One Year Blogiversary Giveaway - Day 1!

**TECHNOLOGY THURSDAY WILL START NEXT THURSDAY**

HOLY COW!!! I have been blogging for a YEAR today! It's unbelievable how fast time flies. Throughout this past year, I have met some of the most amazing, sincere, unbelievably kind people in the entire world. Y'all, the friendships I've made I will NEVER forget, that's for sure!

I have changed my blog design countless times. I have laughed, cried, smiled, and stayed up all night to create, create, create - blog, blog, blog! I love what I do and I could not be a happier blogger.

So, what do you do when you have blogged for a year? CELEBRATE!

I reached out to some of the most Te support I've been given for this giveaway is astounding. I am so blessed and seriously am so happy with the turn out that this blogiversary is being spread out over SIX days. Yes, SIX days. I had 114 bloggy friends donate something to these giveaways which is SO FREAKING AMAZING that I just cannot put it all in one giveaway!

SO, here's how it's going to go. Each day for the next 6 days, there will be a total of 20 products being given away each day to ONE winner. So in all, there will be 6 winners total :)

Each giveaway has mandatory entries in order to unlock the optional entires. Obviously, the MORE you do, the better your chances will be in winning!

My goals for this series of giveaways is to celebrate a year worth of blogging, the fantastic friends I have made, and YOU as the readers!

So, let us get started with the giveaways.

{Button credit goes to Ashley Hughes @ The School Supply Addict}

DAY 1

The winner will receive the following:

EVERY product that I add to my store from here until December 31st, 2013 + what is currently in my TPT store/TN store. That's 47+ products!!

One product of choice from Laura's TPT Store

One product of choice from Journey of a Substitute Teacher's TPT Store
Diving Into Learning's Numbers 1-120 Charts and Fill in the Missing Numbers

One product of choice from Kimberly Ann's TPT Store

One UNIT of choice from Teacher's Clubhouse's TPT Store

Mr. Hughes' Order Up! Math Bundle #1 (10 Sets)

Lisa's Wild And Wacky Watermelons: A Math and Literacy Unit About Watermelons

One product of choice from Fab and Fun in Fourth's TPT Store

Fern Smith's Classroom Ideas' Bundle of Both Pout-Pout Fish Writing Centers for Common Core

Crofts' Classroom's Multiplication Facts Review 0-12: Hero Set
Two products of choice from Miss Nelson's TPT Store

Sarah Hankinson's 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Grade Sight Word Units

Diamond Mom's Creating a Community Pack

Five products of choice from Creative Lesson Cafe's TPT Store

Susan Morrow's Analogy Safari: Animal Analogies Grades 1-3

Barbara Evans' Critical Thinking with Triads I

Animal Crackers and Apple Juice's Polka Dots and Stripes Mega Classroom Organization Kit

Run Teacher Run!'s Weather Unit: Super File Folder!
$5.00 Starbucks Gift Card NOW if that isn't a great group of prizes, I'm not sure what is!!
This giveaway will be open for SEVEN days. So, get your entries in!
Ready? Set? GO!
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See y'all tomorrow for DAY 2!

Teacher Product Tuesday - {Library Check Out Cards}

Time for the FIRST Teacher Product Tuesday here at Miss V's Busy Bees!

On Tuesdays, I'm going to link up some of my favorite teaching products - it can be a digital file by me or other teachers, a physical teaching product (markers, pens, books, etc.), or ANYTHING else that is teaching product related :)

My reasoning behind this is so that maybe YOU all can find something new for your classrooms!

Feel free to leave a comment about a teacher product that YOU like. It can be a link to a blog post, to a TPT product of yours or someone elses, or a link to a website (Amazon, CTP, etc.). I'd love to feature it on another Teacher Product Tuesday!

So here goes!

