Dial-up stinks! ...and a star tree

Sorry I haven't been updating! We moved last weekend (June 21st), and don't have DSL hooked up yet...and blogger isn't so happy on dial-up.

It's hard to believe we all lived like this 10 years ago!! I'm so used to being instantly connected to everything now, that I feel like I'm on some sort of primitive island *wink*

But, I thought I'd share a quick picture of Daniel, showing off his filled-up Star Tree. I made it for him to encourage him to have good behavior at preschool (each start = 1 day with no time-outs). He filled it (25 stars, and he goes to school 2 days/week) in just under 3 months...nothing like a little motivation!! He got to pick out a toy at the toy store, and chose a super-soaker...fitting, since it was a record-breaking 116F the next day!

The whole chart is made from cardstock (if I have to look at it for 3 months, it may as well be pretty, right?), and I cut out the tree by hand. You can't see it in the picture, but around the sky blue cutout is faux-stitching with my Zig writer. The star punch is from SU! and the bird punch is from Martha Stewart Crafts.

Thanks for stopping by! DSL comes this week (*fingers crossed*), and then I'll be showing you some more goodies!

~Michelle