[Nfb-krafters-korner] make-it-yourself gift ideas

[Laurie Porter]

2 places to find jars of all sizes year round are www.freundcontainer.com 
They are the cheapest and www.specialtybottle.com

enjoy,

laurie
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From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
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Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 10:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] make-it-yourself gift ideas


> These all sound like great ideas and worth saving them for future
> reference.
>
> I have done the Chocolate Cookies in a jar, but I liked the large recipe 
> of
> the ones posted by Dixie.
>
> I had gotten a while ago at a quilt show 2 books entitled "Presents in a
> Jar" [I think that was the name of one of them].  The other one was 
> Cookies
> in a jar and it had a bunch of recipes for different cookie ingredients 
> that
> you  layered in a quart glass jar.  I did this as a Girl Scout project and
> it  was open to any troops in my area.  My friend and I had lots of fun 
> with
> all the girls ranging from age 6 up to age 10.  We had put each ingredient
> in a large bowl.  I had gotten enough measureing cups and spoons and then
> we had groups of 6 girls come up at a time and go through the line
> measuring  their ingredients out and going back to their seats to push the 
> layers
> down to  pack them.  .  Then while the girls were up getting the first 
> half
> of the ingredients we had the others sitting and decorating a card with 
> the
> directions of making the cookies.  I had printed out the directions on 
> some
> kinda card stock and I had used a cute font that was like a child's hand
> writing.  The last line on the card I had put, "Don't forget to invite me
> when you make these cookies as I am the official cookie tester!
> "
> The last thing we had them put in was the flour and we helped pack that
> down.  Their leaders helped them put the lids aon and attach their  cards.
> Wee had great fun doing it and at one of these sessions we booked  in 2 
> times
> periods we had 125 girls complete this.
>
> Word of worning the glass jars can be hard to find as they are available
> during canning time readily so think ahead and pick up a case of them if 
> you
> want to do this.
>
> We did an oatmeal raisin cookie mix and a chocolate chip cookie mix for 
> the
> girls.  Just in case someone was allergic to chocolate, but the chocolate
> chip was the most desired recipe.
> Joyce  Kane
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> Blindhands at AOL.com
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