Wedding Day Survival Kit

This is my survival kit made from a combination of others' lists and my own experience:

Sewing Kit
Clear Nail Polish
Dental Floss/Picks
Brush & Comb
Tissues
Moist/Baby Wipes
Tide Pen
Hairspray
Nail File
Static Guard
Party Straws
Pain Reliever (ibuprofen)
Stomach Medicine
Mini Fan
Bobby Pins
Bandaids
Fashion Tape
Eye Drops
Tweezers
Chalk
Lint Roller
Breath Mints
Clear Hair Bands

I found the majority of this stuff at the dollar store.

Crocheted Hats

Thank goodness for YouTube! I crocheted these hats for the girls that live next door to my parents. If you don't think you can crochet, you should really look at some of the tutorials on the internet. Video instructions are SO easy! I will post links later!

My first knitting project!

If you haven't tried loom knitting, you should! It is so easy!

I made this infinity scarf by just following the directions that came with my loom and then crocheting the ends together.

Excel Tip for Teachers!

I learned something awesome and borderline life changing today! There is an easy way to fill in dates for data sheets! Check it out:

• Type in your "Start Date" (mine is 3/7/13 on this spreadsheet... I was adding on to a previous fill) then highlight the cells to the right (how many you think you will need, you can always add on)
• On the "Home" Tab click "Fill"
• Then scroll down and click "Series"

• Click "Weekday" and then click "OK"

• Then you will have all the weekdays filled in!



This was so easy and I know that it is going to save me SOOOO much time from here on out! (I hope someone else is as excited about this as I am!)

Diaper Cakes

Here are two diaper cakes I made for baby showers last week. This has kind of become my specialty at work.

These "cakes" are really easy, but a little time consuming to make. I use size 3 diapers. It generally takes about half of a big box of diapers (about 50 per cake). Here are the steps:

1. Roll all of the diapers tightly and secure with ribbon (I use curling ribbon)

2. Cut a 16 inch wide circle out of cardboard for the base. (I use an 8 inch string tied to a thumbtack to draw the circle and cut it out with power scissors)

3. Start by tying 3 diapers together standing up, this is how you start each layer.

4. For the middle and bottom layer, surround the initial 3 diapers with more diapers until the ring looks full, then secure the rings together with the curling ribbon. I don't count because the number could vary based on how tightly the diapers are rolled.

5. Add one more ring to the bottom layer and tie tightly with the curling ribbon.

6. I use loops of masking tape to attach the layers to each other and the cardboard base.

7. For the top layer, I surround a cheap bottle with diapers. Sometimes I fill the bottle with stuff, but it depends on the theme.

8. After the cake is assembled, I use 2.5 inch polyester ribbon followed by another thinner more decorative ribbon to wrap each tier. The wider ribbon helps make the cake look more finished.

9. Finally, I use school glue to attach paper Easter grass to the cardboard, being careful not to get glue on the diapers (You want your friends to be able to use them later after all). Then I decorate based on my theme.

Handwriting Practice

I'm not sure if this will work, but I'm willing to try...

So I used a dry-erase sentence strip (you can get these at teacher supply stores). I wrote the student's name on the strip with a dry erase marker and then I traced the letters with puff paint to create a raised boundary.

I have used wiki sticks before to outline letters in a similar way, but the students can pull them off. I will post an update when I decide whether or not this works.

Yarn Wreath #2

I got suckered into making this one for my friend. Enjoy!