After a difficult week two weeks ago and lots of frustration at not finding meaning in my activities lately, last week I finally found my creative mojo again. I’ve been pretty busy crafting and DIY’ing over the week.
First, I want to show you all this bracelet I created last Friday. It is simple and I didn’t even do all the work by myself. I mean, I struggled a lot putting the purple beads onto the wire, because my left hand kept spasming and I needed my right hand to keep the wire straight. I tried reversing my hands and letting my staff hold the wire, but it wouldn’t work. Still, I managed to thread some of the purple beads and all of the roses anyway.
I also have been doing a lot of body care creating lately. Last Monday, I made a basic body butter. I used coconut oil, sweet almond oil and cocoa butter. I added in a few drops of coconut fragrance oil for the scent.
I am considering getting a talking kitchen scale, so that I can weigh out my ingredients myself. Not that we used a scale this time – we just guessed how much we’d need.
Lastly, on Thursday, I made a lip scrub. I used coconut oil and cocoa butter for the base and added plain white sugar, honey and vanilla extract. This time, I did most of the measuring myself, even though I still mostly had to guess how much we’d need.
I had made a lip scrub once before, but that one didn’t turn out as thick as we’d wanted. This one is still thinner than most lip balms I’m used to making, but then again it’s a lip scrub, not a lip balm.
I am really loving looking at bath and body product recipes. I am not as good with them yet as I’d like to be, but I like to think I’m improving.
With respect to jewelry, I don’t look up tutorials, as they’re usually far too difficult for me to follow. I just create what I think I can.
What have you been crafting lately?
it’s lovely
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Thanks!
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I love the bracelet! I’d buy one if it didn’t cost a fortune to ship…
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Thanks for the compliment and LOL about the shipping cost. It probably wouldn’t cost as much to ship, although with the UK being out of the EU now it might.
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Sadly nobody here is crafty at all, but your bracelet is very pretty!
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Thanks for saying that! I understand crafting isn’t for everyone, but you stay busy with your cats.
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Well done and what lovely things you have created.
I love the bracelet. Good on you for persevering with putting the beads on and the body butter and lip scrub sound amazing x
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Thank you so much for the compliment. Yes, the body butter and lip scrub are great.
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