Ruffled Runner

Happy Easter!  While the kids are sinking into their sugar comas, I escaped to the computer to find out who on earth would actually post on Easter Sunday.  Apparently there are a lot of bloggers out there that have extra time on their hands, or can post later than they actually write it.  Here was my find of the day from Oopsey Daisy.  It isn't a new post, nor new idea.  I have seen it on other posts and thought how much my mom would love it.  Hmmm....maybe a mother's day gift?  Any way, this runner is ruffled in denim and antique looking red, white, and blues.  It would be perfect for her.  And since currently I'm the only one reading my blog, she'll never know!!

Teacher Appreciation Week

I'm now on the look out for great ideas for TAW.  It is the first week of May, and at our school there is a theme each day.  I'm not totally digging this year's theme, so I thought I'd pick out what I want to do and then make it tie into the theme somehow.  Circus is this year's theme.  I give it up for all the creative parents that come up with something cute and unique each year....but a circus doesn't exactly scream "You're Fabulous!"  It kind of says..."Thanks for putting up with my monkey and the rest of the chaos all year."  As a teacher, it's not exactly how I want to wrap up my school year.

So this morning (and a few days last week) I went in search of some super ideas that I can somehow incorporate with our theme and once again found some great ideas!

 First up...homemade sugar scrub.  It's time to heal those cracked heals and head out for a mani/pedi!  This are the directions to make your own from Maybe Matilda that I absolutely LOVE!  She made them for a baby shower, but I already have some ideas for the CIRCUS.  I'll post when they are complete. ;)

Next...homemade notecards.  Creation corner has a tutorial on how to create these....

I think I'll add, "Thank You" to the bottom too.  These are super easy and teachers ALWAYS need thank you cards!!

The Fickle Pickle has their own theme, complete with printouts that you can use for any of the items she's come up with.

Eighteen 25 has several neat ideas too.  Including this sorting box with all kinds of color coordinated desk supplies.  She is also kind enough to provide the print outs for all of her cute stuff!

And finally, the motherload of ideas found on Tip Junkie includes links to so many cute, sweet ideas that I think I may go into diabetic shock...This one linked up is from Shauna and Co. and the best part is that she has the letter on line so that you could borrow.  I LOVE borrowing!!!

EGGS!!!

I seriously don't even know where to start...I got the Martha Stewart app this week for the ipad that has so many different ways that you can dye Easter eggs, that I couldn't possibly pick one or two or even three ways to do eggs this year.  Then as I was hopping around this morning, blog hopping that is, I found tons of links to her creations and more.  I picked up these pictures from Under the Table and Dreaming's 50 Easter Egg Ideas and Inspirations.  Forget the kids, I want to make some cute decorations to put up...but where oh where should I begin?

How about with these from Martha Stewart?

Or these...

Or if you're in the mood for really fancy...

You can also check out the post from Under the Table and Dreaming because she has these links and more to other great ideas linked up to today's post.  Here we go again with the sensory overload...where to begin, where to begin...

Dresser Redo

I haven't been able to get on line in nearly a week!  I've been so busy at work and with the kids that I have had so little time for myself.  Tonight I've chiseled out some time to check out what all the crafty people have been up to this week.  Then I saw this...

This is a dresser redo from The Frosted Gardner.

This here would be my old dresser.  Well, not my dresser, but the exact dresser my parents bought me circa 1988.  A couple of years ago I replaced the hardware to make it very rustic looking.  Rustic because it has been moved no less than 7 times and it has...well some love marks on it.  It was in my daughter's room before I reclaimed it, refreshed it and turned it into a stand for my massive flat panel (courtesy of my tech savvy grandma).  Maybe one day when I'm sick of looking at my rustic piece, I'll try something like this.

Thinking about summer projects...

Of course I can never do them all...but I sure would like to!  I absolutely love the shirts, sweaters, tanks, etc. with the flowery 3-D effect.  A girl and a glue gun puts together a sweater with a recycled piece and her daughters new jacket...pretty cute and clever and...green!

A girl and a glue gun also had this super cute magnet board.  I still have some boards left over from a couple of Christmases ago...so I'll definitely have to try it out.  This is another project that I have all of the materials for, but it looks like it would take some time.  If I get really lazy, she sells them at her etsy shop.

Why don't I ever think of these ideas first??

Today's find comes from My Garden of Eden.  Simple, trendy, will enable me to get more use out of the Cricuit...which is always a plus.  This blogger has an etsy shop with lots of block ideas.

Positively Adorable!

Today I found this cute Easter shirt tutorial on Positively Splendid.  The directions are great and it would be a really easy project.