Monday, May 5, 2008

More Teacher stuff

As PTA president for our school, I get to help with the week long fun for the teachers! Here is our lay out.

Monday: Continental breakfast.
Tuesday: Gift Card to Walmart and these adorable paper clips.
Wednesday: Dinner in bag for them to take home.
Thursday: Hand lotion for the taking and a seated message in the library.
Friday: A 10x13 matte signed by all their students, with a class picture in the middle.

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Teacher appreciation gifts.

We started with fortune cookies, sprinkles, white and milk chocolate.

Dip the fortune cookies in chocolate.

Sprinkle and drizzle till your hearts content.
Aren't they pretty?!

Put in cute $1 Chinese take out container, with custom made gift card that says something about how fortunate we are to have them as a teacher (wrapped in plastic so the chocolate doesn't get on it), tie cute school color ribbons around the handle, attach handmade card with letter from parents AND child saying how grateful we are, and WHALA.. home made, with cutisie side, much love, teacher gifts. :)

Stop me before I make more!



I love these! I love them! I have made 5 so far, I have plans for 2 more. They are so much fun and SO easy! I am getting better as I go, I think!

Friday, April 11, 2008

Brown swap.





For my swap I had Kim so it was easy to make personalized stuff. So I wanted to share what I did.
The jar was simple, left over vinyl I had with a rub on decal filled with only the best chocolate from See's.
The picture board was a kit I got from Ben Franklin's, I ordered part of the name in vinyl and the M is wood. This was fun and easy to make. The last I just loved the material so I made a baby doll blanket. Now that she has all the stuff I just had to share!

Friday, March 14, 2008

Thank yous.

I am always looking for great ways to say thank you. As President of our PTA I have a few people I wanted to do a special thanks for jobs they have endured all year long. I ordered a custom made Visa gift card for my daughter for her birthday and used a photo I had, and while brainstorming with myself (yes I do that a lot) I got the idea of creating an image to go on the cards myself.. So there it was. 2 hours later I made something I liked and ordered the cards. I think they turned out fantastic! I can't wait till April to pass them out. (yes, I do a lot of pre-planning!)

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Clothes Pin Holders

Hi. I still exist. Really. I know I've been MIA for quite some time. But really - when life is upside down and you have a demon-toddler to raise, who has time for cutesy, fun, crafty things? Well, not me. I'm working on that. So digging way back from well before Christmas, I figured I'd start maybe sharing a few of the things I have done. These are clothes pins I made as gifts. Way easy. Way cute. I didn't want to give them away. And someday, whenever I get off my lazy butt and get my etsy store up and running, they will be available for purchase (well, not these exact ones, obviously, but I think you get the picture). They're so much fun to make, I'm sure to get carried away and have way too many to be taken off my hands.

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Shoebox Swap - BROWN!



We're hosting another swap. This time the theme is simply “brown.” Anything brown goes!

There are a few simple steps, "rules" if you will, to play along:

1. Send an email to withandwithout AT gmail DOT com, indicating you want to join this swap. Include:

Your Name
Your Address
Your blog address (if you have one)
A description of likes/dislikes to give your swap partner some direction
(This information will only be sent to your swap buddy)

2. Send the email no later than March 13. Swap partners will be assigned by March 15. You MUST ship your swap by April 5.

3. Swap items must fit in an average sized shoe box. We don’t want people going too crazy but want to have enough room to fit some cool loot.

4. This is a Brown swap. Everything you send needs to somehow tie in to the theme. It can certainly include additional colors but make sure overall the items have a “brown” vibe goin’!

5. Again, cut-off to sign up is March 13. Please send us an email before then.

6. Please read #2 again. It’s important you stick to the ship date to not ruin the fun for your swap partner.

7. Have fun!!Feel free to invite anyone you’d like. We don’t have a cut-off and would love to have as many participants as possible. We have created a Flickr group that we would love for you to join. This will enable us to share pictures of all the great things we receive through the swap and have discussions about the group.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email or leave a comment! We look forward to swapping with you!