Summer Vacation Has Come To An End :(

 Summer has flown by.........hard to believe I've been off since the beginning of June and only updated the blog ONCE!

I've enjoyed not knowing what day of the week it is - sleeping in - staying up late and not being on a schedule!

Since tomorrow I'm back to routines, schedules and early mornings  - thought I'd through together a quick update of the past couple months!!!!

June brought Father's Day

I found a Coke bottle with "Renee" and was able to 'doctor it up' and make a personalized "Renne" for my dad!

Our flowers and plans did well up to the fourth of July and all the sudden they started to die one by one - it was pretty while it lasted! 

I got a gazing ball (this is ball number 2 because the first one smashed on the sidewalk!) 

Sure do miss the pretty flowers/plants! 

I've been wanting a letter board so I finally found one I liked!

Here are some of the classroom signs for teachers that will be teaching a different grade level or are new to our school. 

I found this cute idea on Pinterest and had to make "Back to School" Wafer Pencil Cookies for the first day back - SO CUTE!

My friend has a birthday yesterday and is a "dog lover"! This turned out so cute - The little dog is a door stop for her classroom and the bigger dog is a pillow with a bandanna that matches her decor. 

Haven't purchased too many shoes lately - but here are the latest Skechers I've added to my collection.

I'm off to get ready for Day ONE!

Chalkboard Themed Gifts

As promised in my last post, these are the projects/gifts I made to celebrate the end of the school year!  AKA - the best time of the year!  I didn't get to snap a picture of all the gifts (believe it not) as I was sick the final days of school.  I had denim gift bags and Mason jars wrapped in denim fill with candy.  I also gave some necklaces that are not pictured below.

What better way to end the school year with "chalkboard" related gifts for close staff and the kids!

For the teachers with classrooms I made doorknob hangers with their class and name.

For teachers, the principal and student services I made easels.

For the teacher I spent most time with the large sign.

 For the third graders I bundled up some sidewalk chalk and attached a tag that

read: Let's chalk it up to an amazing year!"

I wanted to create something "crafty" for the art teacher since we work together

a couple times each week.  I found these crepe paper flower kits by

We R Memory Makers - they turned out adorable!

Two staff members are changing grade levels next year, so I made my

infamous signs for them to use next year.

Personalized Tote Bags I designed for the fifth grade teachers and for the 

third grade teacher who's classrooms I worked in

For the students I work closely with in third grade received these cute

Avengers (boys) and Frozen (girls) LED watches

3 days down - only 67 more days off!!!!!

iCreate2educate

  It's official!  I have incorporated and have an official business name!

iCreate2educate, inc.

My "small" business has become very successful over this past year, so my accountant suggested I incorporate for tax purposes. After a little persuading, I decided to sign all the papers and just like that iCreate2educate, inc. was born! I thank my lucky stars for this opportunity and hope to continue to grow in the coming years!

Please visit my store on TeachersPayTeachers here:

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Lisa-Sadler-9956

to see my products - you won't be disappointed!

Pass my information onto any teacher friends you may have out there!

This week I created these dictionary cubes.  There is a version for the printed dictionary and a version for the online dictionary.  It's a fun way to get the students to learn how to search for words and definitions! They are super simple to assemble too!

These are the Jolly Phonics cubes. - Broken down by each JP book.  They are simple to make and make learning the Jolly Phonics sound symbols fun!

(There are also a version with letter sounds)

This Jolly Phonics activity is a fun matching game.  All you need besides the items included in the download are clothespins!  I've even included the letter labels for the clothespins! Simple print - laminate and you have a fun activity for center time that can be done independently.

These activity circles are broken down into three categories

Books 1, 2, 3

Books 4, 5, 6, 7

Digraphs and Consonant Blends

 Speaking of school, Ryan has been at Brookdale observing in third grade.  He says he is enjoying it and loves it!  Hoping his enthusiasm will continue as he heads toward next semester!

I've added to my Skechers shoe collection!  Here are some of my latest styles!

Hoping for continued success with my "business" - it's my ultimate goal to have

iCreate2educate, inc. to be my ONLY job!

Keeping my fingers crossed!!!

School's Out For Summer!

Yay!!!! School's Out for the next 2 1/2 months!  We've been doing a lot of "projects" around the house and I've been able to make a few things with some of my new "toys"!

Here are a few of the gifts I made and gave to friends at the end of the school year.

The cards were made from Cardstore and were perfect for the occasion! 

Lots of treats in the fun tie-dye boxes

For the teacher I shared most of my day with I made a classroom sign for the first days of school and the personalize bag to hold the other goodies.

This tie-dye box held chalkboard signs for the classroom schedule.  There are over 50 signs all double mounted onto card stock, laminated and then have magnets on the back so they will stick to the chalkboard and can be easily removed and replaced as the schedule allows.

 These are the gifts I gave the 2nd graders on the last day.  They are pencils that say "third graders are number one!" I printed and die cut 58 flowers for both classes I was in this year.

I was also able to use my new Flower Punch Board and created these black and white flowers from scrapbook paper to match the monogram in our entryway. 

A couple days before the last day of school there was a shower for a teacher having twin boys.  I attached these two bags together in the center - it turned out so adorable!

Our school has a volunteer recognition program each year.  I was asked to make a centerpiece decoration with the theme of "We would be muffin without you!"  These were placed on a stick and put into an apple.

I was also asked to make some new shelf signs for the library for next year. I used "wood" scrapbook paper along with some "grunge" paper to mount the graphic for each shelf.

 For Father's Day I was able to use my new Gift Bag Punch Board and create these cute tool pattern gift bags.  I also attached gift cards to a pinwheel for all my dad's favorite places!

Here are some of the household projects we've been doing around our house.

White light outlets and switches (and Bill only got shocked twice!)

My tea cup bird feeders made it through winter and are finally out in the yard again!

On a side note.....Ryan had a little run in with the fire plug outside of my parent's home! Thankfully the fire plug was OK - the bumper has been replaced and back to new!

We are now in the process of having the roof replaced on the house.  Stay tuned for pictures!