Bob, this post is for you!

This week is a busy one, I am near Chicago working with my hospital system helping a sister hospital work with the new computer system. Long  and busy days.  But the saving points is that I am working with friends, both old and new. A new friend is Bob, one of the physician champions that I met last August.

So Dr. Bob invites us over for some relaxation time and introduced me to a new brand of root beer,  Boylan Root Beer. Great stuff! So here is the link to Amazon for Bob!

Monster deals at LD!

Make your own bundle and save in the process! Check out the latest deal at Lettering Delights.

No code needed - just pick and choose your graphics (no bundles) and you'll see the savings. The more you buy, the more you save!

Simple Apple Craft for kids....thankfullness

It's been a while since I have blogged due to several reasons, out-of-town, internet down, school starting, etc. I am sure you have experienced some of these additional tasks as well. But I am back to crafting and hope to be blogging more again.

Since I help out at my church school with crafts, I am always on the look-out for crafts that the kids can do. Being in the fall mood, I saw this idea at Lettering Delights and knew I could use it to make a simple craft for them.

I didn't make nearly the amount of apple slices as they did but the idea is the same. I plan to use a loop of green yarn (or brown) for the stem, so that is yet to be added. But these will be simple to assemble and the child can complete each slice with an expression of thanks at home with their parents - a great way to foster thankfulness.

I printed mine on heavy white copy paper in B&W. This will allow the child to personalize the color as they desire before assembly. I debated whether or not they should cut them out, but these are younger children (and we have a limited time for crafts) so I went with the pre-cut version. We will just color, glue, and be done.

I used the apples from the Apple Barrel Set (which is on sale right now for just $2)for the apple shape, and made an inner shadow in MTC that I colored black. Then another thin inner shadow of the black shape to make the outline(filled with white). I added the words with Ariel Rounded font and wrapped to the black inner shadow. The layout looks like this.

I did a Print-n-Cut of the shapes and they were ready for crafting!

I am always on the look-out for fun and easy crafts (especially paper crafting), so drop me a line if you find any that you have tried that were easy for kids. I work with the 1st, 2nd & 3rd grades, so it has to be rather simple for them. And this year I have almost all boys (9 boys, 2 girls)- which makes it tougher for me since I gravitate toward more girl-oriented crafts.

Fall Y'all Dollar sale at LD

It's the sale that we've been waiting for  - the Dollar sale! Cut-its are $2 but many other files are just $1!  And there is an additional code for additional savings - what a great time to stock up on some of those items in your wish list.

Friday Freebie - BACK items

Lots of new things, and some freebies.

This Funky Backwards alphabet is free, but also sevarl other items...

...like these backs graphics!  (scroll down to find them.)  While there, check out the other items, like back packs and more, many on sale.

Internet problems....

I think that it is the power supply, it's acting all flaky. So I have ordered a new one, hope to be up and active soon!

Friday Freebie - door hangers

Great for your kids - head over to Lettering Delights to get them for free!