I am back!!!

Hello, my crafter friends!!!!
After resting for two weeks and starting a new job this week as an English as a Second language teacher, I am back :), about 90% recovered (still in pain if I get too busy, but nothing to worry about).
As I promised, here are the pictures of the thank you gifts I made for the doctors, nurses and staff involved in my surgery.

The pictures above show the doctors' gifts, which are a notepad with a matching pen and a matching bookmark (ideas I borrowed from "Made by Momo" at http://madebymomo.blogspot.com/2010/09/ustream-class-2-recap.html or see the instructional video at http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/9423916 ), the only difference is that I used bigger notepads I bought at Big Lots.
For the female (purple) project, I used the Storybook cartridge for the regular and scalloped circles, as well as for the capital B. For the male (blue) project, besides the circle from story book, I used the Take Notes stamp set from Papertrey ink. The "thanks" stamped images in both projects are from Hero Arts CL142 stamp set.

Now, for the nurses and other staff, I made a cocoa slider inspired by "My pink stamper" (see instructional video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZTLi6_ViDE and http://www.metacafe.com/watch/3757518/cocoa_slider_witth_my_pink_stamper_part_2/ ), using the "What a pane" stamp set from Clear Dollar Stamps (http://www.cleardollarstamps.com/proddetail.php?prod=5882.5256 ) and the Connections stamp set from Close to my heart.

My next appointment is in 3 weeks, so please tell me what you think and if you have more ideas for inexpensive thank you gifts, you are more than welcome to share!!! I made ten of the cocoa sliders but the staff where I had my surgery is bigger than that, so I can certainly be inspired by you to have more gifts!

It is good to be back!!!
The Brazilican Crafter