And the winner is...

Thank you to everyone who entered this super fun giveaway! I wish all of you could win. But there can only be one, so congratulations to....

Rafflecopter randomly chooses one person from all of the entries. It looks like Emmalee was entry #155 and chose the option to "Follow my blog".

Awesome!

Congratulations!! I have your email address (blacked out above for privacy). I will send it to Katie at Wise Decor and she will be contacting you soon!

Let me know which Wall Word you choose! :) 

Giveaway!

I am so excited to be hosting this giveaway for all of my blogger friends and followers!

Katie at Wise Decor Decorating contacted me asking if I would like to do a Giveaway and product review of their Wall Words products. This family-run business has been creating custom decorative wall decals, words, and quotes to help us decorate our homes since 2003. 

I jumped at the chance because let me tell you...my friends and family are obsessed with vinyl decals like the Wall Words and Wall Decals! 

In fact, about two years ago I somehow talked my husband to let me put a huge vinyl "wish" on our old bedroom wall :) It is beautiful and I am secretly hoping we have a baby girl one day so we can keep it up since that room would be the nursery. 

Katie was kind enough to let me choose the Wall Words I would be reviewing :) This was a difficult yet easy process. 

Difficult because there is SO MUCH TO CHOOSE FROM...and I wanted to choose just the right one! They even have a special spot dedicated to classroom-perfect Wall Decals! 

On the other hand, choosing my Wall Words was super easy because their selection, editing, and ordering process is fool-proof! There are many colors, fonts, and sizes to choose from that make it all that much more fun and personalized to you and the space you intend to place the product!

So here is the quote I chose

Students may forget what you said, 

but they will never forget how you made them feel

I decided on this very special quote because I felt like I might need this reminder throughout this school year in particular. Being a National Boards Candidate I have been told that I will be overwhelmed, stressed, unsure of myself, and constantly challenged, busy, out of time...I don't ever want to lose sight of why I am teaching nor why I am going for my National Boards. I believe in the power of quotes and positive thoughts, and this one is perfect!

FYI: I chose purple... my favorite color :)

When I received my package (YAY!) I was a little nervous because applying the "wish" in my bedroom was extremely challenging (not a Wise Decor Decorations product). At one point I wanted to just rip it all down and throw it away! Thankfully my husband is much more level headed than I am and was able to help me get it on our wall. So I was a little apprehensive to be applying these Wall Words all on my own. 

Included in the package were step by step directions and a little squeegee to help support me.

All I needed was my Wall Words, masking tape, pencil, ruler and the squeegee. Five easy steps later...voila!  It was on the wall! I love it!!!! 

It is in the perfect spot... my work space at home. I spend A LOT of time in that chair!

Now for the Giveaway! You have many chances to enter (using the Rafflecopter below) and win your own $75 gift certificate to Wise Decor Decorations! Hurry, hurry! You have until Sunday (8/25/13) night to enter! I will announce the winner Monday morning!

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Good luck!

100 Follower Giveaway!

EEEEKKKK! 100 followers :)

To celebrate all of you wonderful bloggers following my little 'ol blog I just had to put together a giveaway... but what to give away?

How about my Favorite Things??!!!  

To start, five has been my FAVORITE number since I was in the 4th grade, joined The Net Wreckers (soccer of course) and was handed a jersey with the number 5 on it :) 

So included in my giveaway are 

My 5 Favorite Things

My first favorite thing:

I can't live with out my digital clip art these days and my go to doodler is Kirsten from KPM Doodles! I first found her when I was looking for pirate clip art for my new classroom theme. Since then I just can't stop buying her super cute doodles! I LOVE that you can purchase combo packages where the doodles come in color and in black and white! Kirsten is offering Winner's Choice (one COMBO pack or two single packages).

          

My Second Favorite Thing:

 Fonts and borders. Jennifer from Hello Literacy has the greatest font choices, and she offers many for free! I am thankful for her free font downloads that I have found other ways to support her by purchasing and LOVING her doodle borders! Jennifer is offering one of her her most popular items: Rainbow Words. Thank you Jennifer!

My Third Favorite Thing:

All things Mrs. Bainbridge (classroom website and blog). I discovered her classroom website by accident two years ago. She has a PLETHORA of classroom files for teachers to download for free! I use her Morning Meeting greeting and activity cards every day! My students totally look forward to our Morning Meetings and the fun ways we will greet each other. Christina is offering a Winner's Choice: Any one item from her store!! I personally LOVE her Flippy Books!

My Fourth Favorite Thing:

Dreamlike MAGIC :) Ahhhhh even the name just makes my heart happy!  Alicia has the brightest, most fun, cute, and exciting background papers, borders, frames, flags, invitations, blog designs and FREEBIES!!! I just love following her and sprucing up my stuff with her AWESOME products! Alicia is gifting my giveaway winner a $15 credit to use toward her store! EKKK! Can I enter my own giveaway, lol, kidding!

My Fifth Favorite Thing:

Finally feeling like I am getting the hang of creating useful documents using my computer. Creating quick and simple documents on my computer has always been pretty easy for me. But creating deeper, more meaningful, aligned, cross-curricular documents has been more of a challenge for me. A FUN CHALLENGE! As you can tell by my first two favorite things, I love purchasing and downloading clipart and fonts to help inspire me and help me just feel better about my documents. So I am offering my most favorite item in my TPT store right now. The Calendar Math Yearlong Workbook!! 

This document is PACKED with teacher guidance pages, cover options, monthly calendars (with and without clip art), hundred's chart, tally recorder, student resource page, and 10 different monthly worksheets. It is intended that one month will focus on one of the worksheets all month.. Every month is a little different, slowly increasing the level of difficulty. Give you students the opportunity to write, solve, and prove what they are learning during your calendar routine!

Ok, so how do you win My Five Favorite Things Giveaway??  Enter below and cross your fingers my friends! Next Wednesday (well I guess early early Thursday morning) the winner will be revealed! YAY! Good luck! And thank you again for helping me reach 100+ followers! I appreciate all of you!

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