Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Aimster Girls: Shooting for the Stars

Drawing these girls was so much fun.
My favorite part was that my daughters and nieces begged me to print out big copies for them to color, cut out and play with.

You can use these girls for a lot of imaginative play by printing them on cardstock.
You can either let your children color their own, or use the already colored images.
My girls love playing "dolls" with the aimster girls and boys.

I think I might make them into finger puppets too.
Like my Little Red Riding Hood finger puppets.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Little-Red-Riding-Hood-finger-puppets-1046233

And my Christmas finger puppets.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Christmas-Finger-Puppets-1000270

What do you think?
Should I do it?

Enough chit chat.

Here they are!



You can get them at my TPT store.


See how Deb used my Shooting for the Stars girls and boys over at her store.



http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Adjectives-Adverbs-BUNDLEPowerPoint-Craftivity-Assessment-Exit-Slip-More-1177118

Now for your free image.



Terms of Use:
My free clipart is just that "free".  You are free to use it for personal and commercial use (obviously you can't sell my actual image..).  If you do use it for commercial use, such as your TPT products, it would be wonderful if you gave me the credit for the image and help me spread the word about my store!  Thank you!



Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Aimster Boys: Shooting for the Stars

Are you ready for this?

I have been working on some Aimster Kids!
Guess what?
This time I drew up some boys.
That is right.
You can now get aimster boys.
These dashing boys are shooting for the stars.

Take a look.



You can get them at my store:


Are you ready for your very own Aimster Boy?



Terms of Use:
My free clipart is just that "free".  You are free to use it for personal and commercial use (obviously you can't sell my actual image..).  If you do use it for commercial use, such as your TPT products, it would be wonderful if you gave me the credit for the image and help me spread the word about my store!  Thank you!







Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Best Friends

One of my favorite things
about coming to UT,
is this:







Those must be some funny funnies!

Because these cousins are best friends,
I have something to share.


There is nothing quite like a best friend!

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Party Buntings

I have heard that Michigan has had another snow storm!
Schools have closed yet again.
The weather is creeping back to the negatives.
Ugh.

Good thing we are still in Utah.
There are flowers blooming over here!
Sorry babe.
You are a lone man in a freeze fest.
Wish you were here!

To celebrate NOT being in the freeze fest of the Great Lakes,
I have made some Party Buntings!



Come do a jig on over to my TPT store and get some Party Buntings!


Are you ready for your free bunting?
Time to do another jig!




I hope you like it!

Terms of Use:
My free clipart is just that "free".  You are free to use it for personal and commercial use (obviously you can't sell my actual image..).  If you do use it for commercial use, such as your TPT products, it would be wonderful if you gave me the credit for the bunting and help me spread the word about my store!  Thank you!



Saturday, March 8, 2014

Clowning Around

I started my Teachers Pay Teachers store in October 2013.
I really didn't have big plans for it.
My plan was simple
Share things that I made for my own children.
If people happened to find them useful, great.
I put up my first free product.
My Butterfly Life Cycle worksheet.
I didn't think about it for awhile, then one day, I checked on it, and what do you know, people were actually downloading it!
I was quite surprised.

Gradually, I have been adding to my store.
Free and For Sale.

One of my favorite things to do is doodle.
So I doodle and make my drawings into digital images.
I use my drawings to make handouts, worksheets and coloring pages for my own children.
I put the finished drawings and borders in my TPT store so that others can do the same.

It has been fun!
Plus, I continue to learn new ways to improve my work.

Then I found Deb.
Actually, she found me.
She happened to stumble upon my store and left me feedback for one of my free packs.
I asked her if she would consider helping me with ideas for building my clip art collection.
I wanted to make images that teachers would use.
I told her that if she gave me suggestions, I would be happy to make them for my store.

That led to my

Ice Cream Shoppe clip art
And my
Flower Shop clip art

Check out what she made here and here.

She was kind enough to feature me on her blog.
And she let me be a part of a giveaway that celebrated 2000 followers on her TPT store.
That led to me getting some new followers.

That sparked a small flame inside of me.

It made me wonder.
If 158 people like my products enough to follow my TPT store,
maybe, just maybe, more people would like my style as well.

So far I have not tried to do anything aside from posting new products to attract more followers.
Perhaps I should give a little incentive to get more people to my store...

So, I'm going to start featuring my new products here, on this blog.
Each time I make a new set,
I'm going to give you one of my images for free.
What do you think?
Is that a good idea?
Will you follow me if I give you something?
(What? Did I just bribe you to follow me?  I guess so.)

I just finished "Clowning Around".
It was fun to draw!
Thank you Deb for the suggestion.  I love it!

Drum roll please....





This set is great for making coloring pages, decorating a bulletin board, using for your scrapbook and so much more.  It even has juggling balls that can be labeled and journaled on.  Add the banner to any project to give it a little zip.

Come visit my store and get it here:


Do you want to see my free clown?


Colored and lined!
That's right, I know what you want.


These images are free for personal use and commercial use.
If you are using them for commercial use, I would appreciate it if you gave me the credit for the clown by adding a link to my TPT store or blog.

Make sure you follow me so you can always know when I put up a new product and of course a free image!

If you would like me to draw something to add to my clip art collection, let me know!  Most likely, I will make it happen.







Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Calluses

I have been doing a lot of doodling and drawing.
As a result,
I have new calluses on my fingers.
For real.
I've been holding back on something exciting.
Well, it is for me.
I can still hardly believe it.



Any ideas?

You know how I usually share handouts that I have made for The Family School?
And I haven't for a really long time....

Well...
to make a long story short,
I am now a part of The Family School team!

I'm totally serious!
I know.
Why me?

I am sooo not qualified.
But, I will be.
I promise.
I work really hard.
And I learn really quickly.
Apparently, they are okay with my lack of credentials.

Lucky me!!!

So, I am in UT to meet the team.
Get things figured out.
And create awesome handouts.

What????
Can you tell I'm still processing this?
Get this.
As I create clip art for these handouts,
I will be adding them to my TPT store.
Cool.

So, this is a big deal.
Last week I got to meet my fellow handout makers.
Again, cool!
They are going to be a blast to work with.
Get this.
There are only 2 of them!!!
Again, what???
How do they get all of that work done?

Another big deal.
Yesterday I had the privilege of meeting the authors of The Family School!!
Again, sooo cool!
If you are doing The Family School, you are in really good hands.
These women are incredible!!!
And that is an understatement.
They really do seek the Lord's help in creating their lessons.
You can feel their passion in doing this for us!!

The entire team is dedicated to making The Family School the best that it can be.
They are even in the tiny details like naming levels.
There is Leland (the principle guy), Peter (the business guy, and the "I can't believe he hired me" guy), Don (the tech guy) and I'm sure more "guys" than  I have met.

People.
You are in good hands.

I have probably overused the exclamation mark.
I just can't help it.
I'm excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!