Mini-Gift in a jar!

How does a single serving of your very own, you don't have to share it, chocolate chip cheesecake sound?!! Yummy, right!? Check these out! I made these for my kids' Teacher gifts this year. (They also got some glass necklace and earrings set)

Here is how you can make them too!

Purchase 5  (1/2 pint) ball canning jars.

Purchase 1 box No Bake Cheesecake (any flavor)

Make the crust of cheesecake as directed, except split the crust up into the 5 jars.

Make the cheesecake mixture and split that up 5 ways also. 

Seal with lids. (these are not actually can sealed, so they will need to be eaten in a decent amount of time!)

Decorate jar as you choose!

 For my decor, I chose plain fabric cut to fit slightly overlapping edge. Red ribbon. Black buttons. CTMH small Christmas tree stamp. 0.5 tip journaling pen and a yellow marker. I already had most supplies. I only needed to purchase the jars and the Cheesecake. Total cost per gift came to $1.20! What do you think?

~oo~Boo Bags~oo~

I volunteered to make the treat bags for Candice's Kindergarten class this year. It was somewhat time consuming for my schedule, but the end result was so worth it! They turned out SO cute! What do you think?

These are my starting materials: 

• Enough white cotton fabric to make 22 6x8 bags. (The teacher purchased more than enough materials!) 
• Thin black ribbon
• a sewing machine
• scissors
• white felt for hands
• white thread
• black fabric paint

The task itself is fairly simple.

1. Cut the material 2x as long as you would like the bag to be when finished. 
2. Cut out felt hands for each Boo Bag.
3. Fold in half inside out placing the "hands" on the inside of your bag securing with pins.  (this is the most confusing part. lay them so when you turn your bag RIGHT SIDE OUT they are on the outside of the bag.)
4. Sew up 2 long sides of the bag.
5. Then hem the top with enough room to thread ribbon through. 
6. Turn right side out. 
7. Cut a 1/2 inch hole in hem for ribbon. (I used a Bobbkin to thread my Ribbon; it's much faster than many alternatives!)
8. Paint eyes and nose on the front for the face. (Get creative with those eyes, it's more fun that way!)

Here is the end result!

What a great way to hand out treats to your party guests!