St. Frances Cabrini School Dinner Auction 2012



A big thank you to the parents, teachers, students and especially Mrs. Klassen for all of their help in creating such wonderful projects each and every year. These priceless works of art or memories would not be possible without them.

Mrs. Heinen's K3 Class		Heart with Handprints You will "heart" the K3 art! The K3 classes have created a framed piece of art, portraying colorful handprints of each child. Together, the handprints form the shape of a heart. A photo book of all of the children is also included with this project. These small handprints and photo book will be a wonderful keepsake from their very first year in school! Parent Volunteers: Jenny Thill & Kerrieann Lisinka

Mrs. Kraemer's K4 (M/W)		Beatitudes Quilt with your K4 Child's Clothing Scraps Warm your heart and your home by capturing this precious time in your child's life. Cozy up in this full size quilt and share the memories of your child's first years with their little friends. They'll love pointing out their friends' names and sharing their favorite memories of them. This beautiful quilt was handcrafted and personalized using pieces of clothing from all the children of the K4 classroom. It has been lovingly embroidered with the beatitudes. This is a one of a kind priceless treasure. Parent Volunteer: Cassie Erato & Paula Mugan

Mrs. Kraemer's K4 (T/Th)		Matching Game with Photos and Art Classmate memory game: Enjoy playing the "traditional" memory game finding pictures of your K4 classmates and their creative artwork. Each tile will have a photo of the child with their name to help children read and remember their classmates' names. In addition, each child has also created their own little artwork on separate tiles to be matched as well. This memory keepsake is a classic game that can be played for many years to come. Parent Volunteers: Theresa Huss & Kim Nielsen

Extended Care		Apron/Cookie Jar/Cookbook Our little chefs have been busy cooking up some fun in extended care. Now is your chance to continue the Kitchen Creativity at home. This projects begins with personalized adult/child aprons featuring all the children's names and handprints. When you are ready to start baking you can open up the one of a kind cookbook of the classes favorite cookies with the children's pictures featured throughout. After baking those deliciious cookies, you can store them in a cookie jar decorated with the class's fingerprints. Also included is a silicone, child friendly baking kit donated by Mrs. Lehnerz. Parent Volunteer: Theresa Huss

Mrs. Graper's Half-Day K5 Class		Floor Mats Show your American pride with these Coir Entrance Mats made in the USA and decorated by Mrs. Graper's 5K class. The mats are hand painted with stars and stripes and would be a perfect addition to any porch or entryway. Parent Volunteer: Jen Schuster

Mrs. Zinkgraf's K5 Class		Bookshelf Bee-utiful shelf. This wooden, picket fence style shelf has been painted by Mrs. Z's K5 class. Using their thumb prints and fingerprints, the kids created an adorable, bright, bee design on this great versatile shelf. Parent Volunteer: Karen Schultz and Marie Ulma

Mrs. Lochen's 1st Grade Class		Nativity Scene Glass Block Light up your house during the Christmas season with these beautiful and classic nativity scene lighted glass blocks. The children all lovingly picked out the designs and placed them on the three separate blocks. Their excitement in making this nativity scene was so inspiring. The children also designed a fabulous lighted block to be used outside of the Christmas season. It simply states "Bless our Home" with praying hands holding a cross. Bring a little light into your house with this auction project. Parent Volunteer: Andrea Gierach

Mrs. Taylor's 1st Grade Class		Handprint Mosaic Mirror Mrs. Taylor's 1st grade class have created this beautiful handprint mosaic mirror. Hang it in a special place in your home and enjoy this creative and priceless piece of artwork. Parent Volunteers: Tim & Sara Harter

Mrs. Endlich's 2nd Grade Class		Photos of Kids and Questions/Answers This unique piece of art, made up of random photographs of Mrs. Endlich's second graders, will be a treasure to savor for years to come. Placed in a multi-photo collage frame and displayed around a beautiful quote by Brenda Dutcher called "In the Blink of an Eye," you will be deeply moved by her beautiful message about the journey of being human and seeing this alive in the pictures of these kids. In addition to Brenda's words, our second graders have shared their own insights, ideas and advice about how to best live this life we've been given. These thought will be compiled and accompany this photographic piece of art. A lovely and precious item you will cherish forever! Parent Volunteers: Lisa Koepp & Tamie Verdin

Mrs. Graff's 2nd Grade Class		Painted Tiles Mrs. Graff's second grade class has hand colored tiles with images of the four seasons. These tiles were then put into four 12" x 12" shadow box frames and decorated according to one of the four seasons. Parent Volunteer: Beckie McArthur

