Back-to-School with AR Workshop

It’s hard to believe it is already August! That means back-to-school is already on for some and just around the corner for others. Local stores might be stocking up on all the things your children will need for in-person learning or distance learning, but we’ve taken it upon ourselves to cover all the classroom décor and teacher […]

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Back-to School Printables, Parties, and Teacher Gift Ideas

It’s still summer time, but back-to-school season will be here soon! We know many of you mommas like to plan ahead, so we thought we would share a few back-to-school printables, teacher gift ideas, and party ideas to help make that transition from summer fun (and chaos) to school day serenity, a little easier! Below, […]

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Ruff Draft: Back to School Bento Box Ideas

I don’t know about you guys, but the thought of coming up with Back to School lunches for the next school year is a daunting task.  My kids get so tired of sandwiches and so I did some research to give myself new ideas.  I found some really great websites that take the typical lunch basics and turn it […]

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Ruff Draft: New Preppy Back to School Labels

It’s time for school supply shopping and we are showing you our latest Preppy Back to School Labels that are a MUST-HAVE this school season.  We have a girl set with trellis and polka-dot patterns and a boy set in stripes and madras prints.  We designed them in bright, fun colors – blues, pinks, greens, & […]

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Ruff Draft: Free Printable Bag Topper for Teacher Appreciation Week

Teacher Appreciation Week is coming up in May and today we want to share with you a FREE PRINTABLE BAG TOPPER  to use along with a simple Teacher Appreciation Gift.  I found a great teacher quote and designed a bag topper which says “The influence of a good teacher can never be erased”.  This is sooo true – […]

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Ruff Draft: Building Brick Personalized School Labels

We are one week away from the 1st day of school here in South Carolina, and the kids are rounding up school supplies, back packs and lunch boxes.  (Where did summer go?) Did you see last year’s Trendy Labels? We had such a great response to these school labels, we created another collection of building brick […]

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Ruff Runway: Trending Backpacks for 2014 School Year

It’s August… which means School is ALMOST here!!!!   We are having fabulous school printable sales this week and most stores are having amazing backpack sales.  Have you found your perfect backpack?  If not, I’m showing you trending backpacks for this upcoming 2014 School year and where to find them. Fun trends this school season […]

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Ruff Draft: FREE PRINTABLE – End of School Year Interview for Kids!

Good bye School…. HELLO SUMMER!  Tomorrow is our last day of school, and we wanted to celebrate with a clever way to remember this past year’s school year.  We designed a FREE PRINTABLE End of School Year Interview for your kids to fill out for keepsake records.  As the years past, I forget what my kids were […]

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Ruff Draft: Make Apple Cupcake Donuts for School Teachers

The quintessential symbol of school and teachers – the apple.  I (aka. Maureen – I hijacked the Ruff Draft this week) wanted to come up with a treat that your kiddos can bring to their teacher for the first week of school (or anytime, really!), but didn’t want it to be too complicated. Pinterest has […]

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It’s a Back to School party

We love teachers, we love books, we love how this party looked!   So, while the rest of us are fighting crowds and scrambling to complete the “Back to School” list for each of our dear sweet children, another Mom is out there throwing together a quick impromptu party to celebrate the last days of […]

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Ruff Draft – Getting Ready for Back To School with New Personalizable Labels!

  I don’t know about you, but in my household, the girls are so excited organizing their new back to school supplies.  Brynne wanted to have everything labeled this year for 6th grade, especially since her supplies would be scattered in between lockers, book bags, and binders.  I worked with Maureen to create a new […]

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Ruff Draft: FREE PRINTABLE School Bag Tags

It’s the first day of school today for our kids, here in Fort Mill!  To celebrate the first day of school, we are sharing with you FREE PRINTABLE – Bag Tags today to kick off the new school year! We had so many great comments/feedback and new requests from our last DIY set of free downloads […]

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The Anders Ruff “School Day” Printable Collection Photoshoot {and Sale!}

School Time!  We have had so many requests for “back to school”, “teacher appreciation week” and “school graduation” that we knew that a project related to school would be a priority at the end of summer. We recently designed a full collection of printable graphics (The School Day Collection) that are perfect for back to […]

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Ruff Draft: The Perfect Back to School Teacher Gift

This week, here in Fort Mill, is BACK TO SCHOOL WEEK.  We wanted to show you how to make the Perfect (Start of the Year) Teacher Gift – something everyone can do, cost efficient, and Teachers will LOVE. I  asked my mom & step dad last week (who are both Teachers) to see what would […]

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School Day Video – Sneak Peek and New Printable Collection!

All I can say is “FABULOUS!” This weekend was full of fun. Friday, we had our new Halloween photo shoot. Saturday morning, we had our School Day photo shoot. We held the “School Day” collection photo shoot at an 1890 old one-room school house! My little Jeffrey (in the nerdy cute bow tie) and Adria’s […]

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