Egg Hunt Winners!

Thanks for playing along with my Egg Hunt Challenge! There are 44 eggs in the preview image so the first three people who guessed correctly were Meagan, Jen, and Donna from Kinderglynn :) I emailed the set out to you ladies this morning.

Thanks for playing and I have a BUNCH of new clipart sets posted in my store and in the works, so I am planning another clipart challenge for a big "Clipart Release Party" coming up! Stay tuned and have a great weekend!

I'll leave you with a little collage of my Spring Pastel "line" of coordinating colors.  Haha is it possible to try and make clipart sound classy?  :)

Easter Egg Clipart Freebie Challenge!!

Happy Saturday!! You know Saturday's usually mean new clipart because I can finally work on different sets since I don't have any time during the work week. I started off my Saturday with a mozzarella omelet and some Lindt chocolates.....then I finished up my newest set called Easter Eggs Galore! I know, it might be a little early for easter, but it was just what came about when I started doodling. There are OVER 50 DIFFERENT EGGS! :) That's a lotta easter eggs.

There were so many easter eggs in this set that I couldn't even fit them all on the preview! The first three people who post and tell me how many correct easter eggs are in this preview will get the set for free! Don't forget to leave your email. This might sound like an easy challenge, but I tried counting them on the screen and my eyes kept getting mixed up :) Good luck!

If you don't make it as one of the first three, you can snatch up the set from my TpT store {HERE}.

PS. I am working on some adorable police officer clipart for one of my favorite TpT sellers Rachelle Smith from What the Teacher Wants so stay tuned for that! She has the cutest idea for a product with the clipart and I know you are going to love it!

Free Little Leprechaun Clipart!

Oh did I have a case of the Mondays this morning....and today....and this evening. Actually I am golden once the kiddos come bounding into my room in the morning, but the time before and the reality of the work I have ahead in the evening bogs me down. Oi vey.

So what do I do when I can't focus on the load of work and need a bit of a lift? Well, it's a two step process....

Step 1: I have a solo dance party around my apartment. This time it also involved me trampling all over the clothes (dirty and clean) that are all over my floor right now. Tonight's soundtrack of choice was "What a Feeling" by Peter Luts and Dominico (yes the techno song- I don't mess around with solo dance parties)

Step 2: I draw clipart! In this case, a little friendly leprechaun. Actually, to be honest, I also continued to rock out to "What a Feeling" while I worked on this little fellow, so my lines may not be as straight as usual :)

Anyway, if anyone else is having a case of the Mondays, I suggest downloading that song for 99 cents from iTunes. BUT if you want a free pick me up, you can snatch up this little leprechaun friend for free from google docs if you click on him :)

I'm off to finish that work that I pushed aside until I could tolerate it :) Happy almost Tuesday right? :)

Last minute items added for SALE!

Hi everyone! I really quick wanted to post and let you know that I put up some new items just in time for the sale- but I don't think the notification emails will get out to my followers in time.

I have always wanted some more substantial frames for the covers of my products and resources than just doodle borders, so I have created my new line of "Fancy Frames"! They are more of a clipart image, rather than a border and they have really high resolution, so they can be enlarged to the size of a whole paper and not get grainy. **Note** If there is a certain color scheme of these Fancy Frames that you need specifically to match a product or resource, let me know and I can alter the colors for you!

I also needed some detective clipart for some lessons I was doing this week, so I whipped up a Detective Mini Pack with some detective essentials :) The magnifying glasses come with white centers and transparent centers. Click on any of the images to check them out at my TpT store!

Just wanted to give you a heads up so if these are something you could use, you didn't miss out on the extra savings today! Happy Super Bowl Sunday!

Fact and Opinion, Freebies, Borders and a SALE!

Two blog posts in one month? Are you shocked!? :) I seriously am trying to give my blog a little more TLC because it has been the first thing to go in the craziness of this year. So cheers to two posts so far!

Happy February! Can you believe it? I am {thankfully} shocked that it is already February. I was ready to pack up my winter decorations and cover my room with pink and red! If you have seen my pictures of my classroom, there is a lot going on in there, and holidays add even more decorations. I always wondered if my kiddos were going to suffer from a little stimuli overload, but they LOVE IT! Two weeks into January, I had students asking when I was going to change the decorations! I told them we had only had winter decorations up since Christmas (two weeks at that point) and had to wait haha They will be happy to walk into the room on Monday and see hearts :) I will post pictures tomorrow because you know Valentine's Day means new curtains and a new monkey costume too! If you have missed my monkey costumes, here are a few of his wardrobe changes so far:

This is how he started out the school year.....Classy with the zebra and blue theme of my classroom :)

 Then he became a pumpkin for October and a turkey for November!

I forgot to take a picture of him as an elf in my classroom, which was my favorite costume so far! But here he is sitting at my parents' house when he got "sized" for his costume :) That hat fills an entire garbage bag and another bag for just the shoes! This was no small elf!

