About one year ago I came up with the idea to open an etsy shop selling digital graphics. Near the end of summer, fears set aside, I opened the shop. Six months later I get to celebrate 100 sales in my shop. Amazing! And, thank you!

I have been a stay at home mom for the past 13 years. Last year, for the first time, all 3 of my kids went to public school, giving me a few hours each day to myself. It was time to put that graphic design degree I earned to work. Doing something I enjoy outside of mom stuff has been wonderful. And, earning a few bucks is rewarding in its own way. So, thanks again to everyone for supporting my small business.

Photo Booth Props

My etsy shop primarily sells photo booth props at the moment, which I love. We live in a stressful world, and I love that people can let loose and enjoy their friends & family using props made to celebrate life’s milestone’s. Click here to download snowman props for free.

Thank You Freebie

My other favorite type of item at Ridgetop Digital Shop are tags. They come with a digital png file for digital scrapbooking or journaling and also a printable sheet for other crafting or party needs.

As a thank you for a great first 6 months here is a printable sheet of my Fresh Eggs tags. They are primarily used for placing on egg cartons when selling your own eggs, but also look great added to spring craft projects.

Thank You Coupon Code

As another thank you here is a coupon code good for $2.00 off anything more than $2.50 in my shop.

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coupon code:
CELEBRATING100
expires March 31, 2016

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How to Apply Coupon Code:
1. Once you add an item to your cart, click apply shop coupon code above Item total.
2. Enter CELEBRATING100 and click Apply
3. The coupon discount will adjust your order total

Etsy Affiliate Link

If you have been wanting to open an etsy shop, here is an incentive to do so. Clicking this link and opening your shop will earn us both 40 free listings.

Here’s to another hundred sales!

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12 Days of December

December 2nd: Warm Up Here Burlap & Canvas Sign

Materials

16″ x 20″ Canvas
Burlap – at least 20″ x 24″
Red Acrylic Paint and Paint Spouncer
Exacto Knife and Cutting Mat
Scissors, Stapler, Paper, and Tape

Attaching Burlap to the Canvas

Top Left: Center canvas right side down on burlap
Top Right, and Middle Photos: Fold burlap over edge of canvas, pulling slightly so it has a snug fit. Staple in place.
Bottom Left: Trim burlap edges
Bottom Right: Flip over and enjoy how easy it was to add burlap to your canvas.

Creating and Painting the Stencil

I’ll admit this is a little tedious. Not difficult, just not all that fun.

Click here to download the 4 pages for the stencil.

Using an exacto knife and cutting mat, cut out the letters. This is a stencil, so the actual letter piece is not being used. Don’t forget to keep the insides of the A, R’s and P. Tape the stencil together, then tape the stencil to your burlap canvas.

Using red acrylic paint, dab the spouncer into the blank parts of the stencil, paying attention not to get paint under the stencil. You are dabbing, not brushing on the paint.

Carefully lift off the stencil and your cold weather sign is complete.

You will notice on this pdf printable little dots inside the letters. Those are in case you want to forgo the burlap and instead would like to add lights to your canvas. You will stencil the letters on in the same way as the burlap canvas instructions. Then, poke holes where indicated through the canvas. Attach small Christmas lights behind the canvas and push one light through each hole. I love this idea. However, I was going for a rustic look so I went with the burlap version.

Have fun with this Warm Up Here Printable! However, do not sell or share the file as your own. Also, do not post the pdf on your social media page, please link back to this original post.

All 12 Days of December:

December 1st: Hot Drinks Bar Party Kit • Printable
December 2nd: Warm Up Here Burlap & Canvas • DIY {you’re already here}
December 3rd: Photo Booth Backdrop • DIY
December 4th: Snowman Photo Booth Props • Printable
December 5th: Let it Snow Gift Card Holders • Printable
December 6th: Christmas Gift Box • Printable
December 7th: Christmas Tree Canvas Painting • Tutorial
December 8th: Hot Drink Pouch • Printable
December 9th: Build Your Own Snowman Gift Tags • Printable
December 10th: Let it Snow Gift Tags • Printable
December 11th: Christmas Word Search • Printable
December 12th: Let it Snow • Printable

I would love to see how you used these 12 Days projects. Please share your creation(s) with us here.

