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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 24.6400012969971px;">4 drops Young Living Tea Tree (Melaleuca A.) Essential Oil ($.48)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 17.6000003814697px; line-height: 24.6400012969971px;">Why Tea Tree, Lavender, and Frankincense?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 17.6000003814697px; line-height: 24.6400012969971px;"><span style="color: #990000;">Tea Tree Essential Oil</span></span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 17.6000003814697px; line-height: 24.6400012969971px;">: Also known as Melaleuca Alternifolia is cleansing and great for maintaining healthy skin.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lavender Essential Oil</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">: Has a relaxing scent, but also soothes rashes, cuts, burns, scrapes and acne.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Frankincense Essential Oil</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">: Extremely valuable oil, used to promote healthy skin, especially for scars, wrinkles, and moles.</span></div>
Magshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262377311073837221noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764538293607605826.post-53116110383377769252015-03-22T14:44:00.004-07:002015-03-22T18:34:32.172-07:00Homemade Body Wash for Babies and Kids (made with Valor + Lavender Essential Oils)<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #999999; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 24.6400012969971px;">On my quest to eliminate the chemicals and synthetic ingredients in our lives, I have started making my own everyday beauty and body care items for my family. One of my favorites (and a favorite of my kids) is a Homemade Valor + Lavender Body Wash. Not only is it gentle and clean, but also smells great!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Just as in other posts, I want to mention that I only use Young Living essential oils. Young
Living is the only company that makes PURE, THERAPEUTIC GRADE essential
oils in a completely transparent way that they guarantee with their
"Seed to Seal" process. If you plan on following this recipe or any
other that involves essential oils, PLEASE note that the $4.00 bottle of
Lavender you find at the drug store is not the same thing. The
quality, purity and grade of oils is not the same. Please do your
research and know what you're using on your body. To get your own Young Living therapeutic grade essential oils click <a href="https://www.youngliving.com/signup/?site=US&sponsorid=1654475&enrollerid=1654475" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1/4 cup Shea Butter</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This recipe is easily doubled or tripled to make gifts. I found the portions listed above makes enough for one jar half pint jar. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Other Yummy Smelling Suggestions:</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #ffe599;">Lemon</span></b></span> <span style="color: #999999;">- which smells like lemon custard! Since citrus oils (like lemon) eat petrochemicals (plastics), please make sure you use a glass jar for storage.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Peppermint</span></span></b><span style="color: #999999;"> - definitely a great scent for the holidays!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You see, Young Living is the only company that makes PURE, THERAPEUTIC GRADE essential oils in a completely transparent way that they guarantee with their "Seed to Seal" process. If you plan on following this recipe or any other that involves essential oils, PLEASE note that the $4.00 bottle of Lavender you find at the drug store is not the same thing. The quality, purity and grade of oils is not the same. Please do your research and know what you're using on your body. To get your own Young Living therapeutic grade essential oils click <a href="https://www.youngliving.com/signup/?site=US&sponsorid=1654475&enrollerid=1654475" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Now let's talk about FOOT SOAKS! This was not my idea. A classmate from high school actually shared her plans for holiday gifts and I loved it... so I copied it! (Thanks, Amber!) It is such a great option because my recipe yields a lot for little cost, has very little mess/clean-up, and has a lot of options when it comes to aroma. It is also easy enough to make that my 5 year old daughter was able to assist (stirring), which was great since these are the gifts she made her teachers!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">3 cups Epsom salt</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1 cup mix of sea salt and PINK Himalayan salt (makes it look like peppermint bark!)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I got my glass bottles from the Target $1 spot (for $3 for 2)! Everything else I already had at home! </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Begin my mixing the Epsom salt, baking soda, sea salt, and pink Himalayan salt in a large bowl. (This is a perfect job for a child... like the little girl who picked 11 teachers to bring gifts to!) Add YL Peppermint essential and stir some more. I let it sit while I opened all my bottles. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The theme Amber came up with was "For Your Mistle-TOES!", so I ran with that idea and made some cute cards with directions and printed them on cardstock. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This was a lot of fun and EASY! Enjoy!