Why Hello There & Who Might You Be?!?

     I'm Katy, wife to Pete, mom to Noah & Camryn, teacher to 18 2nd graders, sister, daughter, friend, and, oh yes.....the author of this little blog.  It's been a while--a little over an 8 month-long while in fact!  I have contemplated deleting this blog because I already have so much to keep up with {I also have a family blog and a teacher website that I maintain} and there just isn't much leftover time in my day.  However, I found myself going back to this blog tonight because I was using an idea that I had posted about at about this same time last year to use in my classroom (Holiday "Eye"-deas).  So, I figured that, since this is more of my crafting/classroom ideas blog, I would update with some of my latest craft projects :)
   
     Here goes...

I made this "B" sign for my sister Jen as a birthday gift.  I had made a "W" sign for my other sister for her birthday earlier this year and Jen mentioned wanting one for her special day, so I made her one with a little bit of a twist.

For Mother's Day, I made both of my sisters a family chalkboard.  I am kinda obsessed with chalkboard art and lettering right now.  I just love the style!  Found these cute blank chalkboards at Michael's and just couldn't pass them up!  My sisters both have them displayed in their homes and they look so cute & personalized :)

I can't really take credit for this craftiness right here because this is what Camryn made for Pete for Father's Day.  She may have the craft gene like her mama ;)

I have also gotten into making mesh wreaths over the past month (which I also posted on my fb page), but if you are interested, the two I have made so far look like this:

     I am hoping not to take such a long hiatus this time around, especially because I've made this a more general crafting blog and not solely for use in classrooms!  Happy crafting!