I Don't Know What Happened

Hi, y'all. As you know, it's been a long time since I've posted anything new here on my little blog.

I decided to check on things and clean up dead links, etc.

Somehow, the Google decided I wanted it to send out an email to my followers with links to several posts. I don't know how that happened.

I'm sorry if that inconvenienced any of you. Hopefully it doesn't happen again until I actually post something new, which may or may not happen.

Cynthia

Wordless Wednesday: My Grandchildren!

I know you're shocked that I would use a Wordless Wednesday to share pictures of my grandchildren, but here they are. These are all from a recent trip to California by my Georgia grandchildren, The Model and Number 6.

The Athlete, The Model, Miss Sunshine, and Number 6

The Monster and The Princess

Miss Sunshine and Number 6

The Athlete and The Model

The Princess and The Model

The Monster, The Princess, and The Model

Okay, this is where you leave a comment telling me how adorable my grandchildren are! Thanks.

DIY Filing Cabinet Makeover

Guess what, y'all! I went and got crafty! I know! Who would have thought?

Well, my foray into craftiness was brought about by necessity. See, the teacher who was in my classroom before me left me 3 filing cabinets when he retired. Apparently his filing system included using a sharpie on the outside of the cabinets themselves.

It took me a while to decide what I wanted to do with the cabinets, but I knew I wanted to do something. Whatever I did had to be fairly simple because I needed to work on it during the school day between classes and during lunch. I couldn't take the cabinets apart because they were already full, and there was no room in the classroom to conveniently store the contents while I worked on them. Also, it needed to be cheap. If I'm going to spend a lot of money in my classroom, it needs to be for something that will directly benefit my students -- books for example.

At first, I tried using decorative scrapbooking paper, but that tore too easily. Then I hit on the idea of colorful duct tape. I was able to do one drawer at a time without leaving a big mess for the kids to get into to. It was easy enough for uncrafty me to do and still looks good. Here are some pictures in progress and finished.

 

 

 

I used a variety of patterns of Duck brand duct tape plus a washi tape trim to make it look tidy and finished.

I'm really happy with the way it turned out. It adds quite a bit to the classroom. 

What projects have you done with the decorative duct tape?