Hello all, It looks like everyone had a great valentine swap. Great boxes everyone. My surgery went well and I am recovering quickly. Still not allowed to do much. The doc said you can return to your normal routine but don't push, pull, or pick up any thing over 5 pounds so hey, whats left. Normal????? I am trying desperately to be good. I am doing mostly computer work at the nursery trying to get my website and ebay store ready for opening soon. I have a friend that is helping me with heavy labor and I am getting to boss him around so that is nice :O) LOL. I got in a huge order of plants today and had to get them all ready for the cold snap, so I have been busier than I wanted to but all is going well. The hardest part will be not over doing it before time. Thanks for all the inquiry's. One thing I wanted to mention was the fact that a couple days ago I came home and found a box in my front yard. It was from our sweetheart Jo. She said that I had the most votes from those that chose to vote for the best xmas box. I was floored when I opened it. It contained the most beautiful throw. It is made of fleece material and is reversible with red daylilies on one side and a beige/green fleece on the backside. It is sooooo cool as it is not sewn but cut on the edges and tied together every inch or so. Never seen one made like it and it is sooooo warm and cozy, and soooo pretty. My yorkie has been fighting me for it ever since it came! Also in the box was a beautiful hand made (of course from Jo) angel. It is sitting on my mantle right now. She also included a nice corn bag. Just pop in the microwave and place on a sore or tired muscle for instant relief. Very nice. It has been quite handy the last couple days for my abdomen. Thanks sooooo much Jo. My camera stuff is still at work so I haven't taken pics yet but I will and I will show everyone the wonderful suprise gifts that I recieved. Thanks so much Jo for your generosity and thoughtfullness and thank you all for the votes that I never expected. It was a beautiful surprise. I also gave my notice to my job. My last day will be the 28th officially even though I can't really return anyway for atleast 6 weeks. I have left my position to focus full time on getting the nursery open. My open date is still March 18th. Hope I can recover and get everything done in that amount of time. It will be close enough what ever I get done. My career has changed, I am now an unemployed/self employed nursery owner. I finally got my license and all the other paperwork done and I am on a new road. Anyway guess that catches me up. I am guessing that I will be out of the corner in april so I hope to get back in the loop then. Take care Tanarae

Not necessarily a favorite --I just found it. There's only a handful of Victorian designs there, but they're nice: Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.averyl.com/attic/freeclipart.htm

Thanks for posting those Snolady--but I'm not ready yet! I'll come back and check each of them out later this week. LOL Luvs

Hello everyone! My name is Carol Ann and I have done candy wrapping as a business for over 5 years now. My husband and I have NO OTHER source of income except candy wrapping! So far so good! LOL I have never purchased candy wrapping software and personally see no need for it. Wrappers are only rectangles which you insert a graphic into.......of course I realize there are those who are not familiar with graphics enough to do it on their own and so the software helps. I use an older publishing program called Micrografx Draw to assemble the wrapper and print. I use other "graphics" programs to create my designs to use when putting the wrapper together. Super easy! I also CREATE designs and sets of designs to use on candy wrappers....Great Sales all the time!....you might just want to take a look..... If I can be of assistance to anyone, please email me! The contact info is on my website..... www.zybertex.com Happy Wrappin'! Carol Ann