. The hand dyed silk ribbons wrapped each boxed invitation, topped with a sheen pearl paper that read "Walking on the beach together, hand in hand they'll be forever"

As you open the box, each invitation is topped with a handmade gardenia paper flower and dried peony petals. I then wrapped sheer tulle over the flower and petals to soften them.

The tulle is wrapped around the inside of the invitation to add soft details throughout

Each box was carefully wrapped with pearl white crinkly paper that illuminated each package so perfectly. Our guests mean the world to us and we thank them for receiving these invitations so graciously~ We love you all so very much and cannot wait to share our special day with you!

There's good news! Fanciful Designs now offers these custom invitations for all occasions, for more details click HERE

Love, Noel

Water Lilies | Wandering Waters

There's a story within every artist behind their work. For this creation, my story is about love and a vision. Years ago I had the opportunity to stand only a few feet away from Monet's famous lilies in the exquisite museum, Musse D' Orsay. That moment everything in the world stopped as my eyes were lost in the wandering waters and brush strokes he shares with us. My dear husband to be took my love of Monet and mixed it with my love of paper. He is my creative process behind this piece, inspiring me to bring the lilies to life in a new form. So here you have lilies and lily pads sculpted out of heavy cotton paper. After carefully designing the scene on canvas I paint with oils bringing the subjects to life. It's unique media is quite special and very unusual. And there you have my story of the Wandering Waters. "It's art that changes our perspective of the world"

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Share with me art that has changed your world...

To view more details of 'Wandering Waters' click HERE

Love, Noel

Summer Days & The Winner!

What does Summer mean to you?Is it dancing on the shore feeling the sun touch your face?

Feeling like a little kid again.

Balloon Image from Jo Bradford

Celebrating a special day?Reading a novel and forgetting about time? Share your Summer plans with me..

I hope to find time for all the above, yet the most exciting memory I'll have of this summer will be my wedding, less than 3 months away!
On another note, I want to.....

I Thank all who entered the giveaway in celebration of my new website. Thank you so much for your support and kind comments!

How I wish all of you could win, but only one could be drawn to win the $75 Gift Certificate to FancifulShop.com! And that winner is... Congratulations Mona From Providence Ltd Design!

Happy Summer to all of you!

images from: google images & lucysnowe photography

(Sorry I didn't link to Providence Ltd, blogger wasn't allowing to link anything)

Fancifulshop.com | Grand Opening | GIVEAWAY!

Today, I'm so excited to share the launch of Fancifulshop.com with you!! Thank you so much for all your support and business in the past. Without you, launching this website wouldn't have been possible. Here's a glimpse of what's inside...Hand Crafted Reproduced Old Wings from Europe. As told, nuns used to make these for the alter boys or themselves. As I love and adore them so much, I decided to create some of my own that look as similar as the old ones. They're truly a whimsical piece of art making each pair incredibly special... Hand torn Paper Flower Arrangements for any occasion. Created for people with sensitive allergies, ICU patients, for anyone who appreciates pretty flowers that last a long, long time.. Handmade Crosses. Looking like cake frosting, such special wedding or nursery gift..Festive Handmade Party Cones..

An Adorable Birthday Cake Arrangement...
Custom Wedding & Bridal Flowers. Hand painted custom colors to match any theme and more..

*~And now for the fun part, the GIVEAWAY~*

TO ENTER 1x: VISIT FANCIFULSHOP.COM & LEAVE A COMMENT TELLING US YOUR FAVORITE THING.
TO ENTER 5x: HELP SPREAD THE WORD - BLOG THE GRAND OPENING OF FANCIFULSHOP.COM & SEND YOUR BLOG POST TO: fanciful.noel@ymail.com

**MUST BE A FOLLOWER OF FANCIFUL DESIGNS BLOG TO ENTER*

ENTIRES HAVE UNTIL JUNE 20TH, 2011 TO ENTER. WINNER WILL BE RANDOMLY DRAWN AND ANNOUNCED ON JUNE 25TH, 2011!

Good luck and thanks so much for visiting! Love, Noel

Sweet Paper

It's an extra special day when you find a place as sweet as "Sweet Paper" Nestled above the sea in La Jolla, California sits this adorable bungalow that's been carefully filled with all things sweet. Owners Theresa & Julie (sisters) have the eye for incredibly rare finds. Flawless custom invitations is only where is begins, to top it off the sweet sisters dangle artisan hand crafted jewelry around adorable party favors, special little greeting cards, local handmade baby gifts, I could go on forever as Sweet Paper just has everything and more to make you smile.It wasn't long after a friend shared this gem with me I contacted the two sisters to share my flowers with them. It was a perfect match and I'm beyond excited to have them in a shop that I absolutely love!

My paper flowers above & below. Displays & Photos by Theresa & Julie of Sweet Paper.
Go visit and be captured into the world of paper sweetness: Sweet Paper Website

Trunk Show at Provence Bride Tomorrow!

Join us tomorrow at Provence Bride for an inspiring Bridal Trunk Show!

Dress Designer Allyson Simone (above) displays her stunning wedding dress creations in her ever inviting shop located in the heart of Carlsbad. I'm excited to be a part of this special day. I'll be featuring new bridal designs and wedding ideas.

Dress by Allyson Simone

Event Saturday April 15th

12pm - 4pm

Provence Bride

2946 State Street

Carlsbad, CA 92008

Hope to see you there!