My first Teacher Product Tuesday item I'd like to link up is a new FREEBIE I created to go along with my book bin {from yesterday's Monday Made It with Tara from 4th Grade Frolics}! I absolutely love the way it turned out and wanted to share with you all, too. Below the picture are links to both my TPT and TN shops where the freebie is located! Download it now :)

{TPT download}  {TN download}

Linked up this freebie @

I also wanted to throw out one of my FANTASTIC friends' digital papers... she is sooo talented, sincere, friendly, and just an all around fantastic woman. Tamara, from Mrs. Russell's Room, has been there to support me for the longest time, so I love supporting her!!

Check out the following paper packs that Tamara has created and really... you might as well just check out her whole TPT store!

  

  

Well, that's all I've got for ya for today's TEACHER PRODUCT TUESDAY!! I hope y'all enjoyed!

Monday Made It - {Book Bin}

YAY! It's time again for Monday Made It with Tara from 4th Grade Frolics.

So, what did I make? Well, I'll show ya!

I found this cute little wicker type basket at Hobby Lobby today and a genius idea popped into my head!

I just needed to find these SUPER cute animal print letters... I just had to have them. Then, I connected two and two together and BAM. It hit me exactly what I wanted the basket above to be.

A BOOK BIN!! I took the letters above and glued them onto the basket (using craft glue) and hoped that they will stick. AND, well they did :)

In my internship last year, the kiddos put all their books in a crate when it was library day. I thought, what an awesome idea to have our OWN class book bin... not just some stinkin' plain crate??

SO, begins "Book Bin."

I seriously love the way it turned out. It's so fun, bright, and just perfect for the purpose.

I also thought if it was too small and started getting TOO heavy with all the books to return to the library, I could use it for my own classroom. When students are finished with their books that they "checkout" of the classroom library, they can place them in the book bin and the person who has the classroom library as a job for the week can use the bin to put all the books back!

GENIUS... yes? I think so! I am sooo happy with the way it turned out.

Monday Made It Week 1 = success!!

I also had to buy this cute little bin for my own library books that I rented with my BRAND NEW LIBRARY CARD!! Yes, I got a library card today so I feel like I'm a REAL resident of Mobile now.

SO, what did YOU make this Monday?? Click the button above to be taken to Tara's post for the Monday Made It for this week and link up.

See y'all tomorrow for the FIRST Teacher Product Tuesday of the summer! 

June Currently & Reminder!

Now that I am like the 250th person to link up... it's time for CURRENTLY with Farley from Oh' Boy 4th Grade!

Listening: I recorded Pixar Short Films like last week or the week before and I just can't get enough of them so I'm watching them. Love me some Pixar :)

Loving: I am no longer working so I have loads of free time... time to craft, read, watch TV, hang out... do homework (bahahaha).. or whatever I want! This will change come Fall, though, so I'm living it up now!

Thinking: I just spent the last 2 hours cleaning the house from top to bottom. Bathroom, bedrooms, living room... gosh, more square footage = not always fun!!!

Wanting: We have a Marble Slab Creamery here and they make the BOM DOT COM milkshakes, especially their birthday cake milkshakes. Well... it sounds freakin' delicious right now.

Needing: I have two assignments due today (mind you, they're short) so I should probably do them but I just honestly do not feel like it.. blah.

3 Vacay Essentials: Book = I love reading! Phone = it's connected to my hip... IG, FB, all the game apps... LOVE it. Bikini = you won't find me on a vacay unless there's a pool or beach near by. Therefore, my bikini is a necessity! 

Your turn to link up. Click the button above and head on over to Farley's blog!

DON'T FORGET!! Tomorrow starts...

Each day, I'll have a linky (except for Mondays... that linky will be over at Tara's blog, 4th Grade Frolics) that you can link up your posts with, too, if you choose to participate! It's up to you :)

See y'all tomorrow for MONDAY MADE IT!

