BIC product review and give away

********** free product review alert***********

 so I got this box in the mail....
I knew it was coming because
BIC contacted me and asked if I would review their new stationary line
OF COURSE I said YES
and so when the box arrived I was so so so excited

 first layer was all the info...
details about each product included in the box :)
then after the bubble wrap....

 holy moly gaucamole.... I was in LOVE!!!
I knew I would love these before I even opened the packages...
here is everything that was in the box

I LOVE PENS  & PENCILS

I mean {PuFFy} heart LOVE pens and pencils sooooooooo.....

I didn't think I would give a fair review so what was a girl to do...

SO I...

took it to school for our first week of back to school PD

 and spread out all the goodness at my table 

my besties at school got to try out all of these great freebies from BIC and let me tell you they loved them...

do you see the pic above?  well do you notice there aren't that many pens left on the table.... that is because
all my buds were taking off with them...
by the end of our week long PD this is all that was left....

 so here is what they had to say...


Heather...
my bestie across the hall
who teaches 3rd grade and who should have a BLOG of her own :)
AND
who told me I have to tell you she is preggers and not chunky :)
I LOVE THAT GIRL...
anywho here she is with her FAVE...

 Heather LOVED the BIC Velocity Bold Fashion Ball Pen....
and that says a lot...
Heather (like me) LOVES pens and pencils BUT is also a PEN SNOB (ME TOO!!!)
we only like certain pens... it has to write JUST WRITE...ha ha get it....
anyways the Velocity Bold Fashion Ball Point Pen is AH-Mazing...
it is possibly the smoothest writing pen and it creates bold vivid lines...
it also comes in lots of colors... purple, light green, pink, turquoise, dark green, red, blue, and black...
HEATHER REALLY LOVES THESE!!!!


next up is Melissa
she is one of my FAB teaching partners in 4th
you can find her blog Covington's Corner HERE
well Melissa's FAVE was the BU3 Grip Fashion Ball Pen and the BIC Atlantis Fashion Mechanical Pencil

 Melissa used the pencil for all 5 days and said the lead hardly ever broke... I told her it had a cushioned tip that helps with the lead breakage.... AH-SOME
she also loved the BU3 Pens because the grip was comfy even for a leftie...
these pens come in a variety of colors too.... 7 to be exact...
aqua, purple, pink, green, blue, red, and black


Daliene...  is our fantabulous TAG teacher...
she also has a blog... Happydally... HERE
she is representing Brinna (my teacher friend next door)
 who left early and therefore missed the photo shoot for this review...
HELLO Brinna... didn't you know I was shooting pics today ... I mean come on ...
didn't you want to get your face on here... I mean look at this PIC quality... I could be a professional....
anywho... Daliene (standing in for Brinna)
loves the BIC Clic Matic Mechanical Pencil

 

ME TOO!!!

It has a textured rubber grip and the eraser is absolutely FAB.... 

this pencil is PERFECT for tests that require a particular lead... AND this pencil is so clever you can load the new lead from the side... COOOL

 MY TURN....

I honestly LOVED all of them... 

my fave is the BIC Cristal Bold Fashion Ball Pen

I used them to fill out my new calendar... LOVE 

and like I mentioned above I am a pen and pencil SNOB....

these totally pass my test... the color goes on BOLD and smooth

these pens have the iconic hexagonal barrel that lets you see when ink is low

and they come in great colors... purple, light green, pink, aqua, dark green, red, blue, and black

BIC sent me these goodies for free in return I had to do an HONEST review... I can pinky promise you that I LOVED all the products  and my besties took off with a lot of them!!!! thanks BIC for asking me to review these products... I really appreciate it... AND

BIC is so AWESOME 

they are going to give away a box full of goodies to one of my readers

WHAT WHAT

yep that is WRITE... get it?

so all you have to do is leave a comment below... that's it

any comment you want... and you are entered...
make sure you check in with the rafflecopter

ONE COMMENT per PERSON PLEASE!!!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

toodles

LOOKY LOU

It is Looky Lou TIME..... (the FIRST)
I have my first sponsor and I am SOOOOOOO HAPPY!!!!
If you look over there ----------------------------------------------------------->
you will see the LOOKY LOU and a very pretty button....
my first sponsor is.....
Jansen's TpT Store...
have you seen Heather's store?
It is filled with tons of great items like....

 over 54 slides of GREATNESS... this is a WoNdErFuLLLLLLL resource...filled to the brim with all kinds of YUMMIES for pre-reading, during reading, after reading and lit circles....WOWZERS...click on the pic to see all the delicious details :)

 over 40 slides of MATH COMMON CORE ... includes a parent letter, 4th grade CC Math Standards, formative and summative skills checklists, goal sheet, and common core labels.... lots of schtuff... click on the pic to get DeTaILs

 are you KIDDING ME... over 80 slides in this pack... it has everything you need plus the kitchen sink...
you won't need to get another thing for Common Core 4th grade reading... LOVE THIS...click on the pic to head on over :)

 check out this toothy freebie... it is a DELISH Dental Health Mini Kit... perfect for those lost my tooth moments....it has certificates, math problems, experiments, and more.... really great freebie CLICK on the pic to go and get this FREEBIE!!!


