Busy checking my list!

Christmas is almost here and I have yet to finish all my shopping!
I wasn't always a last minute shopper but it seems every year it gets later and later.
Can you believe its almost here? Can you believe 2009 is coming to an end??
I hope 2010 is a better year!

As usual I need some gifts for teachers and I decided to use some gallon paint cans and make some relaxing winter day kits! They include a stamped candle (pictured below), hot cocoa packets, coffee mug, mini marshmallows, candy canes, and Hershey kisses.


Here's a picture of a decorated paint can!


I also made a smaller version for the crossing guards minus the candle and coffee mug using the pint size paint can! I love how they turned out! So cute. What do you think?

A Tag and A card for a teacher

My blogging buddy and friend Deb at Sharing My Obsession tagged me with the random stuff survey. She is always visiting my blog, commenting, sending me RAKs and chatting.

10 years ago I was: Working at a hospital in the housekeeping dept. Missing my passion (hair styling)-started working at the hospital because it was more money.
We only had Heather who was 2 at the time, which my mom watched while I was at work. Also my parents were going thru a horrible divorce. Soon after this I had to quit to help my mom.

5 things on my to-do-list today: relax, stamp, fill the pool, laundry, grocery shopping.

Snacks I love: cheez-its, anything chocolate(who doesn't like chocolate?), popcorn, chips and dip, ------and these are all reasons why I have gained weight lately.

Things I will do when I am a millionaire: pay off my house, payoff my debt, help family, fill my kids college funds, spend it on TONS of scrapbook supplies!

Places I have lived: Warren, Michigan(where I grew up and my mom still lives)- Warren, Michigan(apartment I shared with hubby- Roseville, Michigan (Our first house that I still drive by once and awhile and reminisce)- Macomb, Michigan (where I live now)
Now I have to tag 4-5 people!
Your it guys!
Bonnie
Bridget
Jeni
vicki
Tina



Now here's another card that I made with my new Sugar Nellie's stamps! I adore them and cant wait to order some more!heheehe

My daughter decided to give this to her teacher on the last day of school with the scrapbook I made for her. Kimberly said she wanted to give it to her because it looks like my daughter. Kimberly also said she wanted to give it to her because she wanted her teacher to remember her thru the summer. LOL
I still cant believe schools over-seems like just yesterday they had started!
They are growing TOO fast. My oldest,Heather will be in 7th grade, Kim will be in 3rd grade and my son Drew will be in 2nd. Its will still be a couple more years before Ella goes to kindergarten.
Ok back to the card- I used pink cs(and used my corner rounder) and some dp from Joann's. I matted my image on Chocolate chip and close to cocoa. I also used my ticket corner punch on those three layers. I colored my image with prisma colored pencils. I added some baubles to the corner.
Enjoy.

Altered clipboard for first grade teacher

This is one of the things I gave to my daughters teacher last year as the end of school gift. We loved having Mrs. Sarvello for Kimberly's first grade so much that we got her again for my son Drew for first grade this year. She is also a crafter and her aunt sells stamping up, so she very much appreciates all the crafts Kimberly and I made for her. Now I need to come up with some new projects this year.Enjoy.