Raspberry sugar scrubs are easy to make, package adorably and are good for your skin! Homemade scrubs are one of the best gifts ever! They are my new latest craze {as you know} and after the recent success of my Lemon Sugar Scrub for Mother’s Day gifts, my Coffee Sugar Scrub for Teacher Appreciation, and […]
DIY Candlestick Candy Jars
July 22, 2012 by
How to Make Candlestick Candy Jars is not only fun, it’s easy. It involves a little scrounging, spray painting, glueing, and best of all, filling with fun candy. I found my glass jars in my cupboard, the candlesticks at a local thrift store and I picked up the spray paint and glue at a craft […]
How to Make Gelatin Bubbles
July 19, 2012 by
How to make gelatin bubbles requires a specific technique, a learning curve, a bit of practice and some time, but the results are well worth the effort. You may remember the amazing gelatin bubbles that topped the cupcakes at the recent party I threw for Tide? Well, here are step by step instructions on how […]
How to Make Homemade Oatmeal Soap
July 1, 2012 by
Homemade soap is easy to make, relatively inexpensive, and a fabulous homemade gift. I decided to make an almond scented-oatmeal-goats-milk soap because it’s a soap with moisturizing and exfoliating properties and it smells delicious and looks beautiful. It’s the perfect soap! Plus, now that I’ve made just about every scent of sugar scrubs I could think […]
Peach Sugar Scrub Recipe {homemade gift idea}
June 14, 2012 by
Peach sugar scrubs are easy to make, package adorably {if I do say so myself} and are great for your skin! Homemade scrubs are one of the best gifts ever {in my opinion}! They are my new latest craze {as you know} and after falling in love with my Lemon Sugar Scrub, my Coffee Sugar […]
Cherry Sugar Scrub Recipe {homemade gift idea}
June 7, 2012 by
Cherry sugar scrubs are easy to make, package adorably and are good for your skin! Homemade scrubs are one of the best gifts ever! They are my new latest craze {as you know} and after the recent success of my Lemon Sugar Scrub for Mother’s Day gifts, and my Coffee Sugar Scrub for Teacher Appreciation […]
Father’s Day Heart Banner {tutorial}
June 4, 2012 by
The kids and I wanted to make Jeff a fun banner for Father’s Day and so we headed to the craft closet, put our crafty-hats on and came up with this Paper-Art-Work Banner. It was so much fun to make, and turned out so well. We can’t wait to show it off on Father’s Day. […]
“Smart Cookie” Teacher Gift {homemade gift idea}
May 18, 2012 by
It’s never a bad time to thank a teacher for being such a fantastic teacher and if you ask me, you can’t thank them often enough. Making cute homemade items is a fun way to show them that you are appreciative of their efforts and it’s easy on your pocket books! One of the ways […]
Coffee Sugar Scrub Recipe {homemade gift idea}
May 9, 2012 by
Coffee sugar scrubs are easy to make, package adorably and are good for your skin! Homemade scrubs are one of the best gifts ever! They are my new latest craze and after the recent success of my Lemon Sugar Scrub for Mother’s Day gifts I decided that a Coffee Scrub for Teacher Appreciation was the […]
Easy “You Rock” Teacher Gift {homemade gift idea}
May 6, 2012 by
**Reposted for Teacher Appreciation Week** I know that Teacher Appreciation Week is over nation wide, but this idea can be used year round. It’s a great idea for the beginning of the year to butter up the teacher, as a quick thank you throughout the year; it’s perfect for a Valentine’s day or teacher appreciation […]
Lemon Sugar Scrub Recipe {homemade gift idea}
April 27, 2012 by
Sugar scrubs are easy to make, package adorably and are affordable. Quite simply, they are the perfect homemade gift! They are my new latest craze and I’ve decided that a Lemon Sugar Scrub should be on every woman’s “want” list. Making sugar scrubs are so easy it should be illegal. The best part is that […]
How to Change a Junk Closet to a Craft Area for $0!
January 6, 2012 by
I’m all about repurposing spaces and items, so I can’t believe that it took me as long as it did to transform my junk closet into a crafting area. For the first time in years all of my scrapbooking/stamping/crafting items are in one organized place, and it didn’t cost me a dime. All it took […]
S’mores Cake in a Jar {Homemade Gift for Teachers}
December 7, 2011 by
Looking for Wordful Wednesday? It’s here. I’m feeling pretty pleased with myself. Not only do I totally feel on top of my holiday “game” by giving my children’s school teachers a little holiday “Thank You” so early in the month, they {their teachers} “score” twice. I’ll explain: I used Dairy Products in my recipe from […]
Back-to-School Teacher Appreciation Gift
September 2, 2011 by
Every year I make sure that my kids take in a little something for their teacher the first week of school. I think it’s a great way to try to butter their teachers up right off the bat, AND I think that they (the teachers) deserve a little something. It can’t be easy to teach […]
Me? Crafty?
November 16, 2009 by
I think so. On occasion. It may be rare, but it happens. And when it does, I’m pretty darn pleased with myself. So pleased, in fact, that I have to brag a bit. So bear with me, and please, I IMPLORE you, feed my ego. You know, so I feel so special that I do […]
