A Project with a Personal Touch–Bird Family Sign

Projects are NOT like children.  I do not love them all equally.  As a matter of fact there are some that I down right loath, BUT there are some that I just LOVE. . . like the new Bloom Where You Are Planted Sign.




But, this new Bird Family Sign has a particularly soft spot in my heart.
This is actually one of the projects we offered at the class we taught at the Snap Conference. My friend Jamie from the Crafting Chicks made one and sent me this cute pic of her board on display at her house.  

LAST MINUTE TEACHER GIFT

 I had big plans this year to make a cute craft for my boys' teachers as an end of the year thank you gift.  That shouldn't have been too hard, since HELLO - I happen to have access to lots of craft supplies.  I've done it before, and it has always been a big hit.  But this year the week got away from me (that is not a surprise lately) and the day before school ended I decided to bag the craft and do a cute gift card instead.  Well then the DAY got away from me (are you sensing a pattern here? Ha!) and I was going to pick the gift cards up that night.  By the time we had dinner with cousins from out of town and the final tee-ball game of the season, and then a last minute cousin sleepover - the gift card idea got pushed to the wayside.  So after getting 6 children to sleep (or at least quiet) in our basement, I started looking around my house for a treat I could make the teachers instead.  Since it was 11 o'clock, this needed to be a quick treat.  What is the quickest treat out there?  

Rice Krispies!  Okay, I know what you're thinking.  Rice Krispie Treats -super lame.  But if you're thinking that YOU.ARE.WRONG.  Because these are not just any Rice Krispie Treats.  These are crazy-yummy, hide them from the kids, eat half the pan all by yourself Rice Krispie Treats.  If you don't believe me, you need to try them - they will change your life!  Okay, maybe they won't change your life, but they are really good.  Its the combo of the brown butter (gives them kind of a carmel-y taste) and the sea salt.  And it may or may not call for DOUBLE the amount of butter as traditional Rice Krispies - that could have a little something to do with it.

Once they were done we boxed them up in some cute little gable boxes from Poppy Seed, attached the label to the front with a glue stick, and tied the recipe (printed on cardstock) to the box.  The recipe was personalized by having my boys sign the bottom 'from the kitchen of' part.  Super cute, easy, and cheap!

Gable boxes available at Poppy Seed (in store).

Teacher Appreciation Freebies

Well just to show how self absorbed I can be I just figured that since my kids don’t get out of school until after Memorial Day, that nobody else did either.  I did also take my sisters kids into consideration when I made that assumption, they are on year round and aren’t out until July.  So I apologize that this is a little late for many of you, but here is a short list of freebies that we have listed on the blog for teachers.
Subway Teacher Print

http://www.4shared.com/photo/dlGqzXCn/Description_Teacher.html

Kids Craft Tutorial–Darling Fridge Magnets

Okay so I actually meant to post this before Mother’s Day because it makes such a cute gift for Grandma, I even made my family wait in the car while I finished editing it before we left for Disney Land, BUT than I scheduled it to post on the wrong day!  Pretty awsome of me.  It’s still a fun craft to make with the kids though.

I took my kids into the store and let each of them choose on of our miniature frames.

The frames fit a wallet size picture.

Than I let my kids paint their little hearts out (one of their favorite things to do).

Mother’s Day Free Printables

Looking for a couple of cute idea for Mother’s Day?  Here are a few of our past freebies that fit the occasion perfectly..
Mother’s Day Gift Tag:

http://www.4shared.com/photo/qcfRRUhI/Mothers_Day_Tag_2011.html

Spring Show and Tell

Over the last couple of weeks I have been sent some REALLY cute show and tell pictures.  Here are a few of my favorites.
Our very own Carey Baschuk (she teaches classes and works at the store) sent me this cute picture of the Easter sign she made.