Another Reason to Craft

Crafting has gone in full force at the homestead as Valentine's Day approaches. Here's what we've been working on all week:

 

Of course, the gals are not aware that premade Valentine cards exist.  What fun would that be?

 





We also made some sugar scrubs for our teachers.  This may be the easiest and cheapest (and most fun!) gift to give. I follow a simple recipe of equal parts: 1 cup white granulated sugar, 1 cup brown sugar, and 1 cup of oil (vegetable, almond, sunflower, etc)  We used sunflower oil for this recipe.

So we combined all the above ingredients and mixed in some nutmeg, ginger, and cinnamon.  We were trying to get a warming, winter scent.  Other times we have used different essential oils, vanilla, or other dried herbs.  It took us about 10 minutes from start to finish to make these gifts.

Of course we always have mason jars on hand, so the packaging was easy.  I also printed these awesome labels (for free!) from Printable Girl. We got the jar labels here and Marlee listed our ingredients on these heart tags that I got here.  Kellie is extremely talented, and I'm not just saying that because I knew her in elementary school. Her website is full of great products and ideas.


Since Marlee is a novice sewer, we put her new skills to use.  She made these nifty little candy pouches for the girls in her dance class.

Oh and of course the Valentine box.  This year she wanted to make this one, which I got the idea from Pintrest.  It is made from a cereal box.

We had fun scurrying around making all these little treats for everyone.  Valentine's Day has become a favorite in our house.  I just wish we had some snow around here to make it feel like a winter holiday.