Kendra's Creations

I've been up to a few things this past month. You know me, I have a hard time giving a "bought" gift to people (unless it's kids) so I made all of my teacher gifts again this year. Here's some of my latest creations.

Summer is here!

Today is the official last day of school. We went in, said our good-byes, took some pictures, picked up report cards & headed out the door. Ahhhhh...I'm just looking forward to no more homework for a while. We started a tradition last year that me & a bunch of my girlfriends take the kids out to breakfast at a restaurant in town. We grow each year & the kids really look forward to it. The last week or so has been full of fun, field days, field trips, parties & fun with friends. Both boys had a fabulous year & great teachers. I'm so proud of them!

Bachelorette: My take

Well, I'm just totally into this season of the Bachelorette. Didn't think I would be, but I am. Last season of the Bachelor, I found this blog and I've been keeping tabs with it this season so far. He's a pretty funny guy & pretty much on target. For those of you who watched last weeks episode of the "David & Juan" drama, this is a quote from this blog that I just can't stop laughing about:

Time for Mount David to begin eruption. Let’s make one thing clear at this point: David has been drunk in every scene so far this episode. I mean, REALLY drunk. You can tell by his speech, his tone, and the fact that it’s been taking him about ten seconds to complete a blink. Never a good sign.

Oh so very ture. I'm glad he's outta here tonight. A little surprised by Juan going home, but obviously she's suspecting something about him & gave him the boot. I know they producers only want you to see the most "dramatic" parts & they edit out a lot of what really happens to make you think something else happens, but seriously, I'm wondering why Jillian hasn't see some of the true stories of these guys. I guess they talk a good game & woo her enough that she over looks all of their fake stuff.

My picks for front runners right now: Jake, Reid & Kiptyn..... Jesse is getting better
I want them outta here: WES! & Foot-fettish Tanner
Eh... take em or leave em: Robby, Ed, Breakdance dude

If I didn't write their name down, they haven't really made an impression on me one way or another. I'm already wringing my hands to see what's going to happen next week.

Neat Teacher Thank You Idea

I know it's kind of last minute... but if anyone needs ideas for teacher thank you cards, this is what I did for my kids teachers. I can't take the credit for it (I got the idea from a Creative Memories website) but it's just too cute to keep to myself. My camera has a function called Color Accent where you can zoom in on one color & everything else in the picture is black & white. That's what I used, but apparently you can also take out the color except for the "thank you" writing if you use Storybook Creator. All I did was write "Thank You" in chalk on my driveway... i do suggest using brighter colored chalk... & take a picture of your kid beside of it. I added the other writing by inserting a text box & used the color picker to find the same color as the chalk. I printed mine & mounted them on cardstock to make it a little more firm & then wrote a personal message to the teacher on the backside of the cardstock. Wallah!