Magnets, pins and hair clips by BETH.
This photo isn't very good because Penn was playing photog earlier in the day and got the lens all dirty.
So I went to Homemaking/Enrichment/whatever you call it last week (for the first time in a very,very, very long time. I actually talked to people too, amazing.) and learned how to make these little flower-things that you can make into hair clips, pins, etc. Don't look too closely because you will notice that they are not perfect. I got all excited with what I learned and invited Lysa over last Friday night and we had a fun time being crafty. She is not used to being crafty with me because I am not a very crafty person. I usually watch and offer lemonade. So I got it in my head that I would make some flower magnets for the kids' teachers as end-of-year gifts. Sophia and I went to Hobby Lobby (my 1st time) on Saturday and picked out some fabrics and buttons. Did I mention that the last day of school was on Tuesday and that I would be out of town from early Sunday morning through late Tuesday night? No big deal. So guess who was up at 1:30 Sunday morning sewing little flower magnets? Psycho, I know. The teachers probably would have preferred like a Starbucks gift card or something but I HAD to do it. So what that I got 3 hours of sleep-the teachers I'm sure were infinitely impressed by my homemade gifts-right?
Hold on while I pick my jaw up off the floor....
ReplyDeleteThose look cool Beth. The line about usually you would watch and offer lemonade - classic. I think you do have an artsy crafty bone in your body after all.
Since when did teachers need all these end of year gifts? I have watched Diana stay up late and stress out for the same exact reason. Maybe Mom's feel that they should reward other people for taking their kids for 6 hours a day or something?
Seriously? Those look awesome! I haven't touched mine-- I got a little overwhelmed. If I was a teacher I would love a cute pin/magnet. You have inspired me to try again. I gave my dish mat/towels to John's teacher and she later thanked me for the bath mat-- Fail. She would have had no problem knowing it was a cute magnet.
ReplyDelete"like ice is cold!" is where I hope you were going with that...
ReplyDeleteI don't know what I am more impressed with though-the awesome flowers or you going to HFPE and talking to people and everything. Kudos all around. Now I just need a girl so you can send some my way...
Those are cute Beth! I wish we had cute HFPE nights of making crafty stuff. I too get the staying up late for teacher gift thing! I love seeing all the different stuff that people give teachers. I am finishing up our teacher gifts this weekend!
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