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Last term Farm Kid1 learned all 50 states and their capitals. I thought he would learn & remember them better if we focused only on 10 at a time. I designed worksheets and flashcards to help him learn all 50 in 5 weeks.

Here’s a peek at the weekly worksheets:

MATCHING THE STATE TO ITS CAPITAL
One worksheet for the current week’s list of 10 Capitals & another worksheet for all the Capitals from previous weeks.

CROSSWORD & WORD SEARCH

LABEL THE MAP WITH THE STATE AND ITS CAPITAL

FLASHCARDS
State on one side, Capital on the other

TESTS
There are 2 versions of the weekly test. One test with the current week’s list & one test with all Capitals learned so far. You can choose to do one or both of the tests.

There is also a completion certificate to celebrate learning all 50 State Capitals.

Follow these links to access the worksheet files:
Week 1 Worksheets
Week 2 Worksheets
Week 3 Worksheets
Week 4 Worksheets
Week 5 Worksheets

I hope your students enjoy learning with these worksheets as much as Farm Kid1 did!

Note: Because these are large files, the files are zipped. You will need unzipping software to access the worksheets. This works best from a computer, as opposed to a phone or tablet.

These worksheets are free for you to use with your students and classroom. However, please credit Ridgetop Digital Shop and/or Ridgetop Farm & Garden when appropriate and don’t sell or share these files as your own.

These worksheets were created by me. I am not only a farm person, I am also a graphic designer and entrepreneur. Check out my photo prop website. It is full of printable photo booth props and free party printables!

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We’ve made it! We’re ready to learn the final 10 capitals!

Since this is the last week it comes with a finisher’s certificate.

Click here or the image below to download all the practice worksheets, flash cards, test & answer sheet for free.

Follow these links to access previous worksheet files:
Week 1 Worksheets
Week 2 Worksheets
Week 3 Worksheets
Week 4 Worksheets

Note: Because these are large files, the files are zipped. You will need unzipping software to access the worksheets. This works best from a computer, as opposed to a phone or tablet.

These worksheets are free for you to use with your students and classroom. However, please credit Ridgetop Digital Shop and/or Ridgetop Farm & Garden when appropriate and don’t sell or share these files as your own.

These worksheets were created by me. I am not only a farm person, I am also a graphic designer and entrepreneur. Check out my photo prop website. It is full of printable photo booth props and free party printables!

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Over half way done learning our State Capitals! As exciting as that is, it’s time to move on to Week 4.

It worked well for us to use a report cover to hold the weekly worksheets. Of course, you could also staple them together.

Click here or the image below to download all the practice worksheets, flash cards, test & answer sheet for free.

Follow these links to access the other worksheet files:
Week 1 Worksheets
Week 2 Worksheets
Week 3 Worksheets
Week 5 Worksheets

Note: Because these are large files, the files are zipped. You will need unzipping software to access the worksheets. This works best from a computer, as opposed to a phone or tablet.

These worksheets are free for you to use with your students and classroom. However, please credit Ridgetop Digital Shop and/or Ridgetop Farm & Garden when appropriate and don’t sell or share these files as your own.

These worksheets were created by me. I am not only a farm person, I am also a graphic designer and entrepreneur. Check out my photo prop website. It is full of printable photo booth props and free party printables!

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Moving right along to Week 3’s State Capitals.

Ten new flashcards are available each week. To use, cut along the solid line. Then fold on the dashed line & glue sides together. One side of the flashcard has the state, the other has its capital. Another optional use for the flashcards is to cut the state from the capital & play a memory game. Instead of searching for two same pieces, you are searching for a state & its capital.

Click here or the image below to download all the practice worksheets, flash cards, test & answer sheet for free.

Follow these links to access other worksheet files:
Week 1 Worksheets
Week 2 Worksheets
Week 4 Worksheets
Week 5 Worksheets

Note: Because these are large files, the files are zipped. You will need unzipping software to access the worksheets. This works best from a computer, as opposed to a phone or tablet.

These worksheets are free for you to use with your students and classroom. However, please credit Ridgetop Digital Shop and/or Ridgetop Farm & Garden when appropriate and don’t sell or share these files as your own.

