Just a girl with a pair of scissors in one hand and ideas of transformation in her head. Crafting for fun, for conservation, and to spread the love.
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One of my favorite projects in the book [Upcycling: Create Beautiful Things with the Stuff You Already Have] is taking a dozen old leather...
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Waldorf Window Stars {How to}
Found at: http://gardenmama.typepad.com
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DIY Chalkboard Necklace | Bride Blu
So this is one of those ‘sweet’ projects I mentioned before! How cute is this. If you’re looking for...
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Solid Perfume Pocket Watch {How to}
I love solid perfumes, especially amber and lavender! :]
Found at: http://www.designsponge.com
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Soot Sprite Embroidery (by loveandasandwich)
How to: Moss Graffiti. Put in blender: one can of cheap beer or 1 1/2 cups buttermilk, a few handfuls of moss, one teaspoon of sugar. Paint on wall and mist daily until it grows.
How I LOVE this. (via)
Twig decorations
Natural Face Scrub | Making This Home
Does anyone else adore the smell of vanilla essence?! I know it’s crazy but it makes me happy. So adding it to a facial scrub is like my heaven. I always find that in this weird summer/winter, stormy/sunshiny weather my skin goes nuts (I can almost hear it yelling ‘this sucks! I quit!’) and I’ve heard that olive oil is really good for your skin. I’m just going to have to try to not eat the scrub…
How to make an olive oil burning clementine candle, with more detailed step-by-step instructions here.
DIY Driftwood Key Holder | Shelterness
I have some driftwood here (again at the risk of sounding like a hoarder) but it holds sentimental value for the hubster, I wonder if this would be okay with him? Because I love it!
DIY: Garden Stone
A lot of people ask me how i keep my face so nice so ill tell you guise my secret.
i make my own scrub thingy.
Ingredients:
- 3 tbsp of honey
- 2 tbsp of grape seed oil
- 1 tbsp of sugar
- 1 tsp of salt
- 3/4 of a cup of oatmeal
- 1 packet acai berry tea
- juice of half of a lemon
Directions:
Mix…
Rosewater & Witch Hazel Facial Toner
By Towards Sustainability
1 1/4 cups rosewater
3/4 cup witch hazel
6-8 drops glycerine (more for normal skin and less for oilier skin)
Combine ingredients gently in a very clean air tight jar. Apply using a clean facial wipe (I use reusable cotton flannel wipes I made myself) after cleansing. If you are using homemade rosewater containing no preservatives, you will need to store this solution in the refrigerator.
Rosewater is a wonderful natural toner for anyone with normal to dry skin, but I have quite oily skin so I use a combination of rosewater and witch hazel extract. Witch hazel extract is made by distilling the bark from the Witch Hazel tree in alcohol. The extract I buy has an alcohol content of 14% so it can be a little drying on the skin if you are sensitive, but pure witch hazel is terrific as a make up remover, and is often used around the home as natural home remedy to treat minor cuts and bruises and insect bites.
Making your own rosewater is very easy - simply collect around 2 cups of (tightly packed) rose petals and place in a heavy-bottomed saucepan. Cover with distilled water (around 2 1/2 cups) and simmer until the liquid has reduced in volume by about half. Cool, pour into sterilised jars and store in the refrigerator.
Homemade Honey Facial Cleanser Recipe
By Towards Sustainability
60 ml (3 tbs) runny honey
125ml (1/2 cup) vegetable glycerine
40ml (2 tbs) liquid castile soap
The advantages of this recipe are that it is easy and quick to make, and that because there is nothing in it to go “off” I can make it up and just leave it in my shower. I cleaned and re-used the last bottle of my old cleanser to store it in.
Make your own Huaraches, or the modern take on huaraches (the traditional Mexican running sandals of the Tarahumara). The site has kits for sale, or you can make the sandals from scratch.
