Have to Change my Blog

Thank you to EVERYONE that has been so kind to me and sending me wonderful wishes and leaving nice comments.  I have not posted for a while because over the past few days I have received some VERY NASTY messages regarding my BLOG name and my designs.  According to a particular person, she says she has decided to copyright the name "Classroom Couture" and that I will not be able to use those words again.  Then she THREATENS me with a LAWYER and then said I STOLE her designs.  Well, let me just post it here in black and white, I DID NOT STEAL ANY ONE'S DESIGN.  My son and I designed them all BY OURSELVES!  He is a graphic designer and draws my concept on his computer using his Illustrator Program and I have a background in interior design as it is stated right here on my blog.  I am so, so sadden by the attack I received and the threats.  Now I know all about cyber bullying.  WOW... I am utterly shocked.

So, because of this, I am closing down my blog, closing down my TPT and Teachers Notebook stores.  If you do want to still follow me, please visit my original blog @ http://classfullofspecialkinders.blogspot.com

Thank you to all of you that have supported me this short time.  I truly appreciate your kindness.

Sadly and with so much sorrow,

Jeannie

Goodbye Summer!

It is time for me to say goodbye to summer.  It is a bittersweet time as I hate to give up my mornings of sleeping in and nights of staying up past 2 AM but then I am anxious to get back to a normal routine and meet my new kiddos.  After my vacation to Alaska, which was incredible (hubby and the kids caught over 22 Salmon).  They were happy.  Me, not so much because that means we have to eat over 70 pounds of fish.  Looks like I need to have a Salmon Bake Party!!

Well, I managed to get into my classroom this week and finish up some of the decorating.  I don't know what is wrong with me.  I just can't seem to get it finished.  I start something then move on to another area then get distracted... I think I am beginning to have a Love-Hate relationship to Pinterest.  It makes me feel like I have ADD!!  :-)

I start back on Tuesday and still have to do a few finishing touches before then. Thank goodness our Principal is kind enough to open the school for us today and tomorrow.  I still want to put my numbers on the floor for line-up and my saying on the outside of my classroom (which I will be doing with my cricut and some vinyl).

Here is what my classroom looks like now.  Added just a few things.  Thank you to Caitlin Clabby from Kindergarten Smiles for the shape posters I put up on the white board, Live, Love, Laugh Kindergarten for the number posters, and Miss Nelson for the Transportation Display.  I love that they all fit with my classroom colors.  I know I could have made them myself but I love to incorporate others ideas into my class environment.  So thank you to these talented ladies!

Will be MIA for the next 2 weeks!

Well, the time has finally arrived.  Off to Alaska.  Nope, not my choice of vacation but gotta give the hubby a nice Vacation at least once in our 30 years of marriage!  Actually it will be fun.  My parents, 2 children and daughter-in-law are all going on the cruise and we can't wait.  I will not have internet access on the ship (very limited and expensive) so I will be having withdrawals I am sure.  It is amazing how much I have grown to depend on my technology and actually feel really helpless without it.  Of course Mr. H. is happy about this because now I will actually have to talk to him!  Oh wait, he will regret he said that after 24 hours with me in a small cabin on a ship in the middle of the ocean.  He will be ready to fork over the money for the internet!  So my bloggy friends, I will be thinking of you and wondering who has done what to their room, who has made what or who has posted a new TPT or Teachers Notebook item.  Have a great couple of weeks and I will be blog stalking when I return!

Blessings,

Jeannie

Award Time

Thank you to Crystal over at Ms. Jones' Junction for giving me this award! Please go over to her blog and check it out. It is adorable!

http://msjonesjunction.blogspot.com/

For receiving this award I will need to... 1. Follow the person who gave me the award... check! 2. Link back to the person that gave me the award... check! 3. Pass to 15 (I'm doing 6 for now) new bloggers and then let them know they have received the award... check!! So I am passing this wonderful award to the following blogs:

Ahoy Matey! New Theme! Arrrgh!

Ok, that title is silly! But I love our new Pirate theme. My son, the very talented Graphic Designer, designed the "pencil and ruler" pirate theme so it could really be used with any age group. I ADORE how these came out. I hope you will too! Please visit my Teachers Notebook store to purchase and download.

http://www.teachersnotebook.com/product/Mrs.H/pirate-theme

August Currently

I have linked up with Farley from Oh Boy 4th Grade to list our what we are doing, wishing for and wanting for August.  It really is kinda cute because you get to meet some new bloggers and read what everyone wants.  To link up, visit Farley over at: http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com

A little more work done!

