New theme, new background!

I've had some extra time on my hands at night lately, so I changed up my blog style.  It matches the nautical theme that I will be doing next year in my classroom.  I have been working on getting things little by little to decorate my classroom.  It is a lot of fun and I cannot wait to start setting everything up!  I received a lot of great stuff from Creative Teaching Press via a great giveaway that Kerri hosted on her blog.

  Here is a quick peek at some of the materials I received:  

Jack O' Lantern Border

Sight Word Readers

Birthday Crowns

Motivational Poster

Nautical Bulletin Board Set

Borders!

All About Me Booklets

Postcards and Stickers!

I can't wait to use these products in my room!  Thank you again so much to Creative Teaching Press and Ms. Kerri!

 

Anchors Away!

I know it is only April.
I know there are still 59 days until the last day of school.
But, I have already chosen a theme for my classroom for the '14-'15 school year!

  I am going nautical next year!  I love everything nautical; home decor, fashion, etc.  This is the perfect theme for me.  So, being the eager beaver that I am I have started collecting ideas on Pinterest, and, I have started shopping for and making crafts!  I recently found out that a Hobby Lobby opened up near me!  I know these are fairly common down South but there are hardly any in the North East.  My daughter and I were on spring vacation this week so we went on an adventure to find said Hobby Lobby.  You guys, I fell in L.O.V.E. with the store.  We were there, in our glory, going up and down every. single. aisle.  I don't even know how long we were there!  We grabbed a couple million things and headed home.

  I had two crafts in mind when I went in there so, I grabbed the materials I needed there.  This is the inspiration for my first craft:

This is a wreath sold on Etsy.  I am doing a navy and lime green nautical theme, so, I bought a foam floral wreath form (couldn't find it on the site, similar), navy craft cord, white craft cord and lime green ribbon.  I started working on this the other night.  I wrapped the foam with the cord and then realized that my glue gun is at school!  That's okay!  I still need to get the natural cord and a wooden anchor.  Here is what it looks like currently with ribbon in one spot just so you get the idea:

 

I can't wait until I can finish it!  It is going to look great.  I think I spent $13 total on this project so far.  The cute wreath above sells for around $50 I believe!

Ok, next project I just created on my own.  I wanted a cute nautical monogram.  So, I picked up a wooden letter "S", navy acrylic paint, white acrylic paint, brushes and navy ribbon.  I painted it today and it looks like this:

 

I am just going to hang it on ribbon and that is it!

So, there you have it ladies and gentleman...my theme for next year.  Have you started planning anything for next year?

Resolution time!

I was over at Teaching Madness and Amanda is hosting a resolution linky party!
Click the button to join the fun!

I'm not a fan of resolutions because it seems that they always fall to the wayside come January 30th.  So, I guess what I am going to do for myself is to try to set myself monthly goals as well as "rest of the school year goals".  Each month I will try to post what I will be working on and if I've attained the other goals I had set for the previous month. The best part about it being on my blog is that I can come back and tweak goals as needed!  Here goes:

Personal Goals for January:

• Complete surgery on January3rd and rest for 2 days.
• Try my hardest to move on with a happier, less stressful life despite the results of said surgery.

Classroom Goals for January:

• Push for what is best for one of my students during their IEP meeting.
• Do more crafts!

I think that's all for now.  I am going to start small!  Happy New Year, to you all!