A Bookworm Creates

Truthfully, as often as I passed the soap and candle making supplies while making a beeline towards Hobby Lobby's polymer clay selections, it never really registered. What started me on this road is better addressed in my next post (bath bombs).  But the more I researched my second idea (the body scrub) the more I found that I wanted to experiment with for this series. That doesn't mean I won't come back later in the year with more DIY beauty recipe experiments, but as I type this I'm nearing the end of this series. Research into the body scrubs lead me to the body scrub cubes that use the glycerin to solidify the scrub (which for me had mixed results).  That naturally lead to the melt and pour glycerin soap.   I went through so many pages on  www.soapqueen.com  looking for inspiration until I found the swirled cubes. How difficult can it be? Right? I found my 2lb block of clear glycern soap at Hobby Lobby.  Disappointingly the other...

I seriously might have to make some more of these.   They are so easy. You. might be asking, 'Why can't I just put my scrub from the other posts into an ice cube tray and be done with it?' Why? They won't harden up.  This recipe calls for melt and pour soap. For these I did two different recipe attempts. First up -   Lavender Sugar Scrub Cubes Ingredients 1/4 cup coconut oil (or your preferred oil) 1/4 cup melt and pour glycerin soap 10 drop lavender fragrance or essential oil 1 cup sugar Wow! I've been using a lot of sugar lately! Directions Measure out your coconut oil and put in a microwave safe bowl or measuring cup. The melt and pour glycerin soap block I bought came in sectioned cubes and I cut four cubes off and grated the cubes.  For a 1/4 a cup I ended up grating 1 cube, but I suspect my measurement was a bit off.  You can also cut the glycerin soap into small chunks and melt that way.  My math suggests eac...

For the second post in my DIY Beauty Recipe series (I have 3 other posts planned so stay tuned) I'm tackling DIY Foot Scrub. What makes this scrub different from the previous scrub? This foot scrub contains Epsom salt.  Epsom salt, while not technically a salt, is high in magnesium which is very good for you.  It has several beneficial properties both internally, externally, and for your garden. In this post we are focusing on the external benefits.  When I was 21 I fell down some stairs at work and badly sprained my ankle.  Ever since whenever the weather is bad or about to be bad my ankle acts up.  Epsom salt foot soaks usually helped.  Epsom salt can help with inflammation... Why not just continue with the soaks? It's winter and my heels are horrible.  Who else is in that dry skin boat? I decided to combine the two issues into one product.  Ideally, you can substitute sugar for this the salt in this basic scrub recipe....

It's a new year and everybody has their goals.  Resolutions.  To-Do list.  Whatever it is you want to call it. Getting into shape happens to be one of the most popular resolutions.  It's unbelievable how many people came to my gym for new memberships while I was working out the other day! One of my goals is to do better concerning my blogs.  Fingers crossed. Today we are starting off the year with a DIY Body Scrub.  It's a new year and what a better time to take care of yourself? A quick google search found this DIY Brown Sugar Vanilla Body Scrub from  Fiber Artsy .  It's a fairly easy recipe and you most likely have these ingredients in your own kitchen! Ingredients Needed 1 1/2 cup brown sugar 1 cup granulated sugar 1 cup of oil (think coconut, sunflower, olive oil, or any other beneficial oil - meaning not vegetable or canola oil) 1 tsp vanilla fragrance or vanilla extract I also recommend a container. Note*  I u...

Thinking about what to do with your bookwormish significant other? You don't have to take her out to eat.  Consider cooking dinner for her! Pinterest gives you so many options (do I need to do a dinner blog post later?) While you are eating you can be watching one of the many movies based on books that are available.  Except Eragon. Don't watch Eragon. Seriously. Don't do it. My recommendations? Almost anything Disney.  Sleeping Beauty. Beauty and the Beast. The Lion King. Go rogue and find a copy of the under-appreciated The Black Cauldron. Cinderella (animated or live-action).  The Little Mermaid.  It's Disney.  You really can't go wrong. Unless she hates one of them.  Snow White for example isn't my favorite, but that's just me.  The Princess Bride.  Never seen it? Well fix that mistake. Love. Sword fighting. Kidnapping. Poisoning. Murder. Death. As young Fred Savage said, "Is this a kissing book?"...

That time of the year is quickly approaching. Valentine's Day and it's various tricky gift steps and missteps. There are so many options. Flowers, jewelry, candy, chocolate... First up - Flowers But wait... flowers die.  They wilt.  They turn brown and ugly.  So you can either buy a potted plant that needs watering or... Get some paper flowers. Check out Pages Garden on Etsy-  Pages Garden  I wouldn't mind having some of these for myself.  *wink wink, nudge nudge* Stemmed Book Page Flowers Jewelry - well there's my own shop there - A Bookworm Creates There's plenty of bookworm themed pieces and romantic quotes.  Necklaces.  Metal stamped cuff bracelets.  Book pages.  Metal stamped quotes. Right now my favorite is the 18 inch Dracula Dracula Metal Stamped "Oceans of Time" Necklace "I have crossed oceans of time to find you"metal stamped necklace But there are plenty of Jane Austen , F. Scott Fitzgerald ,  a...