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Showing posts with label Gifts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gifts. Show all posts
Monday, June 11, 2012

Lavender Foot Soak

Today I'm sharing with you a recipe to make a wonderful foot soak.  I don't know about you, but this time of year I spend a lot of time in the garden-- and working outside.  My feet get looking & feeling horrible!!   I had gotten a few Graduation announcements from some darling girls I know.... and so when I was soaking my feet the other night I thought  " I bet they would LOVE some of this Lavender Foot Soak too.    I made a batch of it up and glued together some cute jars & candle sticks I had--   and this is what I came up with.  They are the perfect gift to give & to get!!!

It's very easy to make, but I admit I am always changing or adding different things to it, depending on what I have on hand- but this is the basic recipe.

2 Cups of Epsom salt
2 Cups of sea salt
1/2 Cup of Baking Soda
1/2 Cup of Ground up Rolled Oats ( put it in the blender until it is fine like flour)
10 Drops of Lavender Essential Oil
A few sprigs of dried Lavender (crush them up)
Mix everything together really well and put into a cute jar.

To use:
Add 2 Tablespoons to warm water & you have a WONDERFUL treat for tired sore feet. 
ENJOY!!!

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Graduation Bottles

Well my two oldest Grandsons graduated this year!!!!  From PRESCHOOL!! Whew... I almost felt really OLD. haha   I didn't know what to get them, so I decided to use the idea of taking an empty water bottle- cutting it open down the back- and filling it with all kinds of FUN things: suckers, gum, whistles, candy bars, balls, swimming goggles, stickers, stamps ect..... anything you can squeeze into it.  Then tape the slit closed with strapping tape. I decided to put a water bottle label on it, added a ribbon and punched out 2 tags to tie onto them.... they turned out darling and the little boys were thrilled.  Half of the fun was watching them try to figure out how to get everything out of the top!!  This is such a cute idea for sooooo many occasions. 

The printables I used were part of a party package at http://blog.catchmyparty.com/category/printables-free-graduation/  The next graduation gift these little guys get from me might have to be a little bit bigger... but I have until 2025 to figure that one out!!!