Joy and Monday Made It!

So I'm super duper excited. This afternoon my new maternity clothes came in! I'm 29 weeks now and all of a sudden my 2nd trimester clothes are too snug or short. :( I'm quickly running out of clothes to wear so I ordered some online last week. For those mommys out there, everytime I visit the doctor I measure at least 3-4 centimeters larger than average. So at my last check up (26 weeks) my belly measured 30 centimeters. My doctor's not worried but she laughed and said, "Wow, you're gonna have a big one!" I kinda expected that since my husband is a big guy. Anyway, I got 4 new shirts and a pair of pants and everything fit! Joy! :)

Also, I'm teaming up with Tara at 4th Grade Frolics to share a "Monday Made It"! This is my first...I'm not super crafty. Honestly, I can pick out cute stuff and mimic cuteness but I'm really not that creative. I do get lots of inspiration though from all these fabulous bloggin teachers! :)

I visited the Dollar Tree Saturday and bought 22 packs of addition flash cards for my students. We have "Meet the Teacher" night coming up July 23, so I need to get on my game! I saw an idea on a blog, don't remember whose it was, where you give your students a pack of flashcards with a cute note to welcome them back to school. I loved the idea and had to go get some of my own.

While I was there, I saw a super cute surfing themed tote bag for, you guessed it, $1! I do a beach theme in my room and just had to get it. I figured I would use it for my recess bag...my old one is looking a little scrappy. So here's what I did to "cute it up" a bit.

First I found a cute DJ inkers font I liked and typed it up on my laptop.

Then I just eyeballed it with a permanent marker on a sheet of paper.

After this, I put the notebook paper inside the bag and it was just dark enough so that I could trace it with a permanent marker on the bag. It was faint, so I had to kind of eyeball parts of it. I didn't press too hard with the permanent marker either, I just faintly outlined it. After I used the permanent marker to trace it, I got out my blue fabric paint and started tracing the letters. It spreads easily so you don't have to use a lot.

And here's my finished product! I messed up a little on the "g" but argh...oh well! Still looks cute. :)

My husband saw the finished bag and said, "Your letters look perfect, just like a font!" Ha!
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