Rain? Nope Wrong again Mr. Weather Person...

As of lately the weather forecast has been Way Off. Which reminds me of why I made these lists a couple years ago. I hope to revise them slightly, and have a kickin' summer regardless of weather!

Feeling Inspired...

So after looking at "The Great Wall of Ideas", Im feeling very inspired... so inspired I can't decide if we should... 

or... 

or maybe even...

Either way we are off to have fun, hope you are finding fun in what you do today!

Summer Things to Do "Inspiration Wall"

Now, almost 1 month into summer I FINALLY did it! I made and posted my list of things I'd like to do with the kids during our summer break. Back in spring, I saw a similar visual Summer Bucket List on Pinterest (I think) and since I am a very visual person I absolutely LOVED the idea of it. I have made ours more of an "Inspirational Wall" since we already have a lot of camping planned, and just wont have time to do ALL of these ideas. I have posted these ideas up in our kitchen, perfectly viewed from our kitchen table. In the beginning of summer I actually decided not to make this, I wanted to keep my little adventure ideas a secret from the kids in order to create that whole wow factor. After much deliberation I changed my mind; I decided I liked the idea of letting the kids in on my thoughts as a way to keep them on their toes! Good kids = fun times. Brilliant right? ...I'll let you know! For now I just had to share it!

If you LOVE this too, and want to make your own, here is a LINK to some great things to do in Winnipeg, Manitoba to get you started! (And BTW if your following me on Pinterest, many of these ideas are on my Summer Bucket List Board!)

The idea I based this on is found HERE

Teacher Christmas Gifts

Do you struggle with teacher gift ideas at Christmas time & the end of the year? I sure do.

I always want to do something nice & thoughtful at these times, since they do so much all year. Like a lot of people, I try to avoid the typical mugs & chocolates (although now I wonder if teachers never get those things & miss them? Teacher's comments welcome!!). I also prefer to give something personal, although that isn't always possible depending on how well you know each teacher.

This year I came across some great ideas on the internet. These book page ornaments specifically intrigued me (found here) since one of my child's teacher TRULY loves books and loves to read.

Each one of the ornaments I used:

pages from old books

(provided by my VERY good friend Shelley- you should check out her blog, she is AMAZING artist!)

glass ball ornaments

modpodge

various accents (ribbon, twine, eyelets etc)

For this ornament I used pages from an old torn up  dictionary - I thought that was appropriate for the teacher that LOVES books & to read.

This one I used pages from an old Dutch or German? book. Perfect I thought, for the teacher that teaches my child a second language 

The two ornaments below were from each child to their music teacher:

I then wrapped them in white boxes I had left over from my wedding, and found these really cute FREE tags  to top them off (found here): Voila, hand made gift as unique as each teacher!

Let me know what you think!!