M.I.A. and Favorite Pins !

Hello Ya'll, Sorry I have been M.I.A. had too much going on for the last few months. I am back in action, so here is my latest post. First up I am in LOVE with my new manicure and colors on my nails. I saw a picture of these colors and style on Pinterest and had to get it. This is how they look. I have linked the picture of nails to the Pinterest link.

                                             

                                                         

                                            My Favorite Organizational Pin
This is my plan for my closet organization this summer. I can't wait to do this in my closet.

My Favorite Home Decor Pin

I am thinking about making these for my bedroom. I think they would be cute in white and gray chevron, yellow, and aqua. Those are the colors of my new cover on my bed.

                                                My Favorite Printable Pin
I am going to print this for my bathroom and put it in a frame. It will go on my only empty wall, so it doesn't look so empty.

                                                             
                                           My Favorite Dessert pin
It looks just like my favorite ice cream, mint chocolate chip YUM-O!

                                         My Favorite Teacher Pin

I am going to make these for my class objectives in my classroom.

That's all Folks, for this week. Check back next week for my Favorite Pins.

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Friday's Five Pics

Here are my Five random pictures from today.

This first picture is my snack after a long week. Friday night I drink a glass of Moscato and eat some Trefoil GS cookies. It is the perfect treat after a long work week.

 This is a picture of my 2nd grade students make Wayne Thiebaud inspired pop art gumball machines. I got this idea from the blog, Sue Pelletier Laugh * Paint. My students love painting and they really enjoyed making these paintings.

This is a picture of some pink flowers that grow outside my home. My daughter is a real girly girl and loves the color pink. She is so in LOVE with these flowers and even gave a bouquet to her teacher.

This is my empty bulletin board the I need to complete. I have no good ideas right now, but hopefully will come up with an idea by Monday.

 This is a picture of my 3rd grade students doing op art. This one of my student's finished projects. I got the idea and directions from Art with Mrs. Brown. Her site is awesome and includes great ideas with some of her powerpoints.

 Go Link up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for Five for Friday!

Let's Get Acquainted - Skittles Game

The Skittles Game 

Red- Favorite Ice Cream Flavor Mint chocolate chip ice cream, I have loved this flavor since I was little. It started because my favorite color is green, so I had to try the green ice cream. Ever since trying it, I have LOVED it !

 Orange - Favorite Memory from College
In college my roommate and I would go on road trips with very little money. We had the most fun and I have lasting memories of all these crazy trips. We went to Atlanta, GA, Myrtle Beach, SC, and some beach in Mississippi, besides the endless trips back to Detroit.

  Yellow- Favorite Sports Team I like to watch basketball, so my favorite team is the Detroit Pistons. I have to stick with my hometown favorite : )

 Green - Favorite Fast Food Place My favorite fast food place is Zaxbys. I love the fried chicken house zalad with honey french dressing, so GOOOOOD!!!!

Purple - Wild Card (Tell anything about yourself)
I have always wanted to learn to ride a motorcycle.  I think this bike is the perfect choice, what do you think?

Go Link up to Flying into First Grade

Pinspired Birds

In honor of spring, my classes have been doing art projects with birds.

The 2nd graders made birdhouse collages, then sponge painted their birds. I saw this project on a pin that came from a Flickr photo.
Here are a few of my favorites:

The 5th graders have been making Angry Bird pop art projects. The kids really enjoyed getting a chance to draw Angry Birds, especially the boys. I first got the idea from a pin I saw from Artsonia.
Take a look at some of their artwork. I found a cool game and handout on  Expressive monkey and the students used this as a guide for making the Angry Birds. We then added a contrasting background using black and 1 or 2 other colors of construction paper.

 

Here's my favorite one, hers is so creative and cute! I love how she took some artistic freedom on her version of her angry bird.

Two Linkys in One

 I am linking up to the Let's get Acquainted, It's the Favorites Survey

Favorite Place to Shop

DSW - I love shoes, like every other girl : )

Favorite Sweet Treat

Red Velvet Cheesecake or Oreo Cheesecake, I can't decide both are SOOOO GOOOD!

Favorite TV show

Scandal, if you watch you understand. If you don't and you like a suspense filled, action packed drama, this is a MUST SEE.

