One World One Heart 2011: Welcome Teachers!

... and education majors!  And homeschooling parents!  And any and all other early childhood advocates!

Yes, I can be a bit exclamation-point-ish, but if you're a regular reader of Kindergarten's 3 R's, then you're used to it by now.



If you're a new visitor, directed here by Lisa's OWOH blog list or my other blog, Twigs and Tulle, I do hope you'll stay and wander a bit through my recent posts and archives!  If you're not the teacher type, but have a teacher (or future teacher!) friend or family member who'd enjoy my blog, I do hope you'll pass this link on to him/her and leave a comment for a chance to win:



A large bag of pattern block shapes!

Students love to learn about the attributes of shapes and make creative pictures and creations as they work with these wonderful geometric models.  Wonderful for a learning center or extra shape reinforcement activity, your children (or students) will love working with these manipulatives!

For a chance to win the bag, just leave a comment ~on this post only~ along with an email address or blog link so I can reach you if you're the winner.  If you're a blogger participating in OWOH, never fear, I'm on my way to visit you too!

I'll draw the winner of the pattern blocks on February 17- how exciting!

Don't forget to visit Twigs and Tulle for the giveaway post there (it's something crafty and cute!)!

Happy reading!

I'll Be Participating...

... will you?



Visit Lisa over at A Whimsical Bohemian for all of the info!

OWOH Appreciation

The magic of One World One Heart 2010 is still brightening these spring days after making the last few weeks of winter infinitely more bearable for me! It was such a wonderful experience not only participating as a blogger, but as a prize contributor. My banners have arrived at their new homes, and my own prizes have settled here in Oz:



My incredible collage was made by Heidi at Dreams Intertwined:


I love Heidi's blog for so many reasons, but I especially love it when she shares photos of furniture, as she always shows some cubbied/multi-drawered treasure that's right up my alley!

The adorable spring purse is from Trisha at Easily Amused, Hard to Offend:


Check out her paper rose tutorial- I love blogs that share how-to's!

My beautiful spring necklace is from Lemondrop Marie at Lemondrop Vintage:


Miss Marie is a fashionista of vintage style and makes me dream of dressing like Penelope... she mixes and manages to make not-always-matching look perfectly-put-together! Repurposed beads and baubles with an organza bow have adorned my neck multiple times already since February!

Dear Daughter has tried to steal my skull and crossbones corker bow made by Jenn at Miss Mae Boutique:


While I LOVE hair pretties (I have quite the mane that requires mondo-taming!), I'm also a fan of Jenn's ribbon/bow cupcake toppers- so cute!

The BEST smelling and feeling "body butter bar" came from Grandma Betty's, and included with my vanilla scented bar was a *bonus treat* of stamped muslin ribbon and string from Country Lady at Homespun Alley:



Finding new studios and artisans to follow is one of my favorite things about One World One Heart! Add to that the opportunity to make new friends ~globally~, and you can see why the event has grown larger each year since Lisa Swifka first created it four years ago.

One of my new global friends is Pauline, "Polinka" from France who crafted perfectly pink coasters from repurposed cardboard and paper:


And mes amis, Polinka even shares a tutorial on how to make coasters for yourself, translated in English. MERCI!

One World One Heart = Friendship, handmade goodness, and the creative spirit.

Bliss.

One World One Heart 2010: This Family's Magic Carpet Ride

Welcome to One World One Heart's Magic Carpet Ride at *my* blog, Kindergarten's 3 R's!

Seven years ago, the United States Army sent our family on its own version of a *~magic carpet ride~*.  First stop, the Land of Enchantment:

White Sands reminded us of snow with its shades of white, but it certainly wasn't as chilly as we had hoped.  We hopped aboard the camouflage carpet once again and flew (for the first time) to America's Breadbasket:

After two years in Oz, Uncle Sam asked us to spend a year in Texas.  We enjoyed the mountains and our special lunches with my Annie Rooney:

... only to have a return trip to Oz provided by the magic carpet.  Who knew that *this* time true ~winter weather~ would find us?

Dear Husband's eventual retirement from the Army means we may have only one more magic carpet ride left provided by Uncle Sam...

For those visiting my blog for the first time, I'm a full-time kindergarten teacher and a night-time/weekend paper crafter!  Recent winter weather provided several snow days' worth of crafting time for me, along with some much-needed reorganizing of my "crafty nook."  Lo and behold, what did I find?  Banners, banners, and more banners, in longer lengths, that I created as mock ups for later patterns I decided to sell in my Etsy shop.  Perky and *mostly* polka dotted, these paper banners ("bunting" for my European visitors!) are certain to brighten up any winter doldrums you might be experiencing.  

Friends and family use these for birthdays, wedding receptions, bridal and baby showers, and customers have told me they've enjoyed using them as fun accents around dessert tables, hung across headboards, chairs and picnic tables.  Lightweight, they're easy to fold and put away for another occasion.

Leaving me a comment on THIS POST ONLY will enter you in my giveaway, but if you become a follower of my blog (an option to the right of my blog posts~ look at all of those happy faces!), I'll put your name into the hat *twice*!

I'll have FOUR winners!

Winner Number One will receive (3) banners:

Winner Number Two will receive (2) banners:

Winner Number Three will receive (2) banners:

...and Winner Number Four will also receive (2) banners:

Drawings will take place and winners' names will be posted in my blog entry for  February 15 (I'll also email you if you've won!).  I'm **~so~** excited to come and visit all of you!

Happy travels, and HOOAH!

Weekend Treasure Hunt, OWOH

I enjoy going treasure hunting once a month, visiting antique and vintage stores, seeing what desirables I can find. This weekend I found some Marcrest (seems to also be called "Hull") daisy dot mugs, bowls, and a pristine creamer/pitcher. Two shiny copper pieces also caught my eye, as did a glass jar with mismatched lid:







The heavy stoneware pieces are favorites of mine, and the stein-style mugs are perfect for my morning coffee. The copper will be added to my small collection, which will someday be housed in or near my dream kitchen (have you ever imagined decorating your fantasy home?), and the glass jar will join others downstairs in my craft nook.

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I'm busy visiting blogs via OWOH, One World One Heart today~ the creativity, inspiration and joy is overwhelming! Blog after blog, giveaway after giveaway... I think I'm going to have to pace myself!