I am kicking myself for not snapping a picture of him as a snowman! He had a full white snowball suit, top hat, boots, scarf and mittens. I will post a picture of his Valentine's day ensemble with my classroom decoration pictures. I do NOT take credit for these adorable costumes. My mom makes them all! She creates the jumbo patterns for all of them and makes them out of felt. I have one talented mama! :) And I know she reads my blogs (so even if no one else does, I always have an audience! ha!) so thanks Mom :)

So! Lots of things to share about today. One day I am going to be one of those bloggers that have very focused blog posts and they have themes for each day to talk about.....someday....won't be today, so here we go :)

This week has been crazy busy in Rm 133. We have been learning about Fact & Opinion in reading and the kiddos love it! They have really been *getting* the difference this week. Although they have had some fact and opinion in lower grades, we started with a fun activation activity with Goldfish Facts & Opinions. I love to teach with food....I know I can't feed my students all the time, but my gosh it helps them learn! ha! So goldfish it was....

I gave the kiddos cards with facts and opinions about goldfish crackers. Each partner pair got a set and then each table got a bag of goldfish crackers so they could use the bag to "verify" and "prove" (some of our fact signal words) which ones were true. Students had to read the nutrition facts, small print, etc. They spent a lot of time searching that package, so they certainly know a lot about these orange snacks by now!

I have made SO many materials for Fact and Opinion, I am finally going to bundle them into a pack for my TpT store. I have been so obsessed with creating clipart this year that I haven't posted a new lesson pack to my store since September! My gosh! Anyway, this will be included in the pack, along with anchor charts, matching games, foldables, recording sheets, graphic organizers, games, and more! Like I said, I've been creating! I'll keep you posted on when it's done :)

Do you like the borders on the sorting mats? They are part of my newest border pack: Border MEGA Pack 2! I have been wanting some new borders because although I probably have hundreds, I needed a change in my "go-to" borders. I have been creating a few different packs of borders in the last few weeks. I posted my newest one yesterday and I think it's my favorite!! Not kidding!

I really tried to make some different borders than what I have seen out there. I could only fit a few of them in the preview image above. Some of them are simple and others are more elaborate, so can you spice up the simplest resource with just a single border. A lot of them would work great as frames too because they have that "look" to them. If you want to check them out, you can click on the picture above, or you can click {HERE}.

Here are some closer up thumbnails of six of the frames. There are 34 frames in this pack for just $4.00!

But, in the spirit of Saturday and for all my border lovers out there, here are two of them for {FREE}  so you can check out the style and variety :) Just click {HERE} to download them in png formats :)

Click {Here} and {Here} for the downloads....I didn't know how to combine them :)

If you haven't checked out my other border sets

I have some others. Border Mega Pack 1 and Borderz Bundle

If you have made it this far through the post.....thank you! Now I know why bloggers try to make their posts more focused! This has been a marathon for an out of shape blogger.

On a last note.....I'm having a sale at my TpT shop on Sunday and Monday (Feb. 3-4th)! Everything will be 20% off and then TpT is giving everyone a coupon code for an additional 10% off. That combines to an overall 28% off (because the 10% coupon comes off of the already discounted price).

Stock up on all your TpT favorites while the gettin's good! Don't forget to use the code SUPER when you check out to get the additional 10% off!

Here are some of my newest products if you have been eyeing them :) Click on the previews if you want a closer look!

Okay that's all! I promise more focused, shorter posts in the future. Phew.

Have a great Saturday!!

Cupcake Catch-up!

Cupcakes are one of the "friendliest" foods in my mind. I have been obsessed with all the different kinds of cupcakes out there- all the fancy decorated ones, the Cupcake Wars on TV, you name it. Surprisingly, I can't tell you the last time I actually MADE cupcakes myself- but trust me, I have big plans on becoming domestic one day, so I am keeping careful track of all these cupcake ideas :)

You know this post cannot continue without a picture of these little beauties. These are salted caramel cupcakes that were made for an award banquet for our school nurse. Oh. My. Goodness. They obviously have had a lasting effect on me, because that banquet was back in September haha.

Until my domestic instincts kick in (or I have more time than the 4 minutes it takes to heat up my Lean Cuisine dinner), I'm fueling my cupcake fix with clipart instead of cooking! I didn't realize just how MANY cupcake sets/products I have made until I thought about what to put in this post...Here goes..

First up, some freebies for ya! I have a Cupcake Skip Counting Freebie which you can snatch up {HERE}, it's perfect for a math center and has skip counting by 2's, 3's, 5's, and 10's.

Next, I have started making holiday cupcake clipart that I will be adding to my store for just $1.00! I just finished up two sets (St. Patrick's Day and Valentine's Day), as well as some basic styled cupcakes- all just a dollar each. Are you hungry yet? Click on the images if you want a closer look :)

If you were thinking that was a lot of cupcakes...I'm not QUITE done. One of my first clipart requests was for Calendar Cupcakes, each with a monthly holiday theme....and not too surprisingly, cupcakes made an appearance in my newest clipart set, Whimsy Birthday...

The best thing about cupcakes is that they are are perfect for sharing. I had offered up the September cupcake from my Calendar Set a while ago, so if you missed it, you can satisfy your sweet tooth now. Just click the image to download!

I think that just about covers the cupcakes so I'll wrap it up for today! I am averaging about one blog post a MONTH which is horrible, but thanks for sticking with me. I have tons of activities and lessons that I have been doing with my kiddos to post about even though I've had clipart on the brain for quite a few months :) 

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