Add a little fun and sparkle to your party! These free printable sparkler holders to create a spark of summer memories.

Hello TidyMom fans!  It’s Kellie once again from Nest of Posies & let me be the first to say Happy Summer to all of you!

Memorial Day weekend has always kicked off our Summer here in the South.  It’s time for picnics, summer salads, baseball, water balloons, pool parties & celebrating our Nation’s Summer holidays.   I am so excited that Summer has finally arrived!

 We always try our best to do the holidays up right with all the trimming &  festivities!   I had the idea to make these Sparkler Holders last week, so that our family & friends could use them & we could all keep track of our sparklers easier.

 Last year I remember trying to grab some out of the box & hand some out to the neighborhood kids, then use another hand to light them, and then grab another one for the next guest, etc.  It was too time consuming & I wasn’t able to enjoy all the sparklers!  I’m sure many of you are shaking your head in agreement, especially if you have younger kids.  You can’t keep up!  {click to continue}

With all the packing we’ve been doing for our move, I’ve been super busy and not a lot of time to stop and eat right. 

The other day I ran into GNC to pick up some protein powder so I could make some shakes to enjoy for breakfast or lunch while I’m busy.

The nice girl in the store and I started chatting about how you could make the protein shakes low cal and low fat but taste like a delicious treat.  All while packing a high protein punch to help keep me going and satisfied.

She suggested I use a low cal protein powder, that has only 100 calories per scoop, so I picked up this GNC Total Lean™ Lean Shake™ 25 that offers high quality protein, fiber, vitamins, minerals, and fat.  It comes in these 2 ounce packets for about $2 each.  I can get 2 shakes out of a packet and was able to try them out with out paying $32 for a larger container.

The protein powder comes in several flavors, but she said if I got the french vanilla  I could add a few tablespoons of sugar free pudding mix to my shake for other flavors.  Suddenly the combination possibilities started popping in of my head faster than I could run over to the grocery store and buy the ingredients!

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