Snow

I'm not sure if I am ready for this!

I love how beautiful the snow is.

I love getting out the sleds,
building snowmen,
drinking hot chocolate,
and wearing sweaters.

But I'm not sure if I love having snow around from November all the way to April.
That is a long winter.

Maybe smiling snowflakes will change my mind.

Have fun using these snowflakes in your projects!
They are free!
Get them here:
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Free-Snowflake-Clip-Art-1566131

Done!

You may remember that at the beginning of the year I was asked to be a part of The Family School team (scroll down and you will see me at the bottom).
They asked me to help in handout design.
That means I get to do a lot of drawing!!!

I was tasked to help redo 2 years worth of handouts.
That is over 2000 pages of drawing, organizing and creating.
I have stacks and stacks of sketches.

After about 6 months of what felt like non-stop work,
I can finally say that we are done.
With that project...

WoooWeeee.
That was intense.

Have you missed me?
I've missed this.

Well guess what?
Now I can start paying attention to this blog and Teachers Pay Teachers!

You will notice that I have already added some new frames to my shop.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Doodle-Frames-Just-For-Fun-Color-and-Lined-1541192

I use these all the time.
I love to print out a bunch of them and use them for journaling.

I also use them to frame important words or saying in my Family School handouts.

I hope you like them!

Here is a free frame for you.

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!

August 2014 to December 2015 Calendar

How is it possible that tomorrow is August!  I can hardly believe it.

I am getting ready for an awesome school year with my kids.  I am so excited about what I have been working on for The Family School.  The new handouts are turning out awesome!  I have been very busy with drawing, creating and organizing everything that needs to get done for print day.  It is a lot of work!  But totally worth it.

I received a request for a calendar that is for August 2014 to December 2015.  I decided to go for it.  Even though I knew it would be difficult to fit in, I thought that it may be something that would be useful for the upcoming school year.

Here are a few pages.

You can purchase the entire calendar at my TPT Store.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/August-2014-to-December-2015-Calendar-1361215

I hope you are having an "aimless daze"!

Life

Is it really June?

Is the snow really gone?

Where have I been?

I have a few good excuses.

Tennessee

 Strawberries

Mammoth Cave

Lots of other super cool things...

I'm sure of it.

and

Work

I still can't believe I get to draw for my job.

Spring Time in Michigan

We are back in Michigan.
Good Bye UT.
Your sweet sunshine is in our hearts.

Hello Michigan.
You are cold.

Oh, so cold.

Instead of jumping on the Trampoline,

The kids decided to read in daddy's reading chair.

Now, a treat for you.

I had a request to make my one side borders a little bit longer.

That way they can fit on the long side of an 8.5x11 size document without having to transform them.

You can find them at my TPT store.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Long-Side-Border-Set-1-Color-Parakeet-1208282

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Long-Side-Border-Set-1-LinedBlack-and-White-1208206

I love having a collection of these one side borders.  

Sometimes I am working on a project and it just needs a little something.

Adding one of these borders does the trick!

I can make something that is a little bit boring into a beautiful and fun project.

Take one of these borders on a test run.

See how you like it.

Then come and get some more!

Your free Long Side Border:

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!

I also made my Full Doodle Borders Color.

Check them out over here:

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Full-Doodle-Borders-in-Color-Parakeet-1207866

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.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Aimster-Girls-Shooting-for-the-Stars-Clipart-1177536

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

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Nouns-Verbs-Pronouns-BUNDLE-PowerPoint-Craftivity-Assessment-More-1172668

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!

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:

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Aimster-Boys-Shooting-for-the-Stars-Clipart-1177200

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!