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Updating

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Hello all!!

I know it’s been forever since I’ve done a blog post.  I feel horrible because when I get busy, this is the first thing that seems to fall aside for me.  I can’t tell you how much I appreciate all of you for sticking by me and The Treasured Schoolhouse.  You are the BEST and I know it!!

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This is just basically going to be an update as to what’s going on and what you can expect to be happening around here.  First I’m starting with updating all the freebies that are on the blog.  Many of them haven’t been available for quite some time for various reasons.  I’m going to update them and make them usable again.  I’m not going to work on them in any certain order, but I hope to get to all of them in somewhat of a timely manner.  The exception will be those that are Seuss, Disney, and other characters like those.  I’ve learned a lot over time and I fully understand now that those are in violation and won’t ever be available again.  They were also the first I deactivated when I found out how serious of an issue it is.  We all learn and grow….or we should!!

Next up is The Treasured Schoolhouse Shop.  I’m still getting random orders despite there being no photos or real store front.  I want to work on getting those images back up and make the resources fully available.  The good thing is that other than the “Exclusive” materials, everything can be purchased on the other marketplaces where I sell my resources.

The “Subscriber Only” page will be getting some additions as well.  I’m thinking that this will be a slow process as I really want to get the blog freebies updated.  It’s hard to work on new and old at the same time.  However, there will be some new materials coming to that page and hopefully soon as I truly appreciate all of you who have subscribed and joined my mailing list.

I think that about covers everything.  It’s going to be a long process, but it WILL happen.  If there’s anything that you’ve been wanting and it’s not available, please let me know and I’ll work on those first.  See you next time!!

 

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Do You Need a BOOST?

It’s time for back to school.  Are you ready?

With back to school comes a sale on TpT.  Tomorrow, 20 August, is their one-day sale.  You can get everyone at The Treasured Schoolhouse for 20% off and tomorrow ONLY, you can get an extra 5% for a total of 25% off!  Just use code BTSBONUS19 for the extra discount.

Just in case you miss the sale on the 20th, I will be extending my sale by a day, so you’ll still be able to get 20% off until 21 August!  To check out the sale, just click the banner….

Back to School BOOST

I know I didn’t get the FREEbies for my newsletter subscribers posted.  Had a major issue and wasn’t able to complete them.  Please check throughout the week, because I’m going to get back to work on them and upload them as time permits.  There should be 3-4 new subscriber FREEbies posted within 7-10 days!

Happy Shopping and Happy Back to School!

 

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Reminder and Best Deals

I just wanted to do a quick reminder that there’s only a couple hours left to use code BTS19 for the Back to School Sale on Teachers Pay Teachers.  It will give you an extra 5% off and if you shop my store, that makes your discount up to 25% off!  Just click on the banner to be taken to The Treasured Schoolhouse to visit my store.  Also, my store will continue through tomorrow, 8 August, and will continue to be 20% off.

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I thought that I’d share some of the best deals in my store right now.  As I mentioned, it’s on sale for 20% off, so when you grab some of these, you’re going to get an amazing deal.  The top 5 deals at The Treasured Schoolhouse are….

1.  The MEGA Prayer Pack BUNDLE – Catholic:  This bundle contains 32 Catholic prayers and would normally be $99.50, but it’s at $69.65 with a 30% markdown discount.  With the 20% off, it’s $55.72 on sale!  Since making this MEGA bundle, 3 prayers have been added and if I make any more prayer packs, they will be added as well.  That means that you get ALL of the updates at NO additional cost!

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2.  Inside the Church MEGA BUNDLE:  This bundle includes 5 individual resources for items found inside the church or used during mass.  The regular price would be $26.25, but it is $19.00 with a bundle discount of 20% off the individual prices.  It’s currently $15.20 with the 20% off sale price!

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3.  10 Commandments BUNDLE – Catholic:  This bundle contains ALL of the Ten Commandments resources in my store.  That means that is has 8 resources in it!  The individual price would be $30.75, but is $24.50 with the bundle discount of over 20% off.  It’s currently at $19.60 with the 20% off sale.  That’s a ton of 10 Commandments resources for very little!

