I kind of combined two different sugar scrubs to get this one.
Craftstylish has a yummy recipe for a Creamsicle Body Polish that is a snap to make. I love the scent she used, vanilla and sweet orange! Mmmmm!
The other scrub I borrowed from is an Oatmeal and Brown Sugar Scrub at Teach Soap. I especially like the honey and jojoba oil in that recipe!
Sugar 'n Honey Scrub:
1 cup raw sugar
1/4 cup honey (I used dark raw buckwheat honey)
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon jojoba oil
1/8 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
15 drops sweet orange essential oil
Add honey, olive oil, jojoba oil, vanilla, and essential oil in a bowl and mix well. Add the raw sugar, mix well, then put it in your favorite jar/container! All done!
It's a wonderful body scrub and excellent for feet, hands, and elbows. It leaves your skin all nice and soft!
I wanted to add oatmeal and the oil from a Vitamin E capsule to the scrub too, but I didn't have any. I think it would've been interesting with the oatmeal. This was fun, cheap, and very easy to make. You can get really creative and experimental by adding all kinds of different stuff to your own scrubs.
Of course scrubs make great gifts too - I'm sure your family and friends would love getting the results of your experiments - this stuff is expensive in the stores!
Googling "sugar scrub recipe" netted 152,000 hits!
Have fun!
I can't remember on whose blog I first spied this darling artwork (sorry!), but I instantly wanted it! What attracted me the in the beginning was the dress the little girl (Zari) is wearing... do you recognize it? It was inspired from the dresses by courtneycourtney! How neat! And doesn't Zari look like Serenity?! Utterly adorable art! Well of course I had to order a print!
The artist, Kim Haller, drew this adorable little girl using a "micron pen, and colorized through combinations of prisma color pencil, gelly roll pens, color markers, watercolor pencils, and computer graphics".
I love the rest of her whimsical work too. Probably one of my favorites is her BFF print series set, but it's so hard to pick an absolute favorite since all of her work is so beautiful!
Go have a look at Kim's sweet and imaginative art illustrations over at kil.sook on Etsy today! I'm sure you'll have an equally hard time trying to pick a favorite!
Have fun!
I'll be posting the winners of both Bento Box Sets later today. I went to Mississippi for the weekend (Sagan's baby shower was Sunday), and I just got home! I'm very tired so I'm off to bed!
UPDATE:
The winner for the BOY Bento Box Set GIVEAWAY is:
The winner for the GIRL Bento Box Set GIVEAWAY is:
Congratulations to both winners!! Please contact me so I can get your address to mail your new Bento Boxes!!
A BIG thank you to everyone who participated in my very first Giveaway!!
A few days ago, I found out Sagan's baby shower was actually this week and not next week! I thought I'd have a whole week to do baby clothes - I was planning to blog about it too!
I've been rushing to get a few things done (like the diaper cake) - and since I'm the slowest sewer in the world, I need lots of time to do one outfit! Especially if it's something I've never done before - like this onesie.
I finally finished one for Sagan's shower, but I wanted to do the entire pack (5 onesies)! Oh well. I still have until October before Khloe arrives!
Here's the onesie I finished up tonight (morning!). The images aren't the greatest - I'm very tired! My pictures always come out so dark indoors - I don't get it! Guess I've got to study some more to learn how to fix that problem!
I used the Ruffle Butt Onesie Tutorial by UCreate.
I crocheted the sweet dainty flowers following a pattern by Lily Knitting over at Etsy.
I used the Magic Adjustable Ring tutorial to start the flower. The MAR is the best thing since slice bread!
To get my "k", I found the font I liked best (Impress BT) in Word, sized it to "500", printed it out and then used it as my template. Worked like a charm!
I love how it turned out! Aren't babies cuter when they have ruffles on their butts?!
Don't forget to enter to win my BOY Bento Box Set GIVEAWAY and GIRL Bento Box Set GIVEAWAY before it's too late!
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I made this diaper cake for Sagan's baby shower on Sunday. It's the first time I've made one by myself.
A HUGE thank you to my baby sister for showing me how to do this! I love you chick!
I hope Sagan likes it!
