Whoopie Pies!

We always do a fun treat for the teachers at the girls' school for the end of the first week. This year for something new and different we tried Whoopie Pies. They were a hit! We made five different kinds. I believe the red velvet with cream cheese filling was the favorite at the school. My personal favorite was the lemon cream!! I made the sign so everyone would know the flavors. It was fun to use the Bright colors with my Simple Letters alphabet dies and to make the border with my Tasteful Trim die cut for the Big Shot. If I had to take only one die cut to a desert island, it would be Tasteful Trim...I love it! It can take the place of most ribbons or can be a whole border on a 12" by 12" page. Thankfully I don't think I will be doing any desert island stamping anytime soon, but at least you know what I'd pack if I had to. Oh, and it would be nice to have a lemon cream whoopie pie on the island too. :)

More Teacher Gifts--Friday

So, this was my FAVORITE day...it was "bring a flower". I didn't want to send a live flower...who knew if they'd have a place to put it, and I didn't want to send a plant...too hard to know if they even liked plants. Plus, I couldn't really see the girls getting on the bus looking like florists delivering flowers. So, the next best thing is card stock!! I stamped daisies on the fronts of note cards, made matching envelopes, and used floral tape to wrap the flower stem around the base of an ink pen. It's all tied together with matching curly ribbon. It made for a quick and easy gift all the while accomplishing the requirement to "bring a flower"!

More Teacher Gifts--Thursday

Thursday was "bring a drink" day. We fixed the drinks with some salty snacks and tied it all up in a cello bag...except for Mrs. Webster's...her salty snacks (chips) were too big for the cello bags.

More Teacher Gifts--Wednesday

The girls had to draw a picture for the teachers for Wednesday's gifts. You wouldn't believe how many rough drafts it took to get these pictures done.

In another note, notice the girls' hair...ugh! NEVER, EVER go to Great Clips 15 minutes before closing on a Saturday evening. Laura's simply got whacked off about 2 inches shorter than we intended. Ellen's got cut completely lopsided...one side was a full inch and a half longer than the other. The back of Ellen's was supposedly "layered" but it looked more like it was weed-whacked. For the record, it wasn't my idea to get their hair cut at that time...I had said we'd wait until Monday, but they begged. :(

More Teacher Treats--Tuesday

Tuesday was "snack day" for teachers. I loved putting together these gifts. It was like a scavenger hunt to try to find all the different candies that either had chocolate/mint or chocolate/caramel and/or coconut. YUM! And, of course, I had to make special boxes or wrappers or toppers for the packaging. It was lots of fun!

More Teacher Gifts--Monday

In addition to what we did from the PTA for Teacher Appreciation Week, each day was something different for kids to do for their teachers. Here's the card I used for Monday, which was "write a note to your teacher." I wrote all three of the girls' teachers notes...we have the BEST teachers this year. Both Ellen and Laura love school, look forward to going each day, and are learning lots...what more could you ask for?!?!

Teacher Appreciation Week continued

On each day of Teacher Appreciation Week, in addition to the food treats, we also had a hand-stamped gift for the teachers. By the end of the week they had a whole assortment of office supplies that all color coordinated.

Monday--flower paper clips

Tuesday--note pad and matching pen

Wednesday-- binder clips

Thursday--animal crackers in cute box (no office supplies)

Friday--note cards with matching envelopes

Teacher Appreciation Week

As many of you know, Teacher Appreciation Week was a busy time for the Sendera Ranch PTA! Here are a few of the projects we did for the teachers. We started out on the Friday before handing out "suitcases" with itineraries of each of the activities that would be happening. You can see the Creamy Caramel suitcase with the personalized luggage tag in the open and shut view. Then, the other images that are around it are what was in the pocket. Our theme was travel and we sent the teachers on a journey to Hawaii (smoothies), France (croissants for breakfast), Mexico (luncheon with Mexican food), Africa (safari of animal crackers), and Italy (pizza party). I think the teachers loved each and every day!

Teacher Treats

Yesterday was the Teacher Luncheon at the girls' school. The theme was Italian food and since that didn't especially lend itself to a stamping project, we decided to go with the Valentine's Day theme. These projects are adorable. It's a scallop square die cut that is scored on the third scallop on every side, then again on the diagonal. Punch a hole in each corner and then fold it up and tie with a ribbon. Perhaps a little time consuming, but worth it! We made the tag mostly on the computer...typed "We" and then left a space and added "You!" After they were printed and punched, we stamped a red heart in the middle so it looked like "We Love You!". Layered the words onto the scalloped oval and tied it in with the same ribbon. These treats will deceive you...they look so small, but actually hold quite a bit of candy! Let me know if you need more info. Happy Creating!

Teacher Treats!

Tomorrow is the October teacher luncheon at the girls' school. Several of us from the PTA always get together and make a treat for the teachers...kind of like a party favor. Since it was close enough to Halloween we decided to use the new stamp set from the Holiday Mini called Sweet Centers. It's a great set that has an image for Halloween, Christmas, Valentine's plus a hot air balloon and a flower. The centers are punched out with the 1 3/4" circle punch and the sweet treat cups from the Holiday Mini fit right in the center. Makes for a very quick and easy project! And, it's always a bonus when the candy company uses Stampin' Up! colors...Halloween M & Ms are Pumpkin Pie, Lovely Lilac, Green Galore, and Basic Black. Happy Creating!!