Spinach Stuffed Shells

Spinach Stuffed Shells is one of my kids' favorite dishes.  I'm such a bad cook, but even this I can't mess up!  Every year it is our tradition to let the kids decide what we do for Christmas Eve.  This year they are torn between staying home and having stuffed shells for dinner or going to BJ's to get the ever popular pazookie for dessert! 

Spinach Stuffed Shells

1 cup ricotta cheese
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 egg slightly beaten
1 – 10oz package frozen chopped spinach, cooked and well drained
½ tsp dried oregano leaves
¼ tsp salt
12 – 18 jumbo shells, cooked al dente, drained, cooled
1 – 15 ½ oz jar speghetti sauce (my favorite is Prego Parmesan-Romano)

Mix well first 7 ingredients.  Stuff about 3 tablespoons into each shell.  In 12x8 baking dish, spread ½ of spaghetti sauce.  Spoon remaining sauce over shells.  Cover with foil and bake at 350 for 35 minutes or until hot. 

 

The following nutrition information was obtained using the Recipe Calculator at SparkPeople.com and is based on using 15 shells for the recipe. 

Happy Holidays 2012!

Wishing everyone a wonderful Holiday Season!

This year my cards were literally thrown together very quickly.  Typically I have them all planned out and ready to go by Thanksgiving, which involves hours of my time.  For this year's card, I ran over to the District by my house and took some pictures of the girls.  This involved having to bribe them with ice cream.  Once home and everyone was in bed, I made the cards in about an hours time.  I found the ornament font online to start, and based the card off of that.  I used the girls' headband as the pattern for the numbers I put on the ornaments (using Corel Paintshop Pro).  I like how they turned out, however if I had spend more time on the cards I would have done a lot of things differently. 

The final cards were printed at Vistaprint, since I had previously purchased a Groupon there.  I was very pleased with how they turned out.  I highly recommend using their heaviest card stock and gloss on all sides :)

Amazing Sale on Custom Cards, Gifts, and More!

Don't miss out on Zazzle's sale which is TODAY ONLY!

Zazzle Sale! Conquer Your List and Save!

Don't forget to order your specialized holiday gifts before it is too late!  Zazzle has their Savings Is Sweet sale going on right for 2 days only! 

Medical Records Organizer Tips and Products

With a family of five, I've found that I need to have a medical records organizer to keep track of all our medical related business.  Between routine doctor appointments, broken arms, hernia surgery, MRI tests, dental visits, etc. etc., it's been hard to keep track of what insurance is covering these days and what I really owe the doctors and hospitals! 

This year I took to the 3-ring binder for storing and sorting all of my family's EOBs, bills, and other medical related materials.  I took dividers and put each family member's name on one.  I put all receipts, EOB's, and bills for each person in their section and I staple all paperwork for one incident together.  I also use 4" x 6" plastic photo holders for each family member to store small receipts; this works especially well for pharmacy receipts. 

Get yourself organized with a creative binder from Zazzle.  Below are some examples!

Medical Records Organizer Binder by TillTales
Browse Medical Binders

Family Medical Records Binder by tntshirtsngifts
See other Medical Binders

Medical Records Album Vinyl Binders by vh_creativephoto
Browse Medical emergency records Binders

Zazzle and Facebook Coupon Code - 15% Off Everything!

Mother's Day is coming to a close, so what's up next?  Graduation!  Make a special, custom gift for the graduate you know at Zazzle.com.  They have thousands of gift ideas and made top notch products.  Now through May 17, get 15% off your entire order*!  Just go to Zazzle.com and click on "(Click for Code)"

Then click "Claim with Facebook"



Check out some great Graduate gift ideas:

Class of 2012 Grad Photo Orange Pendant by happygotimes
View more Grad Necklaces

Class of 2012 - Star School Colors Gold & Purple Premium Keepsake Box by GraduationClass
More Class of 2012 Premium Gift Boxes

