Sewing Costumes, gifts, baking and puppy-sitting....

 Samuel wanted a cape to play outside in with some other kids.  He picked out the fabric and design, length, etc.....  I hurried as fast as I could to get it finished, but 15 minutes later it was raining.  So he wore it around the house that night.  The next day, it was barely light out and he was outside running around in the dew-covered grass with his cape on.

 Love what his shirt says....

 Seth and Simon got to puppy-sit Jack over the weekend.  It was a learning/teaching experience for all of us.

 Simon loves to bake.  He made me some yummy gluten-free chocolate chip cookies!!

 Full of chocolate chips!!!

 Callie's 1st. Day of School dress.

 The back....

 A quick model shot.  She'll wear it with a different shirt of course.  This is what she already had on for the day. 

 Modeling one of the costume hats I made for my mother's newest Children's Worship Themes she is writing.  This will be Blueberry Muffin's hat in her Captain Munch theme.

 Raspberry Rafael's funny hat.......

Captain Munch's vest, along with Blueberry Muffin & Raspberry Rafael's vests and hats.  So glad I was able to finish these over the weekend and send back with my brother so she get get them right away.

Matching dresses for 2 of my nieces.  These are birthday gifts for them.

 The front.....

 Love the bow that ties in the back!

Making Sugar Scrubs

This was a first for us.  We made several different kinds of sugar scrubs yesterday for Teacher's Appreciation Day and Mother's Day gifts.  Simon wanted to help.  Here we all with all our ingredients and containers.

 Mixing it up and being silly.  I told Simon, he could make this up for his girlfriend one day!! :)  He looked at me as if I was a crazy woman! lol

 A few short minutes later, we had our first batch completed!! 

 The dark scrub is Brown Sugar-n-Spice Scrub.  The white one is Peppermint Glimmer Sugar Scrub.  The light brown is Coconut Sugar Scrub.  They were fast an easy to make. 

 Here they are all packaged, labeled and ready to gift.

 For those interested in trying this at home...

~PEPPERMINT GLIMMER SUGAR SCRUB~

1 cup oil (I was out of olive oil and used canola)

several drops of peppermint oil (you can find this in the candle/soap making supplies at a craft store)

2 cups white sugar

Mix up and put into an air tight container.  To use, simply scoop a teaspoon or so in your hands, scrub in a circular motion on your skin.  Let in sit for a few minutes and rinse well.  Pat or air dry.  Makes your skin feel wonderful!!

 ~COCONUT SUGAR SCRUB~

1 cup olive oil

2-3 cups of organic cane sugar (if you want a drier sugar scrub use closer to 3 cups.  Using 2 cups will produce a more moist scrub)

several drops of coconut oil

Follow the same directions as above. :)

 ~BROWN SUGAR-n-SPICE SCRUB~

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup organic cane sugar

2 tsp. cinn.

2 tsp. nutmeg

2 tsp. ginger

1 cup olive oil

Mix and package the same as above.

 I also made some using almond oil along with the coconut oil scents.  The variations on making these scrubs are endless!!!  It also is an easy project for kids to help with.  Just remind them NOT TO EAT the scrub!!! :)