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Happy Fall! 

10/23/2015

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Yesterday, I purchased some pumpkins but unfortunately I was unable to carve them because of a thumb injury. So instead, I spray painted them! I used gold spray paint and some turquoise paint on the smaller one.
I then used my handy, dandy hot glue gun to glue some black and green ribbon. I also added a lace flower with buttons that are spray painted gold and a green ribbon rolled into a flower shape.
This was way easier and less messy than carving!

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Getting Ready for the Year!

8/29/2014

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Getting ready for the year is always a fun and busy time. I enjoy coming up with new ideas and using ideas, mainly found on Pinterest.

This year I've hung up some of my own artwork (seen on the left) to show my students that I not only teach art, but I make it too!

I've also done some updating on my behavior chart and art room jobs poster. Examples of those will be here soon!

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Extra washi tape means a makeover for my mac!
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Washi tape is the coolest! This year I made a new behavior chart using washi tape, colored paper and clothes pins. The clothespins are color coded, one color for each grade, and then each pin has a circle with the teacher's name on it. Ex: 4PS = 4th grade, Mr. Schmidt's class
Complete product coming soon!

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Summer Projects 

8/23/2014

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This spring, my husband and I bought a house so this summer was dedicated to making our house feel like a home! Here are some of my crafty projects.
To create the "ombre" effect, I followed the advice from the site, Fox Hollow Cottage
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Before: My Old Toy Chest
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After: A New Toy Chest
To reupholster chairs, I followed the same instructions that the blog, Poofy Cheeks, have shown.
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Before: Grandma-in-law's old dining chairs
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After: New Dining Chairs!
The coffee table I just purchased mosaic tiles and a tile cutter from Michaels and use E6000 glue to glue them all down (I set all of the pieces down before I glued). Then I purchased Grout from Home Depot and followed the instructions on the bag.
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Before: Old Coffee Table
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After: Mosaic Coffee Table
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Magazine Art

10/15/2013

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The 4th Graders had been working on Name Tangles and some classes missed their art time because of Rock Jogger. (school wide fitness program) Because of this, some of my 4th graders finished early and some were behind. Those students that finished early helped me create this artwork. It's really easy, keeps the students busy and it adds new art to the school. It is rolled magazines that are glued onto a piece of cardboard. I separated them by color to make it more interesting.

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Mosaic Installation Complete!

1/6/2013

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After organizing, creating and gluing, the mosaic installation is finally done!


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The Becker Art Department glued all the mandalas on Friday and then came in on Saturday to grout them all down.

Artist, Judy Sell, facilitated and came up with the idea of these mosaic mandalas. Without her this wouldn't have happened.

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Summer Crafting!

8/31/2012

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One of the perks of being a teacher is having summers off, which is the perfect time for me to catch up on my arts and crafts. Here are a couple examples of how my summer went!
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Paper flowers for a birthday present

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A baby shower present. Made with sharpie marker and watercolors.

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Painting my nails in new ways! Using a makeup sponge and 2 colors of nail polish makes a very cool faded effect.

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Summer Community Art Class!

6/13/2012

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I've been planning for my summer art class for the past couple of weeks and have found some awesome art projects. One art project that the kids will be doing is making Ink Coasters with White Tiles, Adirondack Ink and Blending Alcohol. I found a great step-by-step (with photos!) tutorial from the blog, Life's a Craft Project. On the left, are some of my finished coasters outside to dry after I sprayed on the sealer.

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Summer Displays

5/25/2012

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The school always looks so sad and lonely during the summer. There aren't any students and all of the artwork gets taken down. I thought that I should make something that gets left up all summer for all to see.
I saw this tree on Mr. Picasso's Art Room Blog and I thought this would be just the perfect display to have during the summer. This display was really easy and turned out great! All I did was use construction paper to create the tree and scrapbook paper/card-stock to create the funky circle leaves.

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The art room window is one of the first windows walking to the main entrance so I thought decorating the window would also brighten up the school. I found this on the blog, Kids Artists, and made my own giant version. 

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Crafty Weekend!

3/11/2012

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This is one of those craft projects that any person, any age would enjoy. I sell monster bookmarks on Etsy, if interested in purchasing, here's a link to my store!

This weekend was all about the crafts! I made about 25 of these fantastic monster bookmarks. I found a great website that explains exactly how to make them, which was quite easy to follow and then I added my own details!

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I teach art but I also make it!

10/6/2011

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The pictures to the left are some paintings that I have created in the past 2 years and now are on display at a store in the Minneapolis area called Paper Hat. Come check them out!

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Painting like there's no tomorrow!

9/3/2011

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Today I spent the majority of the day painting...and watching Mad Men simutaneoulsy. I wanted to finish my paintings before school started so of course I wait until the last weekend to actually finish but they turned out well.
For some reason I enjoy painting everyday, mundane objects especially objects that have cords or wire. I like the intricacy of the cords and how detailed I can get in such a small area. To the left is one painting of Christmas lights. I know I'm a little early to be painting lights but I knew if I didn't do it now I wouldn't have time to do it. This photo is a little shiny because there is still paint drying.

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