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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

. . . Prayers for Oklahoma . . .

Thursday, May 9, 2013

. . .Teacher Appreciation Day Three-Cards for Teacher . . .

Well, I have tried so hard to follow the guidelines of our PTA requirements for teacher appreciation week so that my son doesn't stand out since that is his big concern this year...today when we pulled in all the kids were carrying in flowers and my son said "Oh yeah, mom, you got it wrong and yesterday was supposed to be cards for teacher so I was the only one with flowers." Oops...no mom of the year award for me I guess. I figure the teachers are probably just happy to get little gifts and they probably didn't even notice but I felt like a rule breaker.

Today was supposed to be flowers for teacher but since I did that yesterday I sent in Personalized Notepads and Personalized Cards for the teacher gifts. The cards and notepads say "Teachers Rule" and then have a ruler and their name is printed in the ruler. Something kind of different and fun for them to use when making to do lists or sending notes home with the kids. I hope they enjoy them.

I printed a set of note cards and a notepad for each teacher and bagged them in a clear cello bag and then printed matching tags that say "Teachers RULE" and attached the tag with some baker's twine. Easy and fun gift for our special teachers!

TEACHERS RULE

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

. . . Teacher Appreciation Day Two-flowers for teacher . . .

Well, today is Day TWO for Teacher Appreciation Week and our school requested flowers for teacher today. I love flowers but I do not grow them and I manage to kill them every time my husband send them to me so knowing my limits I decided to send in something a little different than a bouquet of flowers.

I printed a couple Flowered Desktop Calendars and then wrapped them with pink tulle ribbon and added a cluster of flowers to them. It was something that was usable and still kept to the theme.

"Pretty in Pink"

I printed off a couple calendars with lots of flowers on each month and then wrapped them with a piece of pink tulle ribbon and added a cluster of pink and purple flowers. Pretty and simple gift!

Easy and inexpensive Teacher Gift

Thank you to ALL of our Teachers!

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

. . . Candy for Teachers and a free printable . . .

One of my favorite weeks of the school year is here! Teacher Appreciation Week!!

Each year our PTA gives us a guideline of what to send in for the teachers during Teacher Appreciation Week and I do try to follow it but always end up trying to do something original. My son is at that age where he doesn't want to stand out for being different so he is adamant that I need to follow the "rules".

Today is Candy for Teacher and I figured I couldn't just send in bags of candy without at least adding a cute tag. I love coming up with fun phrases that go with different kinds of candy and love these two this year.

I grabbed a bag of Airheads candy and a bag of Buncha Crunch and created cute tags and added them with some baker's twine and we were set for Day One of Teacher Appreciation Week. The two principals also got candy but theirs said "I like you a BUNCH". I forgot to take a picture of those--oops!

Now the fun part is that you too can have these tags for your teachers since I'm offering them as a FREE PRINTABLE. I think the "bunch" tag would be cute attached to a "bunch" of flowers and the airhead tag would be cute on some balloons too. It's not only for candy if you can think of other ways to use them.

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This can't be much simpler! Just download the tags and print out on card stock. Cut them down to size and then punch a hole in them and a hole in the candy bags and use some ribbon or twine and attach them to the bag. Easy Peasy, right!?

I bagged them up in kraft bags and added some washi tape to dress them up a little and then threw in some white tissue paper and had a cute gift to send for our great teachers.

I hope you enjoy! I'd love to have you share your Teacher Appreciation Ideas too!

A Bunch 3x3 Download by Lindy Graham Harnarain

Airhead 3x3 Download by Lindy Graham Harnarain

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

. . . Cookie Time Tuesday- Potato Chip Cookies . . .

I recently shared on Facebook and Instagram that I haven't been feeling real well lately and it's been effecting my blogging frequency. I feel bad that I've let the blogging fall to the wayside but working and dealing with not feeling well has been about all I'm up to so the posts have been very sporadic.

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Thank you to a friend and fellow blogger you are getting a great recipe today for Cookie Time Tuesday. Kelly was nice enough to volunteer to help me out with a guest post and also to bring me some of these yummy cookies today. They are so addictive and really should be illegal because they are so dangerously good! Kelly blogs at Food, Fun and Fitness and is a fellow cookie lover!

This was such a sweet treat to receive today from Kelly!

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These cookies will be a new one in my "go to" list of recipes. They are just so crazy good!

Potato Chip Cookies

by Kelly at Food, Fun and Fitness

Powdered Sugar

1 pound butter, softened

1 cup sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 cup crushed potato chips (Lay's)

3 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup crushed pecans

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Cream butter, sugar and vanilla until well blended. Add potato chips then slowly add flour and then the pecans. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto a silpat or parchment paper lined cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 14 to 16 minutes. After cooling roll them in powdered sugar. Enjoy!

ADDICTIVE!

SO YUMMY!

Saturday, March 23, 2013

. . . Semi-Homemade Spring Yarn Wreath . . .

You know how you can make a "semi-homemade" dinner by using fresh ingredients along with prepackaged ingredients? Well, this is a "semi-homemade" spring wreath using the same concept.

I purchased the yarn wreath from Target this spring and then grabbed a few butterfly clips from Target's dollar bins and then used a plastic bow from Dollar Tree and my front door instantly looked cuter! I have made a ton of these yarn wreathes so you could easily make your own but buying this one was so simple and I loved the colors for spring. I have received a million compliments on it because everyone loves the springy look to it and the best part is that it was as simple as pie to make!

Happy Spring!

Just grab a wreath and embellish it from some cute things you can find in the dollar store or the bins at Target or Michael's.

Fun and Colorful!

Friday, March 15, 2013

. . . Bunny Ear Napkin Rings . . .

You can't get much simpler than this quick and easy little craft! Dress up your Easter table with these simple Bunny Ear Napkin Rings made out of ribbon.

All you need are some paper or cloth napkins and a spool of wired ribbon and a little flower or embellishment of your choice if you'd like to add a little something extra.

I found that for these paper napkins a banana was the perfect size to tie the ribbon around to create the "circle" for the napkin to go in. I just wrapped a length of ribbon around the banana and tied it in a knot then used scissors to shape the ribbon to create bunny "ears". I then attached the flower with a glue dot and slid my paper napkins through. You could use a different size object to create larger or smaller "circles" depending on the size of your napkin. Could this be any easier? The wire ribbon makes it perfect to shape the bunny ears so you will want to make sure you have purchased ribbon with wire in it.