it's been a little crazy

around my house...
camp, visitors, cleaning, cooking, children
summer, school (not elementary, med)
crafting, etsy, birthdays, the daily grind, blah blah blah

you get the drill

so i needed a little release and what better way to have
a litte R & R than by crafting?!

i know school is about to start again and i needed a little something for
the end of summer/september month so i came up with this...


meet "A is for Apple"

so so easy
just grab an apple template
and cut out your felt piece
(and this can be done with ANY shape)
embroidered it onto fabric of your choice
next, i glued on the stem and leaf

then i thought it needed a little
something to offset the perfect centered apple
so i grabbed some linen, shredded the sides a bit
and stitched the words "learn"
throw it into your favorite glass-less (is that a word?)
frame and voila. you have some new school/september decor

linking up here







*later this week...back to school cookies, birthday ideas, and check back on the 17th for a giveaway!*

 

teacher appreciation gift

i saw these darling crayon initials awhile back

before i had kids in school

and thought what a darling idea for a teacher gift

i especially love it for preschool teachers

because crayons are used a lot in school lessons

you can find a great tutorial here

or you can follow my super simple tips

(because i'm so not a perfectionist)

and make one yourself in a jiffy

first step: get a piece of cardstock and trace a block letter of your choice
(my letter was C because the teacher's name was miss celeste)

second step: get a giant box of crayons (they do not have to be new)
and start snapping them in the various lengths you need

third step: essentially you are just going to fill up
your block letter with crayons...i had both ends on both sides
because i liked the variety and i didn't clean up the edges
i thought the messed up look went a little better with the whole crayon idea

fourth step: after mapping out exactly where you're going
to lay down the crayons, i removed one row at a time and hot-glued them down
any heavy duty glue will work and maybe hot-glue wasn't the best choice but
like i said, i'm totally not a perfectionist

final step: stick it in a frame or shadowbox
i had an empty 8X10 lying around and it worked perfectly

i'm really happy with how it turned out

and apparently the teacher did too

(she shed a few tears, special people those preschool teachers are!)

i also thought this would be so cute in a child's room

or in a playroom, except you could frame the letters A,B,C
i'd love to hear if you tried it out yourself!