Thank a Teacher

OKAY...I have had a very busy week...

but I did get these made for my daughter.

She started teaching 3rd grade this week in a new school district.

She wanted some kind of thank you gift

to give the other teachers on the 3rd grade team....

So this is what I made for her.

I just ran the brown bags through the printer!

The bags have nuts, lifesavors and chocolate candy in them...

along with a thanks flashcard that I made.

Fun!

Stitching Warm-ups!

....just a peek! How I entertained myself this weekend!

I'm in a stitched sampler swap in the "pre" Silver Bella swaps.

I need to start working on mine.

I always tend to need to make

"warm-ups"!

I saw some tea-towels at Anthropologie a few weeks ago

that were sold in a set of three

for $40.

I got back in my car and drew them from memory.

The bottom one is based on one of those.

Did any of you see these?

Don't Text and Drive!

VERY GRAPHIC! Graphic Crash, UK, Dangers of texting while driving PSA

The Flowers

I struggled to do anything creatively yesterday.

So I scanned a picture out of an old children's book for you!

This is from A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson from 1929.

It belonged to my mother-in-law

and although I don't care for the poems,

I do love the illustrations done by Eulalie.

Wedding Bags!

Gift bags for the hotel guests!

Winning is Good!

I won this circus ATC

titled "She liked to dream big!"

from Katie over at

Ragamuffin Gal!

She arrived in great company...

and wrapped in a vintage hankie!

Katie has been an online friend for awhile now and...

we are going to get to meet

in

November

at Silver Bella!

I know.... I can't believe it either!

There will be lots of pictures taken!

Also...have to show you that today I made a label

for the water bottles I'm including

in the gift bags for the

hotel guests

at my

son's wedding

next month!

Maybe tomorrow I'll assemble the

cookie boxes and glue the

flowers on them!

Maybe!!

Trip to Grandma's House Party!

Do you remember the other "First Time Grandmother Parties" I've been involved in this year? There was Connie's Barbie Party and Olga's Gardening Party. Well, yesterday at Connie's house we had Melinda's Roadtrip Party. Melinda will become a grandmother for the first time this October. Melinda ALWAYS has a map to show us how to get to wherever we are going. Now you are thinking how wonderful that is, aren't you? Well, you just keep thinking that! So.... for the theme we have little girl shoes ...it's a girl.... and some other stuff... for travelling.

I altered a Key Map!

And the suitcase is one that I won in a Scavenger Hunt on Malissa's blog months ago.

It was great fun! We had sack lunches filled with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, chips, Rice Krispie Treats, a juice box and a favor! After some shopping.... Connie found cookie cutters for feet so Nancy could make these cookies. Aren't they adorable! Out of the six members of "Dirt Divas" ..... 3 have or will have grandchildren soon. So we are DONE for awhile!