Thanksgiving Teacher Appreciation Mini Pies Thank You and Printable

 Yesterday I posted this Thanksgiving teacher mini pie gift on Instagram. I had a few people ask about how to get the tag. So I decided that I needed to put it on the blog so that people could get it easily.

I made this "We aPIEciate You" tag in PicMonkey for our teachers. I specified it for them and the fact that the PTO was giving it to them. I have now made a few more generic options for those not thanking from a PTO and for those not thanking teachers specifically. There is a single option of each tag (which you can right click and save to your computer), a sheet of the teacher tags (not from PTO), and a blank one with instructions on how to personalize it.

I tied each tag to a mini mason jar pie. These were pumpkin pecan made from THIS recipe. I quadrupled the recipe for the filling for 32 jars and tripled the topping. You could also attach a big ol' pie if it was for one person. You could buy those mini wrapped pies instead of making jar pies. Possibilities are endless.

Teacher/PTO one.

Sheet of Teacher/PTO tags.

PRINT HERE

Teacher/no PTO.

Teacher/no from printable.

PRINT HERE

Thank You Blank.

Okay so for the blank one. Here is how you personalize it.

After you have downloaded the image onto your computer, go to PicMonkey. Under the edit, choose the computer icon. Then select the saved image.

It should look like this.

The font you need is Chunk Five. Add Text.

Make the word of the person you are thanking fit. Also make sure your caps are on. Add spaces or increase the text size to fit the space.

Change the color to 8e0500 in the text edit box.

If you want to add a from, then type the text you want and adjust color and size.

Then you can save and print it off. Woot.

Hope that make sense and that this makes thanking a teacher for Thansgiving easy peasy!

Back to School Teacher Gift

School is back in. For my kiddos it has been just a few days. Some of your kids have been in school for several weeks. No matter if it has been less than a week or almost a month, it isn't too late to drop a little something off for your kids' teacher.

This is an easy to put together little gift for teacher that is sure to brighten their day.

Here is what you need--

cookies (homemade or store bought)
quart canning jars (Ball currently has these new "vintage" inspired green jars)
odds and ends to decorate with (fabric, ribbon, clothespin, doily, lace, etc.)
tag (right click on image below to save to your computer)

I made the tag in Picmonkey's design setting using:

school paper overlay

geometric overlay

vintage flower overlay

fonts: Sweetheart and Tall Dark and Handsome

See, how simple is that! You can pretty much gather what you have, print off this tag and you are done.

Seriously, it is as easy and lovely as that.

For other ideas you can see what else I have posted for Teacher Appreciation. You can also visit my Pinterest Teacher Appreciation Board.

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Cherry Chocolate Chip No Bake Cheesecakes

So it isn't a secret that I LOVE mason jars. I make an excuse to use them for everything. One of the best things to do with mason jars? That would of course be putting dessert in the jar.

Mini jars...aka jelly jars...are the best because the whole serving is just for you.

A whole dessert just for me? Yes, please.

A few weeks ago for Valentine's Day I made these itty bitty no-bake cheesecakes for the boys' teachers. They were so easy to put together AND they were really yummy.

That is a win-win in my book.

I honestly can't decided what my favorite part of this dessert was. Well, of course, besides the jar. I can't eat the jar, so that doesn't count. I love cherry pie filling. I love cheesecake. I love chocolate chips. I love graham cracker crusts.

You can see where my dilemma lies.

Basically it was all my favorite part. The Hubs especially liked the mini chocolate chips with the cherry pie filling. I may or may not have also gotten a request for this recipe from Oldest's teacher. That is how you know it is yummy right?

Well Mrs. Youknowwhoyouare (that may not be her name...just sayin'), here is the recipe for Cherry Chocolate Chip No Bake Cheesecakes just for you and for all my closest bloggy, Pinterest, Facebook friends.