Playful Numbers, Class of 2012 Graduation Design Notebook Speaker by cutencomfy
Browse more Graduation Speakers

*15% of the product net sale price will be deducted when one or more qualifying products are purchased and a qualifying coupon code is applied at checkout. For most products, the net sale price is the price of the product (excluding shipping and taxes). For Zazzle Custom Stamps, the net sale price is the difference between the price of the Zazzle Custom Stamps (excluding shipping and taxes) and the face value of the postage. Offer is valid until May 17, 2012. This offer does not apply to past purchases and may not be combined with any other Zazzle promotional or volume discount offers. If a volume discount applies to your order, you will receive either the discount set forth in this offer or the standard volume discount, whichever is greater. Offer valid on Zazzle.com only.

Create Your Own Wedding Invitations Plus 50% Off!

Do you have in mind exactly what you want your wedding invitations to look like but don't know how to make them?  Check out Zazzle.com!  You can create your own customized invitations or choose from thousands of pre-made, customizable designs.   You can choose everything from paper size, printing on one or both sides, folded, flat, and paper type.  Customize your wedding even more by designing matching save-the-date stickers, magnets or cards, thanks you notes, address labels, postage stamps, place cards, RSVP cards and more! 

Right now you can get 50% off Invitations, Greeting Cards, Photo Cards and/or Postcards!  Just enter the code ZAZZLEINVITE at checkout in the "Zazzle Coupons/Gift Certificates" box.  This offer only lasts through May 30! 

Here are just three examples of the thousands of customizable invites that you can find at Zazzle:

Pink and Green Damask Monogrammed Invitation by NiteOwlStudio
View more Wedding Invitations

Orange Love Birds Floral Spring Wedding Invitation by BridalHeaven
Design an invitation on zazzle

Gray with Coral Pink Roses Monogrammed Invitation by NiteOwlStudio
Shop for an announcement and invitation on Zazzle

Custom Doodle Speaker for Mother's Day!

If you are looking for a great personalized gift for Mother's Day, you need to get Mom a Custom Doodle Speaker from Zazzle!



Rock out with an OrigAudio™ Doodle custom speaker made with your favorite images and text, or create a one-of-a-kind design for the music lover in your life. Powered by USB cable (included) via your computer or 2 AAA batteries (not included), this portable custom speaker is lightweight and ultra fun! Perfect for taking your tunes on the road or having an impromptu dance party, the Doodle speaker has a 3.5 mm headphone jack that is compatible with any standard music device.

Go to Zazzle.com to create your own special gift or choose from one of the hundreds of designs in their marketplace!

Send Mom a Custom Mother's Day Card!

Brighten Mom's Day with 50% off cards + 10% off everything else at Zazzle.com!
Use code: CARDS4URMAMA  This offer only lasts until April 24, 2012 at 11:59pm PT so Shop Now!

Zazzle Leap Year Sale Today Only!

It's kind of a big deal. It goes down every four years, which is the perfect reason to buy yourself a little treat! Take a leap on over to Zazzle.com and check out their exclusive collection of mugs, cases, bags & posters! Place your order today and receive 29% OFF!  Use code 29EVERY4YEAR at checkout!

Offer is valid through February 29, 2012 11:59pm PT.

St. Patrick's Day Shirts Coupon Code

$5 OFF St. Patty's Day T-shirts at Zazzle!  Use Code: STPATTEESALE at checkout from now until March 8th to receive the discount! 

Here are some samples of what you can find at Zazzle:

I was Irish before it was cool by Hipster_Farms
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Irish American by JFlatN
View other St patricks day T-Shirts

Irish Drinking Team by clonecire
More Irish T-Shirts

MyMemories Suite and RAKStar Membership Giveaway!

I'm excited to announce a Special Limited Time Offer Giveaway!!  Purchase MyMemories Suite

 scrapbooking software and receive a One Year RAKStar Membership - free!! That's a free HUGE Digital Scrapbooking kit every month - and it's MyMemories Suite compatible, so it's like getting a free software content upgrade every month!!  The RAKStar membership is valued at $247.35!!!

