DIY Gifts: Citrus Salt Body Scrub

Here I go with the scrubs. Not the kind of scrub that's "hanging out of the passenger side of his best friend's ride, trying to holler at me". Love you TLC. No no no. Not that kind of scrub. We are talking about good, lovely, body lovin, exfoliating scrub. This one is made from salt. I also love this scrub very much for its exfoliating factors. I like the citrus smell.

You Will Need:

1 cup of sea salt
3/4 cup of almond oil or light olive oil
1 teaspoon lemon zest
1 teaspoon orange zest
5-10 drops of essential oils (I might need to be examined for my love of essential oils. I'm using these bad boys in everything. I chose lemongrass for this one and its lovely)
Jar that is air tight- you will want a 10 ounce jar for this recipe.

Step 1:
In a medium bowl mix your oil, lemon zest, orange zest and essential oils together.

Step 2:
Slowly add your salt. It will be a different consistency that the sugar scrub. You will have to mix well before every use on the salt scrub.

Step 3:
Spoon in a cute jar. Remember to put on your label or tag that is might cause the shower surface to get slippery and to stir well before each use.

There you go ladies. If you are wondering why I am doing all of these bath products right at first and the reason is because they are a great alternative to spending a lot of money on the same thing and I personally LOVE all these products, plus you can customize your scent with your essential oils.

Enjoy! Don't forget to share your stories of what you made with me!

Love you!
-Kaci

DIY Gifts: Men's Meat Rub

My husband is awesome in the kitchen and he always puts his special blend of spices to marinate his meats. This gift is easy and you probably have all the ingredients in your spice rack. I got this stainless steel spice shaker because what says men more than stainless steel and meat rub? This is a great gift for the bar-b-queing man.

You Will Need:

1/3 cup of coarse salt
1/4 cup packed light-brown sugar
1/4 cup paprika
2 tablespoons ground black pepper
2 tablespoons dried oregano
2 tablespoons garlic salt (we use garlic salt on everything)

Step 1:
To make this easy, I just put all of the ingredients into the shaker.

Step 2:
Shake the spices together to get a good blend.

Whoa! How easy was that?? Almost too easy!

Enjoy!
-Kaci

DIY Gifts: Brown Sugar Scrub

I love a good exfoliating scrub. Did you know wrinkles are caused by layers and layers and layer and layers of skin just piled on your skin? And did you know that a good way to combat wrinkles to exfoliate regularly and moisturize? You didn't? Well now you do.

I have always worried about getting wrinkles. I'm not obsessed over it but I do believe that you are never too young to do a little damage control.

A couple things I love about this scrub:

1. It sloughs off the dead skin that the ever so changing Texas weather wrecks havoc on

2. It's moisturizing

3. This is wonderful to shave with (Your legs will be baby butt smooth)

4. You can make this with household ingredients

5. It doesn't cost a fortune to make

If you haven't noticed yet, I like making lists...

So here we go! Like I said before, my camera decided to freak out during these pictures so I will have to reshoot and update with pictures but I wanted to get these DIY gifts on here so y'all can work on them.

Brown Sugar Scrub

You will need:
-1 1/2 cup of dark brown sugar
-3/4 cup of light olive oil or almond oil
-1 tablespoon of honey
-5-10 drops of your favorite essential oils (there we go again with those essential oils again. I love 'em. Of course these are optional. I chose eucalyptus.)
-Jar with an air tight lid. I got one at Wal Mart in the food canister isle. I am in the process of ordering cute jars from a company and I will let you know how that works out.

Step 1:
Mix your olive oil or almond oil with your tablespoon of honey and your essential oils.

Step2:
Steadily mix in your brown sugar for a good consistency

Step 3:
Spoon in your mixture in your lovely jar.

Step 4:
Create a cute label or hand write a label. Make sure to include cautions that the scrub can make shower surfaces slippery.

Enjoy!
-Kaci

Oh if you haven't noticed, all of the regularly scheduled posts (i.e. Tip Tuesday, Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner Wednesday and Blog Share Sunday) will be put on hold until I get these DIY Gifts out there in cyber space.

Enjoy!
-Kaci

DIY Gifts: Felt Rosette

I will start off the DIY Christmas gift series with this felt rosette tutorial. It is so easy, a monkey could do it.

I have done my homework and we are starting with the felt rosettes to get you used to the concept. We will explore different shapes of the felt rosette and the fabric rosettes later but I think this is a good starting point. Felt is easy to use because it sticks to itself so you don't have to worry about constantly gluing like you do the fabric ones.

I liked using the felt so much that I have expanded the DIY Christmas Gifts to several other projects using the felt like: plush owls, owl credit card holders and several other things.

Not only will we be using this for other Christmas projects, this can be a stand alone project too. Here are some ideas:

- spruce up gift wrapping

- attach to a headband

- put on a safety pin to make a cute broach

- attach to a hair clip

- put it on a shirt

- put magnets on the back for refrigerator magnets

I could go on and on and your imagination is the limit.

Fabric Rosette Tutorial

Easy Factor: Easiest

Supplies Needed:
- 1 piece of felt in your fave color- usually 20 cents at Wal-Mart or craft stores
- scissors
- fabric glue or hot glue

Total cost of project: Under a dollar

Step 1:
Cut a circle out of the felt. This size is up to you on how big you want your rosette. You can find things all around your house as a guide to make your circle. For example: CD, canister, jar....

Step 2:
You will cut a swirly design into your felt. In the middle you will leave the circle for the back of your rosette.

Step 3:
This part depends on how you want your rosette to look. For a tall and skinny rose, start with the middle of your felt. For a short and wider rose, start with the outside. Whichever end you decide to start with, you will roll your felt.

Step 4:
Once you've reach the end, you will dab a little glue to secure your rosette.

Step 5:

Cut a small circle of felt for the back and place glue on it and attach to back.

Step 6:

Put these little rosettes wherever your heart desires!

Wasn't that easy peasy? Remember, you imagination is your limit and these little rosettes add a cute touch to almost anything.

Enjoy!
-Kaci