Craft Videos And How-Tos
We love to make our own spa treatments. It’s so fun to take everyday ingredients and turn them into something special. Here’s a fun spa treatment that will take us right through summer: Coconut And Lime DIY Footscrub! This spa craft is so easy to make. And if you want to give it as aRead More
Here’s one of our favorite little spa crafts. It’s a perfect project for party favors. Vanilla Cupcake Lip Balm! How To Make Vanilla Cupcake Lip Balm Ingredients For One Lip Balm* Beeswax pellets, 1 tablespoon Vitamin E oil, 2 tablespoons Red lipstick Vanilla essential oil Other Materials ½ ounce to 1 ounce clear plastic container Beacon AdhesivesRead More
Here’s a sweet project we did for Craft Ideas Magazine: Valentine’s Day Heart Soaps. We used all-natural Shea butter melt-and-pour soap base. Here’s how we did it. How To Make Valentine’s Day Heart Soaps Materials 8 ounces all-natural melt and pour soap base, white shea butter 30 drops essential oil, Palmarosa 60 drops soap color,Read More
Learn to make DIY Cocoa Body Butter. We’ll share our favorite body butter recipe and a cute idea for packaging this handmade gift! We used real cocoa so the body butter really smells like chocolate! How To Make Cocoa Body Butter Cocoa Body Butter Recipe Ingredients Cocoa butter, 3 ounces Vitamin E oil, 1 ounce Cocoa powder,Read More
We’ve been looking through our most popular gift crafts getting ready for crafting season! And we both commented on how much we love this project. We love the salt scrub recipe, we love the glass jar container, and we really love the label! If you love it too, here’s the how-to plus the label forRead More
Happy Fall Y’all! (The weather where we are says Summer, but the calendar says Fall!) So here’s a round-up our our favorite pumpkin craft projects to get you and us in the mood for fall. Faux Quilted Pumpkin This calico pumpkin is easy to make. We just covered a faux pumpkin with pieces of quiltingRead More
Melt and pour soaps are amazingly easy to make. And these pretty swirled soaps get their marbled look just by using two colors. We made these for Curious.com. And they are so summery, we thought it’d be fun to share them again! Here’s a video we made showing every step. Follow along then use theRead More
We love vintage brooches and we love vintage hankies, so we had to marry the two! We think this Vintage Hankie Sachet makes a terrific hostess gift or pretty present for a teacher. And it is so fast and easy to make! Here’s a video we made showing how to put the hankie sachet togetherRead More
These handmade Swirled Guest Soaps are gorgeous. And the melt and pour soap base melts in the microwave in just minutes, so they are fast and easy to make! This is a fun craft to do with girlfriends or kids. And you can do it in any colors and scents you like! Here’s a videoRead More
We get asked all the time, how do you think of your projects? Well, this one has a great story! We found Starbuck’s Frappuccino at the supermarket. The coffee drink was delicious, but better than that, the bottles look like milk bottles! We knew we had to reuse them for a milk bath. Then weRead More
We think this is such a fun spa craft. This cute lip balm is great for gifts and you can make it with girlfriends or kids! You can flavor your lip balm with powdered drink mix like we did, or leave it plain. We used a little jam jar we got at a hotel withRead More
Isn’t this a fun spa craft? Pink Peppermint Bubbling Bath Soak! Bubbling Bath Soak is a scented bath salt that bubbles and fizzes when you sprinkle it in the bath. Like magic! Have you ever used a bath bomb? Same trick! In this version, we decided to dry the bath soak to make fizzing bathRead More
These Peppermint Heart Soaps are fun and easy to make! They are so popular, we thought we’d bring them back for Valentine’s Day! The trick is in the soap base. It’s melt-and-pour. All you do is melt the soapbase in the microwave, add color and scent, and pour in a mold. If you want toRead More
This Easy Lavender Rose Sachet is so fast to make and so pretty too! Just fill an organza favor bag with dried lavender buds and top with pretty dried rose buds. We added a few drops of lavender and rose essential oil, but that is optional. Tie the top with a big bow and aRead More
We love making little gifts like this scented flower sachet. They are great gifts for moms, grandmothers, girlfriends, and teachers. And they make cute hostess gifts and nice little thank yous for bridesmaids and helpers. Who doesn’t love a pretty scented flower sachet? This scented flower sachet is so easy to make! Just mix theRead More
These Pumpkin Cookie Cutter Soaps are so fast, fun, and easy to make. You melt the soap base in the microwave! We swirled two colors together and added Pumpkin Pie scent. Yum! Then we used a pumpkin cookie cutter to cut out our soap shapes. This is a great project to do with kids! EvenRead More
Make your own gold glittered guest soaps. Decorative soaps add such elegance to a guest room bath. And you can make your own boutique-style soap in no time at all. Just follow the steps below, and we’ll show you how to turn melt and pour soap base, fine soap glitter, and a pretty mold intoRead More
Sugar Scrub Soaps are easy to make using melt and pour soap base! Just melt the soap base in the microwave and add sugar to make it a scrub. You can use soap molds or candy molds. Makes a sweet gift! Follow along with the video to see how easy these are to make, thenRead More
We just noticed the lavender and rosemary are blooming! So we took our clippers out and got some fresh cuttings for a salt scrub. If you don’t have fresh lavender or rosemary, no worries, dried works great too! Materials 4 oz. jar with lid 2 oz. sweet almond oil 1/2 cup coarse sea salt choppedRead More
Give your Valentine a handmade gift of sweet little heart soaps. These beautiful melt-and-pour guest soaps are made with natural soap base and scented with Palmarosa essential oil. Make a whole batch in just four easy steps! Soap Ingredients Melt-and-pour soap base, natural white glycerin Palmarosa essential oil Peach soap color Materials Hearts silicone candyRead More
Turn a classic floral hankie into a sweet hankie sachet scented with lavender and embellished with a pretty pearl brooch. What You’ll Need: Scented Herbs & Essences Dried lavender, 3/4 cup Flaxseed, 3/4 cup Lavender essential oil Materials & Embellishments Vintage floral handkerchief, 12″ x 12″ square Periwinkle satin ribbon, 1/8″ wide Vintage rhinestone andRead More
This adorable bee handmade soap is a breeze to make when you use melt-and-pour soap base. Patchouli essential oil gives it an earthy aroma reminiscent of gardens in bloom. How To Make Handmade Soap Using Melt-and-Pour Soap Base Soap Ingredients 8 ounces white shea butter soap base* 8 drops patchouli essential oil 20 drops pinkRead More
Give a gift that is totally the bomb with these lime-and-mint-scented Mojito Bath Bombs. They are loaded with moisturizing grapeseed oil, a zingy minty scent, and enchanting iridescent soap glitter. And when you drop them in the tub, they fizz and fizz and fizz! Your friends will be tickled, literally! YOU’LL NEED Materials & EmbellishmentsRead More
Give the gift of relaxation with a sweet stack of scented sachets. This elegant present is so lovely it looks like it came from an art fair. But you can make these no-sew sachets in a flash! All you need are rich materials like fuchsia silk shantung, a purple poppy, and real lavender flowers. ForRead More