I used an entire box of 92 Swaddlers (size 1) and a glass Munchkin bottle in the center of the cake. Since I was in a hurry, I didn't fill it with anything - it's just diapers. The flowers, butterflies, and ribbon were 1/2 off at Hobby Lobby. All together, the cost of the cake was around $40. It would've been less, but I had to buy a 3-pack of glass bottles - I couldn't find the singles! I saw some people on youtube.com using baby powder and baby lotion instead of a bottle. I've even seen them use an unopened champagne bottle! I might try something like that next time!
I was going to hang toys, pacifiers, teethers and other thingys, but I thought it would distract from the butterflies and flowers. So I piled (somewhat orderly) all that stuff in a baby bathtub!
POST-IT-NOTE: A BIG thank you to everyone for leaving all the wonderful comments on my Giveaway posts! These are my first Giveaways and it's great to see everyone participating and enjoying it!
Have fun!
While looking for number and letter silicone molds to make crayons (check out my post here), I found this darling Ice Princess Star Wand silicone mold ($8 & free s/h w/Prime).
How cute would that be for a crayon/pencil color wand?! After I got all those crayons for 25¢ a box, I went back and grabbed some pencil colors for only 75¢ a box (12 pencils) by CrazArt; the Crayola brand was $1 a box.
You can click on any of the following pictures to ZOOM in.
Did read my post on Bento Boxes? I love the idea. It's so much fun for toddlers to open their box to see what they got for Lunch! I think it's the best thing to get your picky toddler to eat!
Here's a few examples of Serenity's Lunch boxes (click on the picture to ZOOM in):
Mickey Mouse Bento Box, Mickey Mouse bag, pirate stickers, a bear egg mold, puppy rice mold, crab hot dog/sausage cutter, 5 animal food picks, 2 heart silicone cups, 3 frogs, and 2 bouncy balls.
Did read my post on Bento Boxes? I love the idea. It's so much fun for toddlers to open their box to see what they got for Lunch! I think it's the best thing to get your picky toddler to eat!
Here's a few examples of Serenity's Lunch boxes (click on the picture to ZOOM in):
Little Mermaid Bento Box, pink flower bag, Little Mermaid stickers, a bunny egg mold, puppy rice mold, tulip hot dog/sausage cutter, 5 animal food picks, 2 heart silicone cups, 3 rings, and 2 bouncy balls.
Lavender essential oil has many health benefits.
Bring 1/2 gallon water to a boil. Simmer for 1 hour to purify. OR you can use distilled water.
Remove the teapot from the stove and add 5 to 10 drops of pure (only use pure) lavender essential oil. Place the lid back on and allow to steep until it's completely cooled.
Pour into spray bottles.
All done! Simple!
Have you seen this shoe? It's from Inchworm and it has a button called "iFit technology" that will allow you to adjust the shoe as your child grows. It adjusts one full size in half size increments. So it will go from, say a size 11 shoe to to size 12! Wow!
Inchworm shoes came out a few years ago, but I still can't find them in the stores - or any online store except from Inchworm's own site.
I bought the Magenta style for my niece three years ago. She liked them, my brother liked them; the shoes were well-made and held up pretty good.
There's a FAQ on their site that will answer the most common questions you might have, such as this one:
How do I find my child’s correct shoe size?
Kids feet and shoes are all made differently! We suggest as a general guideline to find proper size shoe for your child the following: Children ages 2 ½ to 4 years old will generally fit inchworm shoe size 10-11; Children ages 4 to 5 years old will generally fit inchworm shoe size 11-12; Children ages 5 to 6 years old will generally fit inchworm shoe size 12-13 and 13-1; and Children ages 7 to 9 years old will generally fit inchworm shoe size 1-2, 2-3, 3-4 and 4-5.
You can check out the video on their site that shows all the press the shoes have been getting. Here's a video I found on youtube:
I ordered Serenity the Melissa & Doug Fold & Go Mini Dollhouse ($35.93 & free s/h w/Prime) from Amazon last week and it arrived today. I was looking for a small, quality wooden dollhouse to take with us when we visit friends and family in Mississippi and on vacation trips.
Serenity loves it! She immediately started making up tasks for the dolls to do. She talks to the dolls and creates stories for them - all out loud. It's so funny to listen in! She's even named the dolls - Princess and Boy! Funny! And a little amazing too, since before today all her dolls were named Baby. It's so neat to see how much she changes day to day and how each day her comprehension grows.
She's telling Princess to say "cheese"!
She's giggling her little butt off 'cause she made Boy sit on the potty!
