Quicky Get Well card

So using some scraps, my Cricut and some stickers from Joann's I quickly came up with this simple card for a co-worker who is ill.   It isn't really impressive, but I think it came out ok.

I have to start my Christmas cards soon!  I can't wait to get started!  I'm thinking about having a crafting party one night with some friends and just make cards for the Holiday season :)

Getting Organized...Hopefully

So after being frustrated for some time now on who is doing what in the household lately, everything came to a head last night and in the end I slept on the couch last night to stay away from brooding hubby.  After tossing and turning from both anger and sadness, I decided it was time to try some organization to help out our little family.  I have been looking for calendars to use since I like the way my mom writes everything down on a calendar on the fridge, but either they are too expensive or not magnetic.  So I decided to make a calendar of my own with Microsoft Word.  And this is what I came up with!  I only went until December as I am hoping to find a calendar that I really like as the new year approaches!  But this one is cute and functional so it works.  Plus I just used my printer, some cardstock, ribbon and magnet strips I already had!  :)  If you want a copy of anything please just leave a comment and I am more than willing to share!

Next issue was our dinner schedule/menu.  I plan for meals before I go shopping, but then I don't have a plan for WHEN I will make each meal.  So I try to give the hubby the option and soon find that I am offering too many options and I get "I don't care, you pick." line.  So I looked online for ideas and found this great picture of a menu planner from a blog called Simplee Crafted (here).  I printed it on cardstock and covered it in contact paper so that I could use a dry-erase marker on it and then put more magnetic strips on the back and voilà I have a menu planner now.  I really like the way it turned out and I already have next week's menu up and running (as you can see)

And probably the most frustrating issue lately has been the lack of help I am getting around the house.  I know that my hubby is a new teacher and has a lot to do.... but I could use some help as I work 40 hours a week at the school as well and then come home and take care of puppy, make dinner and try to keep the house clean. (Plus craft a little when I can) : D   So I am trying this chore grid that I made on Microsoft Word with clipart.  Each person has 4 letter chips and the chip goes right by the activity that needs to be done by that person during the current week.  I printed off monograms for the hubby's and my own first names and then covered them in contact paper and put magnets on it.  I put magnets on the chore chart as well, but now I think I should have done something different as I had planned on putting the chips right on the grid, but with the magnet strips on the back of the grid, the magnets on the chips wouldn't stick to the fridge... oh well, live and learn!

 So all together my fridge now looks like this!  I am super happy about it and I will soon see what the man thinks when he gets up for the day.  Of course knowing him, he is probably just hiding in the bedroom and won't come out because he doesn't want to face me... well he has to come out to use the restroom or eat sometime or another : D

Thanks for reading and I will update you on how this system works!

 

When you can't craft, research!

So just having my wisdom teeth out 2 days ago, I am not to full capacity as of yet.  With that I am still in a crafting mood.  Internet research time then!  One of my frustrations of card making sometimes is that scrap pile is growing larger and then I'm not sure what to do with the scraps....  Well thanks to Brenda's blog (Scrap Happy with Brenda) I can now cut out 3 cards from one sheet of 12x12 paper!  I was so excited to find this tutorial that I just had to share it!  Thanks Brenda for sharing this photo and the how to!  This will definitely come in handy as I progress in my card making!!!

Picture taken from Scrap Happy with Brenda Blog

Last weekend I went Joann's and found some pretty good stuff!  Hopefully I will get to craft a little this week since the hubby is at New Teacher Training until Wednesday!  Now if only the puppy and my teeth will allow this to happen...  Hopefully new cards will be coming at you soon!  Thanks for reading!

Confucius Quote to Use in Some Way

Today was a bundle of fun.  I had students learning place values and was having a "race" and of course told my students not to run... but there is always that one student.  Needless to say he ripped the knee of his pants when he slid across the carpeted hallway to get to the correct place value first (the wrong one at that).  Later I came to find that the student called his parents and said that it was my fault that his pants were ripped and that I told him to run.  He got in trouble for this of course, but it definitely didn't brighten my day.

So while looking on the Internet to wind down from my day tutoring in math, I found this quote and wished my students would see this and understand it.  I think I am going to make a card or something with this quote on it to remind myself and my students of this great way to live!  

If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself. 

Confucius 

Any ideas on where or how to use this quote???

Fall Card Collection 1

Fall Greeting Cards Starters!

To start off this blog I thought I would start with my current project.  I am working on cards to send out for Halloween/Fall.  Each card is pretty small and basic but I can't say that I am not loving them!!  My plan is to work on a few every once and awhile and by the time the end of October rolls around I hope to have a pretty good collection to start sending out!  After these will come my Christmas card collection!  :)  Now only if I had more FALL/HALLOWEEN stamps, I could get even more creative... hmm I think I know what I will be looking for at the craft stores : D  Bring on the pumpkins and leaves!  I am ready to get crafty!