Here's how it works: 

Simply go to MyMemories and purchase the software using code STMMMS42069.  Email* your receipt to me at TillTalesDesigns@gmail.com.   All purchases must be made between February 24, 2012 - March 31, 2012.  After March 31, I will send you the certificate for your free annual RAKStar Membership!

*Your email address will not be shared with, sold to, or accessible by any third party.  Your email address is used only for communications between you and Till Tales Designs for the giveway promotion.  Your email will not be used by Till Tales Designs for any other communition. 

Freebie Friday 2/24/12

It is Freebie Friday again!  If you are a regular, you know that I missed last week.  To make up for it, I have two freebies today.  These freebies are great to create smaller projects or add elements to a larger layout! 

These are 4" x 6" Photocards.  Use them to create photos for printing, create postcards, or add to a larger layout and use as a photomat!  Click the Designer Packs below to get this week's free scrapbook elements:    

Click Here to Download!

Click Here to Download!

These free files are brought to us by MyMemories Suite.  MyMemories is my favorite digital scrapbooking software.  Please note that all of these are .png and .jpg files only, not MyMemories Suite Templates. They are usable in any software, however I hope you'll consider picking up MyMemories Suite to try it out!  Get $10 off the software with my coupon code:  STMMMS42069

Happy Scrapping!

Create Your Own Picture Tubes Tutorial

I love to share information with people.  I recently learned how to make my own picture tubes in Corel PaintShop Pro and want to share it with you.  I came across a handy tutorial that is already written out so instead of creating my own tutorial I'll just give you the link:

http://www.corel.com/content/pdf/paintshop/tutorials/286PictureTubes.pdf

If you haven't tried Corel PaintShop Pro yet, click the link below to get a free trial! 

MyMemories Tutorial: Where to Find What I Bought!

Here's a great new tutorial showcasing MyMemories Suite Software.  It covers one of their most  popular questions: How To Find Purchased Content in Your Software. 



If you don't have your copy of MyMemories yet, head over to their website and get $10 off using coupon code STMMMS42069 today!

Photo Fleece Blankets and Pop Art Groupons

I love Groupon because you can really find some great deals for things you want or need through them.  Right now they have two offers that you can use your digital designs with to make a treasure for yourself or to make a great gift:

Customized Photo Fleece Blanket – Online Deal $20 for a 40"x60" Customized Photo Fleece Blanket from Ink Garden ($39.99 Value) Click me!

Personalized Canvas Pop Art – Online Deal $59 for 16''x16'' Four-Panel Pop Art on Gallery-Wrap Stretched Canvas from myDaVinci ($136.80 Value) Click me!

Freebie Friday 2/10/12

Welcome back to Freebie Friday again!  The Designer Pack below has this week's free scrapbook elements.  It can be used for Valentine's Day cards or for adding some embellishments to your scrapbooking pages.  

Click here to download!

These free files are brought to us by MyMemories Suite.  MyMemories is my favorite digital scrapbooking software.  Please note that all of these are .png and .jpg files only, not MyMemories Suite Templates. They are usable in any software, however I hope you'll consider picking up MyMemories Suite to try it out!  Get $10 off the software with my coupon code:  STMMMS42069

Happy Valentine's Day!

Disco Hearts for Valentine's Day

Here are some fun hearts to use to make your Valentine's Day cards or gifts.  These are .png files so be sure to download them from the Picasa Web Album link so you can use them as .png.  For more information on what a .png file is, click here for the tutorial. 

Download Disco Hearts Here!

You can use these hearts any way you can imagine.  Below is an example of using one of them to make a puzzle gift at Zazzle!

Disco Heart Puzzle by TillTales
View more Valentine Puzzles

Freebie Friday 2/3/12, Plus Tutorial!

