Wednesday, December 29, 2010

A Re'NEW'ing kind of gift

ok..corny title but just go with it.
I saw this great tutorial on greenbean crafterole a while back.  
fyi - Carrie's blog it so full of great ideas, it's ridiculous!  
Anyhoo.  I put her 'garden scrub' on my list of projects.  
Cut to -- me picking up diapers and milk at Wal Mart yesterday (jealous?) 
I saw Dawn Hand Renewal dish soap on sale (2/$4.something).  
I grabbed it and came up with my clever 'reNEWing' hand scrub favor idea :)  
I had several jars left over from the pumpkin scrub I made for Thanksgiving.  
I knew I had enough sugar, so these would be very inexpensive take-aways.

Here's how it went


dump in the sugar (almost to the top)...add soap


Mix it together.  *use a knife to mix (makes it so much easier)  
You may need to add more sugar/soap to get the consistency you want.


I ended up with a pale pink color
(which makes me think this would be perfect for Valentine's teacher gifts)
Plus it has a great, light scent.


Of course, now I need something extra.  I found a great clock face image from 
The Graphics Fairy.  I resized it and added my cutesy name.  
Tied it to the jar with a simple black ribbon.


If you'd like your own tag, here it is with the cutesy name.  
Here is it without the name.  
{it's cut with a 3" circle punch}

Enjoy!


linking up:




32 comments:

  1. you are so dang clever! I love the renewal theme - SO need to embrace that theme for myself this year! Happy New Year!

    hugs! Kim @ Party Frosting!

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  2. That is an awesome idea! I want to make some now! :) Thanks for sharing!

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  3. I think I need some of this! I love the pink color you ended up with too!

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  4. STOP IT! That is a great little gift!!!! I'm having a spa weekend with some friends at my house this fall and I'm SOOOO putting this on my list : )

    Paula

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  5. super cute idea! Thats the dish soap I use! I totally have everything I need to make this =) woot!

    cool blog! I just found ya!

    xoXOxo
    Jenn @ Peas & Crayons

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  6. OK! This is BRILLIANT! Man! I needed this BEFORE Christmas, LOL! Im a bath and body FANATIC! So doing this one! You have GOT TO link this up at my Whassup Linky! And if you like my blog I would LOVE for you to follow! I Hope to see ya!

    *ENTER LINKY PAR-TAY Here *

    xoxokara

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  7. Found your blog from Someday Crafts and now am a new follower :) Love this idea...so cleaver!

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  8. oh that is soooo great, what a fab gift and so super simple!!!

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  9. I'm so loving this! Great gift for ourselves, too! You should link this up over at my Favorite 2010 Project Party here
    http://charmbraceletdiva.blogspot.com/2010/12/link-up-your-favorite-2010-project.html
    Have a happy holiday!

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  10. Looks like it smells divine! I really want to try this! Thanks for sharing on Thrilling Thursday @ Paisley Passions. Hope you stop by again soon :)

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  11. omg!....how stinkin' cute is that tag!....love it!...i'm all about the puns!....and thanks for the sweet comments about my blog!...you rock!....

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  12. What a great gift idea! Love how you made the tag to embellish it! I hope you'll come link this up at the craft catwalk today!
    http://embellishinglifeeveryday.blogspot.com/2011/01/craft-catwalk-11.html

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  13. I love this!!! I made it for my son's PreK teachers as a "Welcome Back" gift! So easy and so nice on your hands!!! I even used your tags!

    I love your blog!!!

    Jessica
    crimellafamily.blogspot.com

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  14. Thank you soooo much for posting this! I made a small jar of this scrub at Christmas for every female relative I have and most of my friends. They all loved it. With a little creative gift tag attached they were a huge hit!

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  15. I really love this idea. I might use it as an activity for my Girl Scouts. Thanks.

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  16. I did this and the texture was really wierd

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  17. Did anyone have a problem with the sugar settling to the bottom? I have to stir it every time I use it. Did I do something wrong?

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  18. Hi i am having same issue with sugar settling on the bottom do i have to add more sugar?

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  19. Same issue, sugar settling and having to stir each time. Any suggestions?

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    1. Add just a little glycerin to the sugar.

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    2. Where do you get glycerin at?

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    3. I found it online at Amazon. It's under $10 here: http://amzn.to/1T36nvX

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  20. I think you can get it at Michaels or hobby lobby.

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  21. Sounds really cool I want to make is there any other problems, it's should be safe for most skin types right?

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  22. Sounds really cool I want to make is there any other problems, it's should be safe for most skin types right?

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  23. Do you add the glycerin to the sugar before you add the dish soap? Also can you use other dish soap? I love this idea...

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  24. I just made a batch for my mom as a Christmas gift.... of course, I HAD to test it on myself first. I LOVE IT!! Thank you for such a great idea (and so easy to make, too!) :)

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  25. Made mine last week, it's still bubbly and it separated, so I added some more sugar and some glycerin. Hope that fixes it up because I wanted to give it as a gift.

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  26. I have $28 hand scrub and it settles. Just gonna happen. Yes, that's right I said $28. It was a pity buy. I'm a sucker. It does smell good. It has no soap, just some kind of minty oil. It's yummy, but not $28 yummy.

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  27. How long does this last? For example: if I made it early before Christmas, would something happen to it over time to make it non usable?

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