A Walk Down Memory Lane

Fun gift idea

A customer of mine here at the store, had purchased some supplies to make her daughter's piano teacher a Christmas gift.

This was such a cute idea...I had to get some pictures of it, when she brought it in!

First, she started with the Creative Imaginations Ferdie Clothes Pin.  This unfinished wood clothespin is great to set on a desk (or piano in this case) with a favorite photo, or even layout to show off.

She used patterned papers from Piggy Tales Old King Cole collection. 

She cut out some of the elements and popped them out with some foam adhesive (check the NOTES and PIANO words) as well as the flowers and the treble cleff.
 

Even though Christmas may be over, I think this would be a great idea for a teacher, grandparent, or birthday! 

One last look at the Spring Morning kit

Isn't this a gorgeous layout??  One of our Guest Designers for March took some pictures of her beautiful daughter when she got this kit, just to design this layout for us!! 

The Spring Morning kit has some beautiful papers from Making Memories Garden Party line, along with Imaginisce For Peep's Sake.  Here, Tricia used the Garden Party papers and  added in the Prima Ribbon velvet flower trim.  She also used the chipboard alphabet included in the kit, and added a Lizzie Anne Designs stamp.

The next project is a tall card that Trudee designed.  It also uses the Making Memories Garden Party papers, felt flowers, button, and chipboard alphabet.

The last card for today, was made by Taylor.  She used the Spring Morning kit also and added the Imaginisce flower stamp.  Instead of coloring in the flowers, she used the velvet brads that are included in the kit.

There are just a few kits left with these beautiful spring projects!!  You'll want to pick yours up soon, before theyr'e GONE!!  The SillyPea kit has already sold out this month, but we have a few of the pieces still available as add-ons.

Hope you all had a GREAT Easter!

Teacher's Organizer

We had our annual fundraiser for our church's Christian Education fund tonight.  I made two lunchbox organizers and they sold pretty well.  I made a card organizer that had 30 different cards in it that you've seen here on the blog.  This it the other organizer I made for teachers.

My sister-in-law is a teacher and she helped me figure out which types of tabs to put inside.  We thought it would be a cute idea for a teacher gift.  They could leave it in their classroom, and if they had to have a substitute teacher come in, there is a little organizer that has all of the important information for them.  Inside the tabs are decorated with Karen Foster, Jolee's Boutique and Paper Bliss dimensional stickers.  The papers are all Karen Foster papers.

The inside tabs are:
Important people (name of secretary, principal, etc) 
Lesson Plans (just some sample lesson plans for them to use if they're stuck)
Rules & Regulations (the normal class rules, etc)
Daily Schedule
Special Procedures (what to do for tornado or fire drills, terrorist threats, etc.)
Seating Chart
Class List
Specials Students (which students leave for special ed classes, or TAG classes, or whatever)
Discipline Plan
Special Duties (recess duties, lunchroom duties, etc)

Summer Days

This is another page kit that I put together a while back.  Our summer is winding down as the kids have started back to school, Labor Day weekend is fast approaching, and we've even started having cooler weather already!  Gone are the 90+ degree days with 90+ humidity.  Now we're 70-80 degrees and we'll shortly be complaining about the cold, snow, and wind!  LOL

This page kit uses the Movers and Shakers found at my store (and on sale), Scrap Pagerz Watermelon lettering template, and Bazzill cardstock.

One more day...

We are on our last day of having a "baby" at home.  Our only child, will be entering Kindergarten tomorrow.  I was totally cool with her going to Preschool last year, and was so proud of her and how big she was getting.  I don't know why this one is so much harder for me!

This is one of the page kits that I have made in the past, and I really think it's appropriate for today.  :)  The idea comes from the Cropy Cats idea pages and you can find the pattern for the paper piecing Here and Here.  All paper is from Bazzill.

My Favorite Things Paper Bag book

I made this paper bag album a while ago for a sample for a class I taught at the LSS.  The papersand ribbons and Icicles are KI Memories, the binding is from Junkitz, the white acrylic letters are from Paper Studio.  This album will soon be finding it's way to Etsy along with a few other old class samples.  I have a few other paper bag books, and some other altered things to put up there.

My next project is some online classes for fall, as well as 2 bridal shows and a craft show this fall.  So, I'm gonna start working on some things to show off for those two and hopefully get some good sales before Christmas for all my little gifty things.

Custom Announcements, Invitations & Cards

I've started to create some custom announcements, Invitations, Christmas cards, etc. This is my first baby announcement that I've done for a client.  It's from a kit by Kay Miller and I think it turned out pretty darned cute.

This one is a 5x7 card that the client can take to their favorite photo printer and have custom announcements printed from the design that I emailed her.

I can do just the design work for you, or I can have them designed, printed, and mailed to you if you'd rather save the hassle of finding a quality printer.  I do this for baby announcements, Christmas cards, invitations, Birthday Thank You cards, or pretty much anything you'd like to send!

I charge a design fee of $35 which gives you 3 options of layout, color scheme, etc.  You tell me what look you want, and I will design 3 different cards for you to choose from.  Once you've chosen your card, you'll get a high quality .jpg file to take (or upload) to your favorite photo printer.  Or, if you've chosen to have me do the legwork for you, I will send you out the printed cards as well as envelopes for you to address and mail out.

I don't currently have this available in my shop, but will be working on the custom section soon, just in time to get started on everyone's Christmas greeting cards.  If you are interested in this service, please feel free to email me!