Easter isn't too far off ...

I decided to make a few Easter cards. Here is one I made for my godchild who is 10. I got the teacup template here and it was super easy to make. The little "thing" hanging off the side of the teacup is supposed to be a teabag. I wasn't sure where to hang it so I hung it off the handle. I stamped her name on the inside and hand drew a few eggs since I don't have any tiny egg stamps. I got this stamp from Jan in Alaska as a RAK last year.

Looks like carpal tunnel surgery is in my near future ...

I have been having numbness in my left hand for about 3-4 months. I knew it would be carpal tunnel since I have had it in my right hand and had surgery for that hand 5-6 years ago. I went to an orthopedic dr and they did a EMG/NCS test which stands for Electromyography and Nerve Conduction Study. The test wasn't painful, it was just annoying more than anything. The nerve conduction study had them putting electrical current into my nerves so see how they function. It felt like when you get static electricity built up and then you touch a metal object. You know that little zap. I had about 20 of those zaps but it wasn't bad. The 2nd part of the study went all the way up to my elbow and he stuck a small needle into my nerves to see how the nerve is reacting to the muscle (I think that's what he said). So I failed the test and he said I do have moderate to severe carpal tunnel in my left hand (lucky for me I am right handed). His nurse is going to call me Monday to schedule the surgery and I would imagine it will be within the next 2-3 weeks. It is done as outpatient and I would be home within about 4 hours. I will have stitches and wear a brace for a week. I go back in a week, he will check the stitches but not take them out yet. He will put me in a different brace that I can take on and off. I go back after 2 weeks to get the stitches out and then continue to wear my removable brace and I will be able to use my hand by then with my brace on. I think he said after the 3 weeks, the brace comes off and I can try clutching a soft ball and things to work the muscles in my hand. No physical therapy is needed unless I am having a problem. When I had my last surgery I swear I wore the brace for 6 weeks so this sounds like a much faster recovery!! Now I just want to get it over with!! :) Here's a short video (its more animated) if you care to see what I will be having done.

LAURA HAHN - I am emailing you but you are not answering

I see you are commenting on my blog and I have emailed you three times but you must not be getting my emails. My email address is flipflops4sherri@yahoo.com. Maybe my emails to you are going to your spam folder. I would love to get back in touch and catch up. I hope you see this post!!! Can't wait to hear from you!! I'm waiting ...

Now that I have my 365 day blog I don't want to neglect this one ...

Its already Wednesday and I see I haven't posted anything in a few days so this is what I am working on at the moment. Its a circle journal. There are 8 of us doing this swap and we each pick our own topic for this swap. I picked "All About Me A-Z". You will see my journal here at the top and it is already off to Ellie. She is the person who I will send my journals to .We have 3 weeks in between each of us sending out our journal to the next person. We each always send to the same person every 3 weeks but we are constantly getting a different journal. Like this journal I am working on is "My Town" and it belongs to Joanne. We are allowed to write about our town we live in now or where we grew up. I chose Concord, NC since we have Nascar, I decided to put that on my pages. I just got this book 2 days ago and I went ahead and got my pages done. (This does not normally happen this fast but it came to me really fast and I had the idea in my head so I went with it! LOL) The last one's due date is June 25th (Emily's birthday) so that means I will get my finished journal a few days after that. I can't wait to see my finished piece. Tell me what you think.

Sympathy cards are always a challenge for me ...

I have to send a sympathy card out to a stamping friend of mine. I made 2 cards so I have an extra in my stash. If you are wondering how I got the image 2 different colors, this is when my Stampin Up markers come in handy. I use them to color directly onto the stamp. That way, it will stamp in both colors at the same time. Very easy!

Twig/Bird stamp - Hero Arts

Sentiment stamp - American Art Stamp

Paper - Maisy Mo

Used some Stampendous Sparkle Dots and/or little rhinestones for corner

Also, used Stampin Up's scallop border punch

How do you like my new blog header?

I decided as cute as the doggies were with their new year attire on, it was time to change my header. I did it all by myself. I took this photo of my sunflower 2 summers ago and I just now found it. I love this photo. So this is what I will use for now. I really need to learn how to upgrade my blog header like my "blog fairy" would do for me but I only know the basics. I must learn how to do that!

The TAC catalogs came today!!

They are actually calling them Magalogues now since they are much smaller than a standard catalog. (You can click on images to see them larger) The cover is very pretty and it looks like a "magazine". There are several cute sets in it. Lots of birds, trees, swirlys, butterflies. Will have to figure out my order I am putting together. I will post a few pages that I found cute. I will be shipping yours out on Monday if you ordered one from me.