Keeping Up With Kirbys

I'm sure you can picture my cabinets at the house and I'm positive that I would drive some of you crazy but my sweet family has learned to LOVE it....I think.  Josh doesn't even ask me anymore if I want him to save....this or that, he just washes the container and puts it away for me.  He's pretty great.  If you read my last post then you know that I bought WHITE enamel paint on accident. Well, I decided to use it on some of my jars in the cabinet. I needed another (yes another) place to keep writing utensils.  I'm a teacher....we love all the writing things. ;-) This paint was perfect for the jars.  I love how the color turned out.  I cut up some old fabric for the ribbon around the top. A circular sponge made the just right polka dots and I taped off one of the jars and used chalkboard spray paint to cover the bottom. Yes, that's glitter on my workbench.  Every girl needs glitter all over her workbench, right?! The writing is v...

I seriously don't know what I'd do without my neighbors. I currently have nice garage lights, a supply of repurposed wood, saw blades, saw horses and I'm sure countless other tools that my neighbors have supplied me with.  I probably drive them crazy!   These past few days I've been busy making pencil holders in my garage for several different people.  You can order here   or contact me by email . And then look what I did???  After all my hard work I went out to spray a clear protective laquer on it.  Uh huh, that is NOT clear...that is white!!  Why would they make a white protective coat?? I almost cried. HERE'S A TIP: ALWAY LOOK AT THE CAP OF SPRAY PAINT BOTTLES. Y'all....every night I'm sitting on the couch with "ice on my wrist" AND NOT THIS KIND OF ICE! I'm talking about the COLD ice that starts to burn after awhile.  Do you want to know why?? Well, for every hole in that pencil holder I have to drill...

Well, it's not really Christmas and if you ask Josh he would say that he has received what would be equivalent to coal for some people... 😁 Especially when he was helping pull nails from all of these.  Yes, this is a TON of scrap wood.  My neighbor, the one who gave us garage lights, gave me a trailer FULL of scrap wood.   I'm super excited BUT also a little overwhelmed.  I normally have 8-9 pieces and have to get really creative if I want to make something.  {{$35 dollars plus shipping - click  here  to purchase 1ftX2ft with hanger on back to hang on wall}} This Texas sign was my last project I made with all my scraps.  I loved how it turned out! I think it would look great with a heart burned in it where you live...or where someone you love lives.  Last week I attempted to make a giant Jenga for the classroom.  Well, I didn't measure my pieces across the top and just decided to cut each piece 10...

I have some NEW fonts for you!  You can stop by my TPT store and download Volume 4 for FREE. I LOVE how they turned out.  I think my favorite is "SK No Bones About It"- perfect for October or a Pirate Themed classroom, "SK Stitches" - I think this will be a fantastic fall font, "SK Thick Nick"- perfect for....EVERYTHING, and "SK Star Student" - great for notes to you Star Student.   I've also added a silly but fun font that mixes letters and pictures.  This could be used to write code messages for students to try and figure out... This is just a fun and silly one...I must have had too much time to play around. You can download these new fonts here .  They are FREE in my TPT for the weekend.

I love, love, love learning new things to try in the classroom and sometimes I need reminders or refreshers of great things I've learned and forgotten. 😁 Do you ever get information OvErLoAd???  Yea, well that's me...so I thought I better put the things that I'm LOVING all in one place.  That way I can share my learning and easily find it when I need it. So let me share some of my sweetest takeaways from the 2017 TCEA Tots and Technology Conference... Kiddle is a visual search engine for kids to use. This would be great for kids to use for research. Did you know that all Duck Duck Moose Apps are FREE?? - I'd say go to the app store and download whatever educational app that you need now. One of my favorites is Chatterpix Kids .   Kids LOVE this to make objects, pictures, or drawings come alive.  Find out more and download { here }. Popplet  app This app is mind maps and can be used for story elements and to brainstorm writing. ...

Well we've made it back home and after 3 weeks of being outdoors I've come to realize some important things... 1)  2) Seriously, it was the best trip ever and it was FULL of memories, laughs and fun.  One of my favorite things that we do any time we camp is journal our daily adventures.  For Christmas Josh bought all of us our journals that we could decorate as we pleased.  I LOVE them! Order here They come in a pack of 3 (perfect) and the cover is cardboard so you can decorate how you choose...yes, please.   Josh also puts the longitude and latitude in his in case the kids ever want to go back to exact spots that we visited.  I barely know North, South, East and West so I don't do that.  It's fun to go back and remember and laugh about past adventures-especially when we all have a different perspective of the thing.  I have a list of things that I want to try and several new things that I want to learn...