As the holiday season approaches, shopping mode is in full swing! Many people are trying to get their holiday shopping done early this year. I have most of mine done already! A personalized gift from the heart can mean more than the newest, most expensive gadget on the market!
One great gift idea, a fun personalized award for your loved one, friend, or coworker! It can be sweet and sincere or sarcastic and funny! Here at Tag UR It! inc., we can custom make any recognition award you can imagine! Our 4″x6″ sublimated plaque is only $14.50!!
Include photos, quotes, and any other info you would like! Here are some award ideas!
Grandma of the Millennium Award: for outstanding kindness, exceptional lovingness, and eternal admiration.
World’s Best Teacher Award: for teaching, caring, and watching over your class.
The Foot in Mouth Award: for always saying the wrong thing at the wrong time.
The Big Kahuna Award: for the most time spend surfing the internet while you are supposed to be working.
Another great gift idea is a custom engraving! An engraved plate added to your gift will send a message from the heart. Recently, we engraved a plate that was placed on a beautiful wooden box. Within the wooden box was a beautiful ring that was given as an anniversary gift. The box reflected the beauty of the ring and the personal message on that box spoke from the heart of the giver. Not only did the plate include a heartfelt message, it also included a hand written signature engraved into the plate. Having your own handwriting engraved onto a gift is a personalization that means so much!
Custom engraved plate on ring box with personal message and engraved handwritten signature.
Take a moment in your holiday season shopping mayhem to look at the gifts you have purchased. Do your gifts speak from the heart? A personalized touch included in your holiday gifts will truly show your friends and loved ones how much you care!
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Do you wear a name tag at work?? Let’s see how creative you can be! Send us a pic of your name tag in the most creative way you can think of!
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The Tag Team is very thankful for all the amazing things that have happened for Tag UR It! inc. over the last year! We have all been busy engraving, making name tags, and putting together recognition awards everyday! Business is booming, and the entire Tag Team truly enjoy coming to work each day!!
Of course Thanksgiving is a time of giving thanks for all we have in our lives. Its a time to spend with friends and family. It is also a time to enjoy some amazing food!! This year, its all about the PIE!! Sometimes, simple is best! I will be making some simple, traditional Thanksgiving pies to brings to dinner this year!
When I think of fall deserts, I immediately think pumpkin pie, apple pie, and pecan pie!
I’m all for an easy traditional pumpkin pie! I’ll be making a version of Pillsbury’s Easy Pumpkin Pie this year! The recipe is so simple and it tastes amazing! I always believe you eat with your eyes first, so a beautiful pie is just as important as how it tastes! This year, I am going to have some fun with pie dough! Nothing says November like some festive fall leaves!
1. Heat oven to 425°F. In large bowl, mix filling ingredients. Pour into pie crust.
2. Bake 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350°F; bake 40 to 50 minutes longer or until knife inserted near center comes out clean. Cool 2 hours. Serve or refrigerate until serving time. Store in refrigerator.
I also love a classic pecan pie! Growing up, the only pecan pie I knew and loved was the recipe from the back of the Karo Syrup bottle. To this day, I use a variation of that recipe to make a simple, traditional favorite!!
2. Mix corn syrup, eggs, sugar, butter and vanilla using a spoon. Stir in pecans. Pour filling into pie crust.
3. Bake on center rack of oven for 60 to 70 minutes (see tips for doneness, below). Cool for 2 hours on wire rack before serving.
RECIPE TIPS: Pie is done when center reaches 200°F. Tap center surface of pie lightly – it should spring back when done. For easy clean up, spray pie pan with cooking spray before placing pie crust in pan. If pie crust is overbrowning, cover edges with foil.
I am just as much of a purist when it comes to apple pie! I love the look of a golden brown lattice topped apple pie! Last year, Catheryn made a beautiful apple pie with a lattice top and cut pie crust fall leaves over the top of the pie! I can’t wait to see what she is able to do this year! My apple pie recipe is pretty traditional with a few extra little additions that I always remember my grandmother adding to her apple pie!
3 pounds of crisp good cooking apples (I love Granny Smith) peeled, cored, and sliced 1/4-1/2 inch thick
**2 pre-made, refrigerated pie crusts
**(1 large egg and 1 tablespoon cream for egg wash)
1.Heat oven to 425°F. Place 1 pie crust in ungreased 9-inch glass pie plate. Press firmly against side and bottom.
