All week I have prepared for Friday at 2pm (my daughter’s class party) – I baked 5 dozen Christmas Trees (Sugar Cookies) and made 4 cups of green frosting. I had no idea how this would work first I thought give them sandwich bags and let them pipe everything. The more I thought about it … Continue reading
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Teacher Gifts for Wonderful Wednesdays
Well I have been working on Teacher Gifts for Wonderful Wednesday. This morning I was going to make bracelets then I decided to make bookmarks instead. The beaded ribbon bookmarks are pretty popular I have seen them in gift shops, book stores, Etsy, pretty much anywhere that you can think of. One thing that I … Continue reading
Starbucks + Girlfriend = Starbucks Cup Flowers
I admit I rarely go to Starbucks, I love Starbucks but I rarely treat myself to Starbucks. One of my dearest friends Michelle told me she was taken me out for coffee Sunday. It was wonderful we talked about life (husbands and kids), blogging and self promotion. Michelle is a writer and understands the need … Continue reading
Awesome Easy Homemade Gift Bags
I needed a (last minute) gift idea for Teacher Appreciation Day for my daughter’s teachers. Before everyone starts to panic – our school breaks up Teacher Appreciation Week into five days throughout the year it is called Wonderful Wednesdays. I saw this idea on Cool 2 Craft P.J. Party last week and filed it away … Continue reading
Disappointment….
So yesterday I got my first phone call from the school nurse, my daughter had thrown up on the playground. I drove to school to get her (I left my son with my husband, who was getting ready for work). I walked (really, really fast) to the office and stood there absolutely panicked because I … Continue reading
Pre-K Homework Fun…
Pre-Kindergarten Homework? Well not exactly, at least for my daughter but homework for me. I guess I missed that Memo in Mom School stating “You will have school every night when your child is in Pre-K.” It is the little things such as writing the alphabet, holding your pencil correctly, your child learning and recognizing … Continue reading
Vegan Applesauce – Oatmeal Cookies!
I really wanted to make cookies for my daughter to partake of after school. One major problem I had no butter and no shortening! So I once again Googled something: no butter or shortening cookie recipe. Low and behold I found one that I had all the ingredients too! Applesauce-Oatmeal Cookies 3 c. oatmeal1 … Continue reading
First Day of School
To make my life easier this week I spent the Sunday labeling and packing snacks for the week. I cut up carrots, measured out raisins, grapes, and olives put them in little baggies with labeled with my daughter’s name. I then packed all those snacks in two containers and wrote the contents on them with … Continue reading
Portfolio for Youngsters
My daughter loves to paint, draw and color, so much that our fridge is an over crowded art gallery. I decided to take my daughters pictures and trim them to 8 1/2″ x 11″ and put them in a spare three ringed binder with plastic sheets. Not only can she look through all of her … Continue reading
What’s for Lunch – Magnet Calendar?
I needed to think of some way to keep track of my daughter’s lunch/snack menu for the week. The only real criteria I had was that it had to be easy enough that she could do it herself because it is her lunch and she has a right to pick a healthy lunch/snack. Also needed … Continue reading
Who Are You Calling Crafty? 