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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  3. What a great project! Teachers sure do appreciate little gifts of appreciation. Thanks Joy!

  4. What a great idea. Teachers will be thrilled to get a much needed/used gift. Thanks for sharing.

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  8. I love visiting your blog. Been here before but never signed up (am now!). Love seeing ideas for any kind of appreciation gifts. Any one would appreciate having this cute little set….:O)

  9. I just love these containers. I really love the paper clips. hehe. I love small spiral paper clips the best and use them on my cards. Love what you did with them.

  12. Very cute ideas. I really dont like small paper clips for me, but when I give papers with paperclips I don’t mind using the small ones. Great givaway!

  13. Love things made with vinly. I haven’t gotten brave enough to try it on the cricut yet but you certainly inspired me!

  14. Great idea, goes way outside of school days. Gosh, great for general organization. Will be awesome at Christmas too! Many thanks! Thanks for the giveaway too!

  27. Oh Joy, they’re adorable! I just love them, so fun and practical! I really have been wanting to try some vinyl projects…I’m definitely going to have to give it a whirl!

  33. Me gustan tus accesorios de vinilo y el libro del candy asi una novata como yo puede aprender mucho!!!

  37. Just found your blog, Joy, and I really enjoyed what I have seen so far. I’m following this blog hop so I need to move on but I will be back to have a better look around! Have a great weekend!

    Anne Brown
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  38. The containers that you made are a perfect gift. It’s great to be able to eat some of the gift and still have something functional once you finish relishing in the treats.lol Thanks for sharing and the opportunity to win.
    Veronica
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  39. What an awesome gift idea! I super hate those little paperclips too. I don’t even know why they make them… I think I know 3 pre-school teachers who may be getting these for Christmas this year…. 🙂

  40. WOW! What a cool project – being a 1st grade teacher I love the idea of a Back to School blog hop! 🙂 Thanks for the chance to win.

  41. These are really cute. I bought some of them for my classroom and now I know how to label them. Too bad high school teachers don’t get cute stuff like this. Thanks for sharing.

  42. I use these little boxes for my daughter Barbie things. Never thought about using it for school. Thanks for sharing your brillant idea. That was so cool!

  44. Awesome!!! As a teacher 5th grade teacher, I would love to get these boxes from a student. But if nobody makes it for me, I’ll gladly make some for my colleagues as back to school gifts.

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  46. Wonderful Idea…thank you for the inspiration…. I just love your blog and can’t wait to look around more…
    Thank you for hte chance to win some great blog candy…Celeste

  50. I’s hard to believe it’s “back to school” time!! Great idea for teachers. They turned out great! Thanks for sharing.

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