HAPPY THANKSGIVING

I have a few quick projects to share that I meant to post this morning but I got on a roll with errands and such and forgot. First I tried out the Criss Cross card technique I found here on SCS. Beate has such great tutorials! These are thank you cards I made for Joeys kindergarten teachers. He had a bit of a rough time adjusting to a large class and they helped us to help him get more comfortable and really enjoy school. He is in a dual language program which means the entire kindergarten curriculum is taught in both english and spanish through 5th grade (if he chooses to remain in it that long). It's great for him because he's kinda smart and gets bored easily! I just wanted them both to know that my hubby and I appreciate their extra effort to transition Joey into kindergarten.

The next are a votive holder that I made for my sil whose house we are going to for thanksgiving dinner. I got the idea from Lisa over at Poppy Paperie. It's filled with river rocks and a few scented pine cones. My votives/holders was either larger than hers or my tin is smaller so I could only fit two, but it's still pretty and smells really good!

The last are my turkey fry boxes. I made 6 of them to fill with candy and give to the kids on thanksgiving. I would have loved to make one for each person but my sil informed me that there will be no less than 22 persons in attendance...glad I'm not cooking!! I used different punches to create the turkey including a maple leaf for his tail. The box is a die from Sizzix. His eyes I made with a black gelly roll pen. I love these little guys!

Well, off to bed! Me, hubby, and the boys are headed into NYC in the morning for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. I can't recall that I have ever been to the parade although I don't live that far from the city that I shouldn't be there at least once! I don't do well in crowds ;)

I wish everyone a very happy and blessed thanksgiving!!