Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Sugar Hand Scrub

Woo! I'm back! Its been a busy couple of weeks but I had a ton of fun. I sure will miss my niece and her parents. Until next time! On to the crafts:

This year for Christmas, I wanted to do as many hand made gifts as possible. One of the gifts I settled on was a sugar scrub for hands. I made it for my sister in law. Its super simple, and super nice. Here's what you do: take about 1 cup of sugar and pour it into a bowl. Then add soap (I used Dawn Hand Renewal with Olay. Smells great and has beautiful colors!). Any kind of soap will do. Then using a spoon, mix it until it has a consistency thats grainy but still liquid. I don't have any pictures of this while I was doing it. Sorry!

After you've mixed your scrub, take some jars or containers and spoon it in. I found my jars at Wal Mart for about $2 each. They were the perfect size and they look pricier than they are. Look in the kitchen section if you need some cute little jars. I've also put them into leftover canning jars from my wedding. Tie some ribbon around the top and you're good to go!





I also printed up some tags and backed them on coordinating cardstock. Cute, yet simple. My sister in law loved them!


Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Christmas

Christmas is an expensive time of year. Especially when there is only one income in a family. So this year for Christmas I've decided to make most of the gifts. I have about 20 gifts I will need to make/buy. I want to make at least 15. So I've started looking for ideas. I've found a few including picture framesstamped dish towelscoasters and glass etching. Now I just have to think of a few more and I'm ready for Christmas!