A Gift for Teacher

This was too cute!

Calli's "love language" is giving gifts.

I love her "love language"!

So many Christmas' Calli would stuff TrueLove

and I's stockings for us. We'd dig down and pull out things

that she considered treasures from her room

because she wanted us to receive gifts

so much.

I might find a ceramic dog she painted when she was four,

a few gently used bottles of nail polish,

candy left from the previous Halloween,

a makeup brush from my vanity,

a powerbar from the pantry,

some tchotchkes from the top

drawer of my dresser,

and it was all

so

precious!

So last night at dinner she tells me that she's studing

human anatomy 

in Science class and she had an

idea 

to make her teacher a pair of 

DNA Chain

earrings.

Yep.

When Calli is inspired,

she will produce!

So.

Stinking.

Creative.

!

She went and got her pipe cleaners out,

twisting and finessing.

I could hear her

swishing around the bead bowl

searching for just the right

colors

and 

sparkle.

Then she comes out with these!

Her teacher loves to wear theme style earrings.

She has earrings for every occasion, holiday,

theme that you can imagine.

I'm not sure though that 

she has earrings

for studying

DNA.

Today, that will change!

And even though Calli is 11,

she knows that packaging

is everything!

She found a cookie cutter tin

(Calli has her daddy's knack for finding things)

pink tissue

and

ribbon.

Voila!