my other favorite monkeys

teacher appreciation week was this week. monday, we gave brandon's teacher flowers. tuesday, he wrote her a note of thanks. he wrote the whole thing himself on a card he drew. i was feeling to sick to make one so i made him do it! wednesday, we gave her a giftcard to one of her favorite restaurants. thursday, we donated some school supplies. friday, we gave her a handmade card and included another giftcard. i finally felt better to make her a card along with some others to give to the support staff and principal. we chose yogurtland giftcards to put in there. incidently, yogurtland's giftcards are scratch n' sniff!

just another changito card. this monkey is to cute.......reminds me of my 2! have a great weekend all!

rubber heaven

never too early to get started on gifts for the upcoming holidays!
i recently got to go to a Stampendous warehouse sale. i found this cute teacher set and scooped it up (along with a bunch of other crafty goodness--see below).

the above is a plain ol' calendar covered and embellished with the stampendous set (worm is from imaginisce).

to the left is an altered composition notebook all prettied up. very easy to make!

for you teachers out there, what DO teachers REALLY like besides giftcards? food? sweets? any ideas would be greatly appreciated. i am thinking these would be useful but IS it really? or just crapola?!

i got to go to the Stampendous warehouse sale this past weekend with a friend. it was a great sale. i was given cash from my hubs (thanks!) and i didn't spend it all!! i came home with $$ which bought [only] 3 drinks from starbucks. the deals were great and the ladies who rang me out were super nice & generous! i won't even tell you how much the stuff i got was total cause i really got all of this for practically NOTHING!

i bought extras of sets so i can give to some of my blogging/crafty friends

:-)

unmounted rubber and wood blocks.

look at all that rubba goodness! oh-- the little things that make me happy!