This is a sign that Chad helped me make for a gift for the teachers. He was a verrryyy good eye for placement!
We used our Silhouette Machine. We absolutely LOVEEEEEEE our Silhouette!! BEST.MACHINE.EVER!! Totally check them out if you haven’t.
Cut out a piece of wood that we had on hand, painted it, distressed the edges. Cut out the ABC’s in different fonts.
However the letter of the Teachers name we made that letter LARGER font.
On that particular letter we then cut out and added “IS FOR ___(teachers name)”
They absolutely loved this gift. It made a great decoration for their room. Especially great for the younger grade teachers too. Extremely inexpensive, especially with having left over wood around, needed a reason to use it up. 🙂 Tons of fun to give a gift this large 🙂 Who doesn’t want a big gift?!?
Both deaf since the age of 3, Chad and Mary Beth enjoy not only raising their little family but photographing together, cooking & crafting as well. Living in Central Florida with their ...
I absolutely LOVE this sign!!
I can’t believe I’m just now finding your blog – I imagine I’ll spend lots of time here 🙂
So cute! As room mom for my daughters class this year, I have been in charge of gifts for the teacher. I have searched high and low, but I haven’t found anything as cute as this…so creative!
Great gift idea & I’ll bet they love it! Thanks for linking to Craftastic Monday:)
I’d love if you stopped by & entered my new CRI-Kits Gel Pens Giveaway – the odds are great & you can use them in your Silhouette: http://sewcando.blogspot.com/2011/04/review-giveaway-cri-kits-gel-pens.html
Hi, Me again 🙂 I was so inspired by the sign you made for Teacher Appreciation week that I made my own sign for my daughter’s teacher: http://hipsterhostess.blogspot.com/2011/04/teacher-appreciation-diy-hand-painted.html
Thanks for the inspiration!
Visiting from Tip Junkie! What a great project! I love it!
I LOVE this sign! I’m actually a first grade teacher myself, and I totally want to make one for my own classroom!! thanks for the great idea!