As most of you know, this week (May 5th-9th) is Teacher Appreciation Week. Now I know I sound partial when I say my son has an AMAZING teacher. Yet, it's true. His teacher is also a male which presented a small challenge for teacher gifting. All the pretty bottles of lotion or flower bouquets just weren't going to cut it. This guy spends seven hours a day, five days a week trapped in a room with 20 kindergartners. He freaking rocks! As the designated Homeroom Mom I knew it was up to me to get creative. I browsed Pinterest of course and got a lot of inspiration but never found exactly what I wanted. Armed with what I had seen I went to work creating my own cheesy phrases with the wording I needed to accompany a different gift for each day of the week. At the start of the school year I received a small list of his favorite things. While short and not incredibly detailed it was enough to pull it together for a week of gift giving.
One of the items on his list was favorite drink: Dr. Pepper. I have absolutely no graphic design skills. I don't even own Microsoft Word. I created everything using the freeware Open Office software. I Googled 'school border clip art' to find the crayon border and simply copy and pasted to my project. Then just added a text box. Printed out that label. Grabbed a six pack of Dr. Pepper because the glass bottles are prettier for gifting. Plugged in the hot glue gun. Made a small cut on each side of the label to put the ribbon through. Then just glued it on. Easy peasy, nice and easy.
Welcome to my minuscule place on the web. Here's the deal, I don't expect for this blog to gain much traffic. I'm okay with that. I started this as a way to keep all of my Pinterest inspired crafts, cakes, and whatever else all in one place. Why? Because each time I post something like that on Facebook I get asked how I did it or where I got the idea. This will give me a place to provide better detailed information to people who want to know but might not be my friend on Facebook. I make no promises that every single thing I post will interest you. I will fully disclose where I got my ideas from because they aren't always original. Most things that I make spark from an idea I find on Pinterest but sometimes customize it to fit with whatever I need it for. I will whenever possible include detailed instructions. Going forward I will make an effort to take photos during the process, especially for cakes. I'm just another stay at home mom who enjoys being creative. You will see bad grammar and possibly misspelled words if they manage to get past the spell check. I will attempt to answer any questions the best that I can. That pretty much sums it up.
