Teacher Gifts and Apparel

Did I ever mention that my daughter is a kindergarten teacher? Well, she is and has been for a number of years. When she was a child, she was always setting up little libraries for the neighborhood kids in the old barn in the back yard or playing school, and it was always her dream to be a teacher, so I'm not surprised that's the career path she chose. When she was in school I didn't have a clue just how much a teacher does! Until you are a teacher yourself or you know someone who is a dedicated teacher, you don't really stop to think about, and perhaps couldn't possibly know, all the hours a good teacher puts into "her kids". It seems to me that every conversation I have with my daughter is related to her kids, her classroom, how she can make it better, how she can teach better, more effectively, more creatively. She spends her time at night after her own children are in bed printing off lessons, cutting out art projects, dying macaroni, baking cookies or cupcakes, and the numerous other chores that come with teaching a kindergarten class. Teachers spend so many hours a day with your child, and no doubt the person your child becomes will be in a big part a result of having spent so much time with his teacher. My daughter spends so much of her own money on cute things to make the classroom brighter, on name tags, paper to send home notes, Clorox wipes to make sure the pencils and scissors are wiped down so as not to spread germs. She buys snowpants and mittens and hats on sale for those children who come to school unequipped or have lost theirs somewhere along the way, she buys snacks for those who are without a snack. Even in the summer months she is busy planning, cleaning her classroom and organizing from top to bottom, gathering all the papers and notes necessary for the beginning of the year, and thousands of other little chores that add up to weeks of work. Yes, until my daughter became a teacher, I did not appreciate teachers the way they deserve to be appreciated. Now if I hear someone say teachers have it easy because they get the summers off, I laugh, and I defend the fact that their summers off are hardly that at all. Please show appreciation to your child's teacher who is such a big influence in his life. We have some gifts that teachers might enjoy getting!

Teachers Inspire by school_teacher
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Boy Best Teacher Tshirts and Gifts by school_teacher
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Funny Teacher T-shirts Gifts by sagart1952
cheap coffee mug On http://www.zazzle.com/?rf=238785193994622463
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Customize Yourself Teacher Mug by schoolteacher
personalised coffee mug Online at http://www.zazzle.com/?rf=238785193994622463
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Number One Teacher Shirt by schoolteacher
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It's Fun to Learn by stick_figures
Make your own photo tote bag From Zazzle
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My Favs, Their Favs, Part One

Browsing through the galleries of beautiful products designed by other members of Union Eight always leaves me amazed at their talent and creativity. I wonder what inspires each of them, what motivates them to create a specific design, and I wonder if they have any that they consider their favorites. And so I asked each member of Union Eight to email me with three of their own favorite designs. I'll post them here and I'll also post three of my favorites of their designs. It will be interesting to see if my favorites match their favorites in any instances.
Today I will focus on the designs of artist/creator/gallery keeper October Child Beautiful T-shirts And Family Gifts.
One of my very favorite designs by October Child is the girl's names designs. It's an awesome, hip design in popular pink and brown, and you're sure to find the specific girls name you are looking for.

Audrey Name T-Shirt by bestgirlnames

Although I love all the cute designs from

Small Potatoes Designs Cartoon T-shirts And Gifts, I do have one that I can say is one of my very favorites. I guess I'm still a kid at heart because I love these Small Potatoes designs!

Funny Pirate Kids T-shirt by smallpotatoesdesigns

For my third favorite design I had to choose one from

Mad Conductor Music T-shirts & Gifts as I am always so blown away when browsing that gallery. If you are a music lover, in a band, love to sing, play a musical instrument or know someone who does this gallery is just amazing! Here's one of my favs!

French Horn Grunge t-shirt by madconductor

Now you know what my three favs are, but what about the designer, the creator, the owner of October Child Beautiful T-shirts And Family Gifts? Well, I asked her, and she submitted to me three of her very favorite designs. I haven't looked at them yet as I want to see how closely her favorites match my favorites. I'm excited to find out, so here's her three favorites!

Cute Mini-Golfer T-shirt by smallpotatoesdesigns

Cute Cello Chocolate T-shirt by madconductor

Cute Teacher T Shirt by teachertshirts

So there you have it! Her three favorites are similar to my three favorites in that we both love the Small Potatoes designs, both picked a design from Mad Conductor Music T-shirts & Gifts, and we both love the hip pink and brown design, although hers is a teacher T-shirt and mine was the girls' names T-shirt. With designs like this, everything is a favorite!