I wanted to say thanks so much to Heather for being my VERY FIRST sponsor!!! Her store has some amazing products these are just a few of her FAVES!!!

so please head on over and check out all of her 68 products :)  You WON'T be disappointed...
pinky promise

and
just incase
you might
possibly
maybe
 if you are interested in being a sponsor
just click on my advertising tab at the top of the blog :)

toodles

Genes, Calendar, & Muncher

 you know it is back to school time when......

Grandma takes all the girls to the annual BACK TO SCHOOL lunch!!!
YEP... 4 out of 7 of her girls are teachers....
even Grandma was a teacher...
in order....
first is ME 4th grade, my Aunt Tena middle school math, my sis in law Lyssa 4th grade, Grandma retired high school math, and my mama retired 1st, 4th, spec ed,  & reading specialist...
WOWZERS...teaching must be in my genes right?

back to school also means LOTS of hours up at school
doing redecorating and creating...
this is the calendar that hubs and I made to go with my new calendar kit by Little Lovely Leaders...
more on that in a few...

sorry it is blurry BUT can't be a post without bub!!!
he liked sitting in my lunchbox bucket :)

we had supply drop off and all of my kids that POPPED by got one of these...
no it is not all that cute BUT I ran out of time... we didn't have too much time to get our room done before the kiddos showed up!!!

pink elephant is in place and FILLED with BIC...
more on that in a few days
if you don't remember PINK ELEPHANT... head HERE to get a refresher...
purple duck will join him soon :)

alrighty here is my new calendar in place...
the board with the squiggles is my LET IT SHINE board where we brag about good work and what ever else makes us shine :)
then the owl board is the WHO board... for no name papers :)
and then the CALENDAR
the pledge poster is FREE in my TpT store :)
I had it printed on a poster at vistaprint
 I love it :)

 

this calendar took a little while to create BUT 

I LOVE IT!!!!

my ugly old one had to go... and this was exactly what I was looking for... 

SERIOUSLY it is ah-mazingly cute!!!

thanks to my hubs for the extra effort to get it complete...

we bought shower board at Home Depot and had it cut to size and the pic that you saw earlier was hubs cutting it more to size... it was too tall.... but now it works :)

we used black electrical tape and lots of yard sticks to make sure our lines lined up :)

my squares are not quite squares...more like rectangles...slightly.... I think we did 6 1/2 by 7 

anyways... even though this did take some time and almost a divorce... just kidding.... I ADORE IT!!!

and because it is on shower board I can move it around the room if I need to... BUT I am pretty sure this is the perfect spot for it :)

when I look at it I get all happy inside :)

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED....

you can find the complete kit by Bridget at Little Lovely Leaders on TpT 

here is the link(click on the pic)

and NO Bridget did not pay me or ask me or give me anything FREE...

this is from the heart a SHOUT OUT to this FAB PRODUCT!!!

here is a pic of Bridget's Calendar... much cuter than mine...

and she built it on her dry erase board ... isn't it SOOOO cute?!!?

 

click on it to go to her adorable BLOG to see how she set hers up.... sooooo cute!!! 

tell her Farley sent ya!!!

 well can you guess what bub had for snack?
he was soooo good while hubs, my mom, and I worked in my class so of course he got to munch on it

ok.... short post
got to go get some last minute laundry done
and I am heading back up to school to wrap up loose ends...

toodles

BEE-U-S-Y, BIC, & BIRCHBOX

 YAY I am finally able to link up with Tara
I have been BEE to the USY
B_U_S_Y!!!!
 it is back to school time and I have hit the ground running...
can you believe when I showed up to my first day of training I was scheduled to do PD
and I didn't know it...
I had on my calendar... next week
my principal had confidence in me and I whipped up a 2 hour PD in NO time and only my best buds and the Principal knew :) HA!!!
and it was pretty fab if I do say so...
I still have to teach PD next week though
Monday - Thursday I am doing writing PD...
well that was my start to the year...
see hit the ground running...
I have been in PD everyday since
one was OK BUT today's was GREAT!!!!
I got to meet this guy again!!!

who is this?
only my writing IDOL.... Jeff Anderson!!!
he is so motivating and inspiring
his PD was based on his book... which I have mentioned before...

This book is amazing and every writing teacher NEEDS it!!!

Today's PD he mentioned several books that I am adding to my library

I'll give you more info on those later because I need to get to my .....

