Sunday, September 8, 2013

Teacher Appreciation or Back-to-School gifts



As a tradition on the first day of school, I send each of my kids' teachers a "survival kit". That survival kit includes a woodbuned box with each teacher's name and some office supplies. During the school year I send additional school supplies from time to time to fill the box again. I think it's a nice gesture and teachers always appreciate it. After all, we should appreciate our teachers not only because it's Teacher's appreciation day, right?

I make the designs different every year and I guess they represent more my mood at the moment than the teacher's personality- after all, before the school year starts I rarely know anything about them. :-)




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And this is how the box looks from the inside. 


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The second box is with a more decorative design with flowers. I have to admit working with my woodburner with adjustable temperature levels is soooo much better than the standard woodburner with only one temperature level. It's considerably less time consuming - for example, it took my just about 2 hours to finish these two boxes, compared to the box-a-day option with the old woodburner.


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And the inside again. This box is smaller than the top one. 




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You all know my obsession with brown paper bags, so yeah... :-)


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If you like the idea, you can order a Teacher's Gift customized box from my Etsy store


I wish everyone a great school year! 


Annie


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