That time of the year again!

Party Time!

Every year I try to think of new and different gifts

for Teachers, and Student's goody bags.

In addition to those, I'm the one who usually does the party crafts, 

which means a LOT of time
for creative thinking and gathering of the supplies.

As much as I love to BaKe,

I know the Teachers get overwhelmed with BaKeD goOdies, 

so I try to come up with something different.

What I started doing last year,
 was get them gift cards from one of 

our local coffee shops.

I put a $5 limit on it,
 enough for a medium to large drink,

or a small drink and a pastry.

Using my Silhouette, I cut out these pretties:

They are supposed to bend at both ends and pop open to make a small pillow,

but I don't know if it was the humidity
or the paper wasn't thick enough 

{even though I did use heavy cardstock}

they just wouldn't pop open,

so I ended up just folding them over like this:

This year's gOody Bags:

Many parents put candies or edible treats in the goOdy Bags,

which is why I go the Art route!

These kinds of crafts you can get
at Michael's and Hobby Lobby
in bulk bags 

and usually marked down.

And Don't Forget Your Coupon!

for those things that aren't.

Mini~BuBBLes and a homemade ornament

complete the ensemble.

Happiness in a plain brown paper bag!

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.