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4.  Samuel, Eli, and God Game (Speak for Your Servant is Listening):  This is just a little game to review the story of Samuel being called by God when he’s staying with Eli.  The game is $1.50, but it’s on sale for $1.20 at 20% off!

samuel, eli, and god game

5.  Ten Plagues of Egypt Cut & Paste Worksheet Pack – Catholic:  This is a pack of 27 pages of cut and paste/glue activities for a variety of ages/grades to learn or review the 10 Plagues.  The repetition will help these stick with the kids and enjoy learning.  The regular price is $5.00, but it’s currently at $4.00 with the 20% off sale!

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I hope that you all enjoy looking at these materials or any others in my store.  Happy shopping and thanks for looking….and reading!

 

 

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It’s Time for Back to School….and a Sale

Yes, I’ve been away all summer, but I’m back!  I’m not only back, but it’s time for back to school and a sale.  Can you believe how fast time is going?  It seems like summer just started and here we go again!

My entire store at Teachers Pay Teachers will be on sale for 20% from 5-8 August.  On 6 & 7 August, you can use code BTS19 for an extra 5% off.  That gives you a total of up to 25% off when you shop The Treasured Schoolhouse!  

As always, I’ll try to add something new during the sale.  I also will be uploading some freebies here for subscribers to my newsletter.  If you aren’t subscribed, you’ll want to be (and I promise that I don’t spam)!  I’ll also post some of the best deals that are sale in my shop in hopes that you’ll check them out and find some awesome resources for going back to school.

Thank you for reading and following.  Happy shopping and all the best for your new school year!

 

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FREEbies for Teacher Appreciation

As with previous years, many clipartists are offering FREEbies for Teacher Appreciation Week.  It’s just their way of saying “Thank You” for all that you do.  I really feel like they deserve the “Thank You”….and most of them are teachers as well.  There’s so many great clipartist out there and sometimes they just don’t get enough recognition. Goodness knows that I couldn’t do a lot of what I do without their hard work and talent.

Please note that many of these are on #3, so they will probably release something each day.  Others will be just a single freebie or some may be certain days.  I would suggest to check back to see if they update!

Here are the Teacher Appreciation FREEbies that I found this year….

Edu-Clips:  Teacher Appreciation Clipart Freebie here (along with previous) or here (along with previous) May 6-10

Chirp Graphics:  FREE Teacher Appreciation Clip Art Set here

Lovely Jubblies Teach:  Teacher Appreciation Week Freebie here (along with previous)

Ally Riopelle – Coloring Sunshine:  Teacher Appreciation Week Flash Freebie here

Dazzling Clips:  FREE Counting Watermelon Seeds Clip Art here and FREE Lemonade Set Clip Art here

Clever Cat Creations:  Sun Clip Art (FLASH FREEBIE until 11 May 2018) here

Research Based Teaching Tools:  Teacher Appreciation Freebie here

Rainbow Sprinkle Studio – Sasha Mitten:  FLASH FREEBIE {teacher appreciation freebie} here

Whimsy Clips:  Teacher Appreciation Clip Art Freebie here (with 1 to come on Wednesday and Thursday) or here

Creating 4 the Classroom:  FLASH FREEBIE (until 13 May 2019) Grad Worms Clipart here

Artifex:  Teacher Appreciation Clip Art here (along with previous)

Just Go Teach:  Teacher Appreciation Week- Free Set here

Here’s some other Teacher Appreciation FREEbies….

Polka Dots Please:  Teacher Appreciation Labels here and Ready, Set SUMMER Journal here (ONE DAY FREEBIE)

Nicole and Eliceo:  FREE Superhero Teacher Appreciation Posters here

Lindsay Perro:  TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK MYSTERY FREEBIE here (I wasn’t able to find others even though this one says Day 3)

Please be sure to leave some love and appreciation for these artists or authors as well.  They deserve it for all that they do in offering such great freebies!  Be sure to leave a rating/comment for each one you get….thanks.

This is my 3rd installment of these Teacher Appreciation FREEbies.  You can find the previous ones here….

2018:  Teacher Appreciation FREEbies

2017:  FREE Clipart for Teacher Appreciation Week

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Oh So Random:  Editable Labels | Avery 2-1/2″ Diameter here and Speech Bubbles here

Lead Joyfully – Gail Boulton:  Thank You Cups/Mugs for Staff Appreciation here

Carolyn’s Creative Classroom Miss Hacker:  FREEBIE Teacher Appreciation Cards here

CrunchyMom:  Polka Dot Borders and More FREEBIE SAMPLER here and Checker Borders and More FREEBIE SAMPLER here

 

One final thing!  Don’t forget to check out my Teacher Appreciation Sale on TpT.  My entire store is on sale for 20% off until 9 May and for today (8 May), you can get an extra 5% off with code GIFT4YOU making it up to 25% off!  You can check out my store, The Treasured Schoolhouse, if you click here.

