Back to School Blog Hop – Vinyl Teacher Gifts

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I CANNOT believe that it’s time to go back to school!  Where did the summer go?  Well, between you and me…it’s still summer.  I mean, it’s hot here in the South until late October.  Hot should just equal summer as far as I’m concerned.  However, back to school means something very special to me.  Wanna know what it is?  It’s that…I can watch Lifetime TV movies while I’m at home doing Mom stuff and no one will EVER know, LOL!!  YAY back to school!  😀

I made this cute stack of necessary items for my youngest to take to school for his new teacher.  It’s made up of a cross between some very important things and some junk.  The very important things are…chocolate and candy.  The junk is rubber bands and 2 different sized paper clips.  Also, never give me little paper clips.  I super hate them.

Ugh…the 2 paper clip boxes had bumpy lids.  Grrr…

I used outdoor vinyl for all of the little box decorations.  By the way…today is the LAST DAY to get FREE SHIPPING on Joy’s Life Cricut Vinylology!!  AND…it starts shipping TODAY!!

Back to our Previously scheduled Back to School blog hop post…

I love these boxes.  Do you?  I got them at Office Depot.

You too can cut candy out of vinyl … just don’t eat it. 😛

 I used the Designer’s Calendar Cricut cartridge for the “Back to School” cut, Fabulous Finds for the paper clips (I had to cut them down a bit.  They had a weird piece on them.  I so need that Locker Talk cart.), From My Kitchen for “candy” and the Varsity Letter Cricut Lite cartridge for the “Big” and “Small” lettering.

Oh, I almost forgot!!

The Give-A-Way!!

I'm giving away the Tim Holtz Distressables 2 book!!  This is something that I hope you'll have a chance to enjoy now that the kiddos are headed back to school...even if you don't have kiddos...I hope you find a chance to learn some of Tim's cool techniques!
Just leave me a comment and I'll use Random.org to choose a winner.  I'll announce the winner on Monday, August 9,  2010.

Hop over and enjoy these blogs during your hop.  Their blogs will lead you to others!:

Cheryl at Nana's Creative Corner http://cheryl-gibson.blogspot.com/
Trish at 1/3 Chicklet http://onethirdchicklet.blogspot.com/

Have a GREAT WEEKEND!!

And the WINNER is:
msherrera
2010/08/07 at 9:24 PM

Love these and Tim Holtz.

 

 

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269 Comments

  1. How sweet!!! Your kids teacher is gonna feel extra special. What a great way to start a new school year.

  6. Joy….that is a great teacher’s gift. I love to give gifts to the teachers that they can actually USE! They have enough frames, flowers and candy then they will ever use, I am sure! Great job.
    Theresa99 🙂

  9. Love this idea! Im in total need of teacher gift ideas – my son will be starting kindergarten in september! YIKES – where does the time go????

  11. Hi Joy I am always looking for new ideas and new blogs buddies lol. I really enjoyed your idea and will give it a shot myself. Have a wonderful day and enjoy your movies. They do have some good ones in the fall lol 😉

  15. I really love the boxes. It really is a cute and clever idea. There really is a lot of different things you could use the boxes for. Thanks for the chance to win!

    Sonya
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  16. What a great teachers gift! I’ll have to do something like that for my aunt. She’s a teacher. Thanks for the idea!

    Pam

  18. Cute idea for a teacher gift…bet she’ll love them…especially the one holding the chocolate! 🙂
    TFS!

  19. What a cute idea for a teacher gift. I love the boxes and how you decorated them with vinyl. TFS and for this wonderful opportunity to win.

    GiGi

    gigiact2 at bellsouth dot net

  21. Love the teacher gifts. What a cute idea! Almost, I said almost, wants me to come out of retirement as a teacher. LOL! Big paper clips, chocolate candy are my two favorites.
    Hazel
    hdhall6002atsbcglobaldotnet

  27. What a great idea! Love it, who wouldn’t love to receive these great containers. I have purchased vinyl but not used it yet…this has inspired me to make something with it. Many Many uses for these labeled containers..TFS

  29. Thanks for the GREAT back to school gift idea! This is my first time blog hopping!

  30. I love Tim Holtz, and I love your ideas. Are you sure you don’t want to move north, I would love to be your neighbor

  32. Oh my gosh! I have a ton of these boxes in different sizes for my supplies in my classroom. At the moment they have mailing labels for their labels. I love the vinyl idea! I am going to have to change my boxes!!!!

  36. What a great idea! I’m sure any teacher would really appreciate receiving the little boxes stuffed full of useful items that are a MUST for a successful school term. Thanks for the idea!
    Cyndie
    halliecat

  41. What a cute idea and what a giggle how you decided what was important and what was junk, I love your thinking! Great blog candy, count me in please!

  42. You have such great ideas! Thanks for inspiring all of us! By the way, I love Tim Holtz products and would love this giveaway. Thanks!

  43. always wondered what those little boxes would be good for now i see could make some really cute little gifts

  47. Hi Joy. Yep, the Summer is over for me. I’m a teacher and my first day was this past Wednesday. The students first day was Friday. The Summer went by too fast. I live in the South too and your right, it does stay very hot until October. LOL. I love the cute boxes of goodies you made for your son’s teacher. I would love to receive this on the first day!! 🙂 Thank you for sharing your amazing creations with us. Take care, Jenny L 🙂

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