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How to Make Envelopes

Hey! Holiday season is almost there, as well as the gift-giving season! Yeah! :D Since we represent everything that is connected with gifts and gift giving, once in a while we like to give something special to our website visitors from the true heart.

This time we have prepared for you photo instructions on how to make your own perfect envelopes in less than 3 minutes! In the free downloadable package “How to Make Envelopes” you will find 2 printable envelope templates, and we will show you how you can easily make your own paper envelopes in few easy steps. These envelopes are in a perfect size for any standard greeting cards.

By preparing you such a gift we wanted to encourage you to keep alive this wonderful tradition of sending each other letters and greeting cards by post. Holiday season is a perfect time to do it.

Very soon here at our website you’ll be able to download Holiday themed envelopes and greeting cards, so keep an eye on this place! :)

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Unique Gift – Homemade Perfume

Perfume traditionally is one of the most popular presents to give. It’s a nice and thoughtful gift in almost any occasion. Not always it’s easy to find the right perfume for someone, but the idea that you tried sometimes worth even more than the actual gift.
So why don’t we just make our own perfume at home? The process of making perfume is interesting and fun, not even talking about the fantastic feeling when you have made your own unique perfume.

All you need is few drops of the right ingredients and a full dose of creativity! For the easiest perfume recipe you just need some distilled water and chopped flower blossoms. You can use it as a light spray on your skin. To make more strong and long lasting fragrances, you will need essential oils, distilled water and vodka.

Light body spray recipe:

You will need:

  • 1 – 2 cups of water
  • 1 cup of fresh chopped flower blossoms of your choice (Lavender, Lilac, Orange Blossoms etc.)

Let’s start making!

  1. Place a cheesecloth in a bowl so that the edges are hanging over the bowl
  2. Fill with 1 cup of flower blossoms
  3. Pour water over the flowers until they are completely covered
  4. Cover and leave it overnight
  5. The next day using the edges of cheesecloth pull it out of the bowl and gently squeeze the scented water into a small pot

You can pour the scented water into small bottles and spray it either into the air or on to your skin.

Flower blossoms, essential oils and  all other necessary ingredients for making your own perfumes you can find here: NATURAL INGREDIENTS FOR HOMEMADE BODY CARE PRODUCTS

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Once in a while we are giving you some simple but very unique and great homemade gift ideas. If you haven’t checked our FREE Gifts page, do it now and download our free gifts that we have made specially for you.

This time we would like to show you how you can easy and fast make a wonderful gift for your loved ones (this gift will be specially appreciated by women)  – a fantastic homemade bath bomb!

Ingredients you will need:

Baking Soda – 9 ounces (250 grams)

Citric Acid – 3.5 ounces (100 grams)

Milk or Fruit Powder – 1.8 ounces (50 grams) If not available, you can use your favorite clay instead or not add anything at all.

Almond Oil (or any other oil of your choice) – 1 ounce (30 ml.) To find out more about benefits of different oils click here: Choosing Ingredients for Your Exclusive Homemade Body Care Gifts

Essential Oil of your choice – 15 to 30 drops. For calming bath bomb choose lavender essential oil, for refreshing bath experience try citrus fruit essential oils like orange or grapefruit.

Water – 1 to 2 tbsp. (optional)

Dried Chamomile Flowers – 3 tbsp (optional). You can use any other dried flowers of your choice.

Food coloring – 1 to 2 drops (optional)

You will also need a mold where to place the mixture and make the bombs. If not available, you can use clear plastic ornament or soap molds instead, or if you have very strong hands, you can use only them to make bath bombs.

Let’s start making!

  1. First of all, take a bowl and mix all the dry ingredients together. It’s better if you use your hands to mix, not a spoon.
  2. If you use dried flowers, now it’s time to add them.
  3. The next step is to add almond or any other oil of your choice to our mixture. Mix it well. You should be able to make balls from your mixture already.
  4. Now it’s time to add some essential oil. Mix well again.
  5. Now you can add a little bit of water. If you feel that water is not necessary, don’t add it. You can add few drops of food coloring if you like.
  6. Mix all the ingredients well. If you are able to make nice balls of the mixture, it is now ready.
  7. Now pack one half of the mold with the mixture, then the other, push them together. There should be a little of the mixture coming out the seam, and the two sides should be sticking together. Allow to set for couple of minutes before removing from the mold.
  8. Take out and leave for 24 hours to dry completely.
  9. After 24 hours your bath bomb is ready to be nicely packed and given as a wonderful luxurious gift!

