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• Oct. 29, 2005 - Crafty Concoctions...
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First
things first...boo hoo hoo hoo! I took photos of participation in
these crafts and I lost them all through a series of Murphy's Law events
while trying to download them to the computer. So, my apologies,
these photos show only the products I could photograph thereafter since
they are all that remains of the process...well, these and the
dishes. Wanna do them?? The
first photo you see there is a set of homemade facial wash and blemish
treatment. If you can get past the fact that you didn't buy them
in the grocery store aisle and that they are HOMEmade, then you may
really enjoy these as much as I do! The facewash is so cooling
and soothing. I have had problem skin since I was about eleven,
and though I have tried nearly every product on the shelf, it wasn't
until I used this that I actually FELT a difference in my skin. I
had Shayla make
some today because I am anticipating that she may have skin problems
since both her father and I did. I want to get her in a routine
of cleaning her skin intentionally with more than soap and water each
night. The fact that she made it herself makes it more exciting
to use! It's
not expensive to make so give it a whirl if you are brave! All
you do is mix the ingredients together and store in the fridge...simple
as that... Oatmeal Wash - wash as normal and rinse 2 tbsp fine oatmeal (I grind it to smitherines in my mortar and pestle) 6 tbsp plain yogurt (the expiration of this item pretty much determines the exp of the final product) 2 tbsp lemon juice 1 tbsp chopped parsley 2 tsp olive oil (that's teaspoons in case you were in the tablespoon mode) Anti-Spot night cream - rub into problem spots and leave overnight 3 tbsp plain yogurt (again, this will determine your expiration date) 2 tsp lemon juice 3 drops tea tree essential oil 1
tsp Fuller's earth (this is simply like kaolin clay - I use the Burt's
Bees powdered form of their clay mask as a substitute and it works
great) The recipes listed above are from the book Natural Home Spa by Sian Rees and it is FULL of great natural concoctions. I highly recommend it as I have used mine a lot over the years. The
second photo is of the soaps and bath salts we made over the last
couple days. The soaps are peach scented and the makings came
from my dear Elizabeth for my birthday this year. The bath salts
are vanilla rose. FYI...we are gearing up for Christmas so we are
trying to get stuff done a bit at a time but it never seems we start
early enough. The
third photo is to keep you coming back! We are going to see if
these brown egg shells will work like white eggshells to make sidewalk
chalk. The girls will be able to give it away to their friends
and cousins as Christmas gifts. Just had a thought...I wonder if
we can add glitter to our sidewalk chalk... I have more to share...like
the fact that I have spent I-have-no-idea-how-long making a total of
TWO cards for Christmas. I have never made my own cards so this
is a learning process for me and I am a perfectionist. I'll show
them to ya'll tomorrow. However, I had better get off to bed - we
have a picnic with hubby's seminary buddies and their families
tomorrow.
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• Oct. 29, 2005 - Oh neat!
Chrissy