I'd like to share some gift giving ideas for Mother's Day. Does homemade soap and a sugar scrub sound like fun to make? I enjoyed making them!
Don't these soaps look good enough to eat?
Wouldn't you like giving or receiving a basket of soaps and a sugar scrub?
Here are the soaps all wrapped up and ready for gifting. I actually made ten soaps from about 2/3 of the 2 lb. package. For the sugar scrub, I used cupcake liners on top of the lid and glued some lace around the band.
Lavender Soap:
I was inspired to make some homemade soap when Linda, from My Sew What Blog sent me a bar as a thank you gift, after Stephanie's Fall Teacup Exchange from The Enchanting Rose . The soap is as easy as using a coupon at Michael's, and following the directions on the package. I bought the a 2-pound block of the Goat's Milk Glycerin Soap, and added lavender essential oil and some dried lavender to enhance the beauty. I used small plastic containers and vintage jello molds to shape my soaps. I did spray the jello molds with some cooking spray to make sure the soap would pop out. The plastic molds were easy to work with. You also can buy special molds for soap making, but I thought I'd try what I had on hand.
Lavender Sugar Scrub:
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup coconut oil, melted
a few drops of lavender essential oil
dried lavender
Mix all together and then put into jars. Sprinkle some additional dried lavender on top. Decorate jars as desired . Double or triple the ingredients for extra gift giving!
Note: If you would like your sugar scrub to be less coarse, increase the amount of coconut oil.
After all of our hard work, how about a nice cup of tea? I'll let you sip from my Late Great Aunt Kitty's hand painted teacup. Didn't she do a wonderful job on the violets?
I am sharing this with these lovely parties:
Thank you for your visit! xo
Kitty, Your lavender soaps and sugar scrub are perfect for a Mother's Day gift! I love that you can use your jello molds! Thank your for the recipes, I just need some lavender oil for the sugar scrub since I have coconut oil in the pantry. Your Great Aunt Kitty painted some many pretty sweet teacups. ♥
ReplyDeleteThis is a wonderful gift idea. Thanks for sharing this sweet post! Happy Mother's Day!
ReplyDeleteOh Kitty, I bet the lavender soaps are sheer heaven, what a lovely gift, and so smart of you to make a batch of soap and scrub to have on hand. The tea cup is beautiful, I would love to know what kind of paint they used decades ago, and what the process was then.
ReplyDeleteJenna
This is such a sweet idea! Did you get the essential oil at Michaels?
ReplyDeleteHappy TOHOT and Happy Mother's Day, Kitty. :)
DeleteThis sounds like so much fun to make! It would be fun to do at a party or to give as favors. So cute!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great gift idea! I want to try making these now, they are awesome! Okay, I'll be by for a cup of tea soon, sounds delightful!
ReplyDeleteHappy week~
Nancy
Such a lovely idea Kitty. Love the purple.
ReplyDeleteDearest Kitty, you're right about the soap looking good enough to eat {{smiles}} It looks divine and I'm sure it smells heavenly.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing with us how to make it. Have a blessed week. Love and hugs to you!
Dear Kitty,
ReplyDeleteI bet your soaps and sugar scrub smell heavenly. So pretty too the way you have presented them. Yes, your aunt did a fabulous job of painting those sweet violets on the teacup. It is a beautiful keepsake. Thank you for sharing and Happy May, my friend.
Blessings,
Sandi
Kitty, I am going to try the sugar scrub. I have been making some of my own cleaning products and just love them and have some essential oils for them already. The lavender cup and saucer is so beautiful. I love the way the soap looks too. Have a wonderful week!
ReplyDeleteA beautiful Teacup! The soap sounds wonderful!
ReplyDeleteWow how fun to make the soap and sugar scrub! I love the pretty teacup too!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing at Cooking and Crafting with J&J. Enjoy the week and have a happy Mothers Day. ;)
Julie
Happy May to you, dear Kitty!
ReplyDeleteYou have beautifully whipped up some lovely Mother's day gifts. Soap making has always been one of the things I enjoy doing. Yours turned out lovely, and that jar of scrub is gorgeous! I can smell the fragrance through the computer screen. :)
My, your dear Aunt Kitty was talented. Gorgeous teacup.
May your week be lovely in all that surrounds you~~
Debbie
Hi Kitty, this is fabulous and what a great idea for gift giving anytime as well as Mother's Day. The designs and shapes you used look so pretty and I love the details of purple you used to showcase your creations. Love the pretty teacup too. What a beauty. Hope you enjoy a great new week and Happy May. Cooler today so I hope it warms up later in the week.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this special soap recipe. I would love to try this.
Blessings and Hugs xo
Dear Kitty:
ReplyDeleteI think I can smell these right through the computer. The smell is wonderful I am sure. Those are lovely soaps and also that cup and saucer is so pretty. Thanks for the soap recipe. Thanks for sharing and linking Kitty!
You've created some lovely Mother's Day gifts with the soap and scrub Kitty, and with the scent of lavender I know they'll all be appreciated.
ReplyDeleteSipping tea from your hand painted teacup reminds me to pull out the one you gifted me again for use.
One of the tea bloggers I know makes herself a special tray for tea every morning with a different teacup and pretties.
Oh yes these are lovely an I'm sure they smell good enough to eat! Kitty I know this was fun an lucky are those receiving. Love the hand painted teacup, yes she was very talented.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos....hugs.
Hi Kitty: I thought they were cookies and looked yummy. Soaps are great as gifts. Have a wonderful Mother's Day. Blessings, Martha
ReplyDeleteI also mistook your lavender soap for cookies. Heh. I'm sure that the lucky recipients will enjoy using your lavender soap and sugar scrub.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to sip tea from your Aunt Kitty's pretty handpainted teacups.
