DIY Marble Mug

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Folgers for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine.

November is here and I can’t believe it. Fall is officially making way for winter and that means a few things. One, I’m looking at getting my Christmas list going. And two, I’m looking for my coffee mug! I think it might be a scientific fact that the more the thermometer dips down, the more I fill my coffee cup up! Today’s project was inspired by both of those things! That and the amazing lunch I had a few weeks ago at Trader’s Point Creamery with the awesome people of Folgers!

I was tickled when I got invited to come have lunch and meet with the Folgers team. It was totally the perfect coffee day – cold and rainy.

So why were we meeting with Folgers? Because Indianapolis is one of only three areas that are test markets for this really awesome new product called Folgers Perfect Measures. (Currently it is also available in St. Louis and Kansas City.) So basically, I’m thrilled to introduce this to y’all!

I really think this product is super smart. No more measuring (and in my case, spilling) and it’s so easy to customize. Want a stronger coffee? No problem! Just add an extra tab.

Tab? Yes tabs! Your favorite coffee that you have grown to love now comes in tab. No measuring. No mess. With your automatic drip coffee maker, just place your tabs in a coffee filter. Add your water and brew your perfect pot. One tab is the same as one scoop so it’s super easy to get used to. You can get the Fogers Perfect Measures in 5 flavors: 100% Columbian, Breakfast Blend, Classic Roast, Classic Decaf and Black Silk.

I was so inspired by this totally awesome, new way to brew, I thought I needed a new coffee mug to go with it. It needed to be just as easy to make as the Folgers Perfect Measures was! And it needed to be adorable. I wanted something that would make a cute gift. (And what better to give with a coffee mug but a container of Fogers coffee!)

These marble mugs are just the thing. A truly personalized, perfect cup! The mugs themselves cost only about $1-2 and just a few minutes to make, but look completely high end.

Here is what you need:

  • A Ceramic Coffee Mug (I bought one at our local dollar store to use)
  • A large mixing bowl (I bought one at our local dollar store to use)
  • Warm water
  • Nail Polish (I only used two colors, but use whatever colors and however many you want!)
  • A toothpick
  • Wax Paper

Here is how you make them:

  1. Fill the bowl with warm water.

  2. Slowly pour in the first color of nail polish. You want to pour it pretty close to the water’s edge, otherwise the drops will sink to the bottom.

  3. Add in your second color of polish the same way.

  4. Use a toothpick and swirl the colors together.

  5. Dip the mug at an angle into the water. You don’t need to submerge the mug. The polish should want to just cling to it.

  6. Set the mug upside down on the wax paper to dry.

(*Note: I have been putting my mug on the top rack of the dishwasher and not had a problem, but if you are worried about it then just be sure to hand wash it!)

Once your mug is dry, fill with your favorite Folgers Perfect Measures coffee! Or wrap it up and give it along with a container of Folgers coffee for the perfect gift.

Don’t forget to be on the look out in a Kroger or Marsh store near you for the new Folgers Perfect Measures Coffee! Ditch the mess, a brew up your perfect cup to drink out of your new perfect mug!

DIY Marble Mugs

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Teacher Appreciation Week – Easy Gift Ideas with Free Printable Tags

Easy Teacher Appreciation Gift Ideas (With FREE Printable tags!)

It’s Teacher Appreciation week! Starting today!! Are you ready? If not, don’t worry! We have lots of quick, easy gift ideas and even free printable gift tags to help you! Teachers do so much for our kids, so even if you can’t buy a gift make sure to write a quick note to let them know that they are appreciated!

For a very popular teacher - free printable teacher appreciation tags (and recipes for cocoa butter popcorn and cookie & cocoa swirl popcorn! YUM!)

For a very ‘POP’ular Teacher – attach to a movie gift certificate or to a yummy batch of popcorn! (Try our recipes for Cookie Butter Popcorn or Cookie & Cocoa Swirl Popcorn!)

Get the printable tag here.

