Asian Beauty by Scraps of Ellay

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Scraps of Ellay and Misty O'Brien Designs worked together and created a gorgeous kit called Asian Beauty. You are really going to love this one! Check out the preview...

The first thing I thought of when I saw this kit was the Botanical Garden we have here on Miami Beach. It's small and I know people who have lived here their entire life that didn't even realize it existed. I've attended a really pretty wedding there and somewhere in this garden there is a micro geocache that we have been trying to find FOREVER!

Here are a couple of layouts that I've made with this awesome kit...




For more layout inspiration visit Ellay's blog and head on over to the Scraps of Ellay store at STS to buy the kit. It's on sale right now!

I think I need a vacation...already!

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I woke up around 7:30 this morning and had a mini freak out thinking I had slept late. Once I figured out it was Saturday and I didn't have to be anywhere I fell back to sleep.

I woke up again about an hour later with the phone in my hand. I have no idea if I tried to call someone or if the phone rang and I answered it without really waking up. No one I know has said anything about having a strange conversation with me this morning. lol!

I just hope I wasn't trying to order fajitas in my sleep. LOL!

And the kids keep coming!

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The first week of school has ended and overall I have to say that it was a very good week for me. I'm tired, but happy with how my class has adjusted so far.

The thing I'm not happy about---getting another student on Monday. It will be student number 24! Apparently, Dade County doesn't see the need to worry about that silly little state law that says there should be no more than 18 kindergarten students in a class.

The worst part of it all is feeling guilty about not wanting that many students. I look at their smiling faces and know that my room wouldn't be the same without them, but still daydream of hearing that another teacher has been hired.

All this stress isn't good for me so I treated myself to those fajitas. LOL! The cute delivery guy showed up looking cute, of course. He had his smile all ready for me as soon as I opened the door. It was the perfect way to end the week!

STS Speed Scrap!

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Scraps of Ellay is hosting a speed scrap at Stuff to Scrap. You should check it out ! I promise you'll have fun and you'll get an awsome participation prize!



Here's what you get for attending...



Have fun!

Man, oh man!

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Tonight Orange Croc Guy told me that I haven't been any fun lately. The first week of school zaps your energy and your fun. lol!

I got another student today and yes it was a boy. That's 23 kids and 16 of them are boys.

If I make it to Friday, I'm celebrating by ordering fajitas. Now, that will be fun!!! lol!

My First Day by Flower Scraps

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Here's an adorable kit for scrapping all those back to school pictures...



Deanna has really outdone herself with this kit! The colors of the papers and the elements are just amazing!

Sadly, I haven't had the time or the energy to play with the kit since we had our first day of school, but I did make a layout and use a picture of my buddy, Vincent.
Since Vincent is now in second grade the picture is only a couple of years old. LOL!



Keep an eye on FlowerScraps blog for an add-on to the kit and for more layout inspiration. Make sure you visit her store to buy the kit.

I survived the first day of school

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Today was the first day of school and everything went well. Right now I have 22 students---15 boys and 7 girls.

I was planning on taking a break from my post card project this year, but I had a parent change my mind today. She didn't speak much English, but she came in asked if I was "The postcard lady" and handed me a postcard from Tampa. How can I not do the postcard project after that?

If you can please send a postcard to my class from your town, state and/or vacation spot it would be awesome. We use these in class to learn about other places and compare them to where we live. I've done this project for a few years now and it is always such a big hit with the kids in my class. There is nothing they love more then receiving these postcards from far away and not so far away places.

The kids I teach don't get to travel. We have all kinds of awesome things to see and do here in Miami but most of my students won't or do any of them any time soon. Many of them have never been anywhere but the neighborhood they live in. As hard as it is to believe, every year I have students who have never been to the beach and we are surrounded by the ocean.

The postcards you send open up the world to these kids in more ways then you can imagine. After reading the postcards and looking at the pictures, we locate the area on a map. This opens up discussions about how far away it is from Miami, what would be the best way to travel there, is their weather similar to ours, what makes this place like or different from where we live, etc.

We'll be collecting the postcards all year long so anytime you can send would be awesome. Here's our address...

Ms. Brown's Class
Greynolds Park Elementary
1536 N.E. 179th Street
North Miami Beach, FL 33162

Thank you so much for helping us! If there's something I can do to help with your or your child's class just ask!