I belong to the "Label Crew" offered by Sweetwater. And our January packet included these super cute labels and a pattern to make the Mug Mat's.
I decided to make them for Valentines Day Teacher gifts. As you may already know - I am big into showing my kids teachers how much we appreciate them every year. I have two very "active" boys who nearly drive me to the edge of insanity on a daily basis... ok, maybe not daily, but often enough. And I can't imagine how hard it is for a teacher when she's surrounded by 20 or more kids for 6 hours a day.
Anyway - here is a great idea for a teacher in your kids life. Or maybe someone special.. like a neighbor who watches your house when you are away.. or a fellow Mom who drives carpool.. or a coworker.. so many ideas.
I made the mug mats - bought a coffee mug and some Kisses.
Took some scrapbook paper and a "Tag Punch" to make gift tags.
Wrapped it all up for the teacher.
Another idea is to just take the Mug Mat - roll it and tie it up like this.
I made these for 2 helpers in my youngest son's class. One of them is a teachers aide who helps in class every day. And the other is a classmates Mom who volunteers to help in the class ALL THE TIME! Everytime I am there to help with reading - she is there helping too!
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Those are wonderful and will be very appreciated by the teachers and helpers!!
Thanks for posting these!!
Very nice, Heidi. I keep hoping that you will move into my school district and that your boys will take German. ;-)
I love these! I also get the labels and the patterns. I need to get some made!
Oh...adorable!
I just love your very romantic mug rugs.
Micki
Super thoughtful and a fantastic idea!
This is a great idea! They are so cute too!
Very cute and the packaging is wonderful, too! Even better is that it is not even February and you are ready. Bravo!!!
What a great idea Heidi,i love how you have wrapped them they look fantastic,well done.
Cheers Sheryl
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Those are absolutely adorable! I love both wrappings.
Great gifts! I wish I was his teacher!!
Grrrreat idea! And cute too! I think you are very sweet and thoughtful!
ooooooooh what a FABULOUS idea!!! They would make really cute gifts for my Playgroup Mommy friends!! It might make for a fun "Scrap Saturday" some weekend!
Quiltingly Yours
Andrea
Oh I love your Mug Rugs! they are great. Are you gonna teach us how??
Did you regular bind each one? Any tricks to make it easier?
How thoughtful of you! As a teacher, just know that anything note of appreciation is very nice, and a gift is so thoughtful. I'm sure your kids are angels at school, they just like to keep you on your toes! :)
Those are really pretty. And it is so kind of you to make them for the teachers. I am sure they are going to appriciate those mug rugs.
adorable!
They are adorable; out of simple things you made this great idea of transforming those into amazing gifts.
I know rugs are wonderful since I used this at home to make my place more eye-catching but I never think that it can be used more than that.
Thanks for the new idea, I really love your post Heidi.
What a great idea for a teacher's gift! Have recently come across a lot of mug rugs and know that there will be a few of those happening around here soon!
Very cute idea. I especially like the way you wrapped them:)
Aren't these sooooo fun!! Your mug rugs turned out great!
Where did you get the personalized labels? I could use those!
what a wonderful gift! lovely!
What a great idea. I love the way you have packaged them. I too got on the rug mug bandwagon but never thought of this adorable way to gift them. If you would like to check mine out, you can see them here: http://flyawayhome-4am.blogspot.com/2011/06/i-love-scraps.html
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