• 1/2 of a whole watermelon, cubed (remove any black seeds)
• pinch of flakey salt
• 1/2 fresh squeezed lemon
Chop your watermelon into cubes and then place in freezer for 2-3 hours. Remove from freezer and let thaw, then transfer to a blender with lemon juice and salt. Blend until consistency is smooth.
Teacher Appreciation Week was about two weeks ago, so I apologize that this comes late to that – but the good news is these ideas could still be used as a ‘thank you’ gift for your kids’ teachers on the last day/week of school!
Having school aged kids for several years now – I know one thing – they just want gift cards! But, I still like including something a little *extra* in addition to the gift cards. So, I put together two baskets – 2 of the kids have female teachers and one of them has a male, so I couldn’t gift him the same stuff I was doing for the women! I hope this can help someone with some inspiration for the guy teachers!!
I wasn’t sure what to get him so I tried to keep it a little generic – candies, our faaaave hand sanitizer and my husband suggested the shoe inserts since he’s on his feet so much! Those actually were the biggest hit, so I definitely recommend slipping those into the basket if you can!
For the ladies, I picked up fave Laneige lip masks – this 4 pack is so awesome because you only need 1 pack and can split it between 4 people! They fit perfectly in these little canisters I found which served as the ‘basket’ but also can be repurposed after as a cute home decor piece. I added the gift cards and a fun hair clip, and a divided a pack of these tiny animal highlighters and called it a day!
To make it simple to attach who these gifts were from, I strung one of my holiday gift tags I pulled out of our wrapping supplies and wrote each kids’ name on it. Simple, pretty affordable, and adorable!
Find the links to both baskets here!
Something I think adds a little pop of unique to a home, is adding light where you wouldn’t normally find it. I’m really loving the lighted mirror trend right now (may add one to my space this spring!) so I wanted to share where I’ve incorporated them into my home.
First, these dimmable stick lights work with batteries and come with two in a pack plus two remotes. I added them to my fig trees and point them upward toward the trunk of the tree for a moody look in the evening. You could definitely mount them and add them above a frame or mirror, too!
The last set of battery operated lights I’m going to share are these puck lights. I had these cute sconces but they needed to be plugged in, and have a long cord that goes down – see the pic below.
It was not super aesthetically pleasing. I cut the cords and added these puck lights and voila! No need for the cord anymore.
Hope this gives you some inspo to light up a new area in your home!
