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This shop is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group® and Sharpie, but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia #StaplesBTS http://my-disclosur.es/OBsstV So everyone is officially back to school friends. Yep. Summer is over in our house and we have stepped into the new school year! Like I mentioned before...
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Happy Friday + April Fool's Day! Do you have any big jokes/pranks planned for today?! So if you have been following me on Instagram you may have seen that I was in Florida... Thanks to my
I just did a count and I only have 3 more Mondays until I begin training with my new district, and I only have 5 more Mondays until the first day of
Learn how to organize clothes, sort hanging items, plus tidy up purses, accessories, and more, with our collection of our very best closet organization ideas.
We recently moved some furniture around in our studio at home. The black cubicle bookshelves used to stand on end to form a wall, but I pu...
It’s time to Marie Kondo your craft room and transform it into an area which brings you pure joy and happiness. We’ve got real envy just by looking at the ones below, oh how we wish ours looked like that! Make it your year to refurb your craft space and create room for even more inspiration. From washi tape organisers to pegboards and upcycling ancient household furniture, there’s something here for every budget and space.
Every year I aspire to be more organized, more prepared for the school year. Whatever little things I can do to make each school day easier is just a complete load off of my mind. So after navigating the 40+...
Happy Saturday everyone!! I am so excited because I have one of my "Summer Bucket List for My Classroom" projects done, thanks to my wonderful daughter. At the beginning of this school year I saw a post from my friend Rebecca at Create*Teach*Share, about a wonderful teacher toolbox that she made. (see post HERE) Well.....I decided as I am slowly starting to pack my classroom away for the summer, I would also do some major organizing. I have wanted to make this teacher toolbox all year...just never had the time. So we went to Lowes and grabbed the toolbox, gave it a makeover, and voila.............. LOVING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And all decked out in my black/white theme:) Here's a close up: So super cute and organized and everything in one place. This will go on my bookcase behind my teacher table next year:) I also decided to cutesy up my word work bin (well I decided....Tay did it) I'm organizing she's making it cute. and then we organized all my bulletin board borders....... So check one item off my To Do list.........now only 30 to go......teehee!!
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Glass jars are among the winningest organizing products because a. their shape is conducive to holding a wide array of small objects, and b. they allow you to see what's contained inside-- an unbeatable combination in my mind. Glass jars can also be repurposed easily with just a few tweaks, which only widens their organizational potential. Use
Hello there, Some of you might be wondering why is my Big Cartel down for maintenance or it keeps showing 'Check Back Soon' for the past few days….. And I am so blessed that I have received some emails asking if I am feeling ok or some even asked if I am pregnant. Lol. No no no, I am not pregnant, I just need a little break, for the following reasons: 1. My mini-me has just started Montessori in October and we are still adapting to the new schedule. I am always a nocturnal person who works during the wee hours (till 4~5am) and I need to wake up 8.30am the next day to send him to school. It is very PAINFUL for me every morning since I am never a morning person. I also came to realisation that I haven't been spending much time with my family ever since my little shop has picked up a little + the number of assignments that I have to do monthly is kinda overwhelming. Nothing beats spending a lazy morning reading books, singing songs, doing silly dance with my 18-month-old. 2. I am kinda proud of myself being able to send out nearly 200 orders this month. Can't thank everyone enough for being so supportive + patience with me because sometimes it take me a few days just to reply emails. These mails stuck at my local post office for a few days because their system was down and it took a while to process all these registered mails. 3. This is how my room looks like during packing & shipping days. Being so unorganised is driving me crazy and I am totally in creative rut and unmotivated when my room is in huge mess. Eeekkk! I couldn't even write on my work desk for a week. Invoices, washi tapes, pens, pencil cases and books are were all over my desk. 4. Even my dad said i need to re-organise my overflowing wasabi. Lol. Well, he calls my washi tapes as wasabi =P And then I asked him to made some new shelves for my work desk and I need a little re-organisation to fit my dual-screen. Can't wait to show you my room when I am done reorganising it. 5. My room barely has any floor space after my shipping day. It was kinda crazy and this was no where to be called a happy mess. Then we moved the day bed out and did another round of re-organisation. Well, it is still very packed and messy, i think I would be able to clean things up after a few more rounds of purging ;) 6. After reading A Bowl Full of Lemons' blog about 31 days of purging, I reorganised our living room, Ivan's play area and his wardrobe too. Well, my scrap room is messy but at least I have cleaned up one of the corner in the house. I think I would not be able to be so consistent in doing the purging daily but I am very determined to purge area by area according to my own schedule. #abfol31daypurge 7. And here's another main reason I am taking a short break from work. I have a ganglion cyst of ping-pong ball sized on my right ankle. It's getting a little painful when I sit on the floor when I pack orders. I have had this ganglion cyst since I was heavily pregnant and it is getting bigger recently. So I went to see doctor and also did an Xray & MRI scan for this. Well, no biggie, i just need to schedule another appointment to go for an excision to remove this. 8. I am also grateful to be able to take a mini break and its been a while since I had lunch with the hubs during weekdays ;) 8. I am also closing the shop to catch up on back logs and orders. My little shop is run by myself only with very little help from friends / family when it comes to packing / working on orders. I do feel terribly bad when I have so many unread / un-replied emails. My to-do list was getting so crazily overwhelming that I felt extremely unmotivated. 