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Mom Necklace Giveaway

posted by cindylouh on April 28th, 2009 | Giveaways |

JULIAN & Co. was created by a fashion forward mom who couldn't find a baby bracelet small enough to fit her premature son.

Using Julian's own hand and feet prints, a signature line was born about love for families. Each piece personalized one at a time.

For the perfect Mother's Day gift, use coupon code STML-MOTHERSDAY for $10 off your order.

Win it! We have a Modern Locket necklace to give away to a Skip To My Lou reader drawn at random. Leave a comment sharing your favorite JULIAN & Co. piece by Sunday at midnight.

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Apples for Teacher Appreciation Week

posted by cindylouh on April 27th, 2009 | Uncategorized |

Placing large baskets of apples in the teacher's lounge during Teacher Appreciation Week (May 4 - 9, 2009) is a nice healthy treat. To make them extra special attach leaves with special notes.

Teacher Appreciation Apple Leaves

Download and print out the teacher appreciation leaves onto green cardstock.

Cut out and hot glue leaves to toothpicks or the stem of the apples.

The apples won't last as long if they are pierced with a toothpick, so when possbible glue to the stem of the apple.

Don't forget to check out these Teacher Appreciation Ideas!

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Free May Day Gift Tags

posted by cindylouh on April 24th, 2009 | May Day, Uncategorized |

Next Friday is May Day. If you haven't guess I love May Day! A child's watering can make the perfect container for flowers. I found the pink one at JoAnn's Fabrics and the purple one at the Dollar Store.

=May Day Gift Tags

Download the May Day poem gift tags, attach to your May flowers and you have a great little May Day treat for your friends.

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May Day Ideas

posted by cindylouh on April 23rd, 2009 | Uncategorized |

Okay you have probably guessed that I love May Day! Today I am sharing more May Day Ideas over at AlphaMom. Please skip on over there to find out how to make May Day Baskets when you have no flowers growing in your yard.

Be sure to check out more May Day ideas in the left side bar categories section.

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Recycled May Day Baskets

posted by cindylouh on April 22nd, 2009 | May Day |

We are celebrating Earth Day by getting a head start on our May Day Baskets.

We used tall tin cans (the ones pasta sauce comes in), a coat hanger for the handle, a piece of brown paper grocery bag cut with scalloped scissors and a piece of twine. The cans would be extra sweet with a scrap of pretty scrapbook paper, or fabric and pretty ribbon tied around the middle or you could paint the can. We pierced holes for the handles by nailing a nail in each side of the can.

Make the handle long (ours was about 18 inches) so it will fit over a door knob when filled with flowers.

Interested in other eco friendly crafts? Check out how to make cloth napkins and how to make a zippered pouch from recycled juice bags.

You will find more ways to celebrate May Day here.

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