Teacher Appreciation Gift Idea

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Every time we need to buy a gift for a teacher, it’s always a few days of brainstorming and trying to find cool original ideas that are also useful. What do you get someone you don’t know really well? Someone you feel very appreciative of because she teaches your children and makes them a better person? About a year ago I started making my own hand scrub and hand lotion. At first, I gave it as a part of a Christmas gift to a few of my friends and I placed it at the studio where I work. Everyone gave rave reviews and I even had people that wanted to pay me to make it for them. I always make that stuff for free for the people I care about, so no money was exchanged.

I think it’s an excellent gift idea that shows thought and originality. I find this scrub very moisturizing without being greasy. It leaves a fine scent that is not overpowering.  Teachers wash their hands constantly and the use of hand sanitizer leaves hands dry and parched. With the use of this scrub, there is no need for hand lotion and it will leave hands soft for days.

Recipe:

2 tablespoons food grade organic French lavender (I purchase mine from Etsy)

1/3 cup grapeseed oil

1 cup organic vanilla sugar

Zest of lime, lemon and orange

To create vanilla sugar place a used vanilla bean in the container that you keep your sugar and leave it there for at least a few days. I keep mine there permanently and the sugar has a nice vanilla scent.

Combine all ingredients in a bowl and then place in mason jars. The batch makes about 5 4oz mason jars. You can decorate the jars with flowers, and you can ask your kids help to give it a personal touch. Use glitter markers or make crazy drawings; the sky is the limit!

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Nadia Kotsonis
Nadia Kotsonis was born and raised in Greece and lived there until she was 25 years old. She moved to the United States when she met her husband Nick, a Greek-American while on vacation in the Greek isles. 11 years since then have passed and they have two beautiful boys that keep them busy and melt their hearts: Dimitri (age 7) and Constantine (age 3). Nadia has a college degree from the University of Athens where she majored in Theology, Philosophy and Psychology. She also holds a Master Instructor Certificate from Microsoft. In her early childhood what started out as a hobby and later turned into a big passion was her love of ballet. At the age of 4 she began dancing and eventually made it into a Professional Dance School where she studied ballet, contemporary, tap, jazz, character, history of dance, anatomy and music. When Nadia first came to the U.S. she lived with her husband in Cincinnati where she worked as an IT administrator for a non-profit HR company. After a few years when their first child was born they moved to Columbus and couldn’t have been happier with the change. Nadia now works as a Greek School Teacher at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral on High St and is a member of the Greek School Board there as well. She also teaches Barre at Physique Fitness Studio in Grove City where she is a manager and a master Barre trainer. Nadia loves teaching and seeing everyone smile. When not working she enjoys reading, cooking and traveling with the family. They travel every year to Greece to see Nadia’s family and spend some time enjoying the ocean and the tasty food. One of her favorite sayings comes from Plato: “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle”.