 

http://4thgradefrolics.blogspot.com/2012/08/monday-made-it-11-and-yipee.html

INTRODUCING... my previously made over chair....
here is the story ...
a few years ago I recovered this chair...
I felt guilty that my whole room was girly and so I decided to cover it in this...

yep racecars... nice right????
and here is the back!!!

so anyways... I am over it and ready to girly it up so
first things first
I removed the back!!!

and observed how many staples I used before...
HOLY COW... staples must have been on sale or something...
WOWZERS

alrighty so apparently I skipped a few steps in the pics...
I know I got all of the 5,003 staples out and then recovered the back in pretty fabric
and way less staples
and then I worked on the front...

front is done...  what do ya think...

and once again I skipped a ton of steps .... 

hubs helped me attach the front to the base and the back to the front and 

WHA LAAAAA

it is done...

I left the seat bottom the same...
it is grey black denim and is very durable and has about 7,003 staples in it so it stayed!!!

well I am probably the last person to link up but I GOTS TO... Tara has been my bloggy buddy for a long time :)

head on over there and see all the great stuff people are craft-n

http://4thgradefrolics.blogspot.com/2012/08/monday-made-it-11-and-yipee.html

****squirrel****

I recently got 2 boxes in the mail...
you know I love to get little gifts in the mail!!!
LOVE LOVE LOVE...
the first one was a BIG OL BOX of heaven from BIC
they asked me a few weeks ago if I would review their new stationary products...
FOR FREE...
I had to think for a second.... said NO_ONE EVER...
heck to the yeah send it OVER!!!
and let me tell you guys!!!
I brought this box to my first day of back to school PD and my best buds and I tried all of these goodies out
well maybe NOT all of them... we still have a few more to try out... BUT let me tell you...
SO FAR WE ARE IN LOVE
no complaints what so ever...
I will be having a give away too...because that is how cool BIC is ...
be on the look out for that give away soon

the next box was my BIRCHBOX.... love this little gift I send to myself EVERY month...

open it up and here it is... SMILES

it is a school theme... YUMMY

look at all of these goodies... do you see the razor... AWESOME!!!!

love all this stuff... the eyeliner smudges really nicely for a smokey eye... ooooh sexy... the razor... AWESOME... those suckers are expensive... perfume smells delish, and the other 2 I am trying in the morn

always get a list of what is included... thank goodness

I highly recommend a BIRCHBOX!!!

it is so fun to get in the mail each month and compare with your girlfriends...

if you are interested click the link below to go right to their site...

https://www.birchbox.com?raf=xpkb9

alrighty I am done...
TOODLES

Back to School Product Premiere... Blog Hop

I am so excited to join a great group of teachers to share some of our favorite products...
be sure to read this whole post because at the end is a HOP linky...
you will be able to hop all around Bloggyville to see some fab TpT products
you'll have your wishlist full just in time for the TpT sale on SUNDAY!!!
and so....

WELCOME TO THE

I had a really hard time picking one of my favorite products...
is that a bad thing?
I think not LOL
anyways I tried to pick something that would appeal to all grade levels and here it is...

you know I LOVE giving little treats here and there to my kiddos and their parents

AND fellow teachers... 

and well this is perfect if you like to do that too :)

here are some of the items that you will need....




then you print out my cute TAGS....

attach and add ribbon and WHA-LAA.... your cuteness meter goes through the roof

here they are in individual pics so you can get a clear idea of their absolute adorableness

I have only shown you a few examples that come in the kit...
there are 25 different tags :)

here is what an example page looks like...
this one happens to have 3 tags on one page

notice at the bottom of the page I tell you what to attach it to...
this one is a no brainer DUH--- popcorn BUT I do give you ideas on all of the tag pages

after printing and cutting out each tag.... just simply attach it and give it

here  is another example of a finished product

this product would be a great addition to start your year off

and it makes your job so much easier...

click on the pic below to go right there and save it to your wishlist today

remember when I told you I had a hard time picking my FAVORITE item...
well I felt bad that I left the others out...
so here they are...
click on any of the pics to go right there :)

a pencil anchor chart for your students' desks... it helps them work through math word problems.. this is my TOP SELLER

a great way to keep in contact with your parents

2 games bundled into one download... fun way to practice adding and subtracting

and just in case you can't make up your mind...
I have my WHOLE ENTIRE STORE...
BUNDLED...
that is right you can BUY MY ENTIRE STORE for one low price...
if you were to buy all of my items... it would cost you well over $100
but you can buy it all here for a lower price :)

When you purchase this you get
ALL 33 paid items
the 8 freebies
and some surprises thrown in for fun

and just in case you haven't heard....

there is going to be a SALE!!!

whooo hooo

IT STARTS SUNDAY

don't stop now... these are just some of my faves... there are still more teachers and more favorites... 

keep on hopping