Mrs. Coyne's 3rd Grade Class		Adirondack Chairs & Table and 4 Brewers Tickets This classroom auction piece is sure to attract a crowd! Two Adirondack chairs colorfully decorated with the lovely fingerprints of each student. These little fingerprints will surely be a great conversation piece as they decorate with vibrant colors and designs. Auction winner and lucky new owner will enjoy showcasing and relaxing on them during beautiful summer days and crisp fall nights! Also includes - 4 Brewer Tickets (April 7th - Brewers vs The Cardinals). Parent Volunteers: Kathleen Weisner & Heather Moore

Mrs. Vogel's 3rd Grade Class		Popcorn Bowl Movie night, anyone! This savory bowl comes creatively illustrated with red and white carnival strips while the inside is lined with fingerprint popcorn kernels. The piece is hand painted and beautifully crafted by Mrs Vogel's 3rd grade class. Enjoy many nights of lip-smacking popcorn with family and friends while using this one-of-a-kind glazed bowl. Parent Volunteer: Jody Gates

Mrs. Dewey's 4th Grade Class		Mitten Quilt Snuggle under this flannel quilt on those cold winter nights. Mrs. Dewey's class designed the colorful mittens used in this lap quilt. Each artist also signed their work. The quilt measures 58" x 65" and is made with white, blue, green, burgundy and rose fabrics. A quilt label has been added to the back so you will always remember you were the lucky winner at the 2012 Dinner Auction. Parent Volunteer: Paula Mugan and Debra Pettit

Mrs. Galante's 4th Grade Class		Potting Bench Garden in luxury during the gardening season, with this beautiful solid wood construction potting bench. Bench is approx. 40" wide, 20" deep, 60" high. Parent Volunteer: Wendy Gilly

Mrs. Dezwarte's 5th Grade Class		Tie Dye Quilt This one of a kind tie-dyed quilt will look beautiful in any room of your home. Each child tie dyed their own t-shirt. Then the shirts were then cut into multiple squares, one for each child in Mrs. Dezwarte's class, sewn together and embroidered with the names of each child and the quote "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." Any child would love snuggling up with this groovy, colorful quilt. Parent Volunteers: Tamie Verdin & Lisa Schnabel

Mrs. Stallman's 5th Grade Class		Circus Animal Platter Enjoying the circus? Extend the enjoyment to every time you serve with this 15" round serving platter decorated with a circus train of animals designed by your children. Parent Volunteer: Kathy Henrich

Mrs. Fischer's 6th Grade Class		Collage of Photos/Philosopy of Life This unique piece of art, made up of random photographs of Mrs. Fischer's sixth graders, will be a treasure to savor for years to come. You will find candid photographs of these emerging young people placed in a multi-photo collage frame and displayed around the "Life Mission Statement" they've created together. Their guiding principles about living and the meaning of life as they see it lay at the center of this inspiring piece of art, which is surrounded by the beauty and innocence portrayed in the photographs of these young people. A very moving and important piece of artwork that you will cherish forever, and hopefully reference often! Parent Volunteers: Iva Thelen & Lisa Koepp

Mrs. Royes's 6th Grade Class		Decorated Dry Erase Board Does your child like to play school, have a place to write notes, or simply doodle on dry erase boards? Or could your family use a place to write schedules and notes so everyone knows what's up? Or are you looking for a unique and practical gift to give another child or family? If so, you're in luck! Our class has beautifully decorated and framed a magnetic dry erase board, magnetic dry eraser, and 19 individually created glass magnets. We have also included a set of four magnetic dry erase markers. Parent Volunteers: Jody Geenen & Tamie Verdin

Mr. Anderson's 7th Grade Class		Ourigami Art Origami: A decorative object made by folding paper. Origami: The art or process, originating in Japan, of folding paper into shapes representing flowers and birds. Ourgami: A priceless object made by folding a variety of black and white paper incorporating patterns as creative and diverse as the seventh graders who made them. This original work of art has been intricately placed into a beautiful design and then framed for display. Parent Volunteer: Joni Gogolewski

Ms. Neuman's 7th Grade Class		Adirondack Chair Settle back and close your eyes, enjoy the sun on your face as you recline in this beautiful Adirondack chair. We're sure this will be a family favorite, that's why the class constructed two! Parent Volunteer: Wendy Gilly

8th Grade Class		Photo Mosaic Art This will be a verbal auction item Enjoy hours and hours of endless gazing into this beautiful photo mosaic framed print of the 8th grade class of 2012! Each child supplied numerous photos of their memories at SFC to create this unique masterpiece. All of those individual photos were then combined and condensed to create a larger image of the Holy Family statue surrounded by SFC stained glass. You will love displaying this in your home! The final print is 20" x 30". Parent Volunteer: Brad Schmidt & Tina Briska