Post It Note holders from frames

My good crafting friend , Debbie, got me started on these. Last week I got really motivated and made a mess of these to give to teaching colleagues. Start with the acrylic easel frames - first batch from M's for 1.99 then went to WMart and found them for a buck. They are a great way to use up scraps of pretty papers!

I simply put them all out on my teaching table and folks picked their favorite.

They really did like them!

Going to make an extra nice one for a Valentine's gift for family members.

quilt itself.

finally the pictures...

Here are photos of the crafts for Dana's shower this Friday. The storybook quilt is made with all the favorite books of the teachers in my building. Each teacher then decorates a square and I quilt them all together. I found a nice dark blue bin and added vinyl with some cuts from A Child's Year from Cricut. Also made a name wordbook.

I just got some vinyl from Vinyl Expressions. Shipped well and I can't wait to use it this weekend. I have two big projects. One is to trick out a deep blue container to hold the baby quilt I just completed. Item two is to make some items for a 5th grader to place on her hospital wall. She is struggling with an autoimmune disease and suffering some awful pain. Stay tuned , I will post the photos of these weekend projects soon!

a sneak peek at Granddaughter's present

Not my original idea, but this execution is mine for almost 8 year old granddaughter. The cuts were from A child's Life for the Cricut Expression. When the lamp is off, the shadows on the vinyl don't really show. Hope she loves it as much as I do !

my camera is in the shop...

Actually I am anticipating it's return any day now. I found a repair shop for my Sony digital, and shipped it off. Our amusement park trip to Kennywood and ride on the raging rapids managed to fry the lcd screen. I truly am going through camera withdrawal... I find I reach for it when the grandkids come to visit, at school, and with October and fall leaves starting I am really feeling it! I even priced out new cameras but couldn't see forking out 600 plus dollars when it is likely to get repaired for under 300.00. I am a bit nervous but the testimonials for this company are good. Really surprising how different our 'contacts' are with web 2.0 isn't it?

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