2. In large bowl, gently mix filling ingredients (except those with **); spoon into crust-lined pie plate.
3. Roll out second dough disk on floured surface. Cut into twelve 1-inch-wide strips. Arrange 6 strips across pie. Form lattice by arranging 6 strips diagonally across first strips. Gently press ends into crust edges.
4. Brush lattice with egg wash and top with decorative pie crust leaves if you wish!
5. Bake pie 10 minutes. Reduce oven tempurature to 375°F. Continue baking until juices bubble thickly and crust is deep golden, covering edges with foil if browning too quickly, about 1 hour 20 minutes. Cool on rack 1 hour.
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What a week for the Tag Team! As a member of the Tag UR It! Inc. team, currently living 3000 miles away from the Tag Headquarters, I was so excited to have the opportunity to spend this week in Southern California. I have spent the last few days with the Tag Team of Catheryn and Heidi, experiencing some of what Southern California has to offer and enjoying some much needed fun.
My first night in sunny California was completed with the best dinner I have ever had. Catheryn and Heidi took me out to the Capital Grille in South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa. I had no idea what a treat I was in for! The Capital Grille’s elegant dining room provided an amazing, sophisticated atmosphere. We were seated next to the wine room, able to admire the many varieties of bottled wines in their glassed in center room. After being seated, our wonderful server came over and introduced himself. Of course, we looked upon his name tag and learned his name was Lorn before he even had a chance to open his mouth. Lorn could not have been a more perfect host during our dinner. His recommendation of the Lobster Mac-N-Cheese was spot on! I am a Rhode Island girl and have had quite a bit of lobster in my life. I can definitely say this was one of the best dishes I have ever had! The dish is made of a baked Campanelle pasta and fresh Lobster meat, tossed in a Mascarpone, Havarti and Grana Padano cream sauce, topped with Panko bread crumbs and grated white cheddar. (www.thecapitalgrille.com) It is listed as a side dish but we shared an order as an appetizer before our amazing main courses. Lorn was so helpful and friendly, making our dinner and experience one to remember. It wasn’t until after our amazing meal that I realized that the Capital Grille has locations nationwide, including one in my home state of Rhode Island. I will surely be visiting the Providence location upon my return home! I am already craving another serving of Lobster Mac-N-Cheese.
Day 2: Disneyland!
Tag Team takes on Splash Mountain!
I have always been a princess at heart. Yesterday was a truly magical day. The Tag Team was in major need of a happy, excitement filled day. Our day in Disneyland was picture perfect! The sun was shining and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky! Catheryn and Heidi picked me up bright and early to arrive at the park before it opened. As the opening music filled the air and the gates opened to the firsts guests of the day, we rushed in and ran to our first ride! By 10am we had been on the 5 biggest rides and were eating breakfast! After enjoying a Mickey Mouse shaped pancake, we were in search of another new and exiting ride to check out. I noticed the big yellow submarines of the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage and was intrigued. There was a 75-90 minute wait so we decided to ask about obtaining a fast pass. A very kind cast member named Robert came over to us and asked if he could answer our questions. He asked me where I was from and Catheryn told him that I was visiting Disneyland for the first time. He informed us that the Submarine Voyage did not accept fast pass and of course we were a little bummed out, which he could probably tell from my face. I was having such a great day, I would have waited in the 90 minute line and have been thrilled to ride the submarine! But instead, Robert asked us if we had ever heard of a Magical Moment. A Magical Moment can be granted by any member of the Disneyland cast. Robert gave Catheryn, Heidi, and I each Disneyland badges and escorted us around the line of hundreds of park guests waiting to ride the submarine. He granted us a Magical Moment as we skipped the line and had a great time with Nemo and his friends exploring deep under the ocean on our Submarine Voyage. What an amazing experience! Definitely a memory I will never forget!
A name tag creates a memory. Two amazing memories were created with the help of two amazing staff members we encountered in the last two days. It is because of the name tags each of those staff members wore that we were able to make a personal connection with Lorn and Robert and will remember the two staff members who made our dinner at the Capital Grille and our trip to Disneyland so very special this week.
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