Brown Sugar Body Scrub

So I know I have been a failure at regular posting lately, but honestly I think I just needed a little break. It has been lovely. After being sick, I was able to finish my most recent class and take a week of "Spring Break" from school as well, before my next class starts. I have still had to work, but things have been much more laid back outside of that.

That being said, I am FINALLY getting aroung to sharing with you guys the brown sugar scrub that I made for my sister-in-law's birthday gift basket that I shared in this post.

To make the scrub, I don't remember the exact amounts that I used becaues I ended up doctoring it, but I believe I started with two cups of brown sugar, 1/8th cup of olive oil and 3 tbsps of honey. Then I may have added the ingredients without measuring to doctor it into what felt like a normal body scrub consistency. I forgot to take photos of this part! So sorry!

Next, I poured my gloopy mixture into a simple mason jar.

 I cut a square of white linen and placed in over the inner part of the lid and then twisted the collar over it, securing it in place and adding a bit of charm.

 Next, I hot glued a strip of burlap around the center of the jar, like this:

 I love the texture added by the burlap! To finish it off, I tied a cute little tag around it with some twine. I really could not be happier with the way that it turned out!

You will have to let me know if any of you try this! I really want to make a batch for myself, I just haven't gotten around to it just yet. Also, I finally finished that coffee table makeover, I just have not taken pictures of it yet! I promise to try to do so this week!

I hope you all are loving the springlike weather! I cannot WAIT to get our spring decor out. I loved what we had for winter, but I am over it! :) Hopefully I will get to that sometime this week too!

Home Made Gift Basket

Friday was my sister-in-law's birthday. When I started thinking about what we weregoing to give her, I wanted to do something thoughtful. She has had a tough year, so I thought giving her something relaxing would be fun. And then I started thinking about how fun it would be to have this gift be all home made! So I decided to make her brown sugar honey body scrub, lavender lotion with vitamin E, home made lip balm, hand soap in a cute little dispenser. I also made a rice-filled heat pouch that she can use in the microwave. I placed all of the items in a basket and put it in a basket bag.

I used some extra linen fabric that I used on the jar lids and for the heat pouch to create a rosette and then made cutie little burlap leaves and then I hot glued this to the front of the basket (inside the bag so that it will be on there if she wants to use it in her house.)

Here is a kind of "aerial" view if you will. I plan to go back through and share how I made some of the items in other posts.

That little green and white thing in the back is the heat pouch. I sewed a stripe of green and white damask fabric to the white litten before sewing it basically like you would a pillow. It turned out so cute! Unfortunately, I was not thinking and did not get a better photo of it than this!

I topped it all off with a burlap bow. I was SO pleased with the way it turned out and she loved it! My favorite thing about it was that it was almost entirely home made. The only thing that I did not make was the basket and there is a candle down in there that I just purchased. Now I want to go back and make myself a batch of everything!

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