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Sleep and Fibromyalgia for Friday

Sleep deprivation is one theory for fibromyalgia. I began having sleep problems after my last child was born. I was over 40 ( surprise), and he was a fussy sleeper. He didn't sleep through the night until he was six years old. By then, I was pre - menopausal and exhausted. If I could get to sleep, I would often wake in the night, and then I couldn't go back to sleep. I knew I wasn't sleeping well, but was amazed at the difference when my doctor prescribed something to sleep. This is when I learned to play around with my computer and found the internet - the late morning hours.

Here is a cute video for sleep and Goofy

Party Hearty Birthday Card

CarrollAnn's Corner.I just bought this stamp set during the birthday celebration, so I was looking for inspiration. I found this card and loved the colors and textures. I'm pretty sure I own these cuttlebug folders, and I know they will work great on my Sizzix Big Shot machine.

I found CarrollAnn's card on Splitcoast stampers

I would love to see what you have done with this stamp set. If you would like to send photos, I will include them on my post with a gifty for you!

Oops!

I'm so sorry for forgetting the link for the vintage bookplates in today's wow wednesday post. I have corrected it and you will think these are so cute!

Thankful - A Thoughtful Card

This is a really easy, thoughtful addition to your Thanksgiving table. The card is just 3x3 inches and includes a spot for a gift card, list of blessings, or an appropriate sentiment.

I used Stampin" Up's stamp set Thoroughly Thankful and designer series Paper. I used  Old Olive, and pumpkin pie cardstock and markers. And just for fun, I used Crystal Effects on the flowers. I used the 1 1/4 in., 1 1/2 in, and scallop circle punches too. I love Stampin' Up's punches.

I have a PDF version of the template you can download. It will print 2 on an 8 1/2 x11 sheet of paper. But the card is just a 3x9 1/4 inch strip of paper, scored at 3 inches and 6 inches, with the last panel cut on the diagonal.

Download tea_bag_template_to_print_on_card_stock.pdf

I have included this on the There's no place like home blog for their Thanksgiving celebration. Be sure and check out the other great Thanksgiving ideas.

Wow! Wednesday - More Great Blog Finds

This is a Victorian card with Cherubs by Melissa Phillips

This is a beautiful card using art as inspiration by CarrollAnn

This is a great new technique using cuttlebug embossing folders by Becca Feeken.

This is a great link to a PDF of vintage children bookplates.

These are altered CDs for Christmas ornaments. 

Thankful - Turkey Noodle Soup Jar Mix

I found this wonderful idea in a magazine at the library. It is a jar mix for turkey noodle soup recipe. How perfect for the leftover turkey from Thanksgiving. The ingredients were very easy, I had most of them at home. Here is a  pdf  Download turkeysoupjarmix.pdf   of the jar mix recipe.

 I used Stampin' Up  Holiday Treasures Designer Series Paper to cut circles for the jar lids. I used the circle nestability die on my Sizzix Big shot machine. I used Kiwi Kiss cardstock and the envelope die from Stampin' up to make the envelope.

I created a digital label and printed them on whisper white cardstock. If you would like to use this same recipe card, you may download it free from here.

Our Thanksgiving will be small this year. I still need to adjust to our empty nest.. But my children are well and I am grateful. We have been blessed beyond measure. I hope your Thanksgiving is full of great memories for you, and that you get them recorded.

I am joining the There is No Place Like Home Thanksgiving celebration this week. There will be many great ideas, from ladies all over, to help us concentrate on our thanksgiving blessings.

Here is an incredible Scrapbook Studio

I love how this room has everything within quick and easy access. I wish my scrapbook / stamping studio were this orderly and organized. I've shared this site with you before on nestabilities storage. I noticed a clip it up in the far corner. I have one of those, but rarely use anything on it.The white cabinet in the back is Making Memories.

Beautiful - a scrapbook page

Here is the other digital Quick page of our Granddaughter, Quinn. Her Mom made this hair bow for her, and she actually keeps it on for quite a while. Isn't it fabulous? I only had one daughter, and she was right in the middle between Nitro( Peter) and Glycerin ( Joey) so I didn't get much chance to girly her up much. She does a great job on her own as a semi- adult. In fact, she is beautiful, but I still wish I had had more time for frills, and lace, and bows. I still want to smock for her too. Maybe a wedding dress LOL.

Basic Scrapbooking Tool Kit for Baby Album

My plan was to make a quick, simple baby album for a friend having a baby. I didn't want this to be a work of art, but a gift from the heart. I wanted to use what I had on hand, and sit down, focus, and be done. I found myself overwhelmed with all the possibilities, I have too many choices. I was constantly jumping up and down to go in search of the perfect addition. I wore myself out, and started hating the whole project. I gave myself a stern lecture, and realized that I will want to make baby scrapbooks, of the simple variety, on many occasions. Why not make a basic kit that i can pull out every time I sit down to create a baby album.

I wanted it to fit in this box, and include only those things that would go in all baby albums. I can add  papers and embellishments specific to each album later.

• I love the Stampin' Up 1/4 inch gingham ribbon. So I included a roll of pink, and light blue ribbon in my kit
• I know there are so many shapes, colors, sizes of brads available, but I decided to pick one to keep permanently in my kit, I chose Stampin' Up soft subtles. It's small, inexpensive and comes in a great container. Perfect colors
• Every baby album must have buttons, and the Stampin' Up soft subtles assortment will match any baby colors perfectly. Clear might be great second choice.
• I didn't want to keep punches in this kit exclusively, but The Stampin' up scallop circle punch and scallop border punch would be an essential go to addition to the kit.
• I included some baby safety pins and little tags I punched using the smaller Stampin' up tag punch from Whisper White cardstock
• I needed tag string, so I added white crochet thread.
• I pre-cut white photo mats from Stampin'Up Whisper white Cardstock. I used a 12x12 sheet, and cut 4x6, which gave me 6 photo mats.

Now I can grab a scrappin' kit or pretty paper, basic tool kit, and my basic baby kit, sit down and create a baby memory album. Simple

 

Time Saver

I've added a menu service to my right blog bar that I absolutely love. It is the berries for me! I have never been a cook, have always felt intimidated in the kitchen. I subscribed to Leanne Ely's Menu mailer for awhile, but it didn't do for me what this site does. I look forward to cooking, and the food is a big hit with my family. It really takes very little time and ingredients. It comes to my email every week and makes life and my fibromyalgia more manageable.

So.. if you want more time for the fun stuff - stamping and scrapping - I recommend that you check this out.  Oh, and it is FREE! More money for stamps!

Menu4moms

Why, you might ask, do Grandma's take these kind of pictures? There is absolutely nothing about Grandchildren that isn't wonderful, even their tempers. And every movement and sound and decision and.....( fill in the blank) is memorable. There is only magic.

This is a digital Quickpage designed by Dinphy  using a kit created by Elizabeth Blust aka Pillowgirl. 

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