A Little Taste of Home for the Christmas Holidays

Today I got a little fire lit under me.  I managed to get my floors mopped, bathroom cleaned, and then I decided I'd better get movin' on my Christmas duties...Christmas is almost two weeks away! 

Each year our family gives a small Christmas gift to those who are part of the ministries we oversee at our church, or who minister to our family in some way.  This year I planned to use homemade canned goods from the abundant apple harvest as a little taste of home for the Christmas holidays for our friends.

In the Fall I canned about 30 small jars of apple butter, and several large jars of applesauce. 



Apple Butter



Applesauce


I think canned goods are pretty just as they are, but when giving them as a gift I want them to have a little something special.  I found these pretty 5" fabric squares the at the Wal-Mart, 100 for $10.  There are 5 different coordinating prints included.  I looked at other fabric and figured it may be cheaper to cut my own squares, but sometimes weighing the cost of my time is well worth the cost of convenience.  Obviously, convenience won this time.




Here are the 5 coordinating fabrics in the Fabric Cuts I chose.


In my basement I had quite a few extra canning lids.  So, one fabric square and one lid per jar...



Makes quite a stunning display!



This basket is for my neighbors.



These are for church.

With help from one pair of little hands and my own of course, we soon had all the fabric squares and canning lids attached.  My daughers' teacher is diabetic, so that's the reason for the one jar of applesauce.  Everyone else gets the ever so sweet apple butter.  Yummy!