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Handmade Soap Recipes & Small Giveaway

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As part of Michael’s Random Acts of Kindness week, I was asked to make a fun craft and then “Craft it Forward. So I whipped up some different and fun handmade soap recipes. I shared the basic recipe for making handmade soaps earlier this week. I shared my Lavender Soap Recipe as well. Today I want to share with you a couple of other soaps we came up with.

My three girls had a great time helping and wanted to come up with some fun Valentine’s Soap for their friends. So we made some pink heart soaps that they scented with peppermint oil and dyed pink using some drops of red soap colorant which we bought at Michael’s Craft.

We poured the pink soap into a rubber heart mold and let them harden. Then we melted our white soap base and poured it into our rectangle soap molds also found at Michael’s. When that soap had hardened we sprayed it with rubbing alcohol and added another thin layer of white soap and then placed a pink soap heart in it and let it harden completely.

*Find the full soap making recipe and instructions here.

Then we wrapped them up and tied them with a colorful bow so that we could give them away as part of the “Craft it Forward” campaign.

We also experimented with some different flavors of soap. I LOVE citrusy and FRESH scents. So we thought it would be fun to add some Lemon essential oil along with some fresh lemon zest to our soaps. YUMMO!

We did the same with Lime. But I did not have a lime oil so I used doTerra’s Citrus Bliss oil…which is awesome, and then added some fresh lime zest to the soap base. I imagine these soaps will have to be used fairly quickly so that it stays as fresh as possible.

Shannon, one of my readers, left a comment about Lavender Lemonade on my Lavender Soap post. Lavender Lemonade!! I have not heard of that. But I am dying to try it. It will be the next one I try. Sounds amazing right?

But we did make a Pink Lemonade Soap by simple creating a double layer soap. Pour the first layer and let it harden completely. Then add a second layer by spritzing the top (where you will add the layer) with rubbing alcohol and then pouring your second color on. We added lemon essential oil and some lemon zest in the white layer.

And in the spirit of Valentine’s Day and Random Acts of Kindness Week, we delivered our soaps to some of our friends and neighbors. Each of them were given one of our handmade soaps and a $5 gift card to Michael’s. Aren’t they the cutest…our friends that is? We are so blessed to be surrounded by good people.

I have one more Michaels gift card to deliver… If you want to win a $5 gift card to Michael’s and have me send it out to you, simply leave a comment here. Any comment will do!

Michaels is participating in Random Acts of Kindness Week, Feb. 11-17, by asking customers to share their own random acts of kindness on the Michaels Facebook page and to use the hashtag #RAOKDIY when sharing on Twitter and Instagram.

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In celebration of the holiday on Sunday, Feb. 17, Michaels hopes to inspire customers to participate by giving away more than $100,000 in gift cards at its nearly 1,100 U.S. and Canada stores. Gift card recipients will be encouraged to “craft it forward” and exhibit their own random act of kindness towards another person.

Customers who want to “craft it forward” can find inspiration for Random Acts of Kindness projects to give to others on the Michaels Random Acts of Crafting Pinterest board.

February 15, 2013 · Filed under: Crafts, Gifts, Party Ideas, Sponsors, Tutorials Tagged with handmade soap, homemade soap recipe, how to make soap, make your own soap, soap recipe

Happy Birthday Sign

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Today is my daughter’s TENTH Birthday. And while I was hanging up our super simple Happy Birthday Sign, I realized that I haven’t ever shared it here on the old blog. Not that it is anything super fancy or fantastic.

In fact it is super simple. But sometimes when you have a lot going on, simple can be exactly what you need. To make one all you need is to cut out your letters for the word H-A-P-P-Y-B-I-R-T-H-D-A-Y onto some black scrapbook paper. I used my Silhouette CAMEO. Then I glued the letters onto some fun colored polka dot cardstock I had cut out into 4 inch squares.

If you don’t have a CAMEO, no worries…simply print (or hand draw) some letters onto your favorite paper.

Grab some clothespins and a piece of twine or rope and string it across the room. Super simple but fun and festive too!

The lights? Well those are from Martha Stewart. They are powered by a battery so you don’t have to worry about what to do with the ugly electrical cord. And the battery is small enough that it is tucked right in the top of the crown molding over the door. No one is the wiser.

May 18, 2012 · Filed under: Birthdays, Crafts, Party Ideas, Silhouette Projects Tagged with birthday banner, birthday sign, birthday signs, happy birthday banner, make your own banner, make your own birthday banner, party banner, party banners

video tutorial—tissue paper rosettes

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I have gotten a lot of emails and comments from several of you who were having a little bit of difficulty making their tissue paper rosettes. The word “twist” was a bit confusing and it is hard for me to explain how I was twisting mine. So I went ahead and made quick video tutorial for Tissue Paper Rosettes.

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Now I must warn you…this is not a high quality production. I simply propped up my cell phone between some cracker boxes and had my son push record and stop when I gave him a cue. He he! But hopefully you will be able to see how I am twisting the paper. I tried to get in as close as possible so you could see the tissue rosette in as much detail as possible. Hope this helps you.

For the original tutorial you can go here: Tissue Paper Rosette Kissing Balls

I also made some of these and hung them in my daughter’s room which you can see here: Crepe Paper Flower Balls

These are the perfect decoration for Valentine’s Day and they are really inexpensive to make. They just take time. I would suggest making these when you sit down to relax and watch television or a movie!

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It’s Valentine’s Week! Every day this week we are sharing some great ideas for Valentine’s Day. We kicked off the fun filled week yesterday with the Pink Lemonade Pie! And a GREAT giveaway from The Paper Cupcake Etsy Shop! Today, Gina at The Shabby Creek Cottage helps you decorate for the holiday. She will also have a giveaway, you won’t want to miss it!! Be sure to head on over and check it out.

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