Day 6: St. Nicholas Presents

Every year on December 6th, St Nicholas comes and drops off special presents to all the boys and girls around the world! He is like Santa's brother who comes early! This tradition started when Nicholas helped a poor family by throwing bags of gold in the window. December 6th is a day in which we celebrate St. Nicholas goodness and kind heart! If you want to learn more about this important figure, click on this link to go to a website. 

Here is what St. Nick brought me this year!

First up I have gloves and a heat bodysuit. I think St. Nick knew I was going to DC in a few weeks! I definitely don't want to freeze up there. He also put in a tub of creme de Pirouline. These are sticks made with pastry dough and a creme filling in the middle to give it a sweet taste. These have been one of my favorite Christmas treats. I remember eating them at my grandma's house while she wasn't looking. Sorry grands, at least now you know where they all went! Along with the sweets category, he added some Necco candy wafers. These small candies are decribed as simple, sweet, and worth savoring! This company has been in business for 169 years being able to share its great wafers with the world. Next up I have a King Leo Giant Peppermint Stick and a Harry London dark chocolate baton. Both I am super excited to try. Lastly, I have Ghitatdelli Chocolate Squares. These weren't pictured above because I forgot about them when I took this picture. But anyways, these squares are sea salt chocolate favored. I absolutely love these chocolates! In the end, I am so thankful for all of these gifts from St. Nick! 

Teacher's Gift

The other day one of my favorite middle school teacher's birthday was celebrated, so my friends and I decided to make her a handmade gift. As you might guess she loves the Florida Gators! *CHOMP,CHOMP*

We knew from the start what our inspiration was, but the question was, what should we make for her gift? Luckily, I came up with an idea to make her a sign (that she wanted so badly) to hold up when a fire drill happens at our school. Flash forward to the day we came together to create what you see in the pictures above. 

Our final outcome was a Gator-colored sign with her name on the front with large silver letters and on the back was the word "QUIET!" underlined in rhinestones. Then, the mason jar that was holding the sign, had Reeses mini cups (her favorite) and a large Gator logo with a little orange ribbon tied in a bow. On the back of the mason jar, there was a Forida State with the saying GO GATORS! Finally, the card had a wooden gator, which I found at Michaels for only $0.40 and said "Happy Chomping Birthday". We ended up putting it all in a bag with a cute little flying gator and added a couple of extra goodies to give her. I just want to say I am so proud of my amazing friends for working with me to craft an amazing gift for an awesome teacher. Thank you. 

I hope you enjoyed my peek into the gift I made my teacher and if you have any suggestions or questions for me, leave them in the comments.