 

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Teacher Appreciation Winner

I want to start by thanking everyone who entered the giveaway for the $10 gift card to TpT for Teacher Appreciation.  I appreciate you checking out my page, following me and leaving a comment.  I’m really looking forward to this summer….and I’m sure that you are as well!

Don’t forget that my sale on TpT is still going on.  Everything is 20% off until 9 May and today, 8 May, you can still use code GIFT4YOU for an extra 5% off.  Now is the perfect time to get all the resources that you’ll need for Summer and looking toward the next school year!

And now, it’s time to announce the winner!

 

Congratulations Annie G!  Enjoy your gift card and I’ll be sending it in a few minutes.  Please let me know that you received it.

 

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Thank You to All Teachers

It’s time for Teacher Appreciation Week.  We should always celebrate all the teachers, but this week is set aside to say THANK YOU to all the special people called to teach.  It doesn’t matter if you teach in a classroom, homeschool, online, or any other type of teaching, you’re so important to the children and adults that you work with.

I’ll be having a sale at The Treasured Schoolhouse on TpT in honor of this week.  All resources will be 20% off 6-9 May.  On 7-8 May, you can get an extra 5% off with code GIFT4YOU, so that makes it up to 25% off!!  If you’d like to check the sale out, just click the banner above to be taken to the store.

The Treasured Schoolhouse is also sponsoring a giveaway for a gift card for $10 to TpT.  There are 4 possible ways to enter:

  • Follow SchoolhouseLife on Twitter
  • Tweet the given statement on Twitter
  • Leave a comment to the blog post about the topic provided in the Rafflecopter
  • Visit The Treasured Schoolhouse on FB

A winner will be chosen at 12am CST on 8 May.  I will notify the winner with a blog post and also send an e-mail with the code to the TpT gift card.  Please make sure that you enter with a working e-mail address!!

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Thank you for visiting The Treasured Schoolhouse!  Good luck for the giveaway and happy shopping!

 

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Taking Longer Than Expected

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I just thought that I would pop on with a quick message to update you all about what’s going on. 

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Well, basically it’s nothing!  Updating my site after moving to a new host is taking way longer than expected.  Really most of it is done, but I haven’t been able to get all my images uploaded.  I’ve just had so much going on that I’ve had little time to devote to adding the images.  On top of that, it’s very time consuming to try to find all the missing images.

I truly appreciate you all being so patient and sticking by even though you rarely hear from me.  I couldn’t ask for better followers!  I’ll be coming up with something for you all soon so that I can say “thank you” in a proper way.  In the meantime, I’m honestly doing my best, but you know how life can be.

Take care and I hope that you’re having as beautiful of a Spring as we are here!

 

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Site Maintenance

I don’t know how much you’ve been paying attention to The Treasured Schoolhouse, but it was down for a bit.  My contract was up with my host, so I transferred to a new one.  In the process, I lost everything!

With the help of my new host, we’ve managed to restore just about everything.  There are still many gaps in the site that I’m working on little by little.  If you notice things amiss, fear not, we’re in maintenance mode!  You may find downloads not working or images that aren’t visible….or other glitches like that.  Hopefully they’ll all be back to normal soon.  Please remember though that if a post/download is marked as “expired” it can be found in my shop or stores.  If a post/download is marked as “discontinued” it is no longer available.

Where the most work needs to be done is with orders that customers have made from the Shop.  The orders are there, but the downloads are missing.  This is at the top of my list to get fixed.  If you have any issues, please contact me and I’ll get to work on it immediately.  Also, the “Subscribers Only” page is down.  That is also a top priority to get the site up and properly running.

I do appreciate everyone’s patience through this.  I don’t have a timeline for completion, but I’m working hard and doing it on my own.  For most of you, this really isn’t going to change things at all.  For others, you may see glitches here or there, but we should be in good form and ready to go!

 

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It’s Time for the Winner!