Cherry Chocolate Chip No Bake Cheesecakes
makes 8-10 mini jelly jar pies

Crust:
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
1/4 cup sugar

Cheesecake:

8 oz cream cheese, softened

1/2 cup sugar
8 oz  container of cool whip, thawed
1/2 cup mini chocolate chips

cherry pie filling

Make the crust by combining the graham cracker crumbs, melted butter, and sugar until completely mixed. Press 2-3 TBS worth into the bottom of each mason jar. Press down firmly in each jar.

To make the filling, whip the cream cheese and sugar together with a hand mixer. Beat until smooth. Next, mix in the cool whip. Fold in the mini chocolate chips with a spatula.

Spoon about 1/4 cup of the mixture over the crusts in each jar. You want to make sure to leave enough room in the top of the jar to still hold the cherry filling.

Top each cheesecake with a heaping spoonful of cherry pie filling.

Refrigerate for at least 4 hours.

Serve from the refrigerator.

Enjoy, friends!!

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Chalkboard Mason Jar Glasses

So I love mason jars. Oh wait, you already knew that. I talk about my mason jar obsession a lot. I also use mason jars for tons of projects. Patriotic Centerpieces, Homemade Wassail, Easter Vases, Mini Pies, and SU'Pper Jar just to name a few.

One of my favorite things to do with mason jars is to use them as drinking glasses.

When I was perusing Michaels the other day, I found these awesome chalkboard labels. I saw them and the first thing I thought was, "I can put that on a mason jar".

I gathered some mason jars, the labels, a piece of chalk, and some pretty straws.

The labels easily adhere and are even re-positionable for a bit. Once they are on there good and you let them set for a bit, they stay on really well.

I wrote some simple Valentine's words on the labels with a sharpened piece of chalk. Yes you can do that ... sharpen a piece of chalk with a pencil sharpen, that is.

Pour some Valentine's punch...aka red juice or soda, and the cup is instantly Love Day festive.

I love Love Day chalkboard mason jar glasses. Luhve. You will probably see them again sometime.

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Glitter Mason Jar Vases-Patriotic Center Pieces

I was beyond excited to work with American Crafts and their new Glitter line.

Glitter-tastic is what it is!

I fell in love with their glitter in all forms.

I knew when I saw the super fine glitter and the strong double sided adhesive that they should immediately be friends and that they needed to make something beautiful.

I also knew mason jars needed to be involved. Also since I got the patriotic glitter pack, I knew there needed to be some stars.

I made these Glitter Mason Jar Vases and filled them with white daisies and glitter stars and dots to make a very patriotic centerpiece.

The gingham jar might be my very favorite.

Not that I don't also love the ombre striped jars too. 'Cause I do.

 

Now table it fully Red, White, and Blue ready with just the right amount of sparkle, and all thanks to this great paper and glitter line from American Crafts.

The Patriotic Glitter pack from American Crafts includes some insanely cute paper.

Then there is all the glitter-tastic fun.

This double sided adhesive tape is FANTASTIC. Awesome I tell you. Along with the glitter, this was the key player in the making of my Glitter Mason Jar Vases.

For the Ombre Jars, I wrapped the tape around the jars.

Then they dusted them with glitter. I shook off the excess. I started with the darker shade and then did another stripe with the lighter blue.

For the gingham jar I just cut 1" squares of the double adheasive. Then I laid them out in a checker pattern. Then I dusted every square with the white glitter.

For the stars and dots to go into the flowers, I cut circles and stars out of the red, white, and blue glitter paper. Then I attached the stars and dots to a long skinny dowel.

The dowel stuck to one star. Then the other star got stuck to the top.

Repeat until you have all the stars and dots a person could ever want.

Stick them right into the flowers.

The perfect addition to the Glitter Mason Jars. These would be super cute on the table of an outdoor 4th of July barbeque.

Thank you American Crafts for these great products. Keep an eye out for their glitter products in your local stores. They can also be found on Amazon. 

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