Last DaY of ScHooL, Big BuDDy gifts and a little Something for the TeaCheRs

 Here we go again...SuMMeR.

 Temperature wise, it's BEEN SuMMeR.

Calendar wise, it's the end of the ScHooL year.

At our ScHooL, the Kindergarteners have a 5th grade Big BuDDy.

I really LoVe this concept.

As an end of the year celebratory gift,

I made this:

and this:

One of our FaVoRiTe! 5h grade TeaCheRs retired this year. Out of all the YuMMies I baked this year, the Apple Pecan CaKe from the William Sonoma book, was his favorite. Guess who got one big arse loaf of Apple Pecan CaKe for his gift? Yep; also a copy of the recipe!

It was an emotional last day, as my middle Womb Fruit will be moving on to MiDDLe SchooL next year. His K class was the first one for a few of the teachers
{we are lucky that our Daughter Fruit got the same k teacher}
so this was their first "graduating" class. Tearful indeed.

All in All, we are off to a great start of SuMMeR Vacation.

Bayou Book Eater Up~per

Our School Librarian has seen a project that she really liked,

and asked if I could do one for the Library.

It was a book deposit that looked like a mouth, that would eat the books.

Yep, sure, No Problem.

I was able to complete it in two days.

I ended up using a sheet of Cabinet Plywood. 

It was smoother, cleaner, 

and didn't have that awful smell
that a lot of plywood seems to have these days.

The first day was spent on cutting...
measure, measure, and then measure again.

I used a circle saw but a table saw
would have been so much easier and smoother.

A jigsaw was used to cut out the mouth.

Lightly sand the edges of the outside and the mouth.

I spent the whole day Monday, doing the art work.

At first I was going to use my Tempra paint but instinct told me 

to do a little googling to see if it would work.

Just as I thought, Tempra will most likely flake off. 

So to be on the safe side, I went with my Acrylics.

I gessoed/ primed the board and let dry. 

It does tend to dry rather quickly, which is good.

Sketched out the design and started painting.

  I didn't stop til it was done!

I brought it to school the next day,
and Lady Librarian was oh so happy.

One of the Dads did a great job of attaching the board
all neatly and lovely to the desk.

This way it can be changed out or moved easily and with little damage to the desk.

The Kiddos have really been enjoying it
and what better compliment can you get???

Craftyminx's Crochet School

The Craftyminx~Crochet School


Hurry Hurry!

It starts THIS Saturday,

October 1, 2011.

This Blogger Betty has some 

Mad Talent 

when it comes to Crocheting.

Check out her Granny A Day project.

If you're in need of:

*a Me mini~Holiday

*Inspiration

*a Yulemas Gift

ALL from the comfort of your own Humble Abode!

She even has a Syllabus made up for Us.

Tune in

for 

Crochet School!