Originally Posted by teacherbailey

I agree with the tote....a quickpieced patchwork tote in her favorite colors (so she'll reuse it) filled with either homemade goodies if you like to bake OR some gourmet goodies from a local shop would be perfect! We have a shop near us with lots of homemade jams/jellies/BBQ sauces and baked goods that I like to shop for things like this. OR, when we travel to other parts of the country, we take some Southern goodies like grits from a mill in the mountains and peach preserves with us. One sister insists on Martha White flour or her biscuits in Seattle are horrible....so we take that.