NAILED it!  Teacher appreciation gift tag to attach to nail polish or a salon gift certificate.  ♥

NAILED it! free printable gift tag to attach to a nail polish or salon gift certificate! Pamper your teacher! 🙂

Get the printable tag here.

You are a 'scent'sational teacher free printable tag to add to a candle for Teacher Appreciation!

You are a ‘Scent’sational Teacher! Add our cute tag to a candle!

Get the printable tag here.

You Warm My Heart - Candle Warmer Free Printable Gift Tag For Teacher Appreciation Week

You Warm My Heart! What goes hand in hand with candles? A candle warmer!

Get the free printable tag here.

I just can't bottle it up anymore! Teacher Appreciation Printable Tag

Keep your teacher hydrated with a cute new water bottle! (Filling it with chocolate is optional!)

Get the free printable tag here.

you are so da teacher free printable tags teacher appreciation week

You are ‘So-Da’ Teacher! Add a little variety by choosing different flavors of soda (or buy a case of their favorite!) and adding our cute tag!

Get the free printable tag here.

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!

       

Being A Great Teacher? Nailed it! Printable Teacher Appreciation Gift Tag

NAILED IT!  Free Teacher Appreciation Printable Gift Tag to add to nail polish or salon gift certificate!  ♥ this!!

Teacher Appreciation Week is NEXT WEEK! If you are looking for a quick, last minute gift idea how about picking up a gift certificate for a local nail salon for an after school visit for pampering? Or even just a few fun bottles of pretty polish?

PicMonkey Collage nailed it

Just save our printable tags and print on to card stock (I took mine to a local copy shop!) Then, attach to an envelope and put your gift certificate inside!

NAILED it!  Free  Printable Teacher Appreciation gift tag to attach to nail polish of a salon gift certificate!  ♥ this!!

I’m sure your child’s teacher will be more than excited for a little bit of pampering!

NAILED it!  Free Printable Teacher Appreciation Gift Tag to attach to nail polish or a salon gift certificate!  ♥ this!

And it couldn’t be any easier! 🙂

Easy Teacher Appreciation Gift Ideas (With Free Printable Tags!)

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For A Very ‘POP’ular Teacher Free Printable Tag for Teacher Appreciation

For a very popular teacher - free printable tags for Teacher Appreciation!

This past weekend was filled with amazing Cookie Butter Popcorn and Cookie & Cocoa Swirl Popcorn. While we were munching away — and I was wishing I had the will power to stop — I thought I know! Let’s be awesome and give some away! Who wouldn’t love this?

So Josh and I headed out and found these super cute Popcorn boxes at World Market. ($4.99 for 12 boxes)

No World Market? Check out Amazon! They have similar boxes available! (Check them out here.)

For A Very Popular Teacher - printable tag for Teacher Appreciation (AND a recipe for Cookie & Cocoa Swirl Popcorn!)

I love these because they are so easy to make and you can fill it with the popcorn ‘flavor’ of your choice! (Above is the Cookie & Cocoa Swirl Popcorn – get the recipe here)

Cookie Butter Popcorn For a Very Pop-ular teacher (with free printable gift tags!)

This is our Cookie Butter Popcorn! (Get the recipe here)

Before sending these off to school, I suggest getting some plastic treat bags and filling them and then putting the treat bag in the popcorn box. That way you can seal it up and it will stay fresh! You can get them pretty inexpensively on Amazon. (See them here.)

POPular Teacher Printable for Teacher Appreciation

Just save the picture to your computer and make to fit one page. I printed mine at a local copy shop onto card stock.

They would also be fun to attach a movie theater gift card to!

Easy Teacher Appreciation Gift Ideas (With FREE Printable tags!)

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Teacher Appreciation Gift Idea: Candles & Candle Warmers (Plus a free printable tag!)

Candle Gift Tags for Teacher Appreciation

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Easy Christmas Gift For Teachers - Includes a free printable card to attach to a candle or candle warmer!

