SALE

Yep, its a sale on the Etsy store.  Head over to https  Creative By Necessity to find lots of Crocheted items under $20 and custom made card sets for $10 and under.


This is one of my new items coming soon!!

Free Shipping On All Orders

Good morning and Happy Thanksgiving!
In honor of Thanksgiving we would like to offer FREE SHIPPING for the next week on all orders over $10 and since nothing in the store is under $10, that means FREE SHIPPING on everything.

Just enter coupon code  THANKS14FREESHIPPING   (I know.... it is a super long coupon code, but I'm learning), also it is for domestic shipping only.  For my friends in Ecuador, if there is something listed you would like to purchase I can bring it back with me next week.

Plus, with your purchase you will receive a coupon code for 15% off your next purchase (you always need to be thinking ahead).  So, get started early on your Christmas and Black Friday shopping and visit us at  Creative By Necessity .

Check back later this week for new items to be listed.....

ETSY!!!!

We are excited to announce that we have finally been brave enough to open up an ETSY Store!!  Below are just a few of the items listed so far with many more to come-----just in time for Christmas

Sister/Mom/Best Friend Gifts

Teacher/Neighbor Gifts

Stocking Stuffers

Puzzle Spelling

I love to teach spelling. I love coming up with different ways of spelling - tactile, moving, lots of action. We do things like bouncing tennis balls, painting, using shaving cream and Puzzle Spelling. We (I) printed these out (there are 3 pages) on colored cardstock and cut out each of these puzzle pieces for each student. We stored each set individually in a zipbag During class I would pass out the bags and give the students a few minutes to organize their letters- VERY IMPORTANT PART. Then I would call out a word and they would race to spell the words. We didn't go on until each student had spelling the word correctly. It worked much better with the 6th graders than the 5th. If you have a student who isn't enjoying it, you can let them write the words instead of puzzling it. The important thing is that they learn to enjoy spelling.

Click on the alphabet to download

More Class Notes

I don't know about you, but even with just a few students, or maybe because of the liberty with having a small classroom, I always needed reminding myself about what work my students were behind on. These were mainly things I had them re-do ( I am the queen bee-teacher of redoing assignments). I made this little note up to hand them whenever they had things that needed to be returned or turned in. There are 4 per page and if you have one student who is WAY behind- you can always write on the back.

Download HERE

Shifting Gears

I know I haven't shared much in A LONG, LONG time, so here we go again, with what may (hopefully) be the first of many posts to come. I taught 5th and 6th grade at our small missionary school this past spring and wanted to share just a few of the things I used in class. The first is a document I used when students were going to be out. The two pages print front and back and then cut into 3. The document is in color but if you don't want to waste color ink on your students you can always print it in black and white and save the color for your own fun things. The important this is that this way, no one had any excuses about what needed to be done or when it needed to be returned. Hope this can be of use to someone.

Download Here

Exciting! More SVGs

Ok, so I am so excited that one of my favorite sites for parties is Lettering Delights- and now they have SVG files! Yeah! and right now you can get 2 of them for FREE!, yep, I said it- FREE (0ne of my favorite words). So go to Lettering Delights and you are welcome in advance.