Showing posts with label mini easel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mini easel. Show all posts

Friday, June 21, 2013

UseLESS Trainings and UseFUL Crafts!

 Hey y'all! 

Warning- Rant about useless trainings this week.....
 
SO, I had 6 hour trainings for 3 days this week. UGHHHHHHHH! The first two were on Monday and Wednesday. They were in different parts of Houston, so they were a decent drive away. I wouldn't mind it if they were useFUL trainings, but these were useLESS! I swear! Why do they require us to take these classes when they are crap? I'm sorry! I Learned maybe 1 useful thing in the combined 12 hours that I was in there. These were GT courses....you'd think i'd get some strategies to use in class, or SOMETHING to put into action. Nahhhhhh, just research and blah blah blah. I can't stand wasted days! Very few trainings are like that these days. SO, needless to say, I did not go on Thursday.... I knew it was going to be pointless and it was the farthest one away.  I thought, NO THANKS, I'll be at home crafting. I'm sorry that I'm not sorry! {siiighhh}

Sorry, needed to vent and I don't have my teammates around me now, so y'all got the brunt of it! hehe

Anyways (Nacho Libre voice) 
I'm sure you're ready for me to move on to what I'm really here for....
which is.......

to show you another craft that I have completed and a new one that I'm working on! 
 

I completed the mini easel from Hobby Lobby that I posted about last time! I LOVE IT! I love the way it turned out! So... here is the before and after pics! Enjoy!


 With a little paint, scrapbook paper, flowers, ribbon, and jewels... it turned out pretty darling... don'tcha think??




LOVE LOVE!

Now, this is the new one I am working on, as we speak type! 
It is my little mailbox, I guess you could say. So students can place notes, pictures, stories they want to share with me, etc. This is for those times when the kids REALLY want to tell you about something but it is at the wrong time... You don't always get to go back to that student and say, "Now what did you want to share with me?"...So this box is perfect for them to write it down and share it. It gives you the ability to stay focused and to eventually get to it when you have time.


It is a little cardboardish oval-shaped box from Hobby Lobby. Only $3.49.


 I've begun to paint the inside of the box. Then I'll add gray chevron scrapbook paper to the outside and decorate with my name.  Very VERY simple project.




I know that i showed y'all a pic of my finished Where Are You Board, but here is the actual FINAL product...I added the ribbon. :)


I've basically just been keeping myself busy! My husband is in the garage Man Cave. He's working on a huge built in desk for a customer.  So, I have to stay outta the way! :) But he was kind enough to grab me an unsweet tea from Chick-Fil-A....I KNOW we ALL know how much a simple chick-fil-a or sonic drink will do for us teachers! Ahhh, the simple things in life! 


I also have these 3 sweet babies to keep me company!



Happy Summer Friday from Me, Cammy, Lucy, and Wishes!

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Multi-Crafting!

Wow! Yesterday afternoon I started crafting for my classroom! I ended up multicrafting! I made up that term for doing more than one craft at a time... sooooo original..right? ha...

Anyways. I started with my Where are you board (I guess that's what it's called?)....this is the magnetic board to show where the students are if they leave the classroom. I realized once I started it that I had to wait for my modge podge and paint to dry, so I decided to start my door hanger at the same time... 

So, all afternoon I went back and forth between the two crafts and it went GREAT! I'm so proud of myself....

I'm a little bit of a messy crafter so forgive my messiness in the pics. 

I also managed to finish printing my custom teacher planner for next year. Thanks to A Modern Teacher! It is finished and ready to be bound together! You definitely know you're a teacher when you are that excited about A PLANNER! It's like I can sit there and just pet the planner and it soothes me....hahaha I'm sure that left some creepy images in your head! I'm not a weirdo, I promise...

Anyways.. Here are some pics of my progress... I'm not completely done with the where are you board or the door hanger... 

For the door hanger, I still have to add the ribbon and for the where are you board, I still have to make my numbered magnets and put my ribbon on the board to mark off the sections... 






I actually had an extra 10 minutes to create some more bulletin board clothespins! Just this small touch adds ALOT to your room! 


AND I made a trip to Hobby Lobby today and found the CUTEST little blackboard and whiteboard easel! I cannot WAIT to decorate this for my room... They actually had 3 different sizes... this one is the smaller size and it's for $3.99. Hmmm... the possibilities are endiess! I'll be sure to keep you updated on that one as well! 




I still haven't heard what any of y'all are crafting!!! I know I'm not the only teacher out there crafting already! :) Puhhlease share!