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End-of-the-year teacher gifts...

It is hard to believe that another school year is coming to a close.  Luke finished up last Friday and Sean will be finishing first grade this week.  I like to give a personalized gift to the teachers...something that is useful and functional.  I decided to make some notecards for the teachers.  I took some of my 'Thursday's Thoughts' and reduced them in size and had them printed at my photo developer.  I then purchased blank cards at Michaels and adhered the photos to the front of the notecards.  

Each teacher received a set of 10 notecards and I packaged them in a cellophane bag with some ribbon.

 
I am not normally a gift card giver, but both of Luke's teachers had reasons for wanting gift cards, so that was a perfect addition to the notecards.  Sean's sweet teacher loves Pandora charms and has a bracelet and necklace.  We bought the 'forget-me-not' charm because Sean has grown really attached her since she has been his teacher for the past two years.

I also personalized the thank you card with a photo of the boys holding flowers.

Here is Luke's: (Sean's still needs to be taken!)

 

 

 

You convinced me...

I cannot thank you enough for your encouraging words and guidance in convincing me to take the plunge into the world of Macintosh. I am so happy I did! I love my new computer, though, I am still getting used to the new set up and how things work.  This photo is awful, but it was late in the day when I took it and just wanted to let you know that I am so thankful to all of you for sharing your stories with me regarding the switch from PC.  And, not only did I get a Mac, but I got an iPhone too.  I am having so much fun with the apps and the games, etc.  I feel like I have entered a new world.

I am thrilled to be back to the world of blogging and with Easter just around the corner, I have been busy making gifts for the boys' teachers.  I thought I'd share them with you.  I know it is probably too late for this year, but perhaps it will be useful to someone even for another holiday.

I made a little fabric basket and filled it with sponge candy and a chocolate novelty item from my favorite candy shoppe.  

I used this tutorial to make the fabric basket.  Here is the basket alone, so you can get a better look at it.  They are really easy to make and can be used for so many different things.  I have made several (in varying sizes) for my house already and I have used them in my office to hold supplies, etc.  and the boys have been using them to hold some of their toys.

 

And the gift tag was made using a new Easter punch by Martha Stewart.  I just adore all of her punches and this one is perfect for a little Easter card, gift tag, etc.

Thank you again for all of your help.  Now, I can return to blogging regularly and keeping in touch with everyone! 

End-of-the-year teacher gifts...

As hard as it is for me to believe, the school year is ending.  I thought perhaps it was just because I had a baby this year, but so many moms that I talk to agree that this school year flew by.  So, the end of the school year means gifts for those amazing teachers who work with our children every day.  Luke finished preschool last week and I made these darling clipboards after seeing the amazing Marta share them.  Here is a link to a tutorial on making them.  {She did have a pdf available with a clipboard template; I can't find that right now, but I will be emailing her.}

Along with the clipboard, I made them each a mini notebook and a bookmark like in the recent giveaway here.

 

I had this photo of Luke giving me a flower, so I used it to make a thank you card for his teachers.

Sean's last day is tomorrow and I just finished up the gifts for his teachers tonight.  I found this darling coffee cozy tutorial on Erin's inspirational blog and I thought they would be so much fun to make.

I made a trip to Starbucks today and picked up some empty cups to wrap the cozies around and each teacher received a gift card.  I put some other goodies in there as well as you can see here.

I also took a photo of Sean today with some daisies and used it to make my thank you cards.

Both of these resources made the gift giving so easy and fun this year.  I hope you have found some inspiration as well.