St Patrick’s Day Cookie Booth 2013

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Since we had a booth scheduled on St Paddy’s Day I couldn’t NOT have a theme for the day right??? So I made this for our three chilly leprechauns that worked the booth that day.

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The Thin Mints were the green green grass of Ireland…..

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And the Savannah Smiles were the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow~!

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Leprechauns  business meeting…..

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It was 31 degrees out and we stood outside selling for 3 hours we sold a mere 24 boxes but these girls kept it together and worked their shamrocks off! I am so proud of all my girls and the hard work they put into this year we had 7 booths and sold just shy of 3500 boxes (-:

Bling Your Booth Contest 2013 – WE WON!

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Yes that’s right we won our Service Unit’s Bling Your Booth Contest and we couldn’t be more excited! I have wanted to blog our booth since March 1st but I didn’t want to give away our secret (-:  

Our theme this year Super Girl Scouts!

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The cookie sale theme this year was What Can A Girl Do?  A World of Good

Well we tweeked it a little and said What Can A Girl Do? She Can Save the World!

We even had capes made out of t-shirts I cut out a superman logo as a pattern (-:

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I ironed on all the cookies on t-shirts that match the cookie boxes.

Even made one with the GS cookie theme:

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My friend and fellow Scout Mom Stacey made these awesome headband bows for the girls…

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I got the ribbon from BestRibbons.com in case you were wondering (-:

The girls had a blast being super scouts !

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Until the capes started to strangle and irritate them!

soooo back to the creative brain to get better capes I could not have the girls miserable after all.

SO I bought capes at Walmart and they had mask WOOHOO!

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Of course I blinged them up!

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Now those made them fly!

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Nothing makes me happier than to see these kids like this (-:

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Super strong super Scout!

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And our table lay out had to have the super hero BAM POW BOOM signs right? and notice our troop elf was even super!

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So congrats Troop 1391 for winning the Bling Your Booth Contest 2013!  I can not wait until next year (-;

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Troop 1391 Walk About 2013

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If we thought our first booth was cold it was nothing like our walk about! Last week was girl scout week and also walk about week, so we cleared our area with council and made plans to walk on Monday.  Unfortunately, it poured rain and hailed so we cancelled and rescheduled for Wednesday the only day the whole troop could make it. We watched it snow and get colder ALL day, but we couldn’t cancel or we wouldn’t be able to do it and my girls wanted to experience everything this year.  So they bundled up and met in my garage. I had the table all set up for the parents to grab their newsletters and sign up for activities coming up because I am organized and it was the perfect time right??  well no, lots of parents were too cold to even get out of the car LOL!

wpid-IMAG3690.jpgOf course my soon to be Daisy was a helper her preschool class was collecting change in that bottle for the Ronald McDonald house so she made sure to put it out there….so sweet (-:

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The girls grabbed their cheat sheet lanyards and  packed up all the wagons to started out….

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They worked so well together I couldn’t believe it, being that cold surely there was going to be a cranky one I would have to send back to the garage to stay with my co-leader Abby but NO they were amazing. 

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They took turns and was polite we even found out there was another leader in my subdivision who wished us luck then promptly had three girls run out of her house in the snow the other direction with cookies in hand to sell to the neighbors.  NOT the Girl Scout Way especially since I signed up for this neighborhood and had gotten approved ANYWAY I digress.

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We went half way around the neighborhood and sold 10 boxes of cookies, saw people literally look out windows and not answer the door, taught the girls what no soliciting means and that boys can be ridiculous and girls can be giggly!

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My super mom Stacey walked with us and was just as impressed with these girls as I was so we went back to the garage for snacks and to get out of the wind.

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Our Harlie brought snacks and then I made smores mix too!

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The girls took that to go once their parents picked them up. After snack they went right back out in the drive way to hold signs and try to sell more while the parents where stopping to pick them up.

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You have to handed it to them come rain, sleet or snow the Girl Scouts are always selling cookies LOL!  And their helper stayed in the garage still doing her part (-:

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Our First Cookie Booth of the Year 2013 “Snuggie Up!”

