You Rock!

My husband {Brian} came to me last week

and {sweetly} mentioned he needed

to come up with an idea of something to give all his {50} employees to

celebrate what a GREAT job they did last year.

Now, my husband knows me and knows that mentioning this

to me sends me into a {creative} frenzy. My first creative stop

was to my Pinterest boards! {OF COURSE-is there anywhere else to go?}

http://pinterest.com/tracybakes/ {hint hint: visit my boards!}

Anyway, I found the cutest Pinspiration to make {If you Pin, the word pin is like the word

Smurf to those blue, little people. You begin to use it as a verb, noun, adjective

and it finds it's way into everyday conversation!}

At this point, Brian realizes it's out of his hands and he leaves me drooling on the keyboard.

So, Saturday I took over the dining room table. Spread out my scrapping stuff.

And got to work! Here is my most favorite scrapping tool~~My Big Kick!

I love it {and I'm pretty sure it loves me.}

And I got to work making these:

Cute, huh? {and easy to make!!!}

All you need is:

Packages of Pop Rocks {be sure to get a couple extra~~trust me, you'll eat a couple}

12x12 Card stock

Adhesive runner

Either letters you've made, bought or a marker

Cut your card stock into 3x6 inch strips. I cut 4-3 inch strips first and then simply

cut them in 2 {Gotta keep it simple!} These fold perfectly around the

package of Pop Rocks. Add a line of adhesive to the inside of the

strip and stick it to itself!! LOOK you've made a belly band!

Here's where I used my Big Kick.

I cut out all 350 letters {that's a lot of letters!}

You could just as easily use

stickers or even write it on with a marker!

And, you're done!!!'

The original pin said 'You Rock Valentine'. How adorable is that?

But, since, I'm not wooing all 50 of my husbands

employees, I stuck with just 'You Rock'.

Sweet {P}Inspiration,

Tracy

Sweet {and a little corny!}

First {let me apologize!} I'm sorry!

I had to use my cell phone to take

photos this evening.

And they just aren't very good!

But on a night like tonight {the night before school}

they will have to do!!!

I just finished a part of the Welcome Back

gifts for teachers in 2 of the

elementary schools in our district.

{We have 3, but I am PTO co~president of only 2}

These will be for each teacher:

If you can't make out the tag

{again, my poor photography skills!}

it says

'Your PTO

wishes you a GOOD year & PLENTY of fun!

Thanks for making our kids Sharpies!'

And here is what's in the goodie bags........

Good & Plenty {s} and Sharpie markers :o)

The original concept I saw included Smarties and Sharpies.

The very cute tag said 'Thank you for making our kids

Smarties and Sharpies!'

But, I didn't have any Smarties in my PTO stash.

And when I went to buy some, can you believe it?

I couldn't find ANY!!!

So I had to do some {fast} thinking in the

middle of Sam's Club and

came up with the above.

{I know} sweet but a little corny!

But, then again, so am I!!

Be sweet to your teachers!

Tracy