Jeanne, your table is just lovely! The centerpiece is perfect, simple but so eye-catching. And you know that I love the addition of all the white bunnies (and tea pot). I am a firm believer that bunnies go with any and all holidays. LOL. Probably cause my house is overrun with the non-real kind. And none of those in the yard causing mischief, thanks to my life as a city dweller. Sorry I'm late to all the Memorial celebrations. And I never did get out my decor either. I'm going to give myself one more chance...4th of July...and if it stays packed again this year (be two in a row), then it will have to go. New rule I'm trying to enforce, stuff can NOT stay packed several years without seeing the light of day. I need to let someone else enjoy it if I can't. Anyway, I definitely enjoyed seeing your pretty things and am so glad you decorated for "us" here. ;o) hugs, Karen

I do remember Paper of Pins and I will never forget Paper of Pins as it is my all time childhood favorite. I learned it first while in the third grade and then I learned to play it on piano and then I learned to play it on guitar. The reason this became my most loved favorite is because when I was in the third grade I lived the first part of the year in Bartow, Florida and then moved to Keysville, Florida in the last part of that school year. Kids are so cruel and none knowing that I was so very capable of stomping their butts for them and that because I did not have the greatest home life and that made me a very strong person capable of pulverizing the majority. These kids at Pinecrest Elementary and from Keysville, Florida all picked on me just because I was the new kid and too back then redheads were not very common and I was the only redhead with freckles in all of my classes. These kids were extremely ugly to me and it makes me understand how today so many kids end up going to school and just blowing everyone away as I can see the cause of breaking points. Anyhow, our music teacher, Mr. Littlechild, came to our class once a week and he some how knew I was the picked on kid and I most certainly was a loner as these hicks from the country were a clannish bunch of ignorant hicks and I was always a very intelligent child much faster thinking than the majority my age. I could name the majority of these little brats that so needed their parents to beat their behinds for them as I have never forgotten any of them and how they did in fact make a very strong negative impact on my life. Everytime it was time to sing Paper of Pins, Mr. Littlechild would pull a desk up beside mine as I sat alone away from the entire class that always grouped together. He would take my hand and hold it gently with me as we sang. He was not being in any bad way and I could tell this. He was simply helping a less fortunate child to have something good in their life. I have never forgotten him and his compassionate heart along with this most beloved song, Paper of Pins. One man to reach out with gentle kindness towards me in a world where all was so dim. I saw Mr. Littlechild some years ago walking down the streets of Plant City, Florida. I was passenger in the car I was in and I could not take my eyes off of him and I turned to watch him until he was out of sight and in my mind I was reliving the one act of kindess that made one day in my week seem not so hard to bare. God Bless Mr. Littlechild, where ever he is today !

Or click here.... Here is a link that might be useful: Creative Memories

I know what you mean about sales. Do you have a CM consultant you regularly buy from? If so, does she keep a card (I think it's called Memory Savers card or something), where she tallies all your purchases? When you buy $250 from a CM consultant, you get $25 off your next purchase. That's like saving 10% off everything you buy. Except that you have to wait to see the savings. But I think this is a good deal. There are a couple of scrapbook shops near me that offer purchase savings cards too, but both of them offer 10% after $200 in purchases. That's only 5%. So in the long run, CM is a better deal. Also, my CM consultant (my sis too!) offers a Workshop card, that when you attend 6 workshops, your next one is free. Ask your CM consultant about these offers. Kelly