Teacher Appreciation Week

As many of you know, this week is Teacher Appreciation week.  At my son's school they are having a spirit week in honor of those awesome teachers!  Today we were to send a note or email to a teacher we appreciate.  My son made his own but I wanted to send something too.  And the girls at eighteen25 gave me the perfect one!

I made this exactly as they did here. (free download alert!) Plus it meant I got to head to Starbucks for gift cards, sleeves, and a little something extra for me...venti, decaf, caramel macchiato, single shot, with whip (I know, I like sugar milk with a splash of coffee).  :)  I made one for each of my son's teachers.

I got this lovely twine over at The Twinery.  Their sample pack was perfect for me!  Just for fun I made one card with green and one card with turquoise.

On Thursday the spirit activity at my son's school is to bring flowers.  I decided to take my own twist on that.  So I made a pencil bouquet.

I grabbed some scrapbook flowers, fancy brads and some glue dots.  In the dollar section of target I found these adorable green pencils which made the perfect stems.

Here is the whole "flower."

Some glass beads in the cute flower pot I picked up at Michaels made the perfect base for my bouquet of pencils.

I designed my own pencil topper but I found the poem here.    I decided to also attach it to a pencil.  I love how it turned out!  Most of the digital products on this topper came from Crystal.  Check her stuff out.   It's awesome!

Have you made anything fun for a teacher in your life?  Link us up in the comments so we can share the inspiration!