Thursday, December 18, 2008

I'm Pulling My Hair Out!!!

Have you ever had everything planned out in your head of exactly what you were going to do? Well I had all my Christmas crafting planned for this week; I knew which day I was doing teacher gifts, treats for class parties, and gifts and goodies for my bosses. Needless to say it all went up in smoke when I picked my boys up from school yesterday. They happily told me that school was cancelled for Friday! I couldn't believe it, the school had already made the decision to close on Friday because of a suspected snow and ice storm that is due to hit the Chicago area today. So there went all my plans. I was up all night finishing the boy's teacher gifts. So here is what I came up with:

This is for Mrs. Schreiber, my 5th grader's teacher








And this set is for Mrs. Relilly, my 3rd grader's teacher







Both sets I used retired DSP which I still love. I hate that I am running out. And I decorated a plain white gift bag that I bought from the dollar store. I was also able to do an altered paperclip for both teachers but was unable to get a picture last night because I didn't want to disturb them while they were drying and I didn't have time this morning before school to take a picture.

I guess this is a lesson learned about not waiting until the last minute. We'll see if I have actually learned this lesson for next year. LOL Oh, I won't have to wait that long, there is Valentine's Day and End-Of-The-Year gifts that I need to plan way ahead of time.

9 comments:

Covered In Crafts said...

Those are really cute! Great job! YOu took really good pictures too.

Unknown said...

ooh - great way to use leftover dsp - i may have to borrow that idea sometime!

thescrapmaster said...

Beautiful cards. They look like such great gifts.

~Samantha

Teresa said...

Hey Latoya,

Great job on the teacher gifts!

I am sure they will love them.

Karen said...

Hi LaToya!

What beautiful teacher gifts - they will be much appreciated for sure!

So glad you have joined blogger group 7!

Karen
xo

{Sarah Coyle} said...

wow, this is a super gift! Great work!

*Sally* said...

these are lovely :D

Susan (peebsmama) said...

These are really nice gifts.

Sharon said...

Great gift! I'm a teacher and would definitely use this type of gift! I send thank you's to parents and classroom helpers, etc. and try to keep a stash of cards on hand.