Monday Made It- August 15

 I have a couple new Monday Made It's today and one of them is the reveal of the big project that I have been working on!!   

I decided that I wanted a framed mirror for my bedroom, but I did not want to spend a lot of money on it.  I had an old dresser mirror sitting around. 

Look below to see the finished project! 

Before...

This was a $6 picture that I bought at Goodwill.  I was not a fan of the picture, but the frame was exactly what i was looking for.  So, I took out the picture and put in my mirror instead.  

After...

Sorry for the bad lighting, but as you can see the mirror fit perfectly and was much cheaper than going and buying an already framed mirror!  You will have to check back next week to see where I put it in my bedroom.  HINT: It may have something to do with my sneak peek!

I absolutely LOVE the Olympics!  I spend way too much time watching TV during Olympic time.  So, it is probably a good thing that it only happens every 2 years for 2 weeks! Anyone else love the Olympics?

Last year, I started adding reading passages for holidays and big events to my TPT store.  I was hoping to make a bunch more this summer, but summer has gotten away from me and I have just created my first reading passage and what do you think the event is??  Yep, it is the Olympics!  Click the picture below to purchase this reading passage for only $2!

This reading passage is the first passage of a new reading passage series that I am starting called "When, Where and Why".  This series is going to include reading passages that give the history of past events in our country and around the world.  Each passage will have kid friendly language that explains the event with new vocabulary for students.  Follow my store to be updated when more passages in this series are added!

This is the BIG project that I have been working on for weeks.  It is FINALLY done and I could not be happier with the end result. 

Before...

I bought this dresser for only $35!  The dresser was in great shape, but just not my style.  

After...

Here is the same dresser with a little chalk paint and new hardware!  Oh, and of course I had to buy some new decorations for it!  I am so happy with how it turned out and loved using chalk paint.  I will definitely use chalk paint again in the future.

Well, I am going to go back to laying by the pool and relaxing as this is my last week off before I start school back up!   Come back next week to see some of my classroom reveal this year!

Monday Made It July!

Somehow, the month of July got away for me and I did not create many projects and did not post even one time a Monday Made It.  I spent most of July visiting my friends and family in Michigan, but now I am starting to think about this next school year and already started some projects for my classroom this year.  

Make sure you scroll all the way to the bottom as there is a sneak peek for something I have been creating for my home that I am SO excited to share with y'all next week!

I have been wanting a comfortable and cute (of course!) desk chair for my kidney table for a couple years now.  I spend a lot of time at my kidney table working with guided reading groups and math groups.  I decided that this summer I would actually find and recover a comfortable teacher chair. 

I went to the Habitat for Humanity Restore and not only did I buy the chair for $5, but they were having a buy one, get one free special.  So, I was able to get 2 chairs!!  I bought fabric for both chairs at Hobby Lobby.  They just opened a Hobby Lobby by me 2 weeks ago and I cannot explain to you how excited I was!  Recovering these chairs ended up to be a little more challenging and time consuming that I thought, but I am so happy with how they turned out and still feel like it was worth it!  I am going to use the orange chair at my kidney table and still haven't decided about the other chair.  I am thinking maybe a student computer chair, reward chair for students, or a reading around the room chair.  Anyone else have any ideas of how I can use the blue chair in my classroom?

I have decided that I want to focus more on writing in my classroom this year.  Therefore, you will be seeing more writing products in my TPT store this year!  Here is my first writing product that I have been wanting to do.  I spend a lot of time at the beginning of the year teaching my students how to have math and reading conversations with the appropriate language.  This year, I want to add in writing conferencing language and have my students conference about their writing more often.  I have created this product to give them writing language prompts.   I am going to laminate these prompts and put them in a place that is accessible to my students all year.  You could also make them posters for a writing center or put them in a writing notebook!

You can purchase this product here!  
Before school starts, I will be creating a beginning of the year activity for my students to start practicing have writing conferences and using the correct language.  Follow my store or look back in the next couple weeks for this product!

SNEAK PEEK for next week!!

I CANNOT WAIT to reveal this project to all of you that I have been working on for a couple of weeks now.  Any guesses of what it is??