I'm really pleased with this gift, and I'm ecstatic that I am delivering the staff gifts TONIGHT - 13 days before Christmas.....usually I'm scrounging to deliver everything on Christmas Eve. We made these little "bags" up for Chapel staff, Sunday School teachers, Speech therapist, hair dresser etc. I'm not sure they are "healthy" enough for most of my friends...so I've not decided if I'll be adapting this and giving it to friends (you didn't read this did you Heather?) or if I'll do something different. The Sunday School teachers don't read the blog so I can go ahead and post. I'm delivering these to the chapel staff's office tonight so they won't read this before they receive theirs. (Hey Mandy, if you read this before Marty brings yours home you could have some fun with him.) I had to make these up and get them OUT of my house tonight because they are full of non-Feingold items that I can't chance Zander getting into. ::snort:: Nolan has kept him busy while I made up the bags. I hid the ones for their teachers in my room....I think I'm safe.
Seriously, if I have time I plan to stuff these with homemade fiddle faddle, peanuts, gift certificate, some Christmas tea, and sugared pecans for friends...now I have several who are both staff and friends....maybe they need both versions....see why my gift giving gets so arduous?....anyway I may go ahead and stuff for friends, too. ::snort:: I wanted to do the homemade route for EVERYONE but I don't have the energy to do that much cooking.
Diann mentioned these cute little plastic "popcorn" bags. I picked some up this weekend. I filled them with bags of peanuts, m/m's (plain and peanut), microwave popcorn and a gift certificate for a movie. So, Mike, this is what you are giving Chapel folks this year. ::snort::
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lol I guess we think alike! I was only going to make 2 but I'm going to be making 4 of these because they are sooo easy and I think people will get a lot out of them. I did this last year with my best friend down in Miami and her whole family just loved it.
Cute idea. The recipients are SURE to love them.
LOL - I did 20 - so far Lisa. I agree with your thoughts.
Great idea. Isn't it wonderful when you think of something special and are not agonizing over it until Christmas?
Smashing idea. I bet they will be thrilled!
Dorothy
DeEtta,
I want to come be a contractor in your dh's chapel. Of course I don't think I"m allowed to accept gifts as a contractor... or maybe there is a dollar value limit... hmmmm????
of course we have no movie theater here....
I am so thoughtful. :)
Thank you
Mike
renne - our contractors accept these little Christmas tokens....no one has ever told me I couldn't give them to them....and I do....
Yes, Mike you are SO very thoughtful! ::snort:: Imagine shipping those little bags all the way from Kuwait. LOL
You go DeEtta. I know the chapel contractors will appreciate your small gifts. Dh is now telling me that contractors can accept gifts; it's the govt/military that can't accept from contractors gifts over $20 value....
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