Some things are harder to make than they look....Monday Made It

Y'all...some things are way harder to make

than they look...true story.

I'm linkin' up with my sweet friend Tara from 

4th Grade Frolics for my favorite linky...

Monday Made It.
This is long...stick it out to the END.
It'll be worth it...I promise!
Hello...Amazon gift card!

Everyone stand up and curtsy...or bow

for Aris from Sailing into Second.

Last week she made the most ADORABLE

banner gif thingy for her TpT Store.

Look at it here before you read any further.

I'll wait for you to finish readin'...

Hers is just so precious and I decided the first time 

I saw it (love at first sight)...that I WANTED one too.

There is NO WAY (yes, I'm shoutin' this)

that mine could even compare to hers...ever...BUT

I was DETERMINED to have one...even

if it did take me a REALLY long time  

to make my own and it's nowhere as cute as Aris'.

ARE Y'ALL READY FOR THIS?

Cue rockin' roll music and air drum your fingers.

I DID IT!

The BEST advice I can give you...

READ Aris' post.

Here it is again if you missed it up there.

I followed her directions that lead me to 

Christi Fultz's tutorial.

*Read Christi's directions and then WATCH the video.

Don't be like ME and start workin' before you have

viewed that video...trust me.

When I was finished makin' the first image, I made 

a second and a third one.

I then dropped all three jpegs into 

www.makeagif.com

*Sign in with Facebook for free if you don't

want to use their watermark.  

After I had my gif saved, I then dropped 

the gif into 

www.photobucket.com

After I had my direct link from Photobucket, I 

then copied that and dropped it into 

http://tinyurl.com/

Final step, I used Christ Fultz's directions

again to input the TinyUrl code into TpT. 

*Aris...if by some magical chance you are readin' 

this, you seriously need to put up custom orders

for this flyin' banner thingy in your TpT store.

You will make billions.

I would like to be your first customer...please!

I'm not jokin'...have your people get with my people.

And by my people...I mean ME!  

I'm beggin' you!

I also made a banner thingy.

I'm a banner newbie,

so I will probably get tired of it in about three days

and want a new one.

I found a fun little tutorial on TpT...

and it was a freebie from Camping Store.

Some of you may be thinkin'...

"Whatevs Alison...

makin' banners

is SO last summer"

and guess what...

you would totally be right. 

I'm obviously late to the party.

In my defense...I DID take the past year

off from bloggin'...

just wanted to throw that back out there.

I need to give Stories by Storie a shout-out also.

She also wrote about changin' out your 

TpT store front last week and inspired

me to "just do it"!

Thank you!

I also made some "Pals" from Polka Dots and Pal's

Create-a-Pal Base Set

This was so F-U-N.  

It was like relivin' my childhood and playin' paper dolls.

I just couldn't decide which one suited me the best.

I wear my hair all of these different ways.

I'm horrible at makin' decisions.

I think everyone should make their own Pal!

Does anyone think these look like my favorite crazy pants?

I have a palazzo pant addiction...if you didn't already know.

Before we leave these two techy made-its...

Have y'all checked out the 

Technology Tribe Pinterest page?

You should think about followin'.

Lots of great technology pins have been added

from blogs and other sources 

in the past two weeks!

Thank you to Rachel Burden from 

180 Days to Happy for settin' it up.

I love butterflies.  

I'm pretty sure my classroom decor 

has an identity crisis every year.

The theme is supposed to be Rockstars,

but through the years I have added in pieces

of things I love...

butterflies & giraffes bein' the main additions.

I saw this outside of Kirkland's and I could NOT walk away.

It's wings were whisperin' my name.

Even better...it was on SALE with an additional 25% off.

I quickly ran inside and asked them if they would put it on hold for me.

After a little beggin' from me and the promise of a new fishin' reel,

Jerm took his truck back to pick it up and even put it

together for me.

So, I guess my "made it" is...I made Jerm

help me on his day off.

I'm lucky he loves me and my bossiness.

When I woke up on Saturday mornin' he was busy puttin' it
together for me and told me...
"You almost missed Monday Made It because you
were Sleepin' In On Saturday".
I love him!

I have no idea WHERE it's goin' to fit in my classroom.

I will have to make space....

 even if I have to put my desk...

on the ceilin'.

This was also on sale for $13....it had to come home with me too!

It will match my room...and might also have to go on

the ceilin'....yikes!

See if you can find a spot for it to fit...

See....I bet you didn't find a spot either...
no more room left to put anything except children.
*These are last year's beginnin' of the years pics.
I can't get in my room to work some magic until
Summer School is over and carpets are cleaned.

Everyone made such a big deal about 

Jerm's Corn Salsa & Key Lime Tart

from last week

that I had to get back 

into the kitchen with him...again.

You guys OWE me BIG time.

You know how much
I LOVE the kitchen.
*One day I'm goin' to get struck by lightnin'
as a punishment for my sarcasm.

Just look at all the love me bein' in the kitchen
got last week from my BBB's.

Ali from Teaching Powered by Caffeine

pretty much told me she loved me
(more than she already did)
 because she made Jerm's Corn Salsa...
minus the black beans

and jalapeno.
Her yummy creation made her happy...which
made me happy.

Erin from Miss Lifesaver
made Jerm's Corn Salsa too...
and some other yummies!
She even tagged me in a picture on FB.
I tagged Jerm and told him he is famous.
Miss Lifesaver KNOWS who the kitchen boss
is around here.
*Hint: It's not me.

Carol from Teachers are Terrific made the 

Key Lime Tart and sent me pictures.

She added toasted meringue to hers

and I'm goin' to be honest...her pictures

made me want to eat her tart...with a shovel.

She put mine to shame. 

Okay...focus Alison...

kitchen...cookin'...cute apron...torture.

Sandcastle Cake

Not sure where I got the pan...maybe T.J. Maxx

or Marshall's several years ago.

This past weekend was my mother-in-love's birthday

so we made this for her because she loves the beach.

The castle didn't want to come out of the pan, so 

we lost some of the towers, but that's okay...

we just added some candy for distractions.

(Swedish fish, seahorsies, and Sour Patch Kids)

The sand on the sandcastle is Vanilla Wafers.

I got chased out of the kitchen for tryin' to steal frostin'.

I didn't make y'all a cute recipe card this week

because we were in a hurry and used a cake mix.

You can just call us "Mr. and Mrs. Betty Crocker". 

I discovered somethin' while in the kitchen...

I still don't like bein' in there.

My friend Jamie from Life As I Know It... is havin' 

an awesome Back to School giveaway and 

asked me to join in the fun!

Make sure you head over to her blog for a chance

to win a $35 Amazon Gift Card and $15 to my TpT store.

I just put up a bundle of my best-seller Rockin' Behavior Beads.

Happy Monday, friends!