Ian started T-Ball this year and I couldn’t be more excited!
This is my very first time being a sports mom. I have been there for my nieces’ sports, and so I kinda know what is going on since my sister has experienced it all.
Each week one player brings snacks for after the game. Since it was my turn I just had to make cute little gift bags with my Silhouette and Just So Scrappy’sBatter Up kit.
I also made Thank You cards for the people who contributed to Ian’s fundraiser.
I think they turned out pretty cute. And I made Ian write his name in each one.
I am going to admit it here. I think I have shin splints.
Here is a picture of the area where I am in pain
Click Pic for where I found this drawing
The pain is in my left leg and anterior.
I can run about two miles before I have to walk some. Monday night I was able to get a five-mile run in. But it wasn’t all running. I had to walk a few times to stretch my leg.
Yesterday I felt pretty good, I did a lot of walking and stair climbing at work and my leg didn’t hurt too bad. So I went to the gym again last night.
I could hardly get half a mile in before the pain was unbearable. I mean bad.
I walked at a faster pace and raised the incline on the treadmill to still get some movement in.
OK. So maybe I should have taken a rest last night. But I thought I could do it. I plan on going running again tonight and I will see how it goes.
I found this colorful diagram on how to tape for shin splints.
Click Pic for source and taping directions
I have never taped for an injury before. I am pretty skeptical about if it will work on not.
I mean she LOVES tea. She drinks tea like I drink coffee.
I don’t get it, but then again, she doesn’t get why I drink coffee.
I had seen some Teacher Appreciation gifts that incorporate tea with a card stating “You are a Tea-rific Teacher”. I thought how cute would it be to make a tea bag shaped gift bag with the same sentiment for my mom.
When making the graphics for the bag, I had the hardest time with the fonts.
I wanted something curvy and fancy. But those fonts were just too thin and didn’t cut well with the paper. Plus I had to use a font that could be connected together.
I also didn’t want “you are” to be larger than “mom” but I needed the words to be connected, so I used a vintage tea-cup in between the words.
I added a string to tie the bag closed and made a tag in the same shape. That way the whole thing looks just like a tea bag.
The execution of the cut file took a few tries, but I finally found fonts that worked, and still looked elegant.
Of course I couldn’t get this kind of cut with the use of my Silhouette Cameo. I used two shades of card stock and a patterned scrapbook paper to give it a little more life.
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