...and fell in love with it. I changed mine up a little though, to make it more Christmassy and more cost effective, since I had a total of ten to do (in each class there are one or two teachers and two or three teacher's assistants and I wanted to give one to the crossing attendant - she's there every single day, in the freezing rain in winter and the unbearable heat of our hot West Aussie summer making sure our kids are safe).
So I went to my local Bunnings Warehouse and wandered through the plant section until I came across little pots of herbs in their nursery section for $1.99 each. I had originally been looking at colourful flowers, but herbs are useful. It can become a gift that keeps on giving. I decided leafy green herbs would look lovely, so I chose sweet basil, mint and coriander. I figured the teachers could swap them if they preferred. Then I went to Spotlight and bought a few fat quarters in some pretty red Christmas fabric (on clearance since it was so close to Christmas) some green ribbon and 2 sheets of coordinating scrapbook paper.
I made up these little cards out of the scrapbook paper and taped a couple of bamboo skewers (since I had them on hand already) to the backs of each one.
I cut each fat quarter into four equal strips, wrapped them around the pots and held them in place with a rubber band, then tied the ribbon around it and pushed the cards into place.
My husband was impressed, I think. At least, he encouraged me to take photos of the process! And they were a big hit with the teachers :)
