Mr. Bernice's Bucket

This year it was hard to decided what to do for Emily's teacher for valentines day as he is a younger man.

Light bulb - another idea from Pinterest.

Emily filled a bucket with M&M's and then decorated the outside with glittery heart stickers. With the bucket goes a poem "My Magnificent & Marvelous Teacher". To make it a little more personal, I asked Emily to write out the poem.

Sadly, due to her strep throat, she wasn't able to take it to him today but she will take it when she returns to school. I am sure he will like it.....after all, who doesn't like M&M's.

A Gift for the Teacher

This year we have been trying to make more of the gifts that we give to the kid's teachers. Valentines day is perfect time for a made gift.

This is a chipboard album that I bought at Michaels. I decoupaged paper on to each side of the heart. The cover shows "I love Mrs. Tronza" using stickers and another piece of chipboard that forms the "T".

On the first page it says "because she is" in stickers and then each page has a colored heart where Matt could write things he loves about his teacher.

The book reads as follows, "I love Mrs. Tronza because she is nice, powerful (love that one), good, fine, kind and pretty. Each page Matt decorated with other stickers I had.

The back cover reads "love, Matt". We are hoping Mrs. Tronza loves her gift.

The Gift of "Love"

There is a wonderful woman at our church, a good friend's mother, who whenever I post a new pic of an item I've made is so generous with her compliments on my talent for crafting. For quite some time, I've been thinking of making her something. This past week the idea finally came to me. It was my first attempt at making anything on canvas. I gave it to her at church on Sunday and she just loved it..... as a matter of fact she has "commissioned" me to make a few more for an accent wall in her home. Canvas creations have now become a new possibility on my list of craft items.