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Much to my husband's dismay, I have a habit of finding "stuff" in the alley or on the curb that others have set out for trash. Anytime I bring something home (or request for him to go pick something up), there is a minor amount of grumbling... which I understand because who really wants someone else's "junk" sitting in their garage? I think we've come to an agreement though: he will support my urges to "dumpster dive" and I will flip whatever we found as fast as possible.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This is how I got my latest project - a glass paned door turned into a picture frame and wall hooks! </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Last week I was perusing Facebook and Pinterest, where I saw someone had posted/pinned a door that had been turned into a picture frame and wall hooks. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I was intrigued, but didn't really have a door to use, nor was I going to purchase one. Then, coming down my alley on the way home I saw it! Someone was throwing out a door! I got out to make sure it was all in one piece. It was! I got home and immediately asked the husband to go down the alley to get the door. (Which he did because he loves me! Thanks, honey!)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Window-paned door</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hooks (got mine at The Home Depot)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Antiquing Glaze (I use a water-based Valspar from Lowe's)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We moved last year and one of the things I miss most about our old house (besides our wonderful neighbors) is our herb garden. One of the first exterior improvements we did at the old house was fill the 16 foot flower bed in the backyard with rosemary, sage, chives, peppers, basil, cilantro... it was so perfect! I love our new house, but definitely miss the fresh herbs.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Things were hectic when we moved in last year, so we didn't really get around to doing any yard improvements, let alone landscape a garden. You see, our new house only had one small triangular-shaped bed in backyard and it is much too small for an herb garden. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">To solve this problem I started looking on Pinterest on what ideas I could find. Scott and I had a plan for the backyard, but we aren't even close to being able to start that giant project. At first I thought of doing a "palette garden" which could start horizontal, but then be turned vertical once things rooted well. I even went as far as driving behind Target to check if they had any extra palettes laying out. (Scott was not thrilled.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">When we got to Home Depot to buy plants, Scott asked about just making a flower bed. I said I wasn't against the idea, but we would have to move the whole thing when we decided to landscape the yard, move the fence, put in a storage shed, and grow real produce. The conversation did remind me of a pin I did for an above ground bed that involved cinder blocks. I showed the pin to Scott, who loved the idea. </span></span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Cinder blocks - we used 10 and they were about $2.00 each at Home Depot</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Garden soil - I think we went through 6-7 bags</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Your choice of herbs - if you use 10 cinder blocks you will have 20 small "pots" to fill and the middle area. <br />For the small "pots"we went with: <br />1- Parsley, 3 - Lavender, 3 - Cilantro, 2 - Basil, 2 - Thyme, 2 - Oregano, <br />2 - Chives, 2 - Sage, 2 - Dill<br />For the middle area we planted:<br />2 - Rosemary, 2 - Jalapeno Peppers, 2 - Habanero Peppers</span></span></li>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">First know your plants and what kind of light they need. You can research it, ask someone in the garden center, read the little stakes that come with the plant, but my favorite is to just ask my wonderful mother-in-law, Linda. She is a plant genius. Anything I can put on the brink of death, she can bring back! We chose a part of our backyard on the north side close to our fence. </span></span></div>
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<br />Magshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262377311073837221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764538293607605826.post-36750416774319509442014-02-23T15:41:00.004-08:002014-02-23T15:41:49.326-08:00What to make? What to bake?<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I discovered something while planning for Christmas gifts this past year, but a friend of mine reminded me this past week. First, a little back story...</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">When I first joined Pinterest I pinned a beautiful wreath made of picture frames, hoping one day I would be able to make it for my mother-in-law, Linda. This Christmas I decided that would be the perfect gift for her. I started by asking her to pick about 20 of her favorite pictures - group, singles, old, new... pretty much whatever she wanted (which caused some problem on her part because she wanted more direction than I was willing to give). I already had a few photos I wanted to include, hence only 20 and not 24.