I want to start by thanking everyone who entered the giveaway for the $10 gift card to TpT.  I appreciate you checking out my page, following me and leaving a comment.  I really love warm weather, so it was fun to read everything that you have planned for the Spring ahead!

Don’t forget that my sale on TpT is still going on.  Everything is 20% off until 28 February and tomorrow, 27 February, you can still use code TICKTOCK for an extra 5% off.  Now is the perfect time to get all the resources that you’ll need for Spring!

And now, it’s time to announce the winner!

 

Time for a Winner

Congratulations Christina!  You were the first to enter, so that really worked for you!  Enjoy your gift card and I’ll be sending it in a few minutes.  Please let me know that you received it.

 

UPDATE:  Christina, I’m not able to send the gift card to you.  It’s coming back as “undeliverable” and saying that the e-mail address does not exist.  Please e-mail me at army_family_ok@rocketmail.com by 3pm (CST) so that I can get this to you!!  If I don’t hear from you by that time, I’ll have to pick another winner so that there’s an opportunity to use it during the sale.

 

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It’s Time for a Sale….and a Giveaway

That’s right, it’s time for a sale and a giveaway! It’s the prefect time because Spring is in the air. Alright, I realize that not so all over the country, but this girl sure is happy that the sun is out and the days are getting longer with nice temps during the day. I love warm weather!

First off, let’s talk about the giveaway! There are 4 possible ways to enter and you can do one or all of them for your chance to win a $10 gift card to TpT. The ways to enter are….

  • Visit (and follow) me at The Treasured Schoolhouse on Facebook
  • Tweet about the giveaway
  • Follow me (SchoolhouseLife) on Twitter
  • Leave a blog post comment for:  Spring is just around the corner. What are you most looking forward to?

The giveaway ends at 12am on 27 February. I will do a blog post with the winner shortly after that and send the gift card via e-mail to the winner within 24 hours (but it’s always way less).

Now, let’s talk about the sale! Everything at The Treasured Schoolhouse is on sale for 20% off. It’s going to be 25-28 February. You can use code TICKTOCK for an extra 5% off 26 & 27 February. That’ll make the total discount 25% off! Lent starts next week and Easter is just around the corner, so grab the materials that you need now. I also have some resources for St. Patrick’s Day, which isn’t that far off either! You can just click the banner to be taken to The Treasured Schoolhouse on TpT….

Now for something that I wish I didn’t have to say, but it must be done because of my last giveaway. I had many enter the giveaway and say that they had done certain things and upon checking, they hadn’t done any of them. Please follow the rules and follow through and do what you say that you’ll do for your chance to win. I mean honestly if you say you leave a comment, I can clearly see if you do or not and I can see if you tweet something. So please, let’s keep is honest and fair so that we ALL can have fun! That said, you can enter the giveaway here….

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Recover a Lost Blog Post

Have you ever done a blog post and then lost it?  There’s number reasons why one might lose their blog post.  I just had it happen to me recently and the reason why was because I had to do a restore of my blog.  That’s fine in itself, but I went back further than that particular blog post date.

Here are a couple tips in case you ever need to recover a blog post:

Post Revisions

The first method is to check your post revisions.  If your blog post is there, you should be able to go back and look at the revisions.  Select the revision that you want and save your blog post.

RSS Feed

Check your RSS feed to see if it’s saved there.  You could find the whole post, which you could copy/paste into a “new” post.  Save it at the original post date and time.  When I lost my post I tried this, but all my feeds (Bloglovin’, RSS Reader, and another one) only had excerpts of my post.

Newsletter

Do you send a newsletter to your subscribers?  If so and it contains your blog posts, you just might be in luck.  You can copy/paste it from there, then save it with the original time and date.  Unfortunately for me, my newsletter is set-up with my RSS feed but it only shares excerpts in the newsletter.

Archive

Check out a site like the Wayback Machine  to see if your blog or post is archived there.  Unless you have a popular blog, you likely won’t find it here.

Cache

This was my last resort and what finally worked!  If you know the URL of your lost blog post, type it into the Google search.  Click on the drop arrow and select “cached”.  If it was saved, hopefully you’ll find it here.  I found my complete post, so I did a copy/paste into a new blog post.  I then dated it to the original time and date and saved.  

I hope that you never “lose” a blog post, but if you do, maybe this will help!  Most of these procedures can also work on lost blog or site pages as well.

 

 

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