This girl always has something interesting going on. She had a great idea for any teacher’s holiday present!
Check it out: www.pluckymomo.com/2010/12/tutorial-teacher-gift-clock.html/
With my oldest daughter, Ella, beginning Kindergarten this year I have now entered the world of Teacher Gifts. I went in search of a cute, practical and personalized Teacher Gift for the bestest Kindergarten teacher in PA, Mrs. Herman. And this is what I came up with.Finish
I found this article on the Smashing Magazine website . I just wanted to share it with everyone!
A couple of days ago, we launched a photo contest in which you could submit a photo of how upcoming holidays are celebrated in your city. For those who have participated, thank you for taking the time to shoot the photots and sending them to us. We’ve received hundreds of pictures from all over the world and we have to be honest and say that it was really hard to pick only ten winners!
Swirly letters are fun to make! It is a very simple process but takes a while. This one took me about an hour and a half.
Things you will need:
Scissors and/or exacto knife
3 pieces of colored construction Paper
A white sheet of paper
A black sheet of paper
hot melt glue
Step 1:
Take your 3 pieces of colored construction paper and cut them into small strips. You can choose to keep them the same width or vary them as I have done. Read the whole post
I watched The Smurfs (2011) movie yesterday. I used to watch this cartoon all the time and this is the first time I’ve seen it since I was young. I love this movie! Peyo was a genius!
“The Smurfs (French: Les Schtroumpfs, Dutch: De Smurfen) is a comic and television franchise centred on a group of small blue fictional creatures called Smurfs, created and first introduced as a series of comic strips by the Belgian cartoonist Peyo (pen name of Pierre Culliford) on October 23, 1958. Read the whole post
Thanks to searching through tracilee.wordpress.com’s blog I found an article called “Dear Me: A Letter to my 16 Year Old Self”. I thought it was a great idea. As a teenager I was much different than I am now and if I could go back and tell myself that when I was somewhere between 13 and 16 I would.
Dear Megan,
The world does not revolve around you; life is not fair. I know you have heard this more times than you wanted to, but the sooner you accept it the faster your life will fall into place. Read the whole post
Thanks to searching through tracilee.wordpress.com’s blog I found an article called “Dear Me: A Letter to my 16 Year Old Self”. I thought it was a great idea. As a teenager I was much different than I am now and if I could go back and tell myself that when I was somewhere between 13 and 16 I would.
Dear Megan,
The world does not revolve around you; life is not fair. I know you have heard this more times than you wanted to, but the sooner you accept it the faster your life will fall into place. Read the whole post
This is my latest. A coworker of my Mom’s asked if I would draw his family photo. So I added in the flowers they are wearing in the photo and placed them in a shadow box for a memoir effect.
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I hate throwing away Christmas Cards. Every year I receive these Beautiful Christmas/Holiday cards and every year I have to throw them away. Well, this year, I am keeping all of them because I found a way to reuse them.
I am going to make a holiday card ornament that I can hang on my tree with all of my lights and tinsel.
Things you will need:
Pencil
scissors
Ribbon or wire
Christmas Cards
Hole puncher (or a small candle/votive holder 1-2 inches in diameter)
glue (hot melt or craft glue stick)
Step 1: Gather up all of your lovely holiday cards. Read the whole post
Welcome to Make Something Mondays!
Every Monday, I will create something new while documenting the process. When I finish the project, I will upload the photos and write a step by step tutorial for you to follow. You can recreate anything I make even if you are not a creative person. My pictures and instruction will make it easy for you!
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