Monday Made It--It's Crunch Time

Wow, summer sure is flying by! I go back in four and a half weeks and one of those weeks I will be on vacation. That means I have three and a half weeks of work time. Time to get down to business (as you will see in this edition of Monday Made It)

First I want to say that today is an awesome day! It's my hubby's birthday (and bummer for him he has to work tonight). Anyways this morning I checked my email and I had two fabulous emails awaiting me.

One telling me that I get to do a review on the infamous pencil sharpener from Classroom Friendly Supplies (OMG I could not be more excited!) So be looking for my review in about a week.

I have several packages of my favorite Ticonderoga pencils (AHHHHH Teacher Heaven) that are waiting to be sharpened, but I keep putting off because the sound of my electric pencil sharpener gives me a headache. Looks like I am waiting to sharpen these bad boys.

I also have a box full of these adorable pencils (mostly holiday related) that I was determined I would get sharpened successfully this summer. Maybe that will actually happen now that I am getting this lovely sharpener.

Needless to say I will be doing a lot of sharpening during my review of this product.

And the other email? Oh that was a goody too. It was a $25 gift card for Erin Condren's website. I won it from Lori at Second Grade Serenade. Thank you so much Lori. I can't wait to use it (right now I'm trying to decide what to buy with it since I already made my teacher planner for the year and as you will see later in this post I also made my own life planner).

And to top it all off? My hubby's car is finally fixed and thanks to his dad it only cost us $40 instead of $500. That is excellent!

Now without further ado, I bring to you my extremely packed edition of Monday Made It (I have been VERY busy!):

1-- Magnets for lunch choice board and other things

I love how they turned out; they will be featured tomorrow 

(along with another MMI) for my Tutorial Tuesdays. 

Check back tomorrow to see how to make them.

2-- Bright Idea Post-It Holder

This is the other item that will be featured in Tutorial Tuesdays tomorrow.

I bought all of those lovely lightbulb sticky notes knowing

 I could come up with some great ideas.

I had this lovely lightbulb scrapbook paper and then...

I had a lightbulb moment.

So I created this lovely item.

3--Chalkboard sign

This sign I painted with chalkboard paint 

(you have to trust me on this one since I don't have chalk at home)

I plan on using it for a project at the beginning of the year

4-- More pointers

I created a few more pointers for my collection

5-- 28 Shared Writing Journals

Tara's shared writing journals inspired me to create my own.

I kept coming up with ideas and ended up with 28 of them.

I simply printed out the covers and attached them on to my notebooks.

6-- Name Tags and Labels

I created these name tags and labels featuring my robots and gears.

I used the avery labels for name tags that tear apart.

7--CAFE signs and posters

I finally printed, laminated, and cut these out

8--Whole Brain Posters

I also printed, laminated, and cut these out this week

9--Birthday Chart

I printed, laminated, and cut these out.

I was getting ready to assemble my chart when I changed my mind.

I am going to make a bulletin board out of these instead of making my chart like originally planned.

10--Welcome Banner

I printed, laminated, and cut out the pieces to my welcome banner.

Now I have to find some cute ribbon to attach the pieces together with.

11--Calendar Pieces

I printed, laminated, and cut all of my calendar pieces as well.

As you can tell, I did a lot of printing, laminating, and cutting recently (thank goodness for my paper cutter; it really sped things up). Most of my items can be found at my TPT store: Emily's Teaching Goodies

12--My Life Organizer

I created my life organizer and then simply printed it out and assembled it in order.

I took it on one of my many trips to Office Max and had it bound.

I am in love with it!

Now head on over to 4th Grade Frolics to check out Tara's Monday Made It and all of the other MMI's.