is it mid-November all ready?

I am writing this post while I put off writing study guides for my students' final exams so it must be. Granted the first final exams fall a month from yesterday and none of my students have an exam until a month from sunday but who am I to crush the spirit of a student who just wants to do well. (don't actually answer that...especially if you are one of the aforementioned students because then you are likely to say "the one who takes special joy in crushing the spirit of children in the name of learning" even though this 100% is not so, even though it may seem that way at times)

The temperatures have fallen....perhaps for keeps this time which means I get to show off my newly crafted/procured hats....I will take this moment to show them off here as well...and apparently burgundy is my favorite color this year

I opened the bottom drawer of sweaters freeing the wool ones from their moth proof vacuum bags, fluffing them to snuggly proportions.

I have had not 1 but 4 snowflake mornings where my car greets me with a snowflake on the dashboard warning me to beware of ice.

I have been scouting christmas crafts as a way to channel my holiday cheer all while struggling to resist the desire to buy those oh-so-cute penguin mugs at Target because I believe in Thanksgiving and believe that it too deserves it's 15 min of fame.

and people have been willing to show us apartments for our Jan 15th move in date. The idea of which was apparently outlandish a mere month and a half ago. more on the great apartment hunt/disaster/fill-in-adjective-here-once-all-shakes-out in hopefully a couple days.

in other words yes, it IS mid-november. and the blog has been neglected for 2 weeks.THIS is what happens to Teacher Ams.

p.s. i wish teacher ams made real money so I could afford to buy art at holiday gatherings like this

but what about the craft times?

this weekend was a crafty weekend. with upcoming birthdays, an upcoming london adventure for which I'd like to be accessorized on the cheap, and a large collection of fabric inherited on a recent trip to the valleys, my creative juices were flowing.

and here are the products of my efforts:

two zippered wristlets

and a shoulder bag

complete with a pocket!

a dress is also well underway...but pics of that when it is finished!

apparently I make books

SPOILER ALERT!: IF YOU ARE MY DAD YOU MAY NOT READ THIS TILL YOU GET YOUR PRESENT!!!!!













so last year for father's day I made this.

then for mother's day I made this.

and thus I give you my father's day gift for this year. and apologize for blurriness of the scans...but the book is in the mail....only a week late.

snuggle cat!

5 day weekends mean one thing...CRAFT TIME!

craft time means finally getting a chance to finish piccolo's christmas presents. (within the month..totally counts, especially for a pet)

finished presents, but chilly apartment, means picture time!



adorable, but still not as cute as when she fell asleep with me yesterday. but hard to take pics while I am sleeping so this must do

christmas in room 201 take 2

so I got crafty and I made my kids stockings. what can I say, i love christmas even when my students are lumps.