Spiders go away!!!

Summer has everyone out and about!  It's such a busy time.  But there's always time for a tip or a trick along the way... Today's tip: Spider's do not like PEPPERMINT!  A great way to keep them out of the house is to mix peppermint and water in a spray bottle. Then spritz around the windows and doorways.  Any spot a spider could think to try and sneak inside! 

Storing Oils

Storing oils can be a complicated issue.  One must make sure to read the labels and insure proper storage. It's important to not over heat or cool them.  If this occurs, the oils can go bad.  Nobody wants that to happen. My rule of thumb is cool, dry location!! 

Today I stopped at the Thrifty Shopper... man, I love that place!!  I found this really sweet cabinet.  It's sort of old-fashioned.  But it's so handy!!! And, every single one of the oil bottles will fit in there!!! 

Check out this new cabinet!!

Right now, I have 2 different sizes of oils and they don't fit in the same shelving unit.  So.. two separate shelves.

(5ml bottles)

(15ml bottles)

Except now... that's going to change!!!! Here's the mounted cabinet.. and then I filled it!!!  Woo Hoo!!!  How awesome is this?!?!?!

 

Pretty gift for lovely people

The end of the school year has come and gone.  The lovely ladies who work in the kitchen at the school where I work have been short-staffed for 3 months.  They've done such a great job banding together to make everything work out!!  I thought they deserved a treat!

Here's what those lovely ladies received:

What's inside?  Well... it's my yummy smelling lavender sugar scrub!
Let me tell you, I put the extra in a jar and gave it to a friend.  She couldn't resist taking a whiff and the entire hallway smelled SO good!!!  For hours!!!

While there are tons of good recipes on Pinterest. I couldn't find one I truly liked.  So I combined a few to come up with this luxurious lavender sugar scrub.

Here's the scoop:

2 cups of Raw sugar

3/4 cup Coconut Oil

4 Drops of Lavender

 

 

Now... here's the fun stuff. 

Coconut Oil

 YL Lavender

 Raw Sugar



Coconut oil: Don't melt it in the microwave. It looses some of those great properties.  I heat water in a larger measuring cup, then put the coconut oil in a smaller one and melt it like a double-boiler.

 

I measure the sugar, then add the coconut oil (not all at once) and lavender.  Mix it all together. If it seems dry add a bit more.  It seemed with the raw sugar the oil absorbed more quickly.  I had to melt more...so, just keep an eye on that. 

 

I had these cute little jars I'd found at the Thrifty store. They were perfect!

I paired this with some gardening gloves and some sweet treats.  Sadly, I didn't take a final picture.