Good luck with your creations and have fun!

All the necessary ingredients for making high quality homemade bath bombs you can find here: NATURAL INGREDIENTS FOR HOMEMADE BODY CARE PRODUCTS

How to Make Body Butter – Download Free E-Book

homemade body butter recipesBody butter is a luxurious way to pamper your body, feed it with vitamins heal dry skin, protect it from sun, wind and cold, cure problematic skin, scars and even stretch marks. Body butters can be a wonderful gift for any woman you truly care about and want to give her a luxurious gift that will be highly appreciated no matter what the occasion is.

Download our free PDF e-book “How to Make Your Own Exclusive Body Butters” and learn to make your own luxurious body care products at home. You will find recipes and will learn how to turn Shea, cocoa, mango and other butters into wonderful whipped body butters fast and easy. You will find out the benefits of different organic oils and find the best one for your skin.

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Homemade Cocoa Body Butter

homemade body butterYour mom, sister or best friend will love this organic cocoa body butter that you can fast and easy make at home.

So where do we start? To make an exclusive and 100% natural cocoa body butter you just need two basic ingredients – organic cocoa butter and natural oils like wheat germ, apricot kernel or any other oils.  You can choose which oil is best for your mom’s, friend’s or your own skin. Here is a little help for you to choose what is best for you: Choosing Ingredients for Your Exclusive Homemade Body Care Gifts

Take 1.75 oz (50 grams) of organic cocoa butter (find it here) and 1.75 oz (50 grams) of natural oil (find it here) of your own choice. You can also add few drops of your favorite essential oil but it is highly optional because this body butter will have a really wonderful scent of chocolate!

Now melt the cocoa butter and add the oil to it, let it cool. You can put it into the fridge for couple of minutes but make sure you don’t keep it there for too long. Now you are ready to blend it. Blend the mixture until it turns into a creamy consistence, then pour it into a suitable container. Remember, the butter will become harder.

This homemade gift idea is taken from our e-book, and you can download “Unique Homemade Gift Ideas” absolutely FREE. Here you will find lots of interesting and beautiful gifts for Christmas to make and not only for Christmas but any other special occasion as well!

To find what ingredients to choose making homemade body care products and where to get them at one place go to Choosing Ingredients for Your Exclusive Homemade Body Care Gifts

Free Gifts that Worth a Million

Sometimes the dearest and the most memorable gifts are those you can give without spending a fortune, even without spending a single dime. Here is a list of some really sweet, free and low cost gift ideas. You are welcome to share also your free gift ideas, just leave a comment! Enjoy the list and start giving these gifts today. They are free!

  1. pamperingGive a day of pampering. To make it official :) make a real gift certificate. A simple piece of paper with a list of services included in this day -  like breakfast in bed, a back massage etc., – will do perfectly! If you don’t want to give a whole day of pampering, give a coupon for an evening back massage, for example. There is no need to spend a fortune to buy a day of pampering in a beauty salon, if you can offer your own service, besides there is one thing that not even the most expensive beauty salons in the world can give – and it’s your love! Perfect gift idea that grandchildren can give to their grandparents, children to parents, boyfriends to girlfriends – basically, this gift will be appreciate by everyone.
  2. Write a poem or a little story about this person. How you give this present is up to you!
  3. List 10 (or more) things you like about this person, in this way showing how special this person is.
  4. Frame your hand print as a special memory from you. Great idea is to frame your children’ or pets framed handprint&footprintfootprints. They look really lovely!
  5. Draw something that means a lot for you both. Even if you can’t draw, it doesn’t matter. All that matters is your good thoughts and love. You will be the only ones who know what it really is.
  6. Make a CD with this person’s favorite songs, make a little book inside with lyrics and pictures. This will be the only such a CD in the whole world, which makes this gift even more special.
  7. Make your own special jewelry from sea shells.
  8. Leave interesting notes and messages all around the house letting love letterknow that this person is always on your mind. Try to leave a message on your bathroom mirror with lipstick or toothpaste.
  9. Write a love letter. Leave it under a pillow or in some special place. You can send your love letter by post. That will be a great surprise!
  10. And don’t forget about these wonderful gifts like – give a hug and a kiss. Why don’t you do it all day long?! Show them your love!

Download our free “Unique Homemade Gift Ideas” e-book and find out more wonderful ideas for gifts you can easily make at home.