Favorite Food

My mom's mac and cheese, it's so cheesy. YUM-O!

Favorite Restaurant

My favorite restaurant is The Cheesecake Factory. I love that the menu is huge and it offers so many options. I've had many things there and everything I've had is so good!

It's that time again to link up with , the new Currently for April

Go link up with Farley at

Let's Get Acquainted - Noun Game

I am linking up with Latoya at Flying into First Grade. This week's Let's Get Acquainted Linky is the noun game. You have to name your favorite person, place, thing, and animal.

My Favorite person is my daughter. She's makes my day with her silly faces, hugs and kisses, and 5,000 questions each day. This is a one of my favorite pictures of her from a couple of years ago.

My favorite place is New York City. I love all the lights, noise, and excitement. There is always something going on and the city never sleeps. I always find a new place to eat, shop, and a new show to go to on Broadway.

My favorite thing is my iPad. I use it to take videos, watch movies, check my email, play games, read books, and all types of other things. It is something I can't live without and even my daughter loves to play on it when I let her.

My favorite animal is a zebra. I am fascinated with their striped pattern.

 

New Blog Design!!!!

YEAAHHHH, I got a new blog design!
 I am so excited and I absolutely LOOOOVVVEEE it! It includes my favorite colors and bright patterns.

Thanks to Nancy @Joy of Kindergarten. She was so nice and worked with me to make my blog design perfect. If you are interested in a new blog design, check out her site Uniquely Yours Blog design. Let me know how you like it : )

Five for Friday

I am linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for Five for Friday.

1. I finished posting the fifth graders, Trees of Life on my board this week. This idea came from the blog Art Projects for Kids. I have gotten lots of great feedback about these paintings from the teachers and parents.

2.  The fourth graders finished working on their newspaper collage cats. I got this idea from the blog Fine Lines and the kids loved making them!

3. Thumbs up from the kindergarteners on the Do a dot paint. They loved using this paint to make flowers this week.

4.  Today I got an early start, so I awarded myself with an Apple Chai Tea from Starbucks. That really gave me a great start for a long day: )

5.  WOOOHOOOOO, it's Friday !!!!!!!!!!
 I found this pin and thought it expressed what I plan to do this weekend.

Start your weekend off right by linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching.

Let's Get Acquainted

I am linking up to Flying Into First Grade, Let's Get Acquainted Linky

C - Cheesecake Factory
The Cheesecake Factory is my FAVORITE restaurant. I like all the choices they have on their huge menu and all the food is really great. I also LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the cheesecake of course !

V - Vacations : ) 
V was a hard letter to find something for, but I finally found it! Vacations, the perfect v word. Spring Break, Summer Break, and etc.... I love all the free time,  sleeping late, and

N - Nail Polish
I love brightly colored nail polish! I like to paint my nails in bright colors and normally have two different colors on. My kids really appreciate all the color and comment on it how much they like the colors.

So go link up and Let's Get Acquainted : )

Valentine's Day in the Artroom

This week we began doing artwork inspired by Valentine's Day and hearts. Most of the projects were based on artwork from famous artists such as Paul Klee and Burton Morris.

Kindergarten completed tissue paper "stain glass like" hearts.

1st Grade began a lesson that I found on A Faithful Attempt and was inspired by Paul Klee. My kids had a great time doing these drawings and using the rulers.

4th and 5th grade made "pop art" heart pinspired from the blog, Kids Artists. I LOVE how these hearts came out! So colorful and all unique.

Go and create some V-Day Art!

Feb Currently!

It's that time again to link up with Farley for the monthly Currently

Go check the other everyone else's Currently too at Oh' Boy 4th Grade

5 for Five Linky and Dr. King

Here are my 5 for Five Goals for this week...

1.  Eat breakfast at home at least 3 days this week.

2.  Get clothes ready for the work the night before, I can be indecisive and this causes me to run late in the morning.

3.  Get some personal reading done as well as reading for school.

4.  Make a menu plan for the week and stick with it.

5.  Get some ideas for Valentines Day started.

Go link up and let's see what we can get accomplished this week !

I leave you with a few quotes from Dr. King in Celebration of him and his life...

"Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better." 

"The time is always right to do what is right." 
- - Martin Luther King Jr.