These worksheets were created by me. I am not only a farm person, I am also a graphic designer and entrepreneur. Check out my photo prop website. It is full of printable photo booth props and free party printables!

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Continuing to learn our State Capitals, I introduced 10 more this week.

Starting this week, there are two choices for both the Match ‘Em & Test worksheets. You can choose to do the worksheet listing only this weeks 10 capitals or you can choose to do a worksheet that has both this weeks list & the capitals you’ve learned already. We chose to do both sets of worksheets.

Click here or the image below to download all the practice worksheets, flash cards, test & answer sheet for free.

Follow these links to access other worksheet files:
Week 1 Worksheets
Week 3 Worksheets
Week 4 Worksheets
Week 5 Worksheets

I hope you are having as much success with these as we are!

Note: Because these are large files, the files are zipped. You will need unzipping software to access the worksheets. This works best from a computer, as opposed to a phone or tablet.

These worksheets are free for you to use with your students and classroom. However, please credit Ridgetop Digital Shop and/or Ridgetop Farm & Garden when appropriate and don’t sell or share these files as your own.

These worksheets were created by me. I am not only a farm person, I am also a graphic designer and entrepreneur. Check out my photo prop website. It is full of printable photo booth props and free party printables!

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This year one of my goals was to have Farm Kid1 learn the names of all our 50 states, as well as their capitals. He already knew most of the states, but only knew that Salem was Oregon’s capital. I came up with a series of worksheets & flashcards so he could focus on 10 capitals per week. After 5 weeks he learned all 50 state capitals. The best part was that he actually enjoyed learning them all.

Each week there are 10 different states from a particular region. For example, week 1 focuses on the western states.

There are 5 types of worksheets: Learn ’em, Crossword, Word Search, Match ’em & Label ’em. Also included are test pages, flashcards and an answer sheet. Each week expands on the last. By week 5 you have the option of testing just the 10 new state capitals or all 50. I gave Farm Kid1 both tests, but you certainly don’t have to.

Click here or the image below to download all the practice worksheets, flash cards, test & answer sheet for free.

Follow these links to access the files for the next 4 weeks:
Week 2 Worksheets
Week 3 Worksheets
Week 4 Worksheets
Week 5 Worksheets

I would love to hear how these worksheets worked for your students.

Note: Because these are large files, the files are zipped. You will need unzipping software to access the worksheets. This works best from a computer, as opposed to a phone or tablet.

These worksheets are free for you to use with your students and classroom. However, please credit Ridgetop Digital Shop and/or Ridgetop Farm & Garden when appropriate and don’t sell or share these files as your own.

Check out school themed photo booth props designed exclusively for my shop including these back to school sets:

BACK TO SCHOOL

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Recently we went on a road trip & a few of my ideas for keeping the kids busy in the car included cookie sheets from the Dollar Store & as many magnetic games/things I could reasonably bring with us. The Dollar Store had magnetic coins & bills! I thought, “what a great find,” and at a fabulous price. I wasn’t sure what I was going to do with them, but I thought for sure the kids would enjoy them. I ended up making worksheets for each of my kids at their individual math level.

MAGNETIC COINS & BILLS

COUNTING PENNIES

Farm Girl doesn’t fully understand counting money yet. But, pennies are easy since they are counting by 1’s. To complete this worksheet you simply place a penny in each circle, counting as you go.

Click here or the image below to download the Counting Pennies worksheets.

COUNTING MONEY

Farm Kid2 is working on counting coins & bills to make certain amounts of money, so his worksheets focused on that concept.

Click here or the image below to download the Counting Money worksheets.

MAKING CHANGE

Farm Kid1 can count money just fine, but needs practice counting back change. On his worksheets the price tag shows how much the item costs. The green bills are the ones the customer used to pay. Farm Kid1’s job is to count out the change that should be given back to the customer.

Click here or the image below to download the Making Change worksheets.

The kids didn’t end up using these worksheets a ton on the road trip, but I’m pretty sure they did enjoy them at least a little. So, I will get them out occasionally for more practice. I still think the magnetic money is awesome!

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