The Silhouette has the most amazing features and can do so many things than just cut out vinyl, fabric, card stock and chip board. It has a print and cut feature that is so cool. I use it all the time. This is how I made it: In Silhouette Studio, I found a fun design….
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Light Bulb Sucker Neighbor Gift #freeprintable
Disclosure: I was given product for this post, all ideas, content and opinions are 100% my own. It’s crazy as it sounds, it’s time to start thinking about Christmas. I don’t like to decorate or really do anything for it until December but I still have to start thinking about what kind of things I’m…
Family Time Capsule
Today is our 10 year anniversary!!! To celebrate we made a family time capsule! In these past 10 years, my husband and I have had quite the adventures! 5 kids, 4 cities, 4 states, 6 homes, 12 jobs, and countless memories together. It’s hard to believe that I have been married for 10 years. It’s…
Teacher gifts {free printable}
Today is the last day of school for my boys. It hit me on Monday that I hadn’t done anything for their teachers. I felt like I needed to do something, so I went on my facebook page and asked what everyone was doing. A couple of people gave me these ideas and I loved…
Guest Post: Girl Loves Glam
I am McKenzie from Girl Loves Glam and I am excited to be hanging out with you today! My husband is a 6th grade teacher. It is always interesting to see what gifts he receives from students for the various holidays throughout the year. I have asked him several times what his favorite types of…
Guest Post: My Very Educated Mother
Hello Keeping it Simple readers! I’m Erin, the creative mind behind My Very Educated Mother. Most days you can find me there sharing crafts, recipes, kids’ projects, and other miscellany. Nothing beats spending as much time as possible soaking in the love of a new addition to the family and that’s why it makes me…
Guest Post: Ameroonie Designs
Teachers definitely don’t get paid enough for all that they do for our children. They spend hours outside of school, and money from their own pockets to create learning opportunities for the students they teach. So what better way to thank them than by giving them some money to spend on themselves? And what would…
Guest Post: The Happy Scraps
Hi I’m Amy, and I enjoy sharing home decor ideas, crafts, cards, scrapbooking and sewing over at The Happy Scraps. I’m so excited to be here at Keeping It Simple today, sharing a teacher gift. This could be used as a Teacher Appreciation gift, End of the Year gift, or just a simple gift to…
Candy Pouch Valentines
When it comes to Valentine’s Day, I’m not very romantic. My husband and I don’t do gifts or anything, but I do like to make him something every year. He loves Reeses, so I decided to make him something that involved that. So I came up with the idea of a candy pouch with silly…
Valentine’s from the past
I love making little Valentine’s for my kids to take to their classes. I remember doing it with my mom and loving it, so I’m doing it with them. Here are some that I have made in the past couple years. Clothes Pins Valentines Ipod you rock Valentines Super hero sucker Angry birds Valentines Star…
Easy No Candy Valentine: Valentine Pencils {with free printable}
Is it too early to start thinking about Valentine’s day? This year I have to extra prepared because I don’t know when the next time I will be able to get to a Walmart to get supplies. This year I wanted to make each one of my boys’ valentines to be something that they really…
Root Beer Reindeer Neighbor Gift
This week I finally got around to making my neighbors gifts. I have been planning on doing this for at least a month, but just haven’t sat down to do it until this week. I decided to make them some Root Beer reindeer along with some reindeer droppings. This is how I made it: I…
Nativity Blocks
With all of the commercial things about Christmas, Santa and gift giving, sometimes we forget why we celebrate the season. My sweet friend made me a block like this last year and I loved it so much that I wanted to make some for my friends. There are 6 sides that go with the story…
The best Christmas Neighbor Gift -Snowman Soap
Do you make neighbor gifts? Or teacher gifts? Every year I try to come up with something little, just so I can show people that I’m thinking about them. When it comes to gifts, I like to do something practical (I can blame my mom for that), something that they will actually use and not…
Scrapbooking Attitude: DIY personalized ribbon
It’s the time of year to start thinking about Halloween. I always make some kind of neighbor gift for Christmas, but I thought it would be fun to make something for Halloween too. Adding personalized ribbon just adds just the right touch I think and I did that by using a printable film from Scrapbooking…
Father’s Day Shirt
Did you know that Father’s Day is THIS Sunday?? Yeah, me either!! Well I did, but then I forgot. So I made this shirt TODAY!!! Luckily it was super easy and quick to do!! Plus it got my kids involved and they got to make something for their Dad!! I like making shirts for my…
Post-it note holders
For my son’s preschool teachers, I decided to make them all a little post-it note holder. They are so easy to make and they have been a big hit with only teachers. I had a lot of fun decorating them with my dies from LifeStyle Crafts and my Epic 6!! I seriously love that machine,…
Crayon Mongram Teacher Gift
With school getting out, I wanted to make my sons’ teachers a little gift. I did this last year and it was a huge hit!! They all just loved this crayon monogram teacher gift. So I did it again. I just made a monogram out of crayons and glued it onto a piece of card…
LifeStyles Crafts: Spring Core Collection
I just love home made cards. I don’t think that I have ever bought a card before. I started making them back when I was in 8th grade with my mom. I just love how they look and how no two look the exact same. For my sons’ teachers, I wanted to make little notes…
Mother’s Day Gift
Mother’s Day always seems to sneak up on me. It’s in less than two weeks!! I’m going to be on top of things this year, and you can be too. This is a super easy gift, plus it only cost me $2 (for the frame from Ikea). I got the idea from here. This…