Bunting and a 500 Follower Giveaway!!

Today was supposed to be a writing post, but two exciting things happened to bump that to tomorrow...I promise you will have a writing post tomorrow.  I'll even share one of my all-time favorite writing projects with you!  Come back so you don't miss it!

I was super excited to have completed several projects for Monday Made It this week, but one of them was not quite finished yesterday morning when I posted.  So, I just had to squeeze it in here to share with you!  I have a corner classroom which means 2 full walls of windows along the top of my classroom.  For my Hollywood-Theme I had red draped curtains with gold stars.

 

I loved them!  Especially because they were a "NO SEW" project.  I just purchased red fabric, hot glued it up there (yes, without hemming it!), and draped it on my hooks (3M hooks spray painted gold with gold stars attached to the front).  

I knew these curtains were not going to match my new Monster Theme but I did NOT want to make new ones...and without draping, I would probably have to sew (at least hem).  UGH!  

Then, I saw these adorable buntings popping up everywhere {lightbulb moment!}  I would create a bunting using my main classroom colors - red and turquoise!  So, I went to Hobby Lobby {shocker!} and found red canvas, turquoise canvas, polka dot canvas, red striped cotton, and a turquoise swirly cotton.  I also purchased a foam pennant which I would use as my guide!  After measuring my windows and cutting out enough pennants to stretch across the area, I was set!

Or, was I?  How would I attach these to the windows?  At first, I thought of ribbon...but that would get expensive.  My husband pushed me toward rope, but that wasn't really my style.

Enter - DUCT TAPE!!  I figured it would give me the same look as red ribbon (from a distance), but it would be super cheap and VERY EASY to attach to the wall.

Excuse the mess of a million projects going on in there!

This shows that you can see through to the light fabric a bit, but it's not that noticeable from a distance.  If it really ends up bothering me, I'll just add another layer of tape. :)

So that's what I did - my NO SEW, NO GLUE bunting!  Easy peasy and super cute! (At least, I think so!)  *Tip: I worked in sections of 3 pennants.*

Now, for my 500 Follower Giveaway!! THANK YOU to each and every one of you for being a follower and sharing your ideas and comments with me.  I know that this school year is going to be enriched because of each and every one of you!

To celebrate 500 Followers...I'm giving away a....

$50 Giftcard to Amazon

Who can't use that?  Books for the classroom, ebooks for your Kindle, Music CDs, items for your home...hey, I've even purchased shampoo from Amazon before (don't ask)!  You can shop without even leaving your computer chair! :)

If I had that giftcard here's what I'd buy...

Music CDs recommended from the TURN THE MUSIC UP LINKY PARTY,

a microphone for my classroom, 

and a straw pencil dispenser

But, that's not it!  There will be five winners in all.  The four runners-up will each receive

$5 of resources from Teacher's Clubhouse or Lightbulb Minds

What are you waiting for?  Enter below!  

 

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