Get our free printable Christmas tag here!

If you haven’t heard yet, Teacher Appreciation Week is May 5-9th. So to get ready we have been posting lots of easy ideas for you to make your child’s teacher a special something to show how much you appreciate all of their hard work!

So far this week we have shared printable tags to attach to soda (You are ‘SO-DA’ teacher!) and water bottles (I just can’t bottle it up anymore!) Both gifts were super cute and something that I’m sure any teacher would appreciate. Today we have TWO printables that you can use to add to your gifts!

You Warm My Heart printable tag for Teacher Appreciation!  Candle warmers are awesome gifts!  Teachers love them because they can keep their classrooms smelling nice without the fire hazard! ♥

If you have a super awesome teacher you should definitely think about getting them a pretty candle warmer! I know teachers love to have their classrooms smell nice, but you aren’t allowed to have candles with open flames (due to obvious reasons!) burning. I know when I was teaching lots of teachers brought in candle warmers to plug in to keep their classrooms smelling nice!

Candle Warmer from candlewarmers.com

This warmer is so pretty! It’s from Candlewarmers.com and is actually a warming lamp, which means it actually gives off some light as opposed to a traditional warmer.

Candle Warmer from candlewarmers.com

It comes in black and white so it is perfect for any decor! (You can get one here.)

Owl Candle Warmer from candlewarmers.com

I *love* Candlewarmers.com! We have their products all throughout the house. See? Isn’t the owl candle warmer the cutest? (Get him here!) Their products are really top notch!

You Warm My Heart printable tag for Teacher Appreciation!  Candle warmers are awesome gifts!  Teachers love them because they can keep their classrooms smelling nice without the fire hazard! ♥

I promise – whoever you purchase a candle warmer for will be super happy! 🙂 Attach our cute printable tag (find it below!!) and some ribbon and you have a perfect gift!

You are a scentsational teacher - Candle (and candle warmer!) printable tags for teacher appreciation week!

Want to know what goes great with candle warmers or even as gifts on their own? Candles! City Creek Candles is hands down my favorite place to get candle and candle waxes! I love them because they are super awesome quality, but their site is so easy to find exactly what you are looking for! Their (tons) of scents are organized by categories like citrus + fruit, woods, sea + sand, green + herbal and more!

We have the frosted cake wax in our candle warmer and, true story, the first time we put it on Josh came up from the basement because he thought I had made cupcakes. (He was quite disappointed! No cupcakes – just a candle!)

sugared citrus

This time they sent me Sugared and Citrus. You have no clue how amazing this sells! I’m obsessed!

(Check out all of the amazing scents and candles here.)

You are a scentsational teacher - Candle (and candle warmer!) printable tags for teacher appreciation week!

Make sure to print the gift tag (below!!) and add your favorite ribbon to create a fun (and great smelling!!) gift!

You are a scentsational teacher - Candle (and candle warmer!) printable tags for teacher appreciation week!

To attach the bow to the candle I just cut a piece of ribbon to fit snugly around the jar and hot glued it to form a loop and slipped it on.

You are a scentsational teacher - Candle (and candle warmer!) printable tags for teacher appreciation week!

If your ribbon is a little loose just put a small dot of hot glue on the glass and it should hold. When your teacher is ready to use the candle it should pull of pretty easily.

You are a scentsational teacher - Candle (and candle warmer!) printable tags for teacher appreciation week!

Just save the above image to your computer (or flash drive). I fit mine to take up one page and printed it at a local copy shop on card stock.

You are a scentsational teacher - Candle (and candle warmer!) printable tags for teacher appreciation week!

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Teacher Appreciation Gift Idea – Teacher Water Bottle Printable Gift Tag

I just can't bottle it up anymore!  Teacher Appreciation Printable Tag

Don’t forget we will be featuring a fun and easy Teacher Appreciation gift idea everyday this week for you to make for Teacher Appreciation Week (May 5th-9th)!

free printabe you soda teacher tags

Yesterday I showed you our cute You Are ‘SO-DA’ Teacher printable tag and today I have another teacher appreciation gift idea printable tag for you!

