quick teacher gift - emoji sticky notes

We all appreciate teachers and everything they do for our students. We also want to make sure we thank them, but so often its really busy, not allowing us to make a thoughtful gift. Well, this project has you covered. Its quick, easy, you can make the kids help with no worry, its personalized, useful, and thoughtful! WOW! That's a lot of goodness in one tag! :D

For my We R Memory Keepers design team project this week, I needed to make a teacher gift. Being a former teacher, I am all about sharing gifts that can be used and appreciated. These adorable emoji sticky notes are just the ticket! 

Using the new Emoji Punch Board from We R Memory Keepers, I punched out stacks of fun faces and made little sticky note pads. How cute are these?!?! 

A few other tools made quick work of these tags. Because I know teacher's need a little treat, I hung the tags from jars filled with candy. Trust me, it will be appreciated! :D For all the details, how-tos, some FANTASTIC tips, and how to make this gift totally personalized, see the full post on the We R Memory Keepers Blog.

All the best to your kiddos as they head back to school. Thinking of all you moms who dropped your kiddos off at college for the first time. This is always an emotional time of year-for me too. Here is to a wonderful school year everyone!

Sincerely Yours,

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teacher appreciation gifts

Teacher appreciation gifts are tough. You want them to be thoughtful, but you need them to be affordable and easy. If you are stuck on what to give to your children's teachers, then my new class at Big Picture Classes, called Teacher Appreciation Gifts, is the perfect class for you!

I share how to create gift card holders, note pads, book marks, magnets, and more! All ideas that are easy to create. Most of these projects were created with a digital set of stamps available at Big Picture Classes. Each lesson has photos and videos that take you through the step-by-step process to create these gifts. As a former elementary teacher, I can tell you how much these gifts will be appreciated and used!

To take classes at Big Picture Classes, sign up today, and get a one-month free subscription. After that, the fee is $9.95 a month. That fee includes access to all the unlimited basic classes, at your own pace. Watch each class as many times as you desire! There are so many classes to take, in all areas of paper crafting, you will always find something new and wonderful to learn!

thanks for stopping by!

kimberly

teacher appreciation treat

Need a quick gift for teacher appreciation week? Or just for the end of the school year?

Head to the We R Memory Keepers blog and see how to create these fun candy pencils and holder!

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kimberly

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3 last minute gifts and gift wrapping ideas: MFTv

Today's episode of MFTv is about last minute gifts and gift wrapping. Learn how to create this shaker tag and how to use it 3 different ways! This shaker tag is thoughtful and adds a heart felt touch to your gift. It shows thought and care and makes even a basic gift card that much more special. The recipient does not need to know how easy it was to make with stamps and dies! Wink, wink. 

Visit the MFT Stamps blog for all the details!

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kimberly

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creating a pencil, pencil jar with Jillibean Soup

With all the adorable canning jar crafty projects out there, I had to try my hand at one myself! This month at Jillibean Soup, the design team was challenged to find a project on Pinterest that inspired us, and then use that inspiration create our own version. With Happy Hues Paints, it was easy to create this adorable pencil jar that I saw on Pinterest from the website, A Pumpkin and a Princess. Perfect for a teacher gift, this pencil jar, painted to look like a pencil, could also be filled with candy or any other treat.

I started this project by spray painting the jar with white paint. I used a formula meant for covering all surfaces, to have a nice primer for my paint. Happy Hues Yummy Yellow was painted on the bottom, and Precocious Pink on the top. It will take 2-3 coats of paint for an even coverage.

Then I created a simple and personalized tag to tie around the pencil jar. (That makes me giggle. Its a pencil jar that looks like a pencil. Ha!) Behind a Kraft Tag, I adhered a piece of patterned paper, trimmed to fit, to allow the pattern to show through the star opening.Then I layered label stickers on the top of the tag. Mini Alpha Stickers were applied to spell out the teacher's name. Finally, another star sticker was added over the star opening. The tag was tied to the jar with some brightly colored baker's twine. My favorite.

The pencil jar (hee hee) was pretty fun to make! Waiting for the paint to dry was the most time consuming part of this project. But during that time, I made the tag. Making a few of these at once would be a great idea! For more looks at projects inspired by Pinterest, visit the Jillibean Soup Blog.

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~kimberly

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