What to Make, What to Give?
December 10, 2008 Crafts, Holidays & Seasons, Projects No CommentsWhere has the year gone? It seemed to fly by so quickly this year that I’m having to do some last minute thinking about what to make for gifts I want to give my family and friends! I recently found an interesting website, Buy Handmade. The site asks you to pledge to buy handmade items this holiday season and I think that’s a wonderful idea! I signed the pledge and I hope you do too! I also think we should pledge not just to buy what others make, but we should make our own handmade items to give!
This holiday season I’m giving:
- Handmade rubbing salts (recipe below)
- Bracelets that include handmade beads I purchased in China
- Decorative soaps in slumped soap dishes (My husband helps me with the glass fusing and kilns)
- Handcrafted holiday cards and tags (Made from all my paper scraps and card blanks)
Handmade rubbing salts are a great winter holiday gift. You can use the rubbing salts in your bath or shower and your skin feels so soft afterwards. Here are the instructions for making your own rubbing salts!
Materials
- Canning or glass jars with air tight lids
- Vitamin E or Grapeseed Oil Extract (found at health food stores or pharmacies)
- Essential Oil (scent of your choice)
- Table salt (fine salts)
- Carrier Oil (any oil without a scent like almond oil, sunflower oil, safflower oil)
- Embellishments for jars (ribbon, lace, stickers, labels, etc)
Instructions
- Pour salt into jar about 3/4 full.
- Pour in carrier oil, completely covering salt.
- Add 5-8 drops of essential oil (scent) to mixture.
- Seal jar tight and embellish. Allow salt rub “rest” 3 days, after 3 days scent is at its peak. If you desire more scent then add more essential oil.
