Martha is shaking in her boots!

Every once in a while I am possessed by Martha Stewart. Seriously. I don't think I have much creativity in my body. Really. I have family members that are amazingly creative (Syl, Teresa - I'm talking about you) and always figured the "creative gene" just skipped me. But - every once in a blue moon - a spark goes off and I get a decent idea.

Yesterday was Teacher Appreciation Day at the girls' preschool. Somehow - I drew the short straw and was designated the Room Mom for this activity for Anna's class - oh goodie! I decided to go with an idea I had already heard about from another mom for her school-age daughter - each child will bring a gift card to give the teacher - WalMart, Chick-fil-a, Target, Starbucks, etc. In addition to the gift card I asked mom's to have their child draw a picture for their teacher.

So - as I tried to figure out how I wanted to present these gifts to the teacher a light bulb went off in my head (or maybe it was a firecracker). I'll make flowers out of paper and attach the gift certificates and pictures to them. Sure - sounds simple in theory - but was a bit more involved once I got into it.

I won't make a short story long, so here are a few pics of the end result with all the gift cards and pictures. I was pretty proud of myself and Anna's teacher said she had several people ooooohhhh and aaaaahhhhh over her "flowers".