"Personalized Gift Bags"

This is an easy craft project that is sure to bring a smile to the face of the reciever! Make copies of those "Special" pictures on card stock. Cut out and glue to a craft bag. You can make this funny or sentimental, depending on the pictures you choose of the reciever... Have fun:) No gift tag needed. The picture says who the gift if for...

Some of my Favorite Things ~

That would make great stocking stuffers for the Ladies on your Christmas list.

1. Burts Bees Replenishing Lip Balm with Pomegranate Oil
2. Gold Bond Ultimate Skin Lotion with Shea Butter
3. Vera Wang's "Simply Vera" line sold at Kolh's, Trouser Socks!
4. Jasmine Oil found at GNC (to add to your bath salts) Recipe is in October file.
5. Infusium 23 Hair Conditioner (Step 2)
6. Soft Soap Shower Gel "Pomegranate"
7. Lipton Green Tea "Cranberry Pomegranate"

Will be adding more ideas as they come to me ~

"Father's Day 2000"

This is a Father's Day card my youngest daughter & I made. We used card stock, copied photos at Kinkos on their color copy machines and "Matt" mod podge. First we mod podged the photos to the card stock and let them dry. Then we gave the whole front a coat of mod podge, letting it dry and then doing the same to the inside... Once it is completely dry it will crinkle some. Pressing it in a book will help cut down on some of that. I always use Matt instead of Gloss mod podge because the gloss is still tacky even after it has dried completely.

Personalized Fans

I made this double sided fan to give to everyone who came to my daughters baby shower. I made 30 of them on card stock with extra large popsicle sticks or tongue depressers. I made a templet first, taping everthing to a piece of clean white paper. Then scanned that to the printer loaded with card stock. Then it was rounding the corners of the card stock and gluing the wooden stick to one side and then the other. I punched wholes on each corner and attached a pink ribbon. I used my daughters wedding pic, the babys sonogram pic and the words to the song "Arms Wide Open" by Creed. The other side of the fan are pics of my daughter and her husband as children...

"Your Special Box"

Buy a nice box.
Photo copy pictures of the recipicant of "your special box."
Mod Podge (Matt, not Gloss) photos to the box inside and out; let dry.
Give the whole box a coat or 2 of mod podge to seal the photos plus give the box a uniform look.

Note: Pick photos that are near & dear to the recipiants heart :)

Scented Bath Salts

INGREDIENTS
3/4 C. Epsom Salt (found at Wal-Mart or your local drug store)
1/4 C. Baking Soda
1 1/2 C. Coarse Sea Salt (found at your grocery store)
10 drops of essential Oils (found at Wild Oats, GNC, etc.)
2-3 drops of Vegetable Food Coloring (if desired)

DIRECTIONS
In a large bowl, combine salts & baking soda. Add food coloring and desired scents. Stir mixture together until well blended. The drops of food coloring will break up and distribute throughout the salts. The food coloring will not stain your bath tub. It just gives the salts a pretty pastel color.
Pour salts through a funnel into large glass bottles. You can also make your own personal labels for your jars of bath salts.
These home made bath salts make great gifts... And don't forget to give yourself a jar. Add some to your bath water for a nice relaxing, soothing & scented bath.
They have some very nice Cruets at Wal-Mart that work out perfect for putting your bath salts in.

Number Of Servings: Depends on the size of your glass jars...
Preparation Time: Very quick and easy!

RECIPE BACKSTORY
This is a great fun & easy project that you can even do with the kids. Make these wonederful soothing, scented bath salts for gifts for the upcoming Holiday Season... This is a Martha Stewart recipe. She was on the Oprah Show and demonstrated how to make these bath salts....