I just can't keep it bottled up!  Teacher Appreciation Printable Tag

It’s no secret that I love Tervis Tumbler! Their cups are high quality and super adorable. Plus if anything does happen to them – they have lifetime guarantees! I love that they are totally customizable, which means they make great gifts! There are lots of teacher inspired cups (even one for coaches!) I chose this fun apple! (To find them quickly just search ‘teacher’) I also decided to get it in a water bottle. I love mine – it even has the ounces on the side so it is super helpful in tracking your water! (Find your perfect cup here!)

I just can't bottle it up anymore!  Teacher Appreciation Printable Tag

Just add a cute tag that says “I can’t bottle it up anymore! Thanks for all you do!” to your water bottle ….

and…

I just can't bottle it up anymore!  Teacher Appreciation Printable Tag

chocolate! 🙂

Want your own tag to add to a water bottle of your own? Just save this and print it! (I made sure to make mine fit an 8×10 paper and had it printed on card stock. It will print 2 tags per page!)

bottle printable

I just can't bottle it up anymore!   Teacher Appreciation Printable Tag

This is a gift that is sure to get lots of use and love! 🙂

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Easy Teacher Appreciation Gift Ideas (With FREE Printable tags!)

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Teacher Appreciation DIY Gift Idea: You are ‘SO-DA’ Teacher with Printable tag

You are 'SO-DA' Teacher printable - Teacher Appreciation idea!  ♥♥

The next few weeks are full of special occasions! We just celebrated Easter yesterday, Earth Day is April 22nd, Teacher Appreciation Week is May 5-9th and Mother’s Day is May 12th. And just in case anyone is curious, Josh’s birthday is right there in the middle, on May 6th! (11 years old – oh my gosh!!!) I think with the late Easter this year everything else has just snuck up on me!

You are 'SO-DA' Teacher printable - Teacher Appreciation idea!  ♥♥

So if you are anything like me, now that the Easter baskets are put away, you are scrambling for a gift for the teachers. Requirements: Cute, fun, useful, delicious is always a plus and of course, I can’t spend a bundle. (Although, if I could I would! Teachers are totally worth it!) Josh has lots of teachers (Science, Math, English, his Resource teacher and not to mention therapists!) so all week I will be sharing some of our gifts! The hard part will be deciding who gets what!

You are 'SO-DA' Teacher printable - Teacher Appreciation idea!  ♥♥

This first teacher appreciation gift is one of my favorites! One of Josh’s favorite things to do when we are at World Market is to pick out soda bottles. They have so many varieties of ‘old time’ soda and fun flavors. While we were there the other week stocking up on some fun flavors for our Easter celebration, I had an idea. We should take a pack of soda to one of Josh’s teachers! I asked Josh what he thought and he loved the idea. He was so excited to pick out a nice variety for his teacher.

You are 'SO-DA' Teacher printable - Teacher Appreciation idea!  ♥♥

What is a good teacher appreciation gift without a fun pun? We came up with You are ‘SO-DA’ teacher! Cheesy? Check! Awesome? Double check!

I created a quick apple printable and printed it on card stock. Then I made a quick bow (isn’t the ruler ribbon cute?) and attached the tag to a sparkly miniature clothes pin and slipped it to the pack of soda.

You are so da teacher free printable tag

You can buy the bottles individually for $1.49 or you can get a pack of six for $8.67.

You are 'SO-DA' Teacher printable - Teacher Appreciation idea!  ♥♥

Cute gift for under $10? Yes!

Want the tag to make the gift yourself? Here you are! Just save it to your computer (chose to have it fill up the page and print at home or take it to your local copy store to have printed on card stock! This will print 2 tags per page!)

You are 'SO-DA' Teacher printable - Teacher Appreciation idea!  ♥♥

Make sure to check back all week for lots of fun teacher appreciation ideas!

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