Sweeeeet! Blog Hop!

Hello!  Thanks for stopping by today for Taylor's Blast from the Past Blog Hop!  I chose Love Is Sweet! for my card design because it's absolutely adorable and so fun to play with.

My daughter and I used this set for our Valentine cards last year.  I've also used it for birthday cards, thank you cards and of course, love notes.  It's a very sweet set!

I've been trying to replenish my supply of hand stamped cards, so this one's going into my stash for an upcoming birthday. 

Keeping it short and sweet today. ;)   Enjoy your day of blog hopping!  ~Patti

Here are the entries from the Taylored Expressions Blast from the Past blog hop! Stay tuned for details on how you can sign up for the customer blog hop next month!

1.	Taylor VanBruggen	28.	Sharon Harnist
2.	Tanis Palmer	29.	Angela Bear
3.	Cassie Trask	30.	Michelle Lane
4.	Jen Tapler	31.	Alison Anderson
5.	Monika Davis	32.	Heidi Burt
6.	Jessica Willison	33.	Tangii Crain
7.	Candace Mitchell	34.	Jackie Rakoski
8.	Carole Rinear Chesser	35.	Barbara Anders
9.	Tanja Hartmann	36.	Kerry Johnson
10.	Arielle Gordon	37.	Lisa Thompson
11.	Dawn Easton	38.	Lisa Hjulberg
12.	Karen Motz	39.	Clarissa Vicencio-Wickens
13.	Jen Alonso	40.	JoAnn Valderama
14.	Karen Giron	41.	Patti Gingrich
15.	Jackie Pedro	42.	Jana Weaver
16.	Kelli Hull	43.	Lisa Kind
17.	Stacey Schafer	44.	Rosie Hughes
18.	Sankari Wegman	45.	Jami Sibley
19.	Bonnie Ratzloff	46.	Donna Baker
20.	Carolina Buchting	47.	Carrie Zrodlowski
21.	Lisa Smeaton	48.	Corinne Reyes Mercado
22.	Alex Maldonado	49.	Jessica Diedrich
23.	Stephanie Kraft	50.	Lori West
24.	Melissa Cooper	51.	Jodi Collins
25.	Lori Craig	52.	Nancy Jensen
26.	Nancy McKinney	53.	Rachel Sztonyk
27.	Wendy Elliott

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Teacher Appreciation

It's been a rough year at Chesebro Elementary.  We started the year off with a new Principal, moved classrooms and teachers around for about 3 months before finally settling in.  We had H1N1 to deal with and then one of our precious little students passed away. 

We came back in January to announcements of budget cuts and then many of our teachers were told they were being let go.  We've dealt with some serious family illnesses, including pnemonia and cancer and experienced loved ones lost.  

Then, interviews began this week for those re-applying for teaching postitions.  It's been an emotional and stressful year at Chesebro and yet we've helped each other through it all.  I'm so proud to be a part of such an amazing staff.

This week at Chesebro, we are showing our teachers how much we appreciate them.  They certainly deserve to be celebrated!

We have some special treats in store for them, including several power point presentations by students, lots of heartfelt notes and pictures from students and a little gift bag of goodies.  I was asked to make the tags for the bags and had a great time with it!  I made 22 tags and each one is different. This is a small sample of my favorites. 

I used stamps and paper from the Imaginisce Teacher's Pet line that I was fortunate enough to win from Papercrafts several months back.  I knew they would be put to good use one day! 

Thanks for visiting!  I hope you're having a super week!  Blessings~ Patti

Owl-ways Thinkin'

We've been on the go here, so there hasn't been much time for posting, but I have found a little time to play here and there.

My daughter, Sarah and I like owls, especially cute ones on t-shirts, bags and stationary. Even though there are some very nice owl stamp sets out there, they weren't quite what we were looking for. After searching stamp stores and sites for several months, I started sketching out what I had in mind. The sketch sat in my notebook for a few more months.

In the meantime, a co-worker started a home-based engraving business. She shares my joy of papercrafting and we got to talking (wondering) if her little machine could cut stamps. To our delight, it can! Thus, my first stamp design was born!!!

It's not much, but it sure has been fun to see this little owl come to life! I've enjoyed coloring him with my Copics and paper piecing him with a variety of patterned paper. He's so cute and just what Sarah and I were looking for!

Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy your weekend~Patti