I’ve received a whole mountain of requests for our Quick Gifts from Your Cupboard blog post! Today I decided to tackle several requests for various hand lotions and creams to help you make your Christmas gifts before it was too late. Let’s go take a peek at the recipes I’ve […]
At the end of November, I ruminated about the closure of the Hostess Brands company. In that post, I also talked about shopping to support small businesses and local economies. Even after writing that post, I couldn’t get the idea out of my mind about shopping and showing support for […]
Special Features Wanted!
23 Wow! What a fun item to make! In our November class we had the opportunity to make our own fabulous wax melts. I really enjoy my warmers that I have in different rooms throughout my home, but at times wanted to use my own fragrances that I enjoy from thesage.com. […]
Making Wax Melts for Warmers
1 As the holidays approach like a train moving full speed ahead, I find myself looking this special time for me a little differently. It will be the first time I will be so far from family for the holidays. For me the holidays have been all about family. I find […]
Christmas Traditions
I have a fun announcement for you! Since Christmas is JUST around the corner, we are going to help you make fast gifts using items you have on hand! Starting today, we will take submissions of ingredients in your cupboard (or that you are ordering before December 16th) and the […]
Quick Gifts from Your Cupboard! (We Want You!)
9 We had a blast making bath bombs during our last Stocking Stuffer classes. Bath bombs are super easy to make and they also are fantastic gifts for those people that are hard to find gifts for. This is an easy recipe to follow and it is listed below. Collect needed […]
Bath Bombs – What a Blast!
3 Making bath salts is such a simple and easy thing to do. I enjoy adding bath salts to my tub as it adds in a great fragrance while bathing (and relaxing). I also like to make bath salts with a variety of salt sizes and leaving the scented salts in […]
Making Bath Salts!
To finish up our perfect hand repair kit, I wanted to make an intense cuticle cream. I have noticed that with all of the contact with paper, my cuticles are really hard and dry. I wanted a product the would help soften and protect the skin around the nails. If […]
Intense Cuticle Cream
Yesterday we made our intense hand treatment. As nice as it is, the cream is not something you can apply in the middle of the day and then go back to work. I wanted to make an ultra-light lotion that could be applied without making the phone, keyboard and paper […]
Light Daily Hand Lotion
Yesterday we made a sugar scrub to exfoliate the hands, making any subsequent treatments more effective. Today I wanted to make a product that would be applied to the hands, then the hands are covered with gloves and wrapped in warm towels. This is often done for pedicures and manicures, […]
Warm Cream Hand Treatment
Today I wanted to start off our hand repair kit with a hand scrub. With my hands being so dry, I really need to exfoliate the dead skin so that a moisturizer is more effective in hydrating and protecting the skin. Come join me for this quick and easy hand […]
Bright Lemon Hand Scrub
Our R&D team tests lots of fragrances in cold process soap. Well, we had such a collection of soaps that we were running out of room on the testing lab shelves! So…we cut these soaps into small sample bars to send out with orders. We have over 100 sample soaps […]