Monday Made It- Brag Buttons!

I'm linking up with 4th Grade Frolics' Monday Made It because I want to share my new buttons!

Do you love celebrating your birthday? I do! Mostly because it means I get presents. Who doesn't like presents?! My students are always so excited when their birthday comes along. I love to make a big deal of it by having the birthday kid stand on a chair while the class sings happy birthday (signing in ASL). My students LOVE it. Last year, I found out that my Teacher Resource Center had a button maker! I was able to make a 3 inch button for 50 cents. That's super cheap!  I made this button and placed it on the student after the song. The kids got birthday wishes all day long. 

I decided this year to spiff up my birthday button and create some new ones as well. I used PowerPoint to create some circles between 2 and 3 inches in diameter. Then, I found some cute balloon clip art (courtesy of Sonya DeHart Design) for free on TpT. I failed to leave enough of a border so as you can see part of the designs are wrapped around the back. Not too big of a deal. That green also isn't as bright as I'd like it to be so I'll probably be trying that again. As soon as I make a few modifications I'll post this as a freebie. Hopefully, this happens before the end of the week. Tomorrow is my first contracted day so I'll be pretty busy this week.

2 in. buttons

In case you missed it... The Fabulous Life of an Elementary Teacher just launched her blog! She's a smart girl too because she launched it with a major giveaway! Check it out! You can even win something from my TpT store!

Click HERE to head to the Blog Launch Giveaway.

Well friends, I'm off to bed because it's time to start all that early rising nonsense.

Winner Winner & Monday Made It

It's like Christmas! As much as I enjoy getting presents, I'm even more giddy when it's time to give them. Since I'm such a newbie here, this was my FIRST giveaway! I'm hoping these friends enjoy their prizes. And the winners are... Leslie E. & Dawnn M.! I'll be sending emails you way shortly!

Onto Monday Made It! I'm linking up with 4th Grade Frolics to share what I made! 

Now, I love to craft!! Unfortunately, there's a problem... the crafts don't seem to love me back. I always seem to jack things up or they just don't turn out picture perfect. My sweet husband just giggles and let's me display them anyways. For instance, the half-painted rope basket that sits sadly in my craft room and the sparse bouquet of paper flowers that are on my desk. I picked up a few rolls of chevron washi tape at Michael's & decided I couldn't go wrong with it. Right?! WRONG! So, I've been dying to use clothespins to display student work in my classroom. I've seen it done more than once on Pinterest. So, I bought the washi tape with the intent of decorating my Dollar Store clothespins. I carefully cut the washi tape and placed it on the clothespins, then sprayed them with Mod Podge Acrylic Sealer. This is where I went wrong... I forgot to put the Mod Podge Matte on! So, I gave up and finished it this morning. First, the MPM and then the Mod Podge Acrylic Sealer. I used my hot glue gun to attach the thumbtacks to the back of the clothespins. I've got two really CUTE clothespins, but I think I'm going to paint the rest (because I'm Mod Podge challenged).

Have you done any crafts lately? Do you get along any better with Mod Podge?! ^_^ Maybe next week I'll be able to share my spray painted clothespins instead.