Graduation and Teacher Gift Printables - End of the School Year Goodies!

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 Here it is, Maycember! Once the month of May starts it quickly snowballs into a continuous stream of concerts, recitals, final games, awards ceremonies, graduations and parties! It's almost too much, and yet, how could it be too much? This is it! This is what it's all for! All the hard work of going to school and taking the tests and practicing the piece and dreaming of the celebration, this is the culmination of all that effort!  Over of the years, as I've prepared teachers' gifts and graduation cards to use, I've saved the printable files to use again in the future or make available for others as well.  Here are some of my favorites: I like these green flowers and the Pink & White cookies at Trader Joe's. I thought they made a nice little bundle for either Teacher Appreciation week or a thank you at the end of the year (if you can keep the cookies around long enough!) Two color options available in case you are low on ink!  LINK TO LISTING Cowboy Caviar f...

Book Launch Party and Pub Day!

On November 1, 2022 my debut picture book, The World's Longest Sock, hit shelves and mailboxes everywhere! It's a book about competition and ultimately the communities that help us succeed.



To celebrate this book birthday, The King's English Bookshop hosted a story time and book signing. I thought I'd be nervous but it was just a blast the whole time.

Rob Eckman read to the group of kids and friends a bucketlist item for me (he reads all the regular storytimes and I used to take my kids when they were little). 

Then I talked a little bit about how the book came about and showed the long sock I've been knitting during this whole process. 




We had some give aways thanks including some loopy yarn for kids and emerging yarn crafters, some alpaca yarn to inspire a new project and some darling socks from Woven Pear (a fellow Utah company!) I also designed bookmarks for either Team Chuck or Team Nina which turned out really cute.





 There were also take home treats by the fantastic Kellie Jo's Sweet Treats

And a coloring page to make your own patterns! Printable available at makeandtakes.com.

Just like the characters in my book find the people who support them and cheer them on when they have big, crazy, far-out, outlandish, out of this world ideas, I have found my community as well. Thanks to my friends and family, neighbors, students, critique partners and more for cheering me on. 

The World's Longest Sock is now available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Target, or wherever you buy books!

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