An apple a day

Yesterday was the first day of school for my little boy - he is starting the 2nd grade.

Both my girls graduated from the school he is at and both had the exact same 2nd grade teacher and I fought hard to make sure he got her too and guess what - he did.

 

When I knew that he would be in her class I decided I had to make her something super fun and functional. I had seen something like this in an email I subscribe too and couldn't find it again so I did it from memory...

 

 

supplies you'll need are:

a canning jar

some paint (acrylic or spray)

a spool of thread

some jute

some felt and hot glue

 

I used chalk paint for the jar and as you can see this first attempt didn't turn out to well

Plus I like the look of the smaller - chubbier jar...

 

then cut out your leaves from the felt you have

 

I painted the one on the left with brown spray paint to fit the first red jar but I actually used the larger lid this time I also used some E6000 to secure the 2 pieces first then sprayed them

 

 

 

I decided to use a vintage spool of thread first took off the remaining thread then hand painted the spool brown - just the middle part because I wanted you to be able to see the old print on the spool.

 

To make the whole thing functional I decided to add some peppermints inside so that they could serve 2 purposes - cover up morning breath and also they help with upset stomachs. My daughters told me that is the only type of candy that teachers can give to kids at school. So there you have it.

 

 

Call me a kiss up or brown noser...I just was thrilled to get this teacher and was excited to show her that...Besides makes my boy look good and that's what its all about right??

 

Hope your back to school prep is going smoothly.

 

I am linking this up to the parties above.

 

Happy Thursday

xo

tina

 

 

 



Back to School

Just as quick as SUMMER arrived swoosh SCHOOL is back in session today. I have a brand new first grader and a 6th grader...both very big steps. One is just starting their elementary education and the other is finishing up & preparing for junior high. SCARY....

My little girl is so young (in her heart and brain) and personally I would like to keep it like that but I know this year she will learn some things - some I don't want her to learn and some things SHE shouldn't learn-just yet.

My little guy, we don't call him TORNADO for nothing. I hope he can stay calm and listen while he learns. He is charming and sweet but boy can he talk. I am anxious to see how his first day goes.

Since yesterday was our LAST official day of summer around here I decided to make some BACK-2-SCHOOL cupcakes...but then I got a little creative and used one frosting to create 3 different 
cupcakes...check it out.

Here are the ingredients...chocolate cupcakes (boxed) white icing, red food coloring, pretzels & some green sour patch kids...

ice your cupcakes with the red icing add the STEM (pretzel) then cut the sour patch kids into leaf shapes (triangle) and add to the side of the stem - then leave it as is or perhaps print out a cute little phrase on  your printer and stick it to a toothpick and insert into the cupcakes...

Cute right? then again if you want your cupcake to appear a bit more "HEALTHY" (isn't that an oxy moron statement) - then why not try adding some fruit and because the icing is red - it just looks good when you use some yummy red fruit like RASPBERRY'S

Or why not try a delicious CHERRY...yummers.

I love playing around with different toppings...the possibilities are endless really. I hope you had a special first day planned for your little ones or are prepping for one --- have a crafty week

I am linking this up to the following parties:

MONDAY FUN DAY LINK UP

MARKET YOURSELF MONDAY

GIVE ME THE GOODS MONDAY

CRAFT O MANIAC

MADE WITH LOVE MONDAY

CRAFTASTIC MONDAY

MAKE IT PRETTY MONDAY 

& the links up in the top of my blog

XO

TINA