Okay, the post title sounds like I had plastic surgery or something!  Oh, how I would love that.  A little nip and tuck, okay, I would need A LOT of nips and A LOT of tucks!  But this post isn't about that.  It is about a little more work done in my classroom today.  I managed to get some things accomplished but not everything which really saddens me because I will not be able to get into my class until I get back from Alaska.  Which is the 20th.  Good thing we don't start back to school until the 4th of September or I would be in serious trouble.  Some parts of my room still look like a pack of wolves decided to den there!

Well since I am on a tangent of random posting, I might as well add this as well.  I was contacted by the Dean of ECSE at CSUS to see if I would be willing to become a mentor teacher and have a student teacher this fall.  WHAT?  Was she serious?  I am ONLY entering my 3rd year teaching and they want me to be a mentor?  I really thought someone was playing a joke on me.  But no, it is true.  My district highly recommended me and Dr. BR was serious.  She already gave the student teacher my contact information.  I am so honored but scared to death at the same time.  SO - if anyone reads this and you happen to be a mentor teacher, PLEASE, PRETTY PLEASE with cherries on top, send me some advice.  ANY advice would be so appreciated!

OK... with that being said, here are some of my transformations in my room.  This is not completely finished yet, still working on areas but I did make some pretty good progress today.  Oh, I don't know who's blog I read this on, but whoever gave me the idea of using contact paper to change the color of your desk/table tops, you are a Genius!  A very patient GENIUS!  I love the idea and did use it to put on my desk and a couple of the tables BUT... BUBBLES.. BUBBLES... UGH!  Those horrible BUBBLES.  I tried using a credit card, ruler, wet sponge, my thumb and I almost used my hammer but decided I really needed a desk so I probably shouldn't take it out on the desk!  I had to just walk away from it.  I love what it looks like from a distant though!  Check out the before and afters.....

 Yep, I am missing the month of September.  For the life of me I cannot find it. Guess that means I don't have to start school until October!

 Aren't these just the cutest little chairs you have ever seen?  I LOVE them!

 I download this from somewhere, I really am SO bad about not remembering.  Please, if you see this and you were the one who did it, please email me so I can give you credit.  I did however have it blown up to poster size at SamsClub (for $5) and then mod podged it on to a canvas.  I need to add a bow or something.  I am still thinking about that one!

 Of course, I am ALL about the BLING!  Notice my crystal rhinestones on the letters?  Hard to see in the picture but they really are CUTE!!

 One of my Pinterest inspirations.  Got the letters at Hobby Lobby on sale for $4 then added scrapbook paper and of course "Mod Podge"

 I actually had a person comment on this photo before and tell me she didn't like it because she said it was way too busy.  What are your thoughts?  Does it look too busy?

                                                     Bling Bling!

                                       Before the BUBBLE  contact paper

                                   AFTER the BUBBLE Contact paper

                                       The sign says: Quiet Spot Caddy

 I use a "Quiet Spot" in my room and fill it with sensory manipulative's so my   kiddos can take a break and get some frustration out if needed.

 This is my color of the week/month wall and the big clip indicates what color we are working on.

                   I use the same big clips for the alphabet of the week as well.

 Desk with BUBBLE contact paper but no white paper on the cabinet behind my desk yet.  Oh and no computer.  SAD story... my lovely computer that was donated by OO.com through DonorsChoose.org broke.  It just crashed after only 3 months.  It is in the repair shop getting a whole new motherboard.  That doesn't sound good!

 Cabinet with white paper.  Still need to put the borders around it.  BLUE TAPE ladies.. just hang it with Blue Tape.  I love that stuff and it sticks all year!

 OOPS!  Had to show those CUTE little chairs again.  I wish I could just sit in them.  Goldilocks ring a bell? Little Bears chair ringing a bell?  I would be more like GoldiROCKS.... as in HEAVY rocks that smashes cute, little, pink chairs!

 My made over FREE Craigslist find!  Turned it into a dramatic play cabinet!

I am still on the prowl, hunt, gotta find spree for another cute rug for here.  Candyland not cutting the decor!  We will still use the candyland rug to play the game though.  The pieces are huge and the kiddos love to play that game.

Thanks for letting me ramble on and on and on... I really am loving my room this year and just know it is going to be a happy little place (wish it was the Happiest place on earth like Disneyland but I will have to settle for happy little place!).

Good night everyone!  Have a FABULOUS weekend!

Blessings.....