TpT Seller Challenge Week 4: Follow Frenzy

What a month! Without the TpT Seller Challenge, I never would have had the courage and motivation to start a blog! Some wonderful things have come from this challenge, including LOTS of new friends and blogs to follow. I have officially become obsessed with the social media world! (Teaching social media world, that is.)

Since the challenge started, I began following a numerous amount of new bloggers on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, BlogLovin', Periscope... you name it! However, I have been silently stalking keeping up with a few specific bloggers! Click their buttons below to head on over to their blogs and check them out as well. You will not be disappointed!

          

        

A shout out to the four ladies who started the challenge... thank you for everything you have done to make sure this was a great boost and motivator for every TpT seller who participated! It would not have been done without you!!!

Third in Hollywood

Sparkling in Second Grade

Teach Create Motivate

Peppy Zesty Teacherista

TpT Seller Challenge Week 3: Make Your Masterpiece

This week in the TpT Seller Challenge, we were asked to create a new product or finish one that had already been started. Last month, I created a whole new set of things for my classroom to go along with my new theme - zebra print! I really wanted to create a more flexible product that wouldn't be so specific to a single theme, so I created a NEW BoY Big Bundle!

This bundle features over 140 pages of classroom necessities for the beginning of the year. Most of the products come in 3 different black and white patterns, giving teachers the option to stick with one pattern or mix and match! I not only included all of the products from my zebra-print bundle, but added in some extras! (Hall passes, word wall letters...)

This has been the most difficult week of the challenge yet, but hopefully it will pay off! To celebrate, I am listing this BIG Bundle at HALF-OFF in my TpT store! Also... if you buy this BoY bundle, I will send you my Student Data Tracking Folder set for FREE! 

This is an offer you cannot pass up! Stop by my TpT store and check it all out... I am SO excited to have this Masterpiece complete!

Also... keep an eye out for my Plan With Me Sunday post tomorrow! I know I'm behind... but my planner says to relax and go with the flow. ;)

Link-Up Listings

Last night, something big happened to me... I posted on the TpT Tips and Tidbits page about link-ups and linky parties. As a new blogger, this is something new to me and I want to gain as much knowledge as possible!

Well, a small post turned into a HUGE collaboration on a Google Sheet! I created a Link-Up Listings document for bloggers to have one location where many different link-ups and linky parties are organized. Bloggers can easily click on the tab of which day they want to search for, and then be given a list of different link-ups to participate in! What a perfect idea for those of us who obsess over organizing things. ;)

Email Me!

To access the google sheet, please send me an email at eberryhill@gmail.com, or comment below with your email address.  I would love to share this document with as many bloggers as possible! 

Below you will find some tips for using and editing this document. Also, a HUGE thanks to all of you TpT Seller Challenge bloggers for making our lives just a little bit easier by joining and collaborating with us newbies! :)

There are 8 tabs at the bottom of the sheet. One occasional tab, and one tab for every day of the week. If there is a link-up that does not happen every week, please post it under the occasional tab.

When you click a day of the week, it will bring up any link-ups that happen every week on that day. 

There really isn't any more to it than that! Remember to email me or comment below if you have any questions or suggestions! I can't wait to start linking-up with y'all!

TpT Seller Challenge Week 2: Dare to Dream

Week 2 of the TpT Seller Challenge is all about our dreams. This morning, I sat down and had some quiet time to reflect on where I am at in my life, both personally and professionally. Writing down these dreams and reflecting on them over time will surely set me up for success!

With all of the stresses of the world and real life, it is so important for me to have some absolute quiet time to reflect and think. I pray often, as well as read the Bible, but it is not often enough. The Bible app has some great reading plans... that I have started... but never followed through with. This is a huge goal for me, especially when the school year starts in August.

This is another dream that I do really well at starting, but then fall off the wagon a few weeks in. Since I have moved to Mississippi, I have not been where I want to be health wise. I'm sure some of you can relate... during the school day, sometimes all I need is that Diet Coke to get me through the afternoon! I'm hoping that this summer I can quick start eating better and exercising several times a week, which will hopefully follow suit into the school year.

Remember what teaching is all about. This one is so near and dear to my heart. Ever since I was little, I have always wanted to be a teacher. How unfortunate for my younger brothers and sister! When I first started teaching, I was motivated, encouraged, and satisfied. This past year, my fifth year of teaching, I experienced several days where I wanted to leave the profession. Having these feelings was (is?) heartbreaking to me, considering that teaching has been my lifelong dream. Don't get me wrong... I never have these feelings from 7:30am-2:45pm when I am with my students and get to watch them learn and grow. My hope and dream for next school year is to constantly remember why I'm a teacher, and why I could never leave the profession. It is all about the kids. I do it for them. 

There isn't much to say about this last one; it is pretty simple! I am ready to lay down my roots, wherever that may be, and do some DIY! There are so many things I want to do in our 4b/2b rental, but it just doesn't make sense to spend that money until we have a home of our own. I'm ready to see what else life has in store for us. 

What about you? What are your dreams? If you are not in the TpT Seller Challenge, or aren't even a teacher, I highly recommend you take a few minutes today to reflect on where you're at and what direction you want to go.

TpT Seller Challenge Week 1: Makeover Madness

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Last week, I joined in the TpT Sellers Challenge hosted by four impressive teacher-bloggers! I couldn't wait to join the challenge, but was extremely hesitant in starting my own blog. I figured that I could squeeze by by only posting to other social media outlets. (Find me on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook too!) Little did I know by Week 2 I'd be 1,000 times more motivated to start my own blog!

Week 1's challenge was easy for me. I have been selling on TpT for almost 4 years now (WHAT?!), but have only been pushing my store for the last 6-8 months. There are several products in my store that need made over, being that I moved not only grade levels, but states and curricula as well!

My first makeover was a Gravity PowerPoint that I created and began using when I taught in Florida. Look at that ugly before! This product got an updated cover and went from 7 slides to 15 slides! I love putting these two covers side by side... it really shows me how far I've come with designing! You can find this product in my TpT here.

I was so inspired (and embarrassed by my other product covers!) that I did a second makeover in the same week! This product got an updated cover and went from 11 to 18 slides. It's amazing what a little push from some online friends will do for you! You can find this product here.

My plan to continue this Makeover Madness is to update one product a week (at least). I think this goal will really help in not only making over my TpT products, but my shop as well!

To celebrate the new The Berry Hill blog and Facebook page, ALL of my products in my TpT store will be 20% off through the weekend! Don't forget to leave feedback and earn those TpT credits!