Ingredients

• 1  16-ounce package peeled baby carrots
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 1/4  cup peeled and julienned fresh ginger
• 3  whole allspice
• 3/4  cup water
• 3/4  cup rice vinegar
• 1/3  cup packed brown sugar
• 4  whole cloves
• 4  whole peppercorns

Directions

1. In a saucepan cook carrots and salt, covered, in a small amount of boiling water for 3 minutes or until crisp-tender. Drain and place in 3 clean half-pint jars. Place some of the ginger and one whole allspice in each jar.

2. In a medium saucepan combine water, vinegar, brown sugar, cloves, and peppercorns. Bring mixture to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes. Pour over carrots, ginger, and allspice in jars. Seal jars and store in the refrigerator for up to 3 months. Makes 3 half-pints pickled carrots.

To Present This Gift... Trace around the lid onto the paper. Cut out slightly smaller than traced line. Place paper on lid, under the ring. Adjust ring on top of jar. Measure around the jar lid. From each tissue paper color, cut 1-inch-wide strips this length plus 1 inch. Fold each strip in half lengthwise. Cut fringes into folded edge from folded side, being careful not to cut strips in half. Glue the green strip to the bottom edge of the jar lid. Glue the yellow strip slightly above the green. Glue a piece of rickrack around the unclipped edge of the yellow strip. Let the glue dry.

For the tag, cut a rectangle from paper. Fold in half. Cut a smaller contrasting paper rectangle and glue to the tag front. Let glue dry. Punch a hole in the upper left corner. Thread ribbon through hole to tie onto jar.

Also try this... To trim the jar lid, use scraps of fabric, cloth braid, and fringe.

To present this gift you will need:
Decorative paper
Pencil
Scissors
Tape measure
Tissue paper in yellow and green
Thick white crafts glue
Orange rickrack
Colored paper
Paper punch
Orange ribbon