Back to School Teacher's Gift!

Our vacation week is over!

I am sad because it means school starts Monday.

I love summer vacation and it seems to have been so short this year!
But, I am looking forward to the school year too! Fall gets to be so busy, but it is the kind of busy I LOVE!!!!!

The kids are excited to go to school and have lots of great memories from summer!
The past week I only did a little of this:

(I love how this sign turned out! It was a custom order for the store we are in here locally!)

While work was light this week, enjoyment was PLENTIFUL! It was HOT, but we still had fun! I packed up the kids and visited my parents in South Alabama. We spent a day at the Exploreum (this really fun hands on Science/Learning/Museum thingie!). We packed up and went to spend a day at the shore in Fairhope. We got there and within 5 minutes of making the trek from the car, unpacking and getting settled.....jellyfish. Big ones too! Lots of them. So we played in the sand, got a little wet, them packed it in and headed to the splash pad at the outdoor mall.

The picture below was before we found the jellyfish.

The splash pad was a great replacement. My older two went and read books at Barnes and Nobles (with their Grandpa), and Grandma and I hung out in the shade watching the younger 3 splash.

We went to the movies, did some shopping,returned to the Exploreum for a second dose, ate out and refereed lots of sibling fights! Now we are home and I owe you guys a project!

This is a quick one! It was a custom order from the store for a Back to School gift for a teacher! What teacher wouldn't love to received one of these for her door?

I cut a 1/4 inch piece of MDF to 8x8 inches.

Painted the front, sides and back white. Sanded the edges when it dried.

I cut a zebra background in black vinyl. If you don't have a vinyl cutter (cricut, silhouette, etc.) you could freehand and paint the background, or print off a zebra print using a laser printer. There are also lots of zebra scrapbook papers you could mod-podge on! After getting the zebra print on, I applied the name in Hot pink!

I had so much fun making the background for this that I also formatted the following backgrounds:

houndstooth

polka dot

checker board

damask

floral

To finish it off, I picked a hot pink coordinating ribbon. Prior to tying the ribbon on, I sealed it with a brush on clear coat (I prefer DecoArts Americana Satins)

To complete this project, you need the following

1- 8x8 MDF 1/4 inch board

White paint and foam brush

Drill (or stapler if you prefer to staple your ribbon on)

Zebra Print background ( Vinyl, hand drawn, printed or scrapbook paper)

Vinyl Name/monogram or die cut paper

Clear Coat (Decoart Americana Satins)

If you want the zebra (or other backgrounds) in vinyl just email me!