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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...
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princess virtues

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The other day, little Emmie picked up one of our little Princess dress-up dolls. She would look at it and then hold it up for my approval again and again. I'd say, "Oh, she is so beautiful!" again and again. I've been thinking about it ever since and practicing a different response for the next time she picks up a princess and wants to know what I think of her. Here is what I want to tell my daughters about the Disney heroines: Belle - Oh, she is so smart! She loves to read and would do anything for her Dad. She sees beauty on the inside. Tiana - Oh, she is such hard worker! (And a good cook!) She has big goals and dreams and works hard to achieve them. Cinderella - Oh, she is so classy! She works hard and never complains, even when life isn't fair! Aurora/Brier Rose - Oh, she is so down to earth! She would rather stay in a little cottage in the woods with her true love than go to live in a castle and marry a prince she doesn't know. Snow White - Oh, she ...
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new quilt for a new niece

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Little, tiny 1" square pieces of brightly colored, varied fabrics set against white. My thinking in using really big prints in these little, tiny spaces was that each square would be unique, no two would exactly repeat.
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last day of swimming lessons

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This story can only be told with visuals. . .
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the fourth

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We started our 4th of July with Papa Bob who was here from Seattle. We had breakfast and then he had to take off for the airport. I think Lucy is missing him already in this photo: Then we quickly got dudded up for the neighborhood bike parade: And enjoyed the neighborhood block party. . . cute decor: Red, white and sparkly: Oh, beautiful! For spacious eyes. . . alright, that was cheesy.
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