More Clipboards!

Christmas came to Riverside Elementary School yesterday! Santa delivered cute handcrafted clipboards. A great size for checklists or shopping lists! Everyone loved them.

Pottery!

Usually about once a year Mr. Jones, the art teacher, will ask if I'd like to make the project that the kids are working on. I love getting the chance to create the same projects the kids create. This year the project was making clay bowls. We used a plastic bowl as a mold and draped the clay slab (that I had to roll out) over the bowl to form the shape. After it was fired in the kiln I used different shades of blue to glaze my bowl. Then I applied a clear glaze over top which will allow me to eat my ice cream or cereal in a hand made bowl. Thanks Mr. Jones for letting me try something new! 

Raffle Winners!

During the Book Fair the kids had the opportunity to participate in a multiple raffle drawings to help raise money for the school PTO fund. The items that we donated we fun activities to be done with a teacher. Making Ice Cream Sundaes, Decorating cookies, playing Hopscotch, Playing Guitar Hero were just a few of the items being raffled. I decided to donate making cards with a winner and a friend.... x2. Last week I had the opportunity to make cards with one of the winners and her friend... they happened to be two of my 5th grade students. I had a great time showing them a couple of techniques... I am looking forward to my next session with the winner from 1st grade. Here are their creations. I barely helped them with their final products. Great job Katelyn and Jamea. 

Happy Birthday!

Every Friday the teachers of Riverside stop everything so they can get together and eat breakfast and celebrate birthdays... When I say stop everything... I mean nothing gets done for the 45 minutes before school except eating, laughing, and story telling. We even try to avoid scheduling meetings for Friday before school. This week we had a chance to celebrate Deb and Jos. I made cards for each of them... here they are! I hope they both had a great weekend celebrating their b-days! 

Happy PRAXIS Day Anita!!! 

You are going to do a great job! This is the card I created to celebrate Anita and her big day. I am in love with adding a little bling to my cards. I think it adds just enough something-something to make the card look like a million bucks! 

We can't wait to meet you Lily Loftin!

Mary, Sara, Sarah and I (the old 4th grade team at RSE) met to celebrate the almost arrival of Sarah's baby. Little Lily Loftin will be coming very soon. We met at Brio at Easton for a wonderful dinner. We each bought Lily a new book to start her off reading from the get go! Here is the card I created to honor the occasion. 

A little birdie told me...

These four cards will be auctioned off early next month at the Riverside Elementary PTO Pancake Dinner. We are trying to raise needed funds for our budget. Part of the proceeds will also help fund the school "Otter" initiatives. The otter is the Riverside's new mascot. So if you would like to own these lovely birdie cards... come out on March 5th to RSE and put in your best offer! 

Happy Birthday!

This is a sign created for Friday Birthday Treats at Riverside Elementary School (RSE). Every Friday we celebrate teacher and staff birthdays with a delicious breakfast. We are well known in our district for our food.

If you want to know how I made it just ask. I'd be glad to share my process.