Kindergarten Loves

 

This month is "Something Old and Something New" month at Punky Sprouts.  We each received a 'retro' album--one of the original albums as well as new Punky Sprouts embellishments.  That's right Punky Sprouts has some gorgeous new buttons and crochet trims.  I am in love!

I received a Punky Love mini and decided to create a 'Kindergarten Loves' album for Ellie:  things that she's loved about this past year.  The pages in this mini are a mix of clear acrylic and cardboard, but I opted to go ahead and cover all the pages regardless of what they were.

In keeping with the Something Old part of the challenge, I decided to do some stash busting and use some of my older collections.  There's a bunch of My Little Shoebox Up in the Trees and Oh Deer, Pink Paislee Hometown Summer, and Echo Park This and That.

For the cover on the canvas piece I painted color on using a paintbrush and a couple spray mists.  The 'loves' thickers are DIY thickers that were colored with a Spectrum Noir marker.

Ellie loved her teachers this year, so the first page is going to hold photos of her with her two teachers.  You'll notice the album is mostly devoid of photos.  That's because I got most of them at the end of the year and haven't had a chance to print them yet, plus I don't want to post pictures of her friends without asking their parents and I haven't gotten around to that either.

I used a black journaling pen to add some doodles around the pages and frames for a little definition, and you can see those great new buttons/trim.

 

Field trips are next.  Ellie's kindergarten class went on FIVE field trips.  Granted I only went to 1/2 day kindergarten, but I'm pretty sure we didn't have field trips until we were in the higher grades when I was growing up.  Ellie loved them.  They were lots of fun, plus she is a walker so any reason to ride a school bus at this point is aces with her.

The numbers are Elle's Studio stamps stamped on the same paper I'm using for a mat on the right hand side, and I used a few of the stickers from MLS's Oh Deer collection as accents.  I'm going to create a mini collage of field trip photos to add to the right hand side.

Learning:  Ellie is really made for school.  She loves structure and she loves to learn.  I was actually really surprised when I asked her what her favorite subject was and she said math because that is the subject that caused the most frustration for her this year.  When I asked her why she liked it best she said because even though it's hard she likes being able to do it and that there are different levels that get harder.  LOVE that she likes to be challenged!

Ellie also learned to read this year, a big deal for someone who is as into books as she is.  I included an excerpt from her report card:  "Ellie is reading independently.  She has a lot of confidence when she is reading and is not afraid to make mistakes."

And finally making new friends.  On the first day of school I asked Ellie what specifically she'd like me to pray for and she said "that I would make some new friends."  She definitely has.  We have been so blessed to have her in this class!

This mini came together so easily and quickly, and I think it will be a lot of fun for Ellie to flip through to remember her year.

Supplies Used
Punky Sprouts:  Punky Love Album, buttons, and crocheted lace
Other:  Pink Paislee - Hometown Summer collection; My Little Shoebox - Up in the Trees and Oh Deer collections; May Arts - White Burlap String; Elle's Studio - Number It Stamp; American Crafts - Assorted thickers; Studio Calico - First Kiss Mister Huey's; Dylusions - Bubblegum Pink Ink Spray; Pigma - Black Micron Pen; Fancy Pants - Childish Things Alpha Stickers; October Afternoon - Mint & Creme Mini Market; Helmar - Craft Adhesive; Tombow - Mono Adhesive; CTMH - Colonial White cardstock; Corner Rounder