So many people have told us of their Plans-to-Can for the holidays, that they are going to be gifting their homemade jams, chutneys, pickles and other preserved goods to friends and family. If you’re among those with holiday Can-Do spirit, the Canning Across America community would love to see what you’re creating. We’ve set up a Flickr pool entitled Canning for the Holidays.
In addition to uploading your photos, you can also include some tidbits about what’s in the jar and why you’ve decided to share it with loved ones this year. We hope that the CAA flickr pool will serve not only as a showcase for everyone’s home-preserved goodies but also as a source of inspiration for others looking for ideas on creative and personalized gifts to give this holiday season. Take a look at some of our creations and resources.
Gifting tomato sauce? Then create Moo.com mini cards with photos of what the recipient can do with it and add a personal greeting (or link to a recipe) on the other side. You can upload up to 50 different photos in a pack of 100.
Ilee papergoods shop has a variety of labels with fun graphics or you can create a custom label (main title, small description and a date/month/year) for your canned goods at Lelo in Nopo Homemade.
Winter blues tones and snowflakes are modern and work well for all holiday festivities, including New Years.
Confection bags, scrap-booking paper, stickers and ribbon from your local craft or paper supply store help to dress up your canned goods for any seasonal occasion.
Since most of my gifts this year will be in jars, I really appreciate the wonderful ideas for dressing them up….thanks!!!
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Loved this feature! I have been canning since I was a teenager – -and am now a woman of a “certain age.” Over the years my Christmas gifts to friends and family have always included my homemade red raspberry jam, among others. The raspberry jam has proven such a favorite and with the cost of fresh red raspberries accelerating here in Northeastern Ohio, we’ve planted 20 canes of our own. The hope is I can give larger jars of jam this Christmas. Having viewed this feature I have loads of ideas how to decorate them!
Thanks again!
Christmas is nearing again gotta prepare some great Christmas Gifts`:;