Hello February and Freebie Friday!  Click the Designer Pack below to get this week's free scrapbook elements. This week's freebie features Valentine's cards.  As a special treat, I have a tutorial on how to use this download with the MyMemories Suite software!  Click here to get the tutorial. 

Click Here to Download

These free files are brought to us by MyMemories Suite.  MyMemories is my favorite digital scrapbooking software.  Please note that all of these are .png and .jpg files only, not MyMemories Suite Templates. They are usable in any software, however I hope you'll consider picking up MyMemories Suite to try it out!  Get $10 off the software with my coupon code:  STMMMS42069

Happy Scrapping!

Say I Love You With Zazzle!

This Valentine's Day say "I Love You" with a special customized gift from Zazzle.  With hundreds of products and thousands of customizable designs, you'll find the perfect gift! 


Today only, 2/3/12, Zazzle has 25% off Shirts and Hats.  Enter code:  WEARURHEARTS at checkout in the "Zazzle Coupons/Gift Certificates" box. 

They also have free shipping on orders over $50 now through March.  Enter code:  FREESHIPFORU at checkout in the "Zazzle Coupons/Gift Certificates" box. 

Red Rock Canyon Inspired Papers 3

Here is the latest set of my digital papers inspired from Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. 

RedRockCanyonPaper_282

This set has 12 papers at 3600x3600 pixels and 300 pixels per inch.  *These are free to use for personal use; please contact me if you would like to use them commercially.   

Here are two of the papers at a reduced size:

What can I do with these digital papers you ask?  You can pretty much do anything you can think of!  They are great for use as digital scrapbook paper or to use for frames for pictures.  You can crop them any way you like.  Use your imagination!

Red Rock Photo Plaque

I've added a new product to my Zazzle Store.  Check it out below!  I took one of the papers I created from my photos of the rock at Red Rock Canyon and made a frame with it to use on the photo plaque.  These plaques are a fantastic product! 

Right now Zazzle has a Heart-Warming Valentine’s Sale! 15% Off All Heartfelt Gifts! Limited Time!   Use Code: HEARTWARMING at checkout.

Orange Rock Frame Photo Plaque by TillTales
Browse more Orange Plaques

Freebie Friday, 1/20/12

Its Freebie Friday again!  Click the Designer Packs below to get this week's free scrapbook elements. Each free Designer Pack contain the 2 Quick Pages shown and all the pieces (papers and elements) used to create those Quick Pages!

Click Here to Download!

Click Here to Download!

These free files are brought to us by MyMemories Suite.  MyMemories is my favorite digital scrapbooking software.  Please note that all of these are .png and .jpg files only, not MyMemories Suite Templates. They are usable in any software, however I hope you'll consider picking up MyMemories Suite to try it out!  Get $10 off the software with my coupon code:  STMMMS42069

Happy Scrapping!

Freebie Friday 1/13/2012!

Its Freebie Friday again!  Click the Designer Pack below to get this week's free scrapbook elements.

Free Download! Click here!

These free files are brought to us by MyMemories Suite.  MyMemories is my favorite digital scrapbooking software.  Please note that all of these are .png and .jpg files only, not MyMemories Suite Templates. They are usable in any software, however I hope you'll consider picking up MyMemories Suite to try it out!  Get $10 off the software with my coupon code:  STMMMS42069

Happy Scrapping!

Freebie Friday 1/6/2012!!

Welcome to Freebie Friday!  Each Friday I will post a link to new freebies for digital scrapbooking.  I'm not promising it will be every single Friday, but I'll do my best!   To kick off the new year I have two different Designer Packs to share:

Free Download! Click Here!

Free Download! Click Here!

These free files are brought to us by MyMemories Suite.  MyMemories is my favorite digital scrapbooking software.  Please note that all of these are .png and .jpg files only, not MyMemories Suite Templates. They are usable in any software, however I hope you'll consider picking up MyMemories Suite to try it out!  Get $10 off the software with my coupon code:  STMMMS42069

Happy Scrapping!