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">While Linda perused through years of photos looking for her favorites I set off looking for small pictures frames. I decided I needed about 24-2" frames of different shapes and designs. I did know I wanted to stick with "silver" for the color scheme. I hit up Hobby Lobby first... they have a great selection of small frames but they were really expensive, even with the 50% off, when I would be buying over 20. After that I strolled over to The Dollar Tree where I hit the jackpot! I bought pretty much everything they had, as well as a few that really caught my eye at Hobby Lobby. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">During the summer I found some super cute wreaths on Pinterest AND some DIY instructions! This made me super excited, but I was also nervous. The burlap wreath I wanted to make didn't start with a base of greenery or required hot glue. My first attempt required a lot of floral wire to attached the burlap ribbon to the wire wreath frame. This wreath is actually my 6th wreath to make and I tried a different method. I really, REALLY liked this way better (no cutting or twist wire to attached the burlap!)!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">What makes this so easy is you are just weaving the ribbon between the wires on the wreath. I repeated three times for each section of the wreath, fluffing and pulling it to look puffy as I went.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It didn't always lay straight as I I wove it through and I had to remember to loop back when I got to the end. One roll of 15' ribbon should do half the wreath. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Once I finished the base burlap I used some scraps from previous projects. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I did not have enough to fill around the whole wreath so I cut some pieces to tuck in around the wreath to create the look that it went all the way around.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Now time for some personalization! My friend, Gwen - who might just be one of the most wonderful people in the world - has a last name that starts with an S. I used the some floral wire to wrap and twist around the S.</span></span><br />
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<br />Magshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262377311073837221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764538293607605826.post-70323767486729097452013-11-29T23:47:00.000-08:002013-11-29T23:47:37.102-08:00O, Christmas Tree!<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We have a new house (which I love), but it's a new kind of Christmas shock when I had to change up my decorating scheme. Our former home had all manner of shelves and ledges and after seven year I had decorating down to a science... I even took picture so I could make sure it was similar year-to-year. The new house is wonderful, even without the ledges, but it has it's challenges. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Challenge 1: Where to put the tree? Let me rephrase... where to put the treeS? <br />Several years ago, Scott accidentally allowed me to get two 5' porch trees to decorate inside. The first was easy - in our bedroom like always - but the other (the Aggie - Elephant tree) needed a home, as well as our traditional tree. After much discussion, the big tree will reside in our front office/"library" and the Aggie tree will light up the dining room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Challenge 2: After assembling the big tree in the front room I realized it was the ONLY Christmas decoration in the office. Scott built me two beautiful 7' bookshelves for my birthday, but I didn't have any decoration for them. Personally I like to buy my Christmas decorations after Christmas to get the clearance prices, but I'm also impatient and this year I didn't want to wait. I also have a Holiday board on Pinterest and found this: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I also found some similar trees at Target and Hobby Lobby... for $20+ each, which isn't going to work on my budget since I would like 3-5 of these... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">After looking over her tutorial I went to price supplies at JoAnn Fabrics and Hobby Lobby. I'm not sure where she got the spectacular, bedazzled ruffles, but it wasn't at JoAnn's or Hobby Lobby. I did find Styrofoam cones (at 30% off!), 15 foot roll of burlap ribbon, and floral pins. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Try to put a pin on each pleat to hold it in place. Floral pins work best because they are U-shaped and can hold the burlap well.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I'm sure the rest of you share the same feelings when it comes to the leftovers from yesterday's Thanksgiving feast... more turkey, potatoes, cranberry sauce, etc. reheated in the microwave. Well, I'm not that fond of leftovers, so this afternoon I spent some quality time perusing Pinterest looking for something to spice things up. I found just the thing!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Only I had to make some modifications...</span></span></div>
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<li><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">zest from 1 orange</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Sea salt</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Freshly ground black pepper</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Cinnamon</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Your favorite herbs - I used crushed bay leaves and thyme (and would have used sage if I had it) </span></span></li>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Scott (my very handsome husband), didn't really eat the acorn squash from Thanksgiving dinner, but was all about this "leftover" soup. I hope you enjoy! </span></span></div>
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