I can’t believe I haven’t posted since July!  That makes me a terrible, terrible person. 

This blog isn’t closed and nothing terrible has happened to me.  I decided to go back to school and I’m in mid-terms right now so I just haven’t had any time. 

I hope no one is angry.  :)  Oh!  And aside from school I’ve been doing glitter body art at events.  You can check that out at http://www.glitteratiarmy.com if you’re curious.

So basically I’m just a really, really busy girl!  If you have anything you’d like to see on the site let me know and I’ll get it up.  If you have something cool on YOUR website and you’d like a shout out let me know. 

This is amazing.  You see that?  That little computer game was made by programmer Billy Collins from Aven’s Corner.  Aven’s Corner was inspired by Billy’s son Aven, a delightful 3 year old boy who has Autism.  The games, crafts, and activities on this site are geared specifically to the skills and interests of small children with Autism.

Billy contacted me a while back to ask if he could use my printable emotions bingo game to create an interactive emotions game for his site.  I can’t tell you how thrilled that made me.  I’m always stunned and overjoyed when a reader adapts one of my ideas for their own child – even more so when they share that adaption with others.  Billy even went so far as to let me put the game on my site – making it the first non-printable game to grace this blog.

THANK YOU BILLY!

If you get a chance stop by Aven’s Corner and tell him how much he rocks!

Kind over Matter and their friends  have put together this wonderful daily affirmations printable.  I really love the idea and the affirmations are awesome.

The four files that comprise this set are spread over different blogs.  It’s like a scavenger hunt.  There are also files for making the cute scallop box and matching papers you see below.

Sometimes we need a little push to get our mind and hearts in the right place.  These would be perfect for doing just that.  They would also make an awesome gift.  Get them while you can.

I found some pretty stuff today that made me smile and thought I’d share.

Print a Day is sharing some charming stationery.  She’s got such an eye for design.  It should be criminal to be so talented.

I love Boxy Papercraft Toys, partly because they are quick to assemble and require little in the way of materials and partly because they are so beautifully and energetically illustrated that I can’t help but smile when I see them.  I’m seriously considering building all of them and pinning them to the wall all art-installation style.

Paper Crave bestows on us these great love stamp inspired printables.  There are flat cards, address labels, patterned paper, and some cute gift tags.  The gift tags would make perfect stickers.

Speaking of stickers (smooth transition, eh?) here’s a great tutorial for making your own stickers using flavored gelatin.  Sounds pretty kid friendly to me. 

Thank you Go Make Something for all the awesome free printable collage sheets.  You ROCK!

I might have mentioned these before, but Creature Comforts, is providing a wonderful free download of uber cute mini note sheets, library cards, and library card pocket templates.  I’m sure you can find more than one way to use those little pockets.

Stationery Style is a commercial site, but they have some nice looking card downloads.

Lotta Bruhn, fab graphic designer and altruistic sticker maker, has some of the cutest little space and animal themed sticker downloads I’ve ever seen.  I’m sure these little guys can become other forms of busy papery goodness as well.

Here is the stationery set that features the art print I put up earlier.  This set includes the following designs:

2 Note Papers
2 Note Cards
2 Envelopes
9 Gift Tags
3 Note Pad Sheets (To-Do list style)

As for the look and style… It’s kind of a swirly, curly, lyrical tree doodle in a cranberry red.  When you download the zip file you’ll find that the tree was titled “Tree of Contemplation.”  Sounds all deep right? That was the result of me not being able to figure out what to title the files since I have other tree related files on my computer.  Get it?  HA!  I’m hilarious.

Anyways, if you enjoy it—tell me about it. 

I love it when people send me things to post (even if I take FOREVER to post them!)  Candace sent me her versions of Who Monkey and When Monkey (the two remaining Monkey books that I swear I’ll get around to making one day) for me to share here.  THANK YOU CANDACE!!!  You are AWESOME!  She even used my cute little Monkey.  I love that Monkey and it’s great to see him travel all over the internets having various fun and adventures. 

These are in .pptx format.  That’s PowerPoint for the new Microsoft Office Suite (2007.)  I don’t like to mess with other people’s creations so I won’t be changing the file format.

I’ll still be making my own versions of these books, with a different focus on language than Candace used so you’ll have even more resources use. 

Who Monkey By CANDACE

When Monkey By CANDACE

http://www.mediafire.com/file/njyiznnmqdn/tree%20copy.pdfCan you believe the nerve of some people?  They go a whole MONTH without posting a blog entry and then expect every one to be all “ooohhh” and “ahhhh” the next time they post.  Well, if I was you dear reader, I wouldn’t stand for it! 
You’ve probably figured out that I’m talking about myself, right?  I’m sorry!  Life got the best of me again.  I have LOTS of stuff I need to post and I’m going to try to get it up this week.  Don’t give up on my yet folks!
But, I do have a present.  This art print is going to be the basis for some nice new stationery.  I hope you like it!

I’m not sure why, but the internet theme of the day seems to be Memorial Day (understandable) and Zombies.  Who am I to disagree.

Enjoy these printable Zombie Posters.

Memorial Day Activities, Lesson Plans, and Worksheets to help your child understand Memorial Day.

Have a great Memorial Day!

This is wicked cool.  A reader, Carol, has done something truly wonderful by creating Board Maker files to accompany Where is Monkey?. 

If you have BoardMaker version six (or compatible) you can download them here.  I don’t have BoardMaker myself, so I can’t offer support on the files.

I want to thank Carol for this.  It really makes my day when someone gets use out of one of my downloads.  Seeing a video of it is even better.

My email ate a message from Dwight.  Dwight if you are out there in the cyber ether, could you please send it again?

And if any one else is having issues with the size of the seed packet download don’t worry I’m going to see if I can shrink it down.

On another note, I’ve been getting messages from wonderful individuals who want to share printables they’ve made with readers of this site.  I can’t tell you how awesome I think that is!!!!!

If you EVER want to send something you made my way, just contact me.  I love to hear from people who visit FPF!