As Valerie Murphy was saying to Wendy Apgar:
 VM> I'm sure you know this but just incase you don't I'll post it anyway.
 VM> Don't let the dentist use the novacain on you that they regularly use.
 VM> It causes panic attacks.  I have to use an alternative novacaine when
 VM> I go to the dentist so that I won't have the panic attacks. I was so
 VM> happy when I finally found out about this.  For my entire life I'd go
 VM> to the dentist and once I got the shot I'd spend the rest of the time
 VM> in a state of panic and unable to move.
 I wasn't aware of this. I seemed to do okay the last dentist
 visit that I had since I took the Xanax (anti-panic meds)
 before I went. It also helped a lot that I got in practically
 as soon as I got there and didn't have to sit and think
 about it.  I think that is one of the reasons things went
 as well as they did. I go back on Wednesday for my next
 visit.
 VM> I hope you feel better soon. Keep on stamping though!! How do you
 VM> incorporate your buttons into your stamping projects?  I work in a
 VM> Fabric and Craft store.  We always have these large plastic jars of
 VM> buttons on sale and I think of you every time I walk by them.
 I use buttons for wheels and balloons. I also have used them
 by tipping a rubber bag stamp upside down, using mounting
 tape on it and then having it appear as if the buttons are
 coming out of it.  I also have buttons of a variety of
 shapes, such as flowers.  I have used small round buttons as
 flowers by just adding a stamped pen. I have also used
 a button as a sun by glueing the button over it.  One thing
 I did learn early on is not to use a hot glue gun on them
 because they would fall off when they were sent through the
 mail.
 VM> There are so many wonderful buttons out there today.  There isn't
 VM> anything you can't find on a button.  From Rabbits to Rainbows.  It is
 VM> just amazing and so much fun to look at.
 I went through my collection yesterday and again weeded
 down the buttons that I wanted to save. When I began I 
 saved all of them. Now that isn't the case, although I
 do use buttons in a lot of my crafts so they don't get
 thrown away. I also know a couple of people who collect
 buttons and I pass some buttons along to them.
 Wendy
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