Category Archives: DIY Project / Crafts

ABC Sign – Teacher Appreciation 2011

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…

Easter Drinks – Free Tags

I went to the dollar store the other day. They had these cute lemonades. The colors reminded me of Easter. I also noticed it had no labels on it. It came in a 6 pack but no label at all. Knew immediately my next project. I want to put this in my kid’s lunches. They…

Being a LIFESAVER – Teacher Appreciation 2011

This gift I came up with on the night before Teacher Appreciation week started. I had forgotten and quickly put something together. I had little boxes, and a bag ofย  Lifesavers. Made a tag = CUTE GIFT “Thanks for being a LIFESAVER this year!”ย  Clever and it worked ๐Ÿ™‚ I did make cuter tags to…

O-fish-ally the BEST – Teacher Appreciation 2011

Another very inexpensive gift!! You can use the crackers or the cookie version of the fish snacks. ๐Ÿ™‚ I had done more great couponing and got these bags for less than 1.00 each.ย  Perfect! Tags I made to look like the fish ๐Ÿ™‚ย  I have included them here for you for download if you are…

Jar of Joy – Teacher Appreciation 2011

This Teacher Appreciation Gift is a perfect gift to give to the teacher from the entire class. It can be changed and given from 1 person with each heart listing a memory or something they love about the teacher or different quotes they may want to put on the hearts. We gave each parent a…

Bright School Year – Teacher Appreciation 2011

Easy gift and the teachers always need highlighters. I am also a big couponer. I am not like the folks you see on the tv shows- crazy couponing but I have gotten some great deals. Check out Couponers United as they post deals for freebies almost every day! During the beginning of the school year…

Doors – Teacher Appreciation 2011

As mentioned earlier I was room mom for 3 years for my daughter. We are a deaf family of 4 — Yes all 4 of us wear hearing aids- making us an 8 hearing aid family ๐Ÿ™‚ So many of the projects you will see some SIGN LANGUAGE involved I decorated the door for my…

Earth Day 8×10 Printable Freebie

If you haven’t figured it out yet- we love Earth Day at our home. ๐Ÿ™‚ I have 2 prints in my home now- (CLICK HERE FOR POSTER) Here is a fun 8×10 print to share with you. Remember when you get your prints made at your favorite lab to turn off “color correction” That is…

Driving Miss Peeps – Easter Treat

Was playing in the kitchen with the kiddlets tonight and came up with this fun Peeps driving with the top down. ๐Ÿ™‚ The rabbit Peeps are a lot of fun. I have notice they are harder to find than the birds. I am not sure. Maybe because the rabbits are so adorable!! We had lots…

Hoppy Easter Bunny Treats

I am so excited to share this with you! I had these test tubes for months now. Waiting for the perfect project for them. I am going to give these out to my girlfriends for Easter treats. LOVE LOVE THEM! I filled the test tubes with smaller sized orange jelly beans. (So that they fit…

Earth Day Ornament

Christmas?? NO!!ย  Earth Day! We had left over plastic ornaments from Christmas and I was staring at them and thought.. OH! These would make great earths if I filled them!! The kids and I separated a bag of chocolate candies. We love to separate colors. We even had some white left from Valentin’s day. Once…

Almost Free Kids Colors Book

I have all these swatches/paint chips in my home. I love to collect them because they are great learning tools. You can use these to play memory games by having 2 of every color. Skies the limit. I have friends that have little ones with birthday’s coming up and wanted to make a little gift…

Almost Free Earth Day Bookmarks

Just in case- Earth Day is April 22nd.ย  We have celebrated this a few years now. ๐Ÿ™‚ And we try to recycle things or make it out of free things etc. I love blue and green together. Of course that reminds me of the Earth as well. Using Paint swatches from my local home improvement…

Hoppy Easter – Peep Treats

Another file to share. An adorable tag for you and your kiddos. I was waiting to blog this on facebook for a few days, but I realized so many people are doing the same thing. So – I will join with the Peeps tags. I made this for my daughters class. She will give this…

What an amazing weekend! 3rd Feature!

Another one of my favorite blogs I have been following for some time. Featured Chad’s Copy Cat Mounds recipe. ๐Ÿ™‚ I am so stinking excited!!! If you haven’t noticed we have tried to get our blog up and running again, get ourselves out there. And it has been great. We are still a small blog…

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 ... Read More About Us ยป