A Creative Journey
I have added some new treasures to my etsy store.
These are super cute burlap, wool and hand embroidered heart hoops that are the perfect thoughtful and simple gift for Valentine’s Day.
Here a few sneak peaks:
Find more details on my etsy page here.
Have a great week.
This is one my favorite gifts to receive and give. Before I knew how to make sugar and salt scrubs, one of my favorite was from L’Occitane Salt Body Scrub. It is amazing, but it goes quick and is $36! Who knew that making your own scrub is so easy!
Last year for the holidays, I made my first set of scrubs…vanilla, gingerbread, etc. You can see that post here.
This year, I wanted to do something a little different so I tried a brown sugar and honey body scrub. I was inspired by the recipe on the Paula Deen website you can find here.
To make three jars of scrub, I used the following measurements…
5 cups Dark Brown Sugar
2 1/2 cups Extra Virgin Olive Oil
5 teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract
5 tablespoons honey
Make sure you mix the extract and honey together first then add the olive oil and then sugar…it will help make sure everything gets blended. Stir real well until everything is moist with oil. Adjust as necessary with more oil or brown sugar to your liking. The L’Occitane scrub always had extra oil in the container which was nice as it makes your skin so nice and soft.
I added some raffia and some tags and packaged them up for giving. It is a great gift! Now, next time, I need to make one for myself!
Happy New Year!
I am inspired by all the ideas out there for homemade gifts. One of the things that I love to do is to give gifts. I take gift giving very seriously. It is something that takes time and thought. I like to consider each person that I am giving the gift to and figuring out what they would most like even if they don’t “need” it. It’s like a quest for me. But, it seems with the internet and everything right at our fingertips nowadays it is even harder to find gifts. I have recently been inspired by all the posts and ideas for homemade gifts. I thought I would share some of them with you and we can be inspired together. At the same time, I am wondering if I can pull off some of these gifts for the upcoming holidays or I am kidding myself? For now, let’s just browse:
Homemade Body Scrub – So, my favorite body scrub is from L’Occitane although it is a bit pricey and I usually only get is as a gift. It’s not something that I would purchase for myself. And, then I came across the idea to do a homemade body scrub…really? Is it possible? Click on the image below to take you to Stephanie Lynn’s website:
Here’s another link to make peppermint foot scrub at the Idea Room. I really love this idea as a gift and the monogram, container and bow shown above. What a great idea.
Now, here’s a great gift for a family…ice cream kit. The original idea from Tip Junkie. This is so adorable.
Ice Cream Kit
You could even make it fancier by getting the cute Crate & Barrel ice cream scoopers:
Crate & Barrel Ice Cream Scoopers
How about peppermint hot cocoa all packaged up and ready in a cute jar. This idea comes from Better Homes and Gardens and is economical too!
Peppermint Hot Chocolate
Pair it with some great mugs from Pottery Barn and you have an entire gift.
Pottery Barn Mug Pairing
And, this is one of the simplest and one of my favorites from Southern Vogue. It is adorable:
Halloween Smores....
If you want to do more than just a single smore kit, you can go for the family size kit from Rachel Berry’s Blog:
Family Smore Kit
There are many more ideas where these came from on my Pinterest “Gifts for You” Board. I am inspired to try out some of these handmade gifts. How about you? Now to find the time 
Be Inspired
Wendy
A post is in the works on the first “customer” quilt that I finished up this weekend. For now, just a quick note to say Happy Valentines Day and to let you know that my Valentine’s Day project was featured on another blog. Click the button below and check it out!! Talk to you… read more »
By now, everyone has seen these cute shaped crayons on Pinterest. So, I thought I would give it a try. In fact, it is as easy as it looks. The hardest part was finding the right shaped pan / container to melt them in. I was able to find these heart shaped ice cubed trays… read more »
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If you have been on Etsy lately, you might have noticed all of the mason jars! There are so many cute and creative things that they are being used for. It has me a bit obsessed…I haven’t purchased any mason jars yet. It is all just too overwhelming…oh, what do to with them??? (All of… read more »
I have added a few new cute things to my “Late to Create” Etsy Shop. I have a few sets of modern spring kitchen towels. They are the perfect hostess gift or addition to any spring Easter basket. They are so cute! Sold in pairs of two and all packaged up in a pretty bow!… read more »
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