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For teacher: captivating clipboards

Mom of three Cindy Jenkins makes festive ornaments and clipboards, which can be the ideal teacher gifts. (Unless the teacher is a middle-aged part-time coach who loves the Texas Rangers — get that guy a ball cap.) Mostly Jenkins’s creations are one of a kind and made to order, she says.

She started selling strictly around White Rock Elementary, where children — Lily, 12, and 10-year-old twins Jake and Luke have attended — but before long, every member of the WRE staff had his or her share of spirited clipboards so, by popular demand, she branched out. Her business is still small and mostly marketed by word of mouth. She doesn’t have a website because that’s where people rip off ideas, she says, and she means it. An art major and experienced crafter, Jenkins doesn’t intend to share all of her secrets.

“I don’t use Mod Podge,” she says.

If you don’t know what that means, it’s OK. All you need to know is that Jenkins’s art and crafts, which she collectively sells under the name Lily’s Pad, are top notch and, though a large percentage of her orders seems to be for Wildcats of one Lake Highlands school or another, she can craft one using any mascot, name or interest, and she has filled as many as 200 orders during a holiday season. You can find her on facebook.com/lilyspad1 or place a telephone or email order at 214.789.0338 or cindy_jenkins@yahoo.com.

Jeffrey M. Thurston, M.D

David M. Bookout, M.D.

Julie M. Hagood, M.D.

James K. Richards, M.D.

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Jennifer Muller, M.D.

John D. Bertrand, M.D.

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Jane E. Nokleberg, M.D.

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