Simple Glittered jar

i had some artificial flowers given to me, and i didnt have a vase, i didnt want to spend large amount of money on anything so decided to make one.
this is a VERY simple way to create a glittered jar, this can then be used for many things like a vase, or a candle holder a pen holder, what ever you fancy!!

1. all you need is PVA glue, a jar and glitter.

2. apply PVA to inside of jar

3. add glitter to inside of jar and give a good shake (remember to put lid on when doing this)

4. allow to dry and there you go 1 glittered jar.

NOTE: don't add water into the jar as it will cause the glitter to run off.

You can also add stickers to the jar before you PVA and glitter and once dry peel the stickers off to for pretty patterns

All Natural Home made Soap

so my family is really big on natural products and i thought how about trying some soap making.
now i kind of cheated as i didn't make the soap from scratch, however this is a quick and simple way for personalised scented soaps.

So i chose to use Clearly natural unscented Glycerine soap. this was very cheap however any natural unscented soap will be fine. i used 4 bars and made roughly 20 soaps

i chose to use limes and lemons for a fresh smell however you can use berries, oranges any fruit.

zest 2 limes

line a pudding tin with cling film,  any moulds that you use should be lined for easy subtraction of the soap. 

 

 Cut the Soap into cubed pieces this will help it melt quicker and evenly 

Place the soap in a pirex dish and microwave for 10 second intervals until melted, 

Note: do not let it boil 

Place the zest of the fruit into the soap and stir, add desired amount for colour wanted. this is the colour of 2 limes.

Pour the liquid soap into the moulds

i then repeated the process with a lemon for a variety of smells.

Once the soap has fully set simply remove them from the moulds and there you go you have Scented Soap!

I Wrapped the soaps in 3's in cellophane. prefect gifts to go in hampers.

found that the zest also acted as a exfoliator when in use.

Candy cane Love heart Sweets

Candy Cane Love Heart Sweets

So I saw an idea for these sweets on line and i thought i would give them a go.
I love candy canes at Christmas and there colours are perfect.

What you need: boiled sweets, Candy Canes, Grease proof paper, cellophane and rope

I used orange and lemon flavoured boiled sweets, however you could use any flavour you would like remembering that the candy canes are slightly minty!

another idea is to use chocolate and melt in the middle 

1. Place candy canes in a heart shape on grease proof paper 

 2.Place a few of your selected mints in a oven proof dish

 3. microwave on 10 second intervals until liquid and slightly bubbling

4. pour in liquid candy into centre of candy canes.

BEWARE : the liquid candy is very very hot, please be cautious when touching the dish as again it will be very hot.

the candy will set very quickly even when pouring so this has to be a quick!

 5. Allow Candy canes to cool for around 10-20 in the fridge

 

6. any spillage can be easily broken off the candy cane when cooled

7. carefully remove from grease proof paper and set to one side.

8. cut square sized cellophane and place candy canes in the middle. Bring up all edges and tie with ribbon or string.

9. add a festive flower for decoration (i used some spruce)

10. all done you know have candy cane love heart sweets. enjoy

DIY - Pom-Pom

How to make a simple Pom-Pom

So my 21st birthday is coming up soon and i have decided on a all white theme, so i decided to make some Pom-Poms to decorate the outside gazebo with

You Need:

 Cardboard, Scissors, Protractor, Yarn - I haven chosen a white yarn and a white with a glitter running through, however you can choose what ever colour and you don't have to mix the colours

Draw a circle on your cardboard this can be any size mine was approximately 22cm across and a smaller circle in the middle.

 Once cut out it should look like this

 Tied both the white and the glittery white yarn together 

 Wrap the yarn around the cardboard, I did mine twice round this was so i got a fuller Pom-Pom, if you want yours to be thicker you need to wrap it more.

 Once wrapped cut along the edge, don't rush this as you don't want the yarn to fall out of its place.

 then with a longer piece of yarn and a friends help (if needed!!) wrap and tie securely around the middle. Pull out the wool from the middle of the cardboard.. 

Taadaa you have a Pom-Pom

repeat using different sized circles for different sizes 

keep posted as I will post my final images of all mine

R. xx

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So here it goes,
my first blog, my first post,
a few things you should expect to see, 
I'm currently in the planning of my Christmas hampers for my family this year, 
ill post my recipes and how I made them as I go along, 
as well as this I'm going to posting recipes and DIY that I have done. I'm in the making of a personal DIY of my family tree, again as I begin making I will be posting photos.

As well as this random combination of me ill be including my thoughts, reviews and anything that interests me,

Speak soon
R.x