Lamb, Rachel

Vista Print is a site I stumbled across on Jessica Meacham's site last year. Just going to the site, you can create custom rubber stamps and business cards for free anytime. I ordered one stamp-for free. After recieving it, I began getting special offer emails for lots of free goodies. The key is to sign up for the special offer emails. I have since made several orders (limited to 4 free items per order-after that the coast adds up so I do multiple orders). All you pay for is shipping. And yes, it's quite slow, my orders have all arrived within 2-3 weeks. I average less than 10$ per order. I could have created and printed these myself-but the quantities are great and the quality is pretty good too. Everything (minus the business cards) are heavy paper-I was impressed.

Here are a few items I created. You have to get a little creative. Most of the basic items you cannot play around with fonts, but postcards, notecards, pads, and magnets I have edited. Google "vista print ideas" and you will see what other teachers have used as well! Good luck!

250 Basic business cards with all my info for parents.	More business cards. Not sure why I ordered more! You receive 140. Unfortunately-you cannot play with fonts and size on these.
1 Car Door Magnet. I will put this on my back white board for my daily graphing questions.	10 Folded notecards for thank you's and such.
25 Blank family magents. I will write student names on these. Not sure what for yet! Could be center rotations, graphing, etc.	25 Info magents for family's fridges! Love these!
3 orders of 140 Address labels for labeling my classroom library books	1 Personalized pen! Self-explanatory!
100 Postcards-Birthday coupons. These were fully editable! Adorable!	and the back
100 Postcard-Parent/teacher conference reminders. I canmail a few days before or attach in student planners.	Here's the backside. I can write all the conference info.
10 Flat invitations-Student of the Month annoucements. My 2009-2010 theme is rock n roll, so this was perfect!	and here's the backside.
Rubber stamp-for labeling my personal books No name papers-beware!	1 free Rubber stamp for scoring writing assessments. 1 rubber free stamp for scoring content area writing assessments.   Rubber stamp-self explanatory! But will use in planners. Students usually do not take reminders home!
1 Notepad	Sticky notes
100 Postcards-For recommending books to peers	Here's the back where the actual info will go
1 Car Magnet-Our school's rules for posting on front board	(25) Small Magent-Student of the Month awards! They can hang on their fridge-cute!
140 Address labels-labeling my personal professional books	10 Flat inviations-I needed more Student of the Month annoucements! See others above. You only get 10 for free.
(10) Letterhead-Use for Welcome letters in the summer	(1) Notepad-self-explanatory! (ordered a 2nd pad later)
(50) Racks-Not sure what these are supposed to be, but I made bookmarks for Nightly Reading to help parents and students out. This is the front.	and here's the back side. These were great quality!
1 small window cling	1 banner (indoor) to hang in the hallway above student work. Below is one for my new 2nd grade theme
1 Small Car door magnet for morning instructions.	1 poster-lists jobs and salaries
(10) flat notecards	(1) small window cling-cute!
(50) supersize postcards-these are big! I will hand these out for reaching the various levels in Cranuim Club.	and here is the back
(250) premium business cards. Half-HW pass idea from Mrs. VanDyke's website!	(140) Return Address labels to put on papers to be corrected (this idea from Mrs. VanDyke's website!) (1) pad of sticky notes
(100) standard postcards to send notes home to parents	The back has space to write the note and all my contact info
A window decal for the reading area at the window	This year's theme is Second Grade Superheroes. 10 for free
A poster size calendar to post at my desk!	Cute! I could not resist the lamb! These are for my teacher books. (140) A stamp to put on paper's I check for completion from in-class practice. ok-these were for personal use! I used these caricatures cards for Christmas gift tags! Also order matching address labels for Christmas cards.
1 blank notebook. I used this for my idea book at school!	10 free calendar magnets. I sent these home as gifts to families at Christmas and to the support staff at school. I will definitely do this again!