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It was FREEZING!~ and windy and snowy but five of my scouts signed up for the day and all five were determined to have fun.  So what did we do to keep warm and have a fun booth?? We Snuggied Up!

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We kept the cookies in boxes because what you can’t see in the pictures is the snow that would have gotten the boxes wet.  It was 31 degrees out that first booth day and we had a different theme in mind for out full out bling but on this day my Scouts just needed to stay toasty (-:

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snuggies made it easy to keeping track of the cookies we sold

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They did so well sold 68 boxes of cookies took turns eating lunch in Ms Erin’s warm car and started back to selling. 

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At times the snuggies came off because they were just a little awkward, but it was a fun day! and we only had 7 booths  more to go!~

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Make sure you keep stopping by to see the rest of our cookie season blog post (-:

DIY Girl Scout Idea Book

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I made this book for easy reference to all my Girl Scout Ideas. It’s similar to my Garden Journal and I even made one last year for all my Christmas ideas.

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Just like the others it just takes some scrapbook paper and a composition book.  I have even thought about having my troop make smash books this way.  Super cheap and lots of fun!

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For this one I put a post it note on the inside page along with an envelope for all my receipts and as you know if you are involved in any troop you will have LOTS of receipts!

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As you all know I absolutely love pinterest so I printed out my boards and taped the things I absolutely want the girls to try inside the pages.

I added tabs for each of the topics I have random ideas for and I just write them in when I think of it.

 

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On the last page, the Girl Scout Promise nad the Girl Scout Law along with another envelope because I needed it !

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And last but not least I added a green ribbon to close the book  (see first pic above) so my pages don’t get all messy…I hate messy pages (- : and a book mark too!

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Super easy and fast to make I use it ALL the time let me know if you make one too!

Girl Scout Walk About – Lanyards!

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It’s cookie season as you know, and we are getting ready for a lot of cookie sale opportunities!   With all of our booth ideas running through our heads we are also getting ready for Walk About Week.  For those that don’t know that is when we go door to door as a troop.  First thing I made for the girls is a lanyard to make it easier and faster when some one asks what kind and how much.

Here is a short tutorial on how I made ours….

5 yards of thick cosgrain ribbon made 18 lanyards, it could make more or less depending on how long you make yours.

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I had gotten a bag of these at a yard sale for a dollar I like using these for the lanyard clip than the two-part way you see a lot online.  Lace this through the ribbon first.

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Then sew the ribbon together.  I sewed it three times across because the girls will pull on them I am sure.

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I printed out the cookie variety and the price cheat sheet and stuck them to a green paper to match the ribbon.

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Once I cut them out I laminated them and cut the out again with my helper (who was really watching Bo on the Go)

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Punched a hole with the handy dandy crop-o-dile

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And hooked the to the lanyards!

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This is not an original idea I saw it on pinterest and I would mention the blog it came from but there wasn’t an attached author! But if you would like to see that one here is the pin link (-:  http://pinterest.com/pin/64035625923800679/

I will keep update my blog with whatever we do for this cookie season we are so excited this year ~!

Spring Fever – Setting up a Garden Journal

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Oh I have caught Spring Fever for sure!

I have gardening and yard work on the brain, I can not wait for the weather to break and the sun to shine so we can start planting.  But until then I will start planning.  And I can’t plan without an awesome Garden Journal/Smash Book.

So I made one that I love (even made my friend Deb one too so we can compare notes she is my garden guru after all)

Here is mine: It’s pretty simple just some scrapbook paper and stickers covering a composition notebook like this one

And some matching ribbon of course (-:

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Some pictures of my peas in the front because they are so darn cute!

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I clipped the seed packets to the front so I know what I liked from previous years I may tape them on the pages soon to make it easier to see them.

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Some articles I liked in magazines so I could recycle what I did not need

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A map that shows when to plant is always good and an envelope in the back for receipts and whatnot.

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Covered the back with more scrap paper and there you have it now I can daydream and plan!

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It might not be spring yet but I am sure ready!  I will just keep on planning (-: