I am sooooo stinkin’ excited to show you a little joint venture between little ol’ me and the fabulous Bridget of Bake@350. As it turns out, we live in the same town and we had both done some work with a local family magazine. I jumped at the chance to work with her for the May issue of the magazine. Our idea was to come up with a cute teacher appreciation gift. (May 3-7 is officially Teacher Appreciation Week, although hopefully we appreciate our teachers all year long!) We went with the non-teacher-y theme of popcorn. Bridget would make the cookies, of course, and I would make some cute treat toppers for our cookie bags. When I thought of cute graphics, I knew just who to turn to…Kate Hadfield. She an amazing artist that does a lot of work in the digital scrapbooking community. I used her marquee from her kit, Movie Night, as the backdrop of the treat toppers. I love how they turned out. The best part? Kate gave me permission to share these toppers using her graphics. The best BEST part? Bridget did an entire how-to on her blog! Aren’t they adorable?
Bridget did an AMAZING job with the cookies. I mean, look at them. I didn’t want to even unwrap them and eat them. Of course I did when she let me take a few home with me…I didn’t want to be rude. ahem. And I even shared with my kiddos.
The FREE download can be picked up here. It’s a pdf file, so you don’t need any special software, just the Adobe Reader, which is a free download itself and you might already have it on your computer. The file will pop up on your screen and you can print it right there or save it to print later. Just print, cut, and fold it over the top of a clear cello bag. Give it a couple of staples to hold it tight and you’re ready for gift giving. You can find the clear cello bags at the craft store in the baking section and sometimes at your local discount WallyWorld or Bullseye.
If you’d like to take a look at the local magazine article, you can find the online version here…we’re in the back under the ‘Round the Kitchen Table with Mel’ feature. And be sure to check out Bridget’s newest venture…University of Cookie. She serves as ‘Dean’ and has teamed up with some other awesome ladies to give you all the tips and tricks to make cookies yourself. I am officially enrolling 
I seriously need this. Who knows…I might actually be on the Dean’s List for once!
Ahhhh…good times! I got to meet Bridget and collaborate with her cookie genius and work with Kate’s amazing art…oh, and I got to eat cookies. What more could I ask for?
Melissa…it was so fun working with you! Those toppers are so, so CUTE!!! Thank you for asking me to team up with you….it was a pleasure!
Just found you from bake at – so much fun over here! Can’t wait to look around! The toppers are fantastic!
hugs
Kim @ http://frostmeblog.blogspot.com
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What a GREAT combination you two made!! I LOVE these toppers!! Thanks for sharing them!!
Wow! These look fabulous!! Almost too good to eat (but I think I could manage it if I tried hard enough…lol) You two make a wonderful combination!
These are adorable!! I lov the “POP” part! So creative:) Thanks for sharing and the download!!
Found you from Bridget at Bakeat350. I just downloaded your free topper and will use it to bake the popcorn cookies for my grand-daughter’s teachers. Thank you for providing us all with this lovely topper. If you ever have the time, the same topper with *a very popular bus driver*, *a very popular custodian*, *a very popular principal*, *a very popular secretary* would be fantastic. There are so many uses for this topper you could sell them on Etsy. I would certainly buy them! Thank you again.
Found you at Bake at 350….Love these!!!
I want to make for my kids teachers BUT have a question, what size is the candy corn cutter??
I have a candy corn cutter but it seems small in comarison to the pictures. Can you give me an idea on the size?
Much appreciated!!
ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE!!
Is there any way for me to change Teacher to Friend? My kids are having a movie party and I would love to use this for the popcorn favors. They are ridiculously cute!
This is so adorably cute! Thanks so much for sharing it. I’m posting how I used it and sharing your link on my blog today!
I am in Pearland, pretty close to you all. Thanks for posting the freebie PDF. Its wonderful! I am both a teacher and a parent, and I plan on baking these beauties for the fun of it!
Thanks for the free printable. I made these using a Redbox gift card. Love it. You can see mine here:
http://keepingmycents.blogspot.com/2012/05/teacher-appreciation-day-2.html
LIsa
Melissa..thank you thank you thank you for letting us borrow this adorable tag. I “borrowed” it for the Chazman’s gift he took today. Did a little bit different idea than the cookies (which by the way..I have been told that I’m going to have to make now..hehe) Put a link in my post today bringing others to you. SO many good ideas…thanks for the inspiration!!
Regi