Farmer's Market Basket

So, we released the Farmer's Market Collection at work and I couldn't resist putting a cute basket together for the occasion:

I went down to Cracker Barrel and bought all sorts of treats; Moon Pies, old flashed peppermint sticks, sour apple sucker sticks, etc. I bought a couple of mason jars and put Cow Tails in one and Bits o Honey in the other and then covered the tops with cow and bee material. I also bought bandanas of several different colors and out them in there for the staff to wear with their uniforms. (Now I'm looking for an idea to repurpose the bandanas!)

 

The Good Turn Mouse

So, one of the things I've been doing this year is volunteering as a Girl Scout leader. I have a troop of Kindergarten Daisies and for our last meeting of the year we made Good Turn Mice. My mom used to make these for us to take to school around Christmas time, and the tail was actually a candy cane. I made the adjustment to use ribbon for the tail so the Daisies can tie knots in them when they do their good turns over the summer.

Good Turn Mouse

This sassy creature is a mouse

Most mothers won't let one in the house

See, this one it has quite a tail,

Each Girl Scout made one without fail.

Take it with you and help all week,

and to do good turns you must seek

for every good turn that you do

Tie a knot in the tail . . . Make quite a few.

Remember why each knot you tied

and how much to help you really tried

and then next time, please take your turn

to tell us all, so we can learn...

just what you did to help at home

a ready helper you have grown!

Stay tuned, I'll see if I can figure out how to post my mouse pattern . . .

 

The Avengers

Ok, so I was positive that I wasn't going to like The Avengers, but after all the hype and a little convincing from my sister, I did go to the movie yesterday. Half way through I realized that I had just fallen in love. So my first post back I decided to post the "Super Hero Start-Up Kit" I had created a few weeks ago for my staff during our Avengers superhero weekend at work. It's a simple bag I threw together overnight:

I bought the blue bags from Wal-Mart, googled the Avengers image and printed it on a grayscale. I cut the image, glued it on the bag, and then used Stickles to give it some extra sparkles. (Unfortunately, you can't see the Stickles in the photo!).

I filled the bag with all sorts of treats and tied it with a ribbon. The girls loved them, and since it had been awhile since I had done anything for a launch, it really made me think about what else I could do in the future.

So, like I said, nothing too fancy, but it was effective.

 

I'm Back!

Yikes! I can't believe it's been so long since I was on here! Well, I'm back and feeling very bloggy right now. And I have a lot to post because I've been doing all sorts of projects recently. So . . . let's get posting!