We LOVE Teachers

It is the time of year when we get show our appreciation to those men and women that TEACH and LOVE our children.  With the latest school shooting in Florida, I have been thinking about how much our teachers, school administrators, other staff, and educators in our children's life really do for our students.  I have no doubt that my kids teachers would do everything possible to keep my kids safe in the event of a disaster.  I have been reminded of how blessed my kids are to have these teachers with them everyday.  They spend more waking weekday hours with my kids than I do.  I have no doubt that they spend hours of their personal time, their own money, and countless hours worrying and planning on behalf of our children.  Our school Teacher Appreciation is this coming week and I want them to know just how thankful we are for all they do. 

Our School PTA came up with a theme for the week and asked us to bring specific items for the week.  When I saw the daily themes, I decided I wanted to gift cards this year. 

Our Monday theme is: Your teachers gets up bright and early to be here each day, bring something that might make his or her morning easier - granola bars, lip balm, gas card - anything you can 

think of!

 I decided I wanted to give the gift of breakfast.  I found a cute printable here that I wanted to use, so I headed to the bagel shop.  They had the cutest little box that looks like their box that holds the Baker's Dozen.  They were kind enough to share these cute little boxes for my gift cards.

Tuesday: Please write a Thank You note to your teacher; our teachers do so much every day, this is a good time to let them know they are appreciated and bring a little sunshine to their lives.

I always think a Thank You card is nice.  My boys never have much to say, so when I found this printable, I knew it would be perfect.  I also wanted to attach a gift, so I decided on a night out and attached a movie gift card.

 Wednesday: Let's brighten up the classroom!  Please bring school supplies to re-stock the classroom: clorox wipes, kleenex, highlighters, expo markers, pencils, etc.

I couldn't find a printable that was fitting for a gift card for supplies, so I had to make my own.  I used some digital Shabby Miss Jenn - school time digital papers.  I only purchased the personal use papers, so at this time I can not share the image.  However, here is the poem that I used.

Thank You for SUPPLY-ing me with BRIGHT ideas and knowledge that STICKS!!

Thursday: Send your teacher a little sunshine!  Let them know it's a TREAT to be in their class by sending a treat for your teacher to enjoy!

We love hitting up our local Soda and Sweet shop, so we thought it would be fitting to get a gift card to one of our favorites.  I found this cute printable  that was perfect for our treat gift card.

I used some cute adhesive dots and twine to attach all my gift cards to the different printable's. 

I hope this inspires you to show the teachers in your life some love this year!!  Let them know just how grateful you are for all they do!!!

Last Minute Teacher Valentine...

Being sick sure put a cramp in my Valentine preparations. I needed a cute, quick gift for my daughter's teacher. She doesn't love all the 'treats' so I wanted something else. I found a cute printable but it was not meant for Valentine's Day. I decided I could quickly come up with something that was more Valentine-y using the same quote.

You can download this printable here. Send it to your favorite printer or print at home, put it in a frame, tie a cute ribbon around it and you have yourself a cute teacher valentine! You could even mod podge it to an 8x10 board for her to hang in her room! (If you don't wait to do things until the last minute like me!!)

*Please remember this printable is for personal use only.

New Beginnings...

I started planning for a fantastic New Beginnings and then I was released from my calling in the Young Women organization. So I was finishing up a few loose ends and this is what I have been working on...

I had found this idea over at My Computer is My Canvas. I loved that all the values are represented. The only problem was they didn't match my color scheme! So I figured out all the dimensions and made my own to coordinate! (I'm a little over the top when it comes to matching!) They were super simple to put together. I even made them with my Cameo so it did all the cutting for me! Using the Hershey nuggets, you wrap them in the values, attach to the tray (I used double sided tape so they would not move!), slide them into a pretzel bag, and staple the cute topper on! Simple, but thoughtful gift for the Young Women.

YW Christmas Gift...

I needed a quick Christmas gift to give to the Young Women tomorrow. I am teaching a Christmas lesson and thought a gift would go along perfect with my lesson. I found SO many cute ideas on Pinterest. I loved the chapstick with a cute note. It is easy and inexpensive! My problem was I did not like any of the printable versions that I could find. So... I made my own!! It was super simple using my cameo. I imported some digital scrapbook paper that I already had, used that as my background image and then typed the words I wanted. I printed my image then cut with the cameo. Super simple and fast!!

Halloween Witch Leg Dish Towels

This summer we had the chance to be all together for a week ... so of course we crafted!  We made the cutest witch leg dish towels for our selves and for Visiting Teaching Gifts and Halloween Teacher Gifts.  We started by choosing fabric for our witch legs and boots.  We started at the local JoAnn Fabric then headed to our FAVORITE Hobby Lobby for additional supplies.  We bought fabric in 2 patterns, wonder under, purple ribbon, and pom pom ribbon.  Then we were on the hunt for plain white DISH towels.  WHO KNEW this would be such a task????  We headed to every local store such as Target and Walmart.  We were able to find flour sack towels  and bar mop towels in white and in large packs, but we did not love the size and texture of these towels. We then headed to every local department store, such as Kohl's, JcPenny's.  No luck.   FINALLY, we found single while towel's that we liked at Bed, Bath, and Beyond and later found extra towels at a local craft store in Idaho called Porter's Craft and Frame.  Of course, we ended up spending a little more than we had hoped, (around $4 a towel) but, the size and length is perfect.  So, if you find a great deal on white dish towels ... we'd love to know where you found yours!!  

  

Then we ironed wonder under to the back side of our fabric.  We used the silhouette machine to do the cutting for us.  We purchased our witch shape right from the silhouette store, then measured our towels and sized them the way we wanted.  Next we cut our witch legs and boots.  

Position them onto the center of your towel and iron onto your white towels. 

For additional securing to the towels, we did a straight stitch around the legs and boots on our sewing machines.  

 The purple bows were tied and hand stitched onto the top of the witch boots.  We added ribbon to the bottom of the towel for extra decoration on some and pom pom ribbon on some.  We used a zig zag stitch to attach the ribbon.

These towels turned out super cute!!  Keep an eye out for our Christmas version of this towel!