Oh goodness, I had lost track of Linda so am glad to find this link. (I have been working hard to find folks again since that unfortunate dumping of my blogroll back along.) I imagine that this soap smells wonderful. It sure looks pretty.
ReplyDeleteI can smell your lavender soap from here! It's beautiful too! I'd love to sip tea from your Late Great Aunt Kitty's hand painted teacup. She did a wonderful job on the violets.
ReplyDeleteHi Kitty,
ReplyDeleteYour soaps and scrub look and sound wonderful!! Course I just love the scent of lavender. I haven't tried the goats milk glycerine so maybe I should get some and whip up a batch! The scrub sounds very nice too! Glad you tried it....they make such nice gifts! Thanks for the mention too Kitty! So sweet of you!
Xo
Linda
Ps love love the teacup! :)
Hi Kitty,
ReplyDeleteYour soaps and scrub look and sound wonderful!! Course I just love the scent of lavender. I haven't tried the goats milk glycerine so maybe I should get some and whip up a batch! The scrub sounds very nice too! Glad you tried it....they make such nice gifts! Thanks for the mention too Kitty! So sweet of you!
Xo
Linda
Ps love love the teacup! :)
Oh Kitty - all of your beautiful purples just dazzled me! Such thoughtful and lovely gift ideas. You make everything look so easy. And make us swoon over all your pretties. Hope you enjoy a wonderful Mother's Day dear Friend. XO
ReplyDeleteI adore the scent of lavender so I really should make the soap and scrubs. They are definitely wonderful gift ideas. I have a heart mold I haven't used in years that may work for the soaps. These would also make lovely favors too for parties and/or showers.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, your Great Aunt did do a beautiful job painting those violets. All of her teacups are just stunning! I'm so glad you appreciate and cherish them.
love the homemade aspect thanks for sharing would make a great mother's day gift have a great day
ReplyDeleteI love love love lavender everything. So much so we are going to put in a lavender field at our farm. I bet the soap and scrub smell amazing.
ReplyDeleteI love love love lavender everything. So much so we are going to put in a lavender field at our farm. I bet the soap and scrub smell amazing.
ReplyDeleteI've never made soaps or scrubs before, but I sure do love lavender soap! These soaps look so pretty with the special wrapping of ribbons too. Thanks for sharing your recipe Kitty.
ReplyDeleteWendy
This is an inspiring post, Kitty! I would love to try making soap and sugar scrub. I thought soap would be much harder than you have described. I might be brave enough to attempt it now. Yours is so pretty. I'm amazed at your Aunt Kitty's talent. The tea cups are are real keepsake.
ReplyDeleteI bet everyone will be thrilled with the soap Kitty, it's so pretty:@)
ReplyDeleteLove the pretty tea cup. Thanks for sharing your recipe.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness what perfect gifts. I think I can smell that sweet smell! Visiting from Jemma's party today. Happy Day! Hugs and blessings, Cindy
ReplyDeleteThose are wonderful gift ideas Kitty. I made some soap once. A sugar scrub feels so good. Thanks for sharing. Have a lovely Mother's day Kitty and enjoy your tacos.....xo
ReplyDeleteHow smart you are! I bet your soap smells wonderful. They say that the smell of lavender is calming. I enjoy the scent very much for soap. I have some real dried lavender that is a little strong.
ReplyDeleteYour hand painted tea cup is so lovely and quite special your aunt painted it.
Oh my those do look good enough to eat! What a wonderful gift- love the smell of lavender! Your Great Aunt Kitty's teacup is precious- love the pattern and colors.
ReplyDeleteWishing you a lovely Mother's Day!
I used the sugar scrub you sent to me and I LOVE IT! Made my skin feel so soft and smooth!
ReplyDeleteHappy Mother's Day!
warmly,
deb
Oh what lovely gift ideas and so much more meaningful because they are handmade. I am anxious to try them.
ReplyDeleteCarolyn/A Southerner's Notebook
You just gave me a great idea. The Mother's Day celebration with my new daughter-in-law will be later this month because we couldn't get reservations on Mother's Day. A group of women in my family and hers will gather at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills for high tea. I thought I would buy cute teacups for each person, but I didn't know what to put in them. I'm going to give your soaps a try.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing with SYC.
Kitty, there you go again -- the queen of crafting! I just think such homecrafts add so much to gracious living.
ReplyDeleteKitty, I have made soap, but mine was just square. I love your fun molded shapes! I received some of the scrub as a gift and loved it as well. Thanks for sharing with SYC.
ReplyDeletehugs,
Jann
What a neat idea!
ReplyDeleteI would love for you to share this with my Recipes, Crafts, Tips and Tricks Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pluckyrecipescraftstips/
Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!
Can't wait to try these. We have loads of lavender plants and I am always looking for another lavender project. Your dishes are so pretty! A lovely post - sharing all over. Angels to you Kitty.
ReplyDeleteHi Kitty,
ReplyDeleteYour Lavender soaps look so pretty and would smell heavenly. Lavender is one of my favorites!Thanks so much for sharing them with us at Full Plate Thursday and come back soon!
Miz Helen
Oh these look wonderful! What a great idea for a gift; handmade with love and a heavenly scent to go with! :)
ReplyDeleteOh these look wonderful! What a great idea for a gift; handmade with love and a heavenly scent to go with! :)
ReplyDeleteYour lavender sugar scrub and lavender soap looks deliriously delightful.....I can drink in the fragrance all the way down here. How pretty they look and what a gorgeous present. I must say I love the pretty Violet tea cup. Such a gorgeous post, Kitty.
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