It's All in the Packaging

I am a firm believer that the packaging of a gift makes a HUGE difference. I will use these little gifts for a Secret Santa we do at school. I don't know who I have and I like to do several things, so I always look for inexpensive things to use. But, when packaged up really cute---nobody even thinks about the fact that most of it came from the dollar section.

Okay--see the cute little label on the can---that's my chalkboard vinyl---makes my cute*dollar bin*4th of July--it looks cute, huh?

SANTA

I just love these SANTA letters. I am getting into the glitter thing. The S is covered completely with glitter and the hat on the T is glittered up also. I have decided that painted these wooden letters is a lot more work than my usual of covering them with scrapbook paper.
edited: The glitter---I am just painting it with Mod Podge and then sprinkling the glitter on. I fee like it is still coming off, but it is way better than when I tried with Elmer's glue. I did a test run on a piece of wood that wasn't painted and I think it has stayed better on the unpainted wood than the painted. But, the I was afraid you would be able to see that it wasn't painted underneath.

Countdown to Christmas

I have been getting some things done in  my time off and I will post them throughout the week. This little project I just did last night, but I am so excited about it, that I will share it first. I thought it would be fun to have a little countdown to Christmas on my classroom door.  (One of the other teachers has a candy countdown she does, which I may still incorporate.) So, I bought this cool frame at DI before Halloween---it was very ugly gold---I spray painted it red---in the freezing cold last night.  Then I cut the words out with my Silhouette--they are applied on top of the glass. Next I cut a piece of scrapbook paper, which is sitting behind the glass. One of the coolest things on this is the little spot for the number---it is chalkboard vinyl---way cool...I just cut the little design on my Silhouette. I can definitely see cool things coming with this. Can you tell I like it??  I am going to hang it on my classroom door (I think)---and let the kids change the day.