9. My little shop is in need of stock-taking LoL. That's the part that I hate most. 10. I have to confess: I am never good in de-stressing or dealing with stress. So when I am so swamped with work, I can never be creative or work on assignments. This much needed break definitely help myself unwind a little and do more things that I love + work on ideas that I wrote on my to-do list for a while ;) Feel so good to be able to create something for myself, just for fun, not for order / assignments. Don't get me wrong, i do love working on custom orders or scrapbook assignments, but sometimes doing something without any guidelines, just follow your heart to create is really what I am craving for recently. 11. Can't help be thankful for all the little things at the moment and also drafting a few blog post to show you more about my planner set ups, stationery reviews etc. 12. Again, nothing beats spending time with my little one. He never fails to amaze me with his new tricks that he learns everyday, with his smile and his happy-self. And also, extremely happy to bump into one of my long-time instagram firmed Pooi Chin who never fails to amaze me with her super awesome Midori Traveler's Notebook. I seriously can't thank everyone enough for your concern and kind words. Just in case you are wondering, my little shop will re-open on 25th October and of course, with the new November Happie Planner Kit and some amazing new arrivals! XoXo,
Ok, this will be my favorite part of teacher week!! Not so much to show my room, but to see all of the super cute classrooms out there! Head on over to Blog Hoppin' and check out all of the fabulous linkys! So here's just a few pics from my Work Sweet Home!!... I've actually posted a picture of my meeting board before, but I was able to snag this fabulous rug at a yard sale this year just before school started. I'm lovin it! Student cubbies. Leveled library and student book boxes. Reading corner. Math manipulatives, read alouds, puzzles, and files. Word Wall (This was actually taken at the end of last year when ALL of our first grade words were up on the board!) I also now have a separate book shelf for the books that were on the ledge. My workspace. Guided reading and small group area. Well that's about it! Right now it's actually a mess from surving the first 3 days of school. Soooo glad that you stopped by my room! (giggles)
An addition that included an expanded kitchen, great room space and upstairs home office provides more room for this growing family
I love my 10 drawer rolling cart organization bin! I actually have two of them in my classroom. These carts can be used to store so many great things! You can store supplies, colored papers, worksheets, teacher copies, and more! You can purchase these carts in multiple colors or in solid black or white. The drawers also come in two different sizes. This year I made these cute drawer labels. They fit perfectly on the front of both size drawers. Here are some pictures of my carts with the labels on them... I have the days of the week labeled on this cart. I place each day's worksheets in the correct drawer. By using this cart it helps me plan and organize two weeks in advance. Here is another example of how the labels can be used. The 5 drawer rolling cart with the bigger drawers is a perfect way to store your centers! These rolling carts offer so much storage all in one place! I've decided to upload these EDITABLE 10 and 5 drawer rolling cart labels to my TpT store! Now you can transform your cart with your own labels! Just pick the size you need! Click HERE to download my EDITABLE 10 Drawer Rolling Cart Labels! Click HERE to download my EDITABLE 5 Drawer Rolling Cart Labels! Click HERE to download my EDITABLE 10 and 5 Drawer Rolling Cart Labels {Bundle}!
Happy Tuesday everyone!! People often ask me where I come up with my ideas for Tuesdays. Well, some ideas come from walking the aisles of a lot of different stores and really looking at something for that "hmmm moment"....when I say "hmmm what else can I do with this?" Other times the ideas come out of necessity...not wanting to go to the store for something or paying money for it. What can I use that I already have. Here is one such idea...polka dots. I LOVE them!! They are all over my sewing room. These bowls came with their dots, but the rest of the dots in all these projects below came from the office supply store. Adhesive dots come in so many different colors and sizes. Lots of ideas just waiting for these dots... The first project is to use the dots to label your scissors and rotary cutters. Red dots on little key ring tags. Red dots in my house means FABRIC cutting only. Especially since I just had my Fiskars just professionally sharpened. Woo Wee, they cut like butter...or should I say buttah. My husband and I take pills daily and use those little pill boxes that hold the daily dose, but when the girls have a prescription once in a while for something, I put a sticker on the top of the bottle so it's easily identifiable for them. They each know their color. We all have iPhones and share an iPad...they all have the same charger. To avoid the "that's my charger", I mark it with a dot. I know the dot can be removed or switched, but the girls really don't think like that. Our daughters are 18 months apart and in college. For most of their lives, they've been color coded...toys, book bags, lunch boxes etc. They always wanted the same exact thing in the same exact color, so labels really helped. These little white rings are the reinforcing labels you put on 3 ring binder paper so it doesn't rip. This jar is a really cute Yankee candle glass jar that I cleaned out. It has a great lid that has a nice tight fit. I keep my pins in this. Even cuter with dots all over it!! This square glass vase came from the florist when an arrangement was delivered. You know we all save those vases, but this was such a unique shape. This vase, plus the blue dots equals... A Yahtzee game holder!! I think this one is my favorite. String and multicolored dots makes a very cute mini garland. Place one dot colored side down and place the string across the middle... Now place a matching dot on top of that and press over the string. A little dot/string sandwich. So cute... For a mini party... mini garland mini cupcakes with dot sprinkles decorate white paper lunch bags with the dots for the favor bags use the dots to decorate a table cloth to match the party colors. "stick the dot on something" game If you don't have dots at home, but have label material, you can use a hole punch in different sizes to make your own dots. A little tedious, but cheap! Other ideas for dots... Stick them on pumpkins or gourds for fall decorating place the dots on something before painting and they act like stencils for the perfect painted circles stick them on plain Christmas ornaments to jazz them up use the tiny dots to decorate Easter eggs...you can leave them on or use them before you dip them into the dye. Hope you enjoyed the post...I, myself, am seeing dots every where!! ~Karen~
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