Crafty Clipboards

To say I have an obsession with the website Pinterest, is a slight understatement. I love looking at all of the neat ideas on there AND being able to "pin" them to a spot where I can find them easily. Translation: I am able to remember exactly what they are because I have space to write a comment and see a photo.

Anyways, I was inspired by the Quick Clipboard Facelift done by Create Studio (check out their blog post HERE).

Here are the steps I took to beautify my clipboards:
1. Choose cute scrapbook paper
2. Lay your clipboard on top of the paper and use pencil to lightly trace around the edges.
3. Cut on the inside of your traced lines (You don't want to have excess, its a super huge pain to fix later in the process).


4. If the paper is going on the front, use a ruler to measure how far in and deep the clip goes so that the paper fits nicely around it.
5. Use Mod Podge, or something like it, and put a coat directly on to the clipboard.



6. Carefully place your cut scrapbooking paper onto the clipboard and use a food scraper to smooth out all of the bubbles.
7. Let it sit for a little while, and put another coat of Mod Podge of top of the scrapbooking paper to seal it all in.
8. Do both sides and let dry.



And there you have it, cute clipboards :)

Again, all images on this page are property of me, if you'd like to use them give me some credit :)

San Fran.

This summer has been approximately a million times fun, partly because I did neat things like travel (WHAT?). My adventuring took me down to San Fran.

I suppose I should start with I really don't like to fly, especially not by myself. But I did it, all the way to San Francisco (a whopping two hour flight). During the flight I mostly felt like I was super cool, I wasn't stressing out AND I was reading my favorite magazine (Real Simple) After we began our descent into San Fran, and were nearly to the ground, the pilot hooked the plane to the right, causing my to grab ahold of anything that was in my reach (fortunately there was no one sitting next to me). Once things got straightened out and the wheels were touching down, the guy behind me, loudly, says "MAN! If we would have been lower we would be a giant ball of fire right now." Naturally, I thought "NEAT!" not. (Remember this story for later blog post).

Anyways, I arrived in one piece to San Francisco, where I met my parents and our Austrian friends.

Here is a list of things that we did:

1. Chinese Food in Chinatown - super tasty.
2. Walked a ton, like seriously, everywhere.
3. Took a ferry out to Alcatraz
4. Did the audio guide tour of the island and its buildings- This part was probably my favorite part of the trip. It was super fascinating to walk around the place and learn about it.
5. While I was there, I bought a sign of Alcatraz's Regulation #30 to put in my classroom CLICK HERE. I bought it because I'm going to tell them about Alcatraz and do a related read aloud. I also purchased it because my students and coworkers know that our classroom does not follow this regulation, because loud learning is fun.
6. We went downtown and saw people climbing down the side of a super tall hotel for a fundraiser for the Special Olympics.

See them way up there?
7. We also adventured to the top of this hotel and took in some gorgeous views of the city.
8. Visited the Cable Car museum and learned how they work (SO NEAT).
9. Visited Ghiradelli Square and Fisherman's Wharf

Overall, it was a pretty epic trip, I love San Francisco and can't wait to go visit again!

Peace.

p.s. All images on this page are property of me, if you want to use them please ask and give me credit.