Thank You Gift Hamper!

OK, finally I have put together the gift hampers for the teachers. I thought I will get it covered by clear plastic paper but I just could not get hold of them in my town!Grrrr!!! Instead I have opaque metallic silver wrapping paper. So I took a picture of the hampers before I wrap it. Here are the hampers

Hamper #1

This hamper is for my DD Aditi's class teacher. There is a recipe box,a pen, a set of Christmas cards, coordinating tags, and a CD 2011 calendar.

Hamper #2

This one is for my DS Siddarth's class teacher. This hamper also contains the same things but just the colors are different.

Here are both the gift hampers.

And here are the thank you cards for the teacher. 

Kids will write their thank you speech inside and we as parents will have a printed one stuck inside too.

what a relief! I have completed it and all ready to go....

Now I have to pack a few more cards and tags for the librarians who kindly let me use the library for my craft class. I did not want to have a very long post, so I have schedule another post for today sharing another set of Christmas tags and cards for the librarians :)  So please do visit after couple of hours again :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Luv!

Organizing smaller dies

I have been thinking a lot about organizing my smaller dies mainly PTI and Spellbinders Nesties. When I was digging a box in the garage, I found a new photo album. I decided to use it and some of my scrap papers and magnet tape to organize the dies. Here are the pictures.

My dies were in a box previously and was so hard to go through and pick what I wanted! Now its all so handy inside a photo album. Very easy to look through and take what I want. There are heaps of space left for new dies :) Similarly, I have my embossing folders and larger dies in A5 folder.

Go for a smaller photo album as the album expands when you put in the dies. I used my 100 pocket album and it is bulky when the cardstock, magnet tape and the dies are added!

Tomorrow I will share my two completed gift hampers for my kid's teachers. Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great weekend:)

Luv!

Recipe Box #2

I could not do a second post as promised. Life took over by midday until last evening :(  Its Saturday morning and its only now I was able find time to write up this post. DH and kids are sleeping in. They got to sleep in on a weekend after a very very long time.
Anyway, here is the second recipe box. This is for my DS Siddarth's teacher.

Oops! I forgot to take picture of the recipe cards. I will edit and include it today. This is one of the gift in the hamper. I am hoping to put together the hamper today.

I had a hair cut yesterday after a very very long time. My hair had grown too long and was getting difficult to manage especially in the summer. So I decided to chop it down to medium length to be able to manage is easily. Here is how I look today :)
Warning: No make photos coming up! So please don't get scared lol!

Wish my hair will remain the same everyday! The hairdresser was nice. She taught me how to use the large round brush and blow dry. So I am hoping I will give my hair some extra attention it deserves :)

Thanks for stopping by
Luv!

Recipe Box #1

Morning everybody,

I have made a recipe box as one of the gift in the Thank You hamper for my DD Aditi's class teacher. She has worked really hard and lost more than 60 kgs this year and looks fit and fabulous. She goes to gym and does dieting as well. So I decided to give her a recipe box with a few of my vegetarian recipes in them and a few black cards. Here is finished box for you.

 I have combined PTI's pattern paper, recipe cards and egg box with SU stamp set to make it. The flower stamp set on the recipe cards and the "Recipes" label on the top of the box is from Waltingmouse stamps. So easy to make. One Soap opera on TV is enough to finish two boxes. I had "Days of our Lives" on TV and completed two boxes. You don't have to concentrate on those soap operas to know whats happening, you know!. Nothing actually happens in an episode lol! I actually don't follow them but I like them running on the background while I work... lol!

Will have a second post today with the other box. My camera battery ran out half way through the photo shoot.... lol!  Its hot and humid today. Hoping rain will come. Got to go now. Need to do some paper work and start packing :)

Have a great day!

Luv!

Gayatri ( lost my siggy!!!!)

Teacher's thank you tag

Afternoon everybody, 

Can you believe I finished all my household chores, including ironing and complete preparation for my class by noon? Wow! I am impressed with my self lol! Lately I have been tired, joint pain and exhausted so much that I am sleeping by 7:00 PM. I have to push my self to do the very basics. Very unlike me! I am a fitness freak and yet for past one month its been too much. So I had my blood tested and there you go.... my Iron and Vit D were low-- really low!!! So I am now on iron and Vit D and calcium tablets. I think my levels are going up and I can see some changes in energy levels today. I am hoping these ae the only reasons for my fatigue.

OK! enough of myself. I am trying to put two hampers for my kid's teachers as thank you gift as end of the year is approaching. And I wanted to make tags for the hamper. And 2 Sketches for You #67 sketch is a tag sketch. I took the opportunity to use that sketch and make the Teacher's Thank you tags.

Here are my tags.

I love the chalkboard background and the yummy glossy (crystal effects) apple. Tomorrow I will post the receipe box I have made for he hamper. Then on Friday, the whole hamper will come together and i will share it with you. Thanks for stopping by! And thanks for you lovely comments you leave on my blog. appreciate it alot.

luv!