Clothes Calendar

 

 

This is a handy dandy tool that I use every month.  My sister and I have planned our outfits since we lived in the ZTA dorms together. I used to do it on notebook paper and kept the notebook on my closet shelf.  Now with all the cuteness available, I use this printable. If you had room on the back of your closet door you could frame it and write on it with an expo marker :) Mine happens to be covered with a shoe rack.  I plan out what I’m going to wear during the school week, or otherwise I would just stare at my closet and wait for something to jump out at me. {know that feeling?}  I can also be prepared and know what I have to iron for the week.  August and September are pretty easy because in Alabama the temperature is HOT.  October can be kinda tricky with the weather changing.  I usually plan one month in advance.  I literally takes ten minutes off my morning routine.  Some days I just don’t feel like wearing what is planned so I’ll hunt up something else, only to regret not wearing what was already on the calendar.  I hope that you find the “clothes calendar” as helpful as me and my sister. Here is a picture of my current calendar.  We wear our faculty shirts on Mondays and then each Friday is a spirit dress up day so I’m waiting to fill those in.

Please leave me a comment if you download the printable!

Dress Happy!

Laura

First Day

It went great! I fixed the link to the lesson plans, they should download with no problem now.  I’m too tired to type much more.  I’ll leave you with before and afters of my classroom:

Before

       

Progress

  take the back off so it will hang better

epic fail with paperYay for Paint!

Finally Finished

Outside BB… some kiddos didn’t quite get finished, but they turned out GREAT!  Thanks Glyph Girls.

Gallery of Good Work

View from the door

Door and Cabinets with homework frames and discipline chart

 

We answer our daily data question here and I also post our guided reading routine on this board. The tree will eventually host circle of the names of books we have read throughout the year.

 

The paws have the students numbers on them with a ribbon hanging down.  For every ten AR points the students will earn a star! Below is our library.

Other Wall Areas:

My area:

Randomness

Classic First Day Picture:

Three Rules for the First Day:

1. WEAR A DRESS

2. WEAR HAIR UP

3. WEAR FLATS

And a few of my favorite things

 

 

I hope your first day is as fantastic as mine was.

Sneak Peak of Classroom

iphone camera pics:

 

A few projects complete and a LOT more to come

Even my new BirchBox is school themed!  Love it!

Stop back by later this week for tutorials and more classroom pictures. 

Look at the fabulous wreath I made for my BP Friend Molly and her baby Huston.

Make It Monday

I’m a little late on joining the Make It Monday crew, but better late than never.  Tonight I made an adorable burlap door hanger that was OF COURSE inspired by pinterest!

via Pinterest

Hers is so PROFESSIONAL…mine not so much. I will take you step by step on how I made mine.

{Step One} Grab Your Gear

You will need:

Burlap, A Ruler, Scissors, Pliers, Wire, Paint (colors of your choice), Paint Brushes, Hot Glue Gun

Optional: Rick Rack, Ribbon, Glitter

{Step Two} Cut Burlap, I cut mine 16*8

Then I made the point by splitting the side at 4 inches and cut back six inches

{Step Three} Start Painting!

           

I painted 4 inches of pink and 1inch of silver. Then I marked off the curves at the end of the pencil. Painted the middle yellow, the end brown, and the tip black.  I forgot to take a picture but the tip is 1 1/2 inches across.

{Step Four} Add Rick Rack

Completely up to you if you do this step… you could just paint the lines.

{Step Five} Multi-Task

The pinterest article suggested using a lid to make the polka dots perfect.  I found the perfect lid… NUTELLA!  It was almost gone, so I took one bite of it and threw it away and used the lid.

Fill in your polka dots, and write your name.  I REALLY hate the way I write with paint, so I wanted to use the letters from my no name sign and I was just a FEW short.

This is also the time to sprinkle the glitter on. SPARINGLY!

You don’t want your sign to look like an advertisement for Toddlers and Tiaras.

 

 

{Step Six} Stuff and Glue

I stuffed mine with target bags, because Lord knows I have tons.  After stuffing just glue up the other side and Wa-La!

{Step Seven} Twist Your Wire

Just poke the wire through the burlap and twist it with your pliers or your hands if you can.

WARNING

Your table may look like this

and your manicure like this

but don’t worry, both are fixable!

The ribbon I wanted to use was a no go!  Choose a ribbon with wire.  I will add it after a trip to Hobby Lobby tomorrow. I am going to use my sign for my back to school bulletin board.

Mrs. Ledgewood Has a Sharp Class

and the kids are going to complete these glyphs from The Glyph Girls.

Best Part? It’s FREE!

Hello CUTE Bulletin Board.

15 more days till I go back, ahhhh the TO DOs!