coffee soap recipe
Homemade Christmas Ideas?
I want to make some homemade christmas gifts for my parents. Like a basket of coffee or soaps or something. I just need ideas and recipes and things like that. I’m open to any other ideas.
Thanks…
You could make bath salts:
http://www.betterbudgeting.com/articles/frugalgifts/bathsalt.htm
Mixes in a jar:
http://www.recipelink.com/holiday/merrygifts.html
No-Sew blanket:
http://www.exploringwomanhood.com/homelife/ideas/pom-jan03.htm
Message board:
http://www.hgtv.com/decorating/message-board/index.html
And of course you could always make a scrapbook or a painting of them. You could also bake them cookies and decorate them with red and green icing, or use Christmas shaped cookie cutters and put them in a nice Chirstmas tin to give along with one of these other homemade gifts so that you don’t seem kind of…”thrifty”.
coffee soap recipe
Handmade Brown Sugar Scrubs
Sugar scrubs have the glamorous feeling of a luxury spa item even when you make them at home. These lovely little bath treats are quick and easy to make (and they’re wonderful gifts).
You can find many of the ingredients for your handmade scrubs right in your own pantry, at your local grocery, or in a whole foods store. Feel free to make some substitutions in order to use your favorite oils or scents. Once you get the basic idea for the recipe, you’ll see plenty of ways to mix and match carrier oils and fragrances.
You can even create your own signature sugar body scrub by experimenting with various scents and herbal additions.
To use your bath scrub, simply scoop out a handful onto a washcloth or bath sponge and cleanse and exfoliate your skin by rubbing gently in a circular motion. Rinse and enjoy the super-clean glow of radiant, healthy skin!
Basic Brown Sugar Scrub
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup almond oil
1/4 cup unscented liquid hand soap
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
Lavender Honey Scrub
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup almond oil
1/4 cup honey
1/2 teaspoon vitamin E oil
5 drops lavender essential oil
Lemon Rose Sugar Scrub
1 cup sugar (brown or white)
1/2 cup olive oil
1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
4 drops rosewood essential oil
Sweet and Spicy Scrub
1 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup almond oil
2 teaspoons powdered cinnamon
2 teaspoons powdered ginger
2 teaspoons powdered nutmeg
Vanilla Coffee Sugar Scrub
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup almond oil
3 tablespoons fresh coffee grounds
2 tablespoons honey
1 teaspoon vitamin E oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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borrowing things without asking?
My mother in law is great I don’t know what I would do without her .She lives beside us and it is so convenient for everyone. She is a wonderful Grandmother to our son. She gets him ready for school and off the bus for us because we both work.But I have one little problem. She borrows things without telling me and it’s driving me crazy. It is just small things like food items or toilet paper or garbage bags,laundry soap,coffee,paper towels etc. etc. etc. I would give her Everything we own if she wanted but it makes me crazy when I start to make something and have to stop to go to the store because I didn’t know she borrowed the sugar I need for my recipe. She doesn’t just borrow a cup she takes the whole bag. I don’t know what to do. I would never hurt her fellings but I’m going nuts about this. It’s gotten so bad that now if I can’t find something I don’t even look I just call and ask her if she’s seen it.
You may want to put a small chalk board up in the kitchen, when she is there just mention that everyone in the house needs to write down things they take or use so that you will be better able to shop without forgetting anything.
Mention to her that you really dislike making short trips to the store because you did not know you had run out of various items and she may get the point.
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