I have been teaching for 16 years. I've taught Preschool - 2nd Grade. Please visit my blog and Instagram for more teaching ideas and freebies.
06/05/2026
POV: You survived another school year. 😂✌🏻🍎
No bells. No lesson plans. No duty schedules. No swallowing your lunch in 4 minutes.
Just sleeping in, drinking HOT coffee, moving my body, soaking up sunshine, making memories, and slowly becoming a human again. ☀️
Teacher friends, welcome to your Summer Recharge Era. You earned every second of it. 🫶🏼
Now tell me… which square are YOU? 😂👇
06/03/2026
I kept seeing these cute sketchbook-style portraits everywhere, so I had to jump in on the trend! 🥹✨
I uploaded a few of my favorite photos; me, my furbabies, and my husband; and asked ChatGPT to turn me into a sketchbook-style character. I’m obsessed with how it captured my teacher life, dog mom life, and Mrs. Figs energy. 🤍
Let me know how yours turns out if you try it! 🙌🏻🥰
Tool: ChatGPT
Prompt below:
Make sure you upload your favorite photo OR photos.
Please draw the character in the image, (name), in a free and stripped sketch style. On a bright white background, freely distribute full-body drawings, face close-ups, small scribbles, full-body sketches, and chibi/deformed versions, so that the page conveys the character’s humor and personality. Don’t make it look like an organized character sheet, but like a sketchbook full of information drawn freely by an illustrator and stacked together. Use what ChatGPT knows about me from our conversations, including my personality, habits, strengths, quirks, profession, and overall vibe, to imagine how an illustrator would interpret me as a character.
POV: The classroom is packed up. The buses have left. I’m officially unavailable until August. ✌🏻😎☀️
Teacher me was NOT about to spend my weekend grocery shopping. 😵💫📚
Between long school days, lesson planning, and trying to make healthier choices, finding quick and nutritious meals can be a challenge. That’s why I’ve been loving Hungryroot! 💚
I was honestly surprised by how much came in ONE delivery; fresh produce, proteins, snacks, drinks, and easy-to-follow recipes. Everything felt personalized to my preferences. The Honey Lemon Thyme Salmon with asparagus was delicious and so simple to make. 🍋🐟
As someone who’s been focusing on adding more protein and healthier options to my routine, having groceries and meal planning delivered right to my door has been a game changer.
Use my code FIGS40 for 40% off your first delivery PLUS a free gift! 🙌🏻💚 Link in bio or comment LINK and I’ll send it over ☺️
You asked, and it’s FINALLY here! 😭💖
So many of you have messaged me about these bracelet keepsake cards, and between end-of-year chaos, field trips, graduations, memory books, report cards, and all the teacher things… this little labor of love took me a bit longer than expected. 😅
But it’s officially DONE and ready for your classroom! 🎉
✨ Editable bracelet keepsake cards
✨ Multiple bracelet sayings included
✨ Ready-to-print back templates
✨ “Ready for ___ Grade” templates
(1st-5th)
✨ Real photo options
✨ Optional AI caricature guide
✨ NO AI required!
I wanted to create something meaningful, affordable, and easy to personalize so your students have a special keepsake to remember your year together. 🥹💕
My students absolutely LOVED theirs, and I hope yours do too!
🩷 COMMENT BRACELET and I’ll send you the link!
05/23/2026
Last day of school for me… and kindergarten graduation day for my beautiful goddaughter, T**i 🥹🫶🏼
To say I’m running on empty from all the end-of-the-year teacher craziness would be an understatement 😮💨🍎 but there was NO way I was missing one of my T**i’s biggest milestones 🌍❤️ Seeing her little face light up over her bouquet absolutely melted me 💐😭
Today felt like such a full-circle moment because 10 years ago we were celebrating Solei’s kindergarten graduation too 🥹 (last pic). We laughed remembering how she wanted to be a teacher back then… let’s just say that dream was a little short-lived 😂 Honestly? I don’t blame her lol.
Being both a teacher and a godmother means my heart is always split between my classroom babies and my real-life babies (my goddaughters) … and today was one of those sweet reminders that these moments matter so much ❤️
Happy last day, teacher friends! If you’re still hanging on by a thread, you’re almost at the finish line 🙌🏼
We made it. Happy freaking summer to us ☀️🍎
05/21/2026
End-of-year gifts for my sweet second graders 🥹💕
Each bracelet word was chosen especially for that student because it reminds me of the beautiful qualities they carry every single day 🫶🏼
From “Believe,” “Brave,” and “Hope” to “Smile,” “Love,” “Best,” “Lucky,” and “Friends”… every word came straight from my teacher heart 🫶🏼😭
I wanted my students to leave second grade with a little reminder of how special, loved, capable, and important they are. Watching them grow this year has been one of the greatest blessings of my life 🍎
Ready for 3rd grade… but Mrs. Figs is definitely going to miss them 💕
05/19/2026
Mrs. Figs is officially FIELD TRIP READY ✌🏻😌
Coffee? ✔️
Comfy shoes? ✔️
Patience running low? ✔️😂
And somehow we’re only THREE DAYS away from summer break 🍎🥱
The exhaustion is real, but we’re making memories anyway 💛
Teachers are in their messy bun era 😂✏️🎀
These printable 3D pencil holders double as scrunchie + ring holders and I’m OBSESSED 😭
Comment “PENCIL” for the link ✨
05/17/2026
ASK AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE ✨
So many of you asked if my 3D pencil scrunchie & jewelry holders could be sold separately… so I made it happen 😭✏️
AND I added even more cute sayings!!
These printable 3D pencil holders are perfect for:
✨ teacher besties
✨ your grade level team
✨ paraprofessionals
✨ student teachers
✨ end of year gifts
✨ Teacher Appreciation Week
✨ inexpensive but thoughtful gifts
My team was OBSESSED with theirs 🥹🫶🏼 Their students were in awe of the mini fridges and they could NOT stop talking about the pencil scrunchie holders 😂💛
The best part?
They’re low prep, affordable, print-and-assemble, and pair perfectly with:
🎀 scrunchies
💍 rings
🖤 hair ties
✨ bracelets
Okay but can we talk about the MINI pencils for the ring holders because I’m OBSESSED 😭✏️💍
Swipe to see some of the different sayings included.
Comment “PENCIL” and I’ll send you the link 🔗💖