Personalized Coffee Mug - Teacher Appreciation Gifts

Teacher Appreciation Week is next week, May 2-6 and I love Taelor's teachers all three of them so I knew I wanted to make them all something. At first I had a case of the crazies and thought about making them each five things, one for Taelor to take in everyday of the week. But after thing about it, I just don't have the time to make 15 things right now . . 5 days times 3 teachers . . so I opted for three gifts . . Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Here's what I made for Wednesday . . Personalized Coffee Mugs I found these cute cups at Dollar Tree and I love that they're so big .
I recycled and shoved some Easter grass down into the cup.
I used the Cricut to cut out my letters and than I put in two hot chocolate packets, two cold brew ice tea packets and four regular tea bags.
I also included the year on the back.
I still need to tie on a ribbon to the handle but I love it ! !
After I make the other two I'll edit and include a picture :)

Edit: here are the other two:

Personalized Easter Pails - Great for Summer too

Hi Everyone ! !
Once again I 'disappeared' but yet again I have an excuse, if your a personal friend of mine than you know the whole story thanks to facebook but I spent the past weekend driving back and forth to the hospital and spending long hours there. . . Short version my sister went into the E.R. Thursday morning for severe chest and stomach pains, after some test and ultrasounds they decided to remove her gallbladder. So she spent the entire weekend in the hospital, and we spent it traveling back and forth.

Needless to say the women in my life, there are only two but they keep my life interesting.

However I was able to fit in some time to make these personalized Easter pails for my little men and my two nephews and niece. I was actually very Happy with how well they came out and everyone loved them. I also color coordinated everything that went into the buckets . . . yellow bucket = yellow loot inside . . orange bucket= orange loot inside . . . you get the idea :)

These would also be really cute for a summer birthday party or to fill with goodies and give to the birthday kid.

Quiet Please . . .

This past weekend was a good friends of mines baby shower and from the moment I received the Baby Shower invitation I was brainstorming ideas for a personalized gift since I knew the little ones name.

Side note: I love knowing baby's names ahead of time because I
absolutely love personalizing gifts.

Any who back to the brainstorming. . . So one night after the boys were in bed and I was surfing the Internet the doorbell rang and not just one ring but three!, AFTER the boys had just settled down. . . so after telling the solicitor it was outrageous for them to be ringing my door bell at 8pm ! !
I went back to my craft room and -ding-
the idea for a cute little plaque came to me.

I really like how it turned out and hope Jennifer and
baby Cam enjoy it for many years too come.

Hanging with my Peeps

This probably won't last past this Easter because I've already had to glue two back on, but its just so dang cute that I couldn't resist testing out a wreath with the peeps.

Peek-a-Boo Bunnies

Peek -a-Boo Bunnies ! ! ! These turned out so cute and the boys thought they were so funny !

Here's what your need : Pink, White, and Green construction paper, a paper plate, a glue stick, a pen and although they are pictured we didn't end up using the googly eyes (they were too small and looked odd) so instead we used black construction paper (not pictured). I folded the white paper in fourths and cut out ears, than I did the same with the pi paper just cut them slightly smaller to fit in the white ears. Next I traced the little ones hands. (I put their initials on them because my niece and nephew were here so I didn't want to mix up the hands) Here are all 12 hands cut out, three are needed for each bunny. Next have them glue their three hands onto the bottom of the plate with the fingers pointing to the top of the plate. . . . . . Like below . . . Glue the pink construction paper onto the white and glue to the back of the paper plate. Cut out two black circles from your black construction paper and enjoy. Happy Crafting !

Cotton Bunny

Here's what you need for each bunny : cotton balls - glue - a paper plate - a pink pom pom - two eyes - four pipe cleaners - two precut ears cutsout of white and pink construction paper - Start off by having your little ones go crazy with
the glue on the paper plates. Next put on the cotton balls. I had to help the little one but you can see what we did next at the top of this picture - we glued on the eyes, glued on the four pipe cleaners and glued on the pink pom pom(nose) in the center of the pipe cleaners ... does that make sense ? If not you can see for yourself below :)

Also have them glue the pink construction paper onto the center of the white construction paper 'ear'

Glue your ears onto the back of the paper plate and
enjoy your new furry bunny. I hope your little ones enjoy making these as much as mine did.

Happy Crafting !

Jelly Bean Wreath

So I Taelor was showing signs of getting better than went down hill fast. . . and to make matters worse I ended up with strep throat too . . yuck !!!. . hence the absence again but we're all better and have tons of fun crafts planned.

To be honest I'm not a fan of Jelly Beans but I love them because they're so colorful ! ! Perfect for a spring time wreath. Here's what I used: a flat wood wreath ring, two bags of jelly beans (even though three are pictured), and my ever handy dandy hot glue gun. I should have closed the blinds to take the picture but it was such a beautiful day out. . . any who getting back on track her . . I placed two jelly beans side to side one after the other all the way around the ring. Here's a close up so you can see what I meant by putting the jelly beans side to side.

I forgot to snap a picture of what I did next but you can see it in this picture, I went back and in the middle, on the top of the jelly beans I put side to side I put another line of jelly beans. Added a pretty yellow ribbon and finished ! ! Happy Crafting ! !

Stained Glass Butterflies

I'm back sorry for the absence, its been a very LONG few days. . one of the little men was sick and finally diagnosed with strep throat, than my mom was in a car accident,

So needless to say its been hectic around her lately.

Things are finally settling down so back to Blogland I come !

Spring has finally hit, so bring on the butterfly crafts !This adorable craft is super easy for the kiddos, minimal work for the mamas and requires very little supplies. . . black construction paper, different colored tissue paper and a glue sticks. Simple enough right ? ?

I found a butterfly template online, printed it out and traced that onto four pieces of paper, than I shrunk it and traced the smaller one onto another four pieces of paper.

Last night while the little ones were sleeping I cut out the butterflies and 16 pieces of tissue paper. First off have your little one put glue all along the butterfly outline. and proceed to put four pieces of tissue paper on. . at this point don't worry about the tissue paper hanging off the edges,

just make sure its stuck on there good. After they were done putting their tissue paper on, I cut off all the excess paper hanging off the edge. Don't worry about it not looking pretty.Next take the other butterfly you cut out and lay that over the side of the butterfly you just trimmed the tissue paper off of. If you need to trim off an other little pieces. Finally, display proudly and beautifully in your window. Love it ! ! Happy Crafting !