Kindergarten room of my dreams!

Thanks to everyone who helped me with labor or purchased supplies! This classroom is a dream come true! I love my room, students and job! Here are some pictures of my room near taken just before school started. 

Classroom Listening Center Table

I love listening center! When I taught kindergarten before I had wonderful selections of books and interactive activities. But I struggled with keeping the materials and equiptment in an manageable system that small group to small group didn't need me to get them going. This year I have a plan. I have always seen and loved the listening center table at Lakeshore, but it's out of my purchasing power personally and professionally. So I made my my own. 

Here is a picture of the lakeshore table I love so much!

Here are some photos of the table I had made. It is not an exact replica and the top of my table is marker board, I like that better. 

New teaching assignment, classroom, theme, and decor!

Back to kinder!

I am so excited I miss kindergarten. Here are some pictures of my new classroom as I received it in June. 

I love the classroom theme of superheroes but also wanted colors that were versatile so I went with lime green grey and black felt. I also got new carpet thanks to my mother and aunt Linda . Check it out:

Black chalkboard paint and lime green wall!

Polka curtains grey with lime green dots

Grey paint and black felt for my calendar time and other daily reviews 

Long windows are white curtains with black dots. 

Unique feature in the classroom was highlighted in lime green accent. 

Here is a pick of the same wall from across the room. 

Here are some pic stitches to help you compare:

Now to get the rest together!!!

Funeral Bow

New bow for a funeral

My grandfather died last week at the age of 93. The family could not find a bow with Great Grandpa on it so they asked me to make it. I was sad. I had made bows for his presents over the years, but I had not made such a personalized one for him, a man, or for a funeral. Here are some pictures. It was a great way to honor my grandfather. It now is a graveside bow. 

At the house before we found a plant at the florist...

At the funeral home before the funeral, was placed under the grandpa spray. 

At the church where we held Papa's funeral.

Ready for some shocking Country home photos?

I cant believe it was almost three years ago that I purchased this acreage with all the trash and the burn out mobile on it, and then later bought an old mobile home in cash to put on it. I got moved in and busy! Here are some before, and so far pictures. So far instead of after since we don't have the new roof on the house yet. When we do the before and after pictures should be quite remarkable. Even the satellite photos look so good with all that mess cleaned up!

Before: the old well house, barely standing shack in the background

Before: burn out mobile home


Today so far pictures:

And the best thing is I use cash for this so I don't owe anyone a dime so far. I hope to have the roof on this summer sometime.

Hair Bows! Bowdabra!

Last year during my daughters cheer season I stumbled onto Bowdabra! I fell in love instantly, and continue to create bows for packages and hair. I can't wait to get the construction finished on my house so I can have a craft room partially dedicated to bow making!

I have even had a bow party for the cheer girls last year with our three Bowdabra's and 8 high school girls, it was so much fun and the girls left with about 10 hair bows each for cheer season!

Here are some pictures you might enjoy!

My Workstation! Three Bowdabra's one mini, one mini with ruler 1 giant Bowdabra!

Cheer pony for basketball season

OSU colors for the OSU student

For me durring Dr Suess Read Across America Week!

Read Across America Pony!

Cheer Bow we added State to one side and Coyle to the other for state final basketball game Coyle came in 2nd!

Piggy tail bows Dallas Cowboys

Football season cheer bow

The Grinch, for Read Across America Week

Dallas Cowboys

I add hair bows to Christmas Gifts 

For me Read Across America Week

Sam I am, Read Across America Week!

Hair Bow added to Christmas Package

Christmas Hair bow

Hello Kitty

Hair bow on Christmas Package

not my favorite bow

hair bow on Christmas Package again

Largest bow made so far

My favorite 2013 Christmas package hair bow Rock Star!

I love this one too, nice hair bow!

Fuzzy Hair Bow

Christmas 2012 Hair bows for Kasidy, I can't find the on package pictures to share enjoy the bow-head picture instead.

Valentine's bow Snoopy for Kasidy

Are you on bow overload yet? I wish I could find the package pictures from last year. I had all of Tatum's packages wrapped in OSU wrapping paper and matching OSU color hair bows to match, and all of Kasidy's package bows as well.