Good finds and crafts

I am so stinkin' excited!!!! I FINALLY found those alphabet stamps at Target. I kid you not, I have called all 3 Targets (which are all 20-30 minutes away) everyday for the past 2 weeks looking for them in the Dollar section. Well, today they had them! My teaching partner (who rocks) picked them up for us. I really wanted the numbers too, but they didn't have them.
My 2nd favorite place besides Target is JoAnns. I do a lot of sewing so I am here there monthly weekly. They (along with Michaels now) offer a 15% discount to teachers. As I was in there browsing for fabric to make a project for my room (pictures when it is finished), I stumbled upon their new Back to School section. If I wasn't broke I would have went CRAZY! It is so ADORABLE. (I know..I use caps too much). I needed a mirror for the sink area in our classroom so that I can check myself out students can see themselves when they get paint/marker/glue on their face so I picked up this cutie:


I mean...seriously...they have cute things and it is all 50% off right now (plus your 15% teacher discount). If you have a JoAnns, you must go check it out.
Today I also finished a craft that I found here (and it has been on my pinterest board). I am not going to say this was easy. It was quite the booger, but I am so loving it.


I ended up having to hot glue a lot of the pinwheels down. I had trouble finding a small chalkboard so I bought a little wooden frame on clearance at JoAnns and put black scrapbook paper in it to look like a chalkboard. I'm not sure where I'm gonna put it in my room, but it will be cute. I am hoping to get in my room soon and take pictures as I get it completed.
By the way... I almost have 40 followers. Pretty sure I'm gonna have to do some giveaway when I reach 50! My wheels are turning.....maybe to JoAnns? What do you think?

3 comments:

  1. I love Joanns too!! I totally snapped a picture of something at their back to school section that I plan on recreating last time I was there ;) Such a cute frame!

    Hadar
    Miss Kindergarten

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  2. How are you going to organize your letter stamps? I bought a few sets last year and they got all ink-y and disgusting and I ended up tossing them. I wouldn't mind buying a few more this year if I knew a better way to organize them so they would stay neat.

    Rachel
    Go Fourth! With Mrs. Owens

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  3. OOH! I want to make one of those wreaths now! We are starting this school year in a new building and I am SUPER excited! I am also giving my paper craft blog a RE-dO and making it a teaching blog for my teacher relted stuff. Thanks for sharing!

    www.through-my-is.blogspot.com

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