Tuesday 17 May 2011

All things smelly

Today's post is about a couple of new crafts i have tried out recently.  The first is candle making.  This craft has been on my list to try for years and i never seem to get round to it. Anyway after some fab advice off the lovely Lisa over at Kandipandi's pad i bit the bullet bought a kit of ebay containing soy wax,colouring,fragrance oil and melt trays and made some wax melts.  I have to say i can't believe how easy it was and now I'm addicted!!.

 I also made some heart shaped melts using a silicone ice cube tray.
 At weekend we went to visit my best friend in Kent.  i always like to take something homemade along so i decided to make some hand scrub.  Such an easy project it will only take you 5 minutes to rustle it up.
If you want to make some you will need 2 1/2 cups of sugar (i mixed brown and white), 1 cup of sunflower oil and 4 teaspoons of vanilla extract. Mix it all together in a big bowl and then put into a jar.

 I made this jar by taking an empty plastic jar which had a horrible red lid and added scrapbook paper to the lid then stuck a ribbon around the edge. then i decorated a wooden tag with paper and wrote on it in marker.  i made a paper flower and added a brad to the centre and stuck on the top of the tag then tied with raffia tape.

9 comments:

  1. So glad you tried it yourself! Your scrub looks fab too, bet it would be great on rough old feet too (like mine):)
    Kandi x

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  2. What a lovely gift! scrubs are always useful in any girls bathroom and even better when it's home made :)
    Im loving all you craft makes Tina :) :)
    Sue x

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  3. I'm going to try that scrub, sounds wonderful.
    Gillx

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  4. Oh brilliant! Both of these things are on my list of things to try. I've got a hand scrub recipe and a candlemaking kit I've been dying to try but never seem to find the time!

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  5. I have been wanting to make hand scrub for ages! thanks for sharing

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  6. That's really all it takes to make scrub? I'm definitely going to try it! :)

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  7. Hi Tina, What kit did you use for the candles? Do you have a linky you can mail me? I want to try candle making (and soap making) but dont really know where to start!! Im planning on going to a course in September but fancy having a bash at it beforehand. x

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  8. We made some samples of the scrub to see if we want to give it away to new guests at our church. We each kept a jar and I have used mine on a few different occasions. It works wonderfully on my hands. I haven't tried my feet yet, but that sounds like a plan. We may also change it up a bit for around Christmas and use only white sugar with peppermint oil instead of the vanilla to see how that works. I plan to make some as my gift for ladies at work this year and probably for family members, as well. :) Thank you!

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