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Chalkboard art gift label

**If you are new here and are visiting from The Ellen Show, we are glad you stopped by! I hope you like what you see here. Looking for the Peppermint Candy Cane Sugar Scrub Recipe that was shared on Ellen’s site? You can find that by clicking on this link: Peppermint Candy Cane Sugar Scrub! You will find a full tutorial with step by step photos and instructions. I also offer a free download for the fun labels! Thanks for stopping by!

I was hoping to share this with you earlier,but it ended up being a “last minute” project. With the events of the last weekend, I found myself wanting to distance myself from the computer and the internet…so this years Teacher Gifts sat undone.

I always like to give the kids teachers a practical gift that they will actually use. I have made a few different versions of these unique and personalized Hand Sanitizer Bottles and this year was no exception. The kids teachers have always “claimed” to love them so we continue to give them out. I always add a fun gift card for the local Movie Theater or a Restaurant for them to enjoy, along with the Hand Sanitizer.

If you are new here, you might want to check out some of the other Hand Sanitizer Bottles I have shared:

Hand in Hand Sanitizer Bottle

Monogrammed Hand Sanitizer

Christmas Joy Hand Sanitizer

Thanksgiving Hand Sanitizer

This year I decided to show you an example of putting the label INSIDE the bottle, which is the same as I have done for all our past versions of this along with putting the label on the OUTSIDE of the bottle. My personal preference is for the label to be on the inside, which is printed on a sheet of Transparency Paper (film). And the label on the outside of the bottle is simply just printed on a laser printer onto some white cardstock.

For complete, step-by-step instructions, please refer to this hand sanitizer tutorial. If you are going to make labels to go inside the bottle you will need to print onto your transparency with a laser printer. This is a CRUCIAL step. Every year I get emails from people who use an ink jet printer and wonder why their ink slides off into the bottle.

If you don’t have a Laser printer or copier, or your printer is not made to print on transparencies (check your owners manual), then you can simply have your local copy center print it onto a transparency for you. They usually charge a small fee but in the scope of things, this turns out to be a very affordable gift!

I have provided you with a free download of this fun Chalkboard Art Christmas Label. Simply click on the link or the image below to download the labels for your own use. You will need to re-size the labels to fit into the bottles you end up using. I made them a bit larger so you could use larger bottles if you would like too. Just re-size the image in your printing program before printing.

I printed mine out so that the width measured 2.75 inches (if my memory serves me right).

Merry&Bright Chalkboard Art Label

*As always please remember to link back to this post and send others here rather than sharing them on your own sites. These are for your own personal use and are not for resale or redistribution.

I am really enjoying this trendy Chalkboard Art…so of course I had to put my own little twist on it. Aren’t they so much fun? And, if you don’t want to make the hand sanitizer bottles (or soap bottles) you can simply print these out and use them as a gift tag or frame it for your desk!

December 19, 2012 · Filed under: Christmas, Christmas Gifts, Crafts, Gifts, Teacher Gifts Tagged with

Homemade Bath Salts and doTerra Giveaway

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I am so excited to share with you a fun gift idea AND an awesome giveaway today. I LOVE homemade gifts that are functional AND pretty at the same time. I like to give things that I would actually like to receive as a gift myself…like this Homemade Bath Salts Gift Set.

The Bath Salts are really easy to make and just take a few simple, easy to find ingredients. And, if you like to take baths, you know how yummy smelling they can make your bath water. Plus the salts have some great healing and soothing aspects for your skin.

These Homemade Bath Salts also contain some awesome doTerra Essential Oils. These essential oils also have multiple benefits and uses depending on the type of Essential Oil you use.

First, let’s give you the recipe. It is the same Homemade Bath Salts Recipe I have shared with you when I first started blogging.

Homemade Bath Salts Recipe:

3 cups Epsom Salt
2 cups Baking Soda
1 cup Table Salt
Food or soap coloring (optional)
Scented Essential Oils (2-4 drops)

If you want more than one scent and color, separate into different bowls before adding the color and scent. Then you can have 2-3 different choices to choose from. Let the bath salts dry for 24 hours before placing them into your decorative jars.

I chose not to use any coloring as I wanted all of the jars to be similar and fresh and clean looking. I used doTerra’s Lemon, Lavendar, and Peppermint Essential Oils for my jars. You follow the directions for each flavor of Bath Salt and then just add the Essential Oil of your choice.

I haven’t talked much about doTerra’s Essential Oils but I have been using them since April and have fallen in love with them. You might have noticed that I have used them in a few of my past posts recently. (Chocolate Cinnamon Bread, Peppermint Candy Cane Scrub, Lemon Sugar Scrub) The thing I love about them is that almost all of doTerra’s essential oils are food-grade oils which means you can take them internally and use them safely on your skin.

I have been getting my oils from Julie Crowell, an Independent doTerra Consultant who and a fellow fan of The Idea Room. (I knew there was a reason I liked her ;)!! She is currently an Idea Room Sponsor and wants to give One Lucky Idea Room Reader…

an Introductory Set of 3 doTerra Essential Oils

(Lemon, Lavendar, and Peppermint).

If you have questions about each of the oils, you can click on their names for more information about the benefits of each oil by clicking on each of their names above. Julie has also offered to talk to any of you if you have specific questions on her FB page or by sending her an email ([email protected]).

To enter, simply follow the directions in the Rafflecopter box below.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Want to print out the labels I used here? Simply click on this link to get access to the Free Bath Salts Labels.

And since many of you will ask, the bottles are Starbucks Vanilla Frappacino Drinks. They came with the cute little carrier in a set of 4. And I found them at my local Target. I know…we LOVE Target!

*This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Julie Crowell, who is an Independent Consultant for doTerra’s Essential Oils. I was given some essential oils to review. However, the opinions and text are all mine. Contest runs December 14-18, 2012. A random winner will be selected and will be given 48 hours to claim their prize before a new winner is chosen.

December 14, 2012 · Filed under: Crafts, Gifts, Giveaways, Mother's Day, Teacher Gifts Tagged with bath salt recipe, bath salts, doTerra Essential oils, essential oils, homemade bath salts, how to make bath salts

Healthy Kids with Odwalla Smoothies

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If you have been following along with us here at The Idea Room, then you know how much I enjoy doing creative things with my family. The seasons are changing and fall is quickly moving into winter at our house. Pretty soon we will be spending a lot more time indoors due to rainy and snowy weather. So, as a mom, I am always on the lookout for creative indoor activities for my children and I.

One of our favorite indoor activities to do together is to make and then play with the BEST Homemade Play Dough….EVER. We use a secret ingredient to give the play dough a delicious smell and color. Have you ever made Play Dough with your kids? If not, you won’t believe just how easy it is…and the Play Dough is better than any you can buy in the store. Watch the video tutorial and learn how to make play dough.

Last month I shared with you some tips for Encouraging Creativity in Your Kids. As part of that post, I also introduced you to Odwalla Smoothies for Kids which comes in three delicious flavors.

Each of the new smoothies contains 100% juice and counts as one serving of fruit and contains 50% of the recommended daily allowance of Vitamin C. Even though Odwalla Smoothies for kids are made with no added sugar, each box contains 110-120 calories, and is therefore not a reduced calorie food. For full nutritional information, including sugar content, click here.

You can find Odwalla Smoothies for Kids in the refrigerated section of your local grocery store.

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Odwalla has asked me to be a Good Mom ambassador through BlogFrog. I am being compensated for my participation in the program but all opinions expressed in the post are my own and not those of Odwalla or The Coca-Cola Company.