The Usual Suspects, a Not So Usual Gift

What do you do when you have...

cute jars 

plump vanilla pods

heaps of oh-so-sweet sugar and

only 27 days to go before Christmas?

If you ask me, I'll make extra special, home made, personalized gifts for family and friends.

Here's the plan:

(1) Round up the usual suspects: jar, sugar, vanilla pods and fancy ribbons and gift tags

(2) Pour sugar into jar

(3) Split vanilla pod into half, add to the sugar

(4) Finish it up with the fancy ribbons and gift tags to give it the Christmassy feel.

But wait...

Maybe we can still jazz it up a little bit...

How about using red and green colored sugar instead of the plain ole white? Now Christmas is definitely around the corner!

Vanilla flavored sugar. That would add a kick to your morning coffee, nightly hot cocoa and, since it's already the Christmas season, your creamy egg nog. 

Reds and greens definitely scream Christmas. Throw in a green metallic ribbon  plus gold and silver strings... now that's what I call pulling out all the stops.

Home made, hand written gift tag. Now you see my overly girly handwriting. 

Love the alternating red and green colored sugar. It reminds me of Santa's elves socks. Kinda adds to the Christmassy feel, doesn't it?

Happy Cupcaking, 

Aikko

ps. have you noticed how many times I mentioned Christmas? Forgive me but the Christmas bug bit me. Well.. not literally, you know what I mean :)