More Teacher Desks

OK I lied... I told you I was going dark, but I forgot about posting these!  I showed you the prototype I made earlier right?  Well, I finally got around to finishing up the other ones I had to make.   You would think that an elementary school student would only have one teacher right?  WRONG!  My daughter has 4 teachers!  So in addition to the first one I shared with you.. had to make 3 more.

Since I always get bored, I had to make them look a little different by choosing different papers.

Look what's inside the drawers!

More goodies.  Got all of these "supplies" from Target.

And more goodies!

OK that's it for now.. now I'm really going dark for a bit.  Ta ta for now!

Teacher Gifts

Decided to try to get a head start on the end of the school year festivities.  This time of year is CRAZY for me, so I thought I'd try to start earlier this year.  One of the things I always do is make something for Akemi's teachers.  I remember seeing a desk a few years back, but never figured out how to make it.  Then one day I saw one and thought I could use my SU matchbox die to make the drawers.  It totally worked!

Decided to add some details to the desk... Made a stack of books using foam tape and cardstock.  Also next to the books is mini post its to look like a desk calendar that many keep on their desks.

Do you like the apple for the teacher?  It's two apples glued together. I ran out, so I need to pick up more on my next trip home.    I also made the vase by rolling some cardstock around the flower spray and then adhering it to the desk.

And just wanted to show you that the desk was functional. I think I'm going to put paper clips and other stuff inside the drawers.

Now just gotta make 3 more!

Arigato Sensei!

 DD finished up her first year in Japanese School and absolutely loved it!  She even won a special award!  We were so surprised when we found out as we did not know until we got there and saw her name on the program.

Since this would be the last time we see her Sensei until next year, I decided to make her one of the 4 drawer boxes.  This time, I used Kiyomi from Sister Stamps to decorate the box.  For Christmas, I made a calendar for DD's Sensei, and everytime she sees me, she thanks me for the calendar.  She really liked the images and was so happy that I made it for her.  Since I knew she liked Sister Stamps, I knew I had to use one of the images on her box.

Here's the box when its closed/flat..  I cut the "hills" from washi paper using my PTI die that cuts hills so perfectly!  Then added my own punched butterflies from my MS crafts punch.  The frame was also punched using a MS punch around the page set.

Here's a closer look at Kiyomi...

And here's what the box looks like opened up.  I again used a post it pad to hold open the card, and added some Wild Orchid cherry blossoms as accents.

Here's a side view so you can see that the butterflies will flutter and how the drawers open up..

 

I hope Sensei will like it!  Looking forward to when Gakuen starts up again next year!

A Teacher Thank You

See... I told you I was still crafting!  Yes, I had to come up with some last minute teacher gifts for DD's last week of school, so I started surfing the blogs for some ideas and stumbled on the 4-drawer easel card that I know most of you have made before... but I have never, so I decided to try it out.  It was actually very easy to make and didn't take much time at all to get the base done.  It's always the decorating that takes up the most time.

Luckily, I had just purchased some chalkboard vinyl that had arrived.  What better way to decorate the card than with a mini chalkboard!?  I wrote the teacher's name on the board using a chalk marker (highly recommended), but told my daughter to tell her teacher that she could erase it and write whatever notes she wanted to on it.  Here's what the card looks like closed...

And here's what it looks like when its propped open.  I used the post it notes to hold the easel open.  All flowers were from Wild Orchid Crafts except for the one on the clothespin.  Got that from the dollar bin at Michaels.  The cute purple binder clip was from target and the bee brad and paper is by Doodlebug.

Now you can see the mini drawers!  In this one I inserted a mini post it pad.  In the others I added in more colored binder clips.

DD's teacher liked it so much, she asked me to make one more for another teacher! Luckily they were fast to make!

Show Some Appreciation

My daughter asked me the other day where her origami dog was. She likes to makes dogs out of origami and even figured out to make the body all by herself.  When I asked her what it was for, she said, "oh, today is Teacher Appreciation Day" so I wanted to give it to my teacher. 

Now, normally I'm on top of all the holidays, occasions, etc... I guess this one slipped by me, so after school, we headed to the Starbucks Happy Hour (1/2 off fraps this week from 3-5pm!) for a treat, so I decided to get Mrs. Y a gift card since I recall her saying she loves coffee.  Besides, this gave me the perfect opportunity to use my new PTI set!  I bought this set specifically for when I want to give Starbucks gift cards.  Decided to go very simple this time and just let the colors do their magic and bring the card to life on the kraft background.  Kraft is my go to background now instead of white or cream.

Anyway, if you haven't already thanked your teacher, don't forget!  It's always nice to be appreciated!

Teacher Gift

Happy New Year! I know, it's been awhile since my last post. I've been away for a bit taking care of some family business, but I'm back now and wanted to share a few more projects that I worked on for Christmas. Every year, I make Akemi's teacher a calendar for Christmas. I was sorta hoping that I'd have some leftovers from my craft fair, but I didn't, so I had to whip this one up at the very last minute. I mean I did this calendar the night before her last day of school before winter break! Talk about procrastination! Anyway, luckily had had leftover DCWV school stack (4x6 size) paper left, so it didn't take long to choose the papers I wanted to use. Since I kept everything simple this year, it didn't take long to put it together... until I came to the top of the calendar... Hmmmm.... had a hard time figuring out what I was going to do. Think, think, think... what do you think of when you think of teachers or school? Apples of course! Since my last episode with my cricut was still fresh in my mind, I decided to use my handy dandy spellbinder dies instead. Found my old apple set and cut out this apple. Then I make it kawaii-style by adding in a cute face. I couldn't resist making it have a big 'ol smile! Scroll down for the rest of the calendar... I hope Akemi's teacher liked it! Be back soon with more teacher gifts.

Teacher Thank Yous

Although we gave Akemi's teachers something for Teacher Appreciation Week, she wanted to give them something for the end of the school year. I bought some snack sized Enjoy Arare and goodies from Big Island Candies (since my mom wanted to go there anyway). I had to include the lemon shortbread cookies (my favorite!) and decided to try the new toffee candy. It was soooooooo delicious! Not sticky at all- just melted in your mouth! I'll have to remember to get those again the next time I go.

Anyway, after I wrapped them, it seemed a little plain, so I decided to make something using my Teacher Anya stamp from TGF. I mounted the image on cardstock cut from the flower nesties from Spellbinders. I just got these dies and wanted to try them out. My daughter helped me color the Teacher Anyas in- she just loves using my copics (probably cause I don't let her that often). Anyway, she gave them out to all the teachers and staff yesterday during her birthday lunch. They were thrilled to get all the goodies and Akemi was thrilled to give it to them. Thank you to all the teachers at Hale Aloha School!