PS. If you'd like to donate to my giveaway, tomorrow is the LAST DAY I'll accept donations. I just have to say that I am SOOOOOO thankful for the amount of support I've gotten so far. This giveaway is going to be a KILLER. Y'all will want to make sure you enter.. lots of goodies up for grabs!!

Super Summer Schedule - Recruiting For Feature Teacher Friday! :)

Hello all! I'm here to tell you about something I plan to do starting JUNE 3rd here on the ol' blog! Summer is my favorite time of the year - and the most relaxing, so I figured I'd get back into blogging regularly! Read below to get a glimpse at my schedule and feel free to join in by using the button below, too! :)

{frame by Ashley Hughes - fonts by Jen Jones}

Monday Made It = y'all remember last year when Tara from 4th Grade Frolics started the FANTASTIC linky for Monday Made It? It kicked my booty into gear to create some things and well, this year, I'm participating again!

Teacher Product Tuesday = on this day, I'm going to feature either one of my new products OR another teacher product that I adore OR some kind of physical product that I think is fantastic for teachers. I have SOOOO many files on my computer and SO much stuff in my spare room that I'd love to showcase for y'all - never know, maybe you'll find a new product you like for your classroom, too :)

Wild Card Wednesday = on Wednesday, I'm going to blog about whatever - this is a WILD CARD post. It could be about Tucker (y'all know you love that boy), about something happening in my personal life, an update on my teaching job situation, etc. Never know.

Technology Thursday = exactly what it says... technology! Y'all know (if you know me) that I adore technology. I think it has so many fantastic features, but it's the USING it that a lot of people have trouble with. So, I'm going to showcase a website, a technology tool, an app, or anything else technology on this day!

Feature Teacher Friday = out of all the things I'm doing throughout the summer, I think this day is going to be my FAVORITE. I want to showcase YOU. Why? I want to feature some of the most influential people in my life on my own blog - I want you to tell us all about you as a person. I also want to learn more about those who I follow since I cannot technically meet you all in person. SO, if you are interested, please fill out **THIS DOCUMENT HERE**. I would LOVE to have as many people as possible :)

*Saturday is a ME day - a day to do my schoolwork, layout, hang out, whatever!*

Summer Reading Sunday = I plan to read as many books as possible this summer. Yes, I'm in school so I have lots of schoolwork to do, but on the days when I have nothing, I want to read read read! So, I plan to showcase a new book each Sunday that I've read that past week. It could be a YA book, a children's book, or an adult reading book. I have SO many on my "To-Read" list on Goodreads that I want to blow through the list.

SO, what do ya say? Wanna give it a go? I'd love to hear your thoughts on this new schedule and what you think about it.

Have a good day, y'all!

Notice Anything? & Bloggy Giveaway Help Requested!

SO I woke up this morning to the most GORGEOUS blog makeover in the entire world!!! I am so, so, so, so, SO in love with the way this new design turned out. It's so much more ME.

My new button!

Megan, you did a FANTASTIC job. I am so impressed with how everything turned out. I love the colors, the design, the layout, EVERYTHING!!!

If y'all are in the market for a new bloggy design... make sure to message Megan at her design blog, A Bird in Hand Designs, by clicking the button below.

And if you're not following her teacher blog, I Teach. What's Your Super Power?, make sure you do that, too!

Enough gloating... even though I still want to!

My ONE YEAR BLOGIVERSARY is coming up on June 6th!! I could not be more excited for this and would LOVE to have y'all help me celebrate.

This last year has had SO many ups and downs, but my bloggy friends have always been there for me, especially when it comes to talking me through teaching and product making and just life in general. I could not and would not be where I am without y'all and am SO excited to be at this stage in life!

If you are interested in helping, please click the link to fill out the form.

Miss V's Busy Bees One Year Blogiversary Giveaway

I intend to have this giveaway start on June 6th, so please have your submissions for giveaway materials submitted by June 3rd.

Again, I thank each and every one of you for all of your support this past year... here's to MANY many more! :)

Happy Memorial Day!