Scrappin' for a Retiring Inspiration

Well, it's been so long since I really did anything other than a card here or there! The support staff of the year at school, that I made the last frame for, is retiring.  She is near and dear to my heart, and really is my inspiration for how to be... (and by "be" I mean, treat people, live life and work).   So, I volunteered to make a scrapbook for her retirement.  I'll tell ya, this was no easy task at the middle school level.  Teachers are the biggest procrastinators!!   So many people waited until the last minute to contribute, which put me in a think-quick mode.  It was kind of like building a house before you know your budget.  Anyway, this is the culmination of what our staff contributed.  I think it turned out pretty nice.

Thank you Kathy, for making the wordle for me, and thank you Nancy for the picture!

 Thank you again, Kathy, for the pictures!

 Thank you Sue, for the pictures!

 Thank you Sue, for the picture, poem, and handwarmer, along with the "when you're hot you're hot" caption and thank you Kathy for the photoshop.

 Thank you Mary and Jincy!  This spread is so cool!  You ladies are quite creative!

 

Thank you Donna, Cindy (who is also retiring), Denise. Tammy and Kylie.

Thank you Gina.  Since a few people contributed a letter, or a card, I decided to make a pocket page to hold them all (and any others she may get).

  Thak you to everyone who e-mailed me the number one thing they will miss about Judi. I couldn't have done this page without all the staff who contributed.

 Thank you to everone who either sent a "remember when" caption, or an index card of well wishes.  The index cards can be "flipped through" since I cut the page protector.

 Thanks to everyone who sent a "speech bubble" with a sentiment.  And, thanks to Missy for all the little tiny staff pictures!  That made the book!

 Thanks to Deb for the items on this page.

 This is certainly how I would be feeling! 

 

Hope you enjoyed it :)

A Mother's Day card

I've been pretty busy, and have made a few things this year, but like last year, didn't take pictures.  But I did remember to take this picture of the Mother's day card I made for my mom.

 

I'm also in process of making a scrapbook for our school secretary (the one that earned support staff of the year last year).  I will post that when it's finished.  

The Finished Product (and a couple other things....)



I'm back!

As the end of summer vacation draws near, I'm finally startting to get my motivation for stamping back.  So sad, that I'll have so little time now.  I just got a fresh box of goodies and plan to go on a crafting craze this weekend.  I have a couple weddings coming up, and a few other things that will require a card from my husband and me, so I plan to really get busy.  Also, I think I'm going to jump on the Christmas card thing too.  We'll see how much I get accomplished.  Below are a couple things I've recently done.

The finished product from the last post......(and a better quality photo)

A sign for the office at school.....

A quick card for a friend....

A birthday card for my neice....

See ya!



It's been how long?

Wow, has it been a long time since I have posted anything. I have made a few things, but took only a sporadic picture here and there.  Thie first one is a picture frame for the teacher of the year in our district for the year before last.  The district provides a frame for us to hang for one year, then it comes down.  At our school it was decided that we will have a "Wall of Fame" in the office with our own frme and I was asked to make it. Sorry for the poor quality of the photo. 












The second is where I am currently at for the support staff of the year, who also happens to be at our building.  It's not quite finished.  I still need to paint the mat silver and add the lettering, but you can still see what it will look like.  The picture will take up the whole space where the white mat is.
















Lastly is a picture of my husband and me on our vacation down south.  This was taken in Gatlinburg outside of the aquarium.



Last post for a while....

Well, school has begun!  Actually, it began for me August 8th, when they let us into our new building to begin unpacking.  That's the last time I actually had not a school thought in my head.  Oh well, I guess I can't just make pretty things ALL the time.  Plus, I've got to pay the bills somehow.  Anyway, this is the most recent thing I have created, and I must say, it was not very creative; that's just paper, there's hardly anything embellishing or creative on it.  It will probably be a very long time before you see anything from me again. :(  This is the big fat binder that I'll be using to keep all the important information on my students.  I'm figuring the bright, pretty colors will remind me of how beautiful spring and summer are.

Well, I've got a TON of work to do, so good-bye for now.

steno pads and book marks

This first picture is 50 bookmarks to go with the binders, for the staff.  I think something needs to be on the top, but 50 of them is quite time consuming.

These two steno pads are for the principal and assistant principal.

This is one of my favorite papers from the Beyond the Garden paper pack.

 It was tough to find a match for this paper, but I found some really, really old paper that was in my stash.

I like these colors. Ruby red was one of my favorites...

Two more beautiful papers.  One is from the Pocket Full of Posies paper pack.  I love the designs and am having a hard time parting with it (something I've GOT to get over!).

 

Well, that's what I've been up to for the past week (and school stuff of course....)

Hopefully I'll get at least one more post in before school starts.

Pencil and Pen Holders

I've been busy the last couple days making these pencil and pen holders for the teachers with whom I'll be co-teaching. The desks we have at the new building don't have drawers to hold pencils and pens and such. So, I thought I'd turn some old coffee cans into pencil and pen holders. Obviously these first two are for the males.

This one I started a while ago, but never got around to finishing.

This one is made from the same paper as the next one, But I sponged craft ink all over it to make it "dirtier."

This is a cigar box that I covered to match the pencil pen holder (for my desk). I hate that there are no drawers on the desks! Hopefull this box will hold the "other stuff" I usually put in the drawer of my desk.

Here's the inside view of the box. (This really was an old, nasty cigar box!)

That's all for today :)