Christmas Crafting Ideas by Flyingpig - Its Good To Share.

wen-tom

chaosweddings wrote: »

I have made :
Snowman soup, Fairy dust soup, monkey goop, reindeer poop, snowman poop, reindeer food, bah humbugs cones, choc orange bath salts, raspberry bath salts, mini soaps inc jelly babies, mini guiness soaps and lego men plus dog and cat treats and pint of socks

chaos, do you have a tried and tested recipe for bath salts that you could share? I really want to make some for my mum & sis and I have seen so many different ways on the internet I'm now totally confused

chaosweddings

wen-tom wrote: »

chaos, do you have a tried and tested recipe for bath salts that you could share? I really want to make some for my mum & sis and I have seen so many different ways on the internet I'm now totally confused

Hi,
i measure out the same weight of epsom salts and sea salt into a metal or glass bowl, mix well. add your essential oil/fragrance and mix again until all salts are coated.
I use skin safe essential oils and some of them are coloured, chocolate smell is brown, strawberry is red ect.... you only need 2 drops of oil per mug of salts used. once all mixed together put in a sealed container.

i never use food colouring in my salts and all my salts/soaps have been tested by a laboratory.
My best sellers are the chocolate or strawberry but also make others

hth and of you need anything else let me know

Little_Mama

qwiksave wrote: »

Craft shops sell them to put handmade cards in - you can also get some from 'The Works' if you have one.

Excellent, thanks, we do have 'The Works' near here.

LM

Update,
Got 50 4x6 for 99p....thanks for the excellent recommendation, reindeer and penguin poop here I come!:rotfl:

wen-tom

chaosweddings wrote: »

Hi,
i measure out the same weight of epsom salts and sea salt into a metal or glass bowl, mix well. add your essential oil/fragrance and mix again until all salts are coated.
I use skin safe essential oils and some of them are coloured, chocolate smell is brown, strawberry is red ect.... you only need 2 drops of oil per mug of salts used. once all mixed together put in a sealed container.

i never use food colouring in my salts and all my salts/soaps have been tested by a laboratory.
My best sellers are the chocolate or strawberry but also make others

hth and of you need anything else let me know

thank you :j

Thats is really helpful. do you buy your supplies online? I can find salts etc but struggling with the 'safe' colourings/oils?

pointofnoreturn

Anyone selling Reindeer Poop - how much are you putting into your bags and what price are you selling it for. So far had people saying 40g and 70g and selling for 65p. Anyone got anything different to this??? TIA

chaosweddings

wen-tom wrote: »

thank you :j

Thats is really helpful. do you buy your supplies online? I can find salts etc but struggling with the 'safe' colourings/oils?

i used to buy all the supplies from a wholesaler, but when they started putting their prices up and delivery costs up i had to buy on ebay in the end

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Chocolate-10ml-Fragrance-Oil-Soap-Candle-Potpourri-/230423468122?pt=UK_Carfts_Candle_SoapMaking_EH&hash=item35a64f185a#ht_1682wt_905

this is the seller i get most of my oils from. this seller also sells the colouring too
hth

kayl

With regard to Point of no Return's query, I don't weigh them, but sadly count them out!
My bags are quite small, and I put 20 raisins in - they sell for 50p. I reckon that I get 7 - 8 bags from one of the 200g bags sold in Poundland, so this should equate to about 25 - 28g

pointofnoreturn

kayl wrote: »

With regard to Point of no Return's query, I don't weigh them, but sadly count them out!
My bags are quite small, and I put 20 raisins in - they sell for 50p. I reckon that I get 7 - 8 bags from one of the 200g bags sold in Poundland, so this should equate to about 25 - 28g

Many thanks for your reply.

I've just posted a few of my makes to my home page if anyone wants to see!

chaosweddings

pointofnoreturn wrote: »

Many thanks for your reply.

I've just posted a few of my makes to my home page if anyone wants to see!

Just had a look ,they look great !!

43teabags

Having been a lurker from the beginning and loving every post! I think this is the place to ask a question. I have a 'retail' box of seeds (vegetables & flower assortment) to sell at a pre-school as a fundraiser. As it is our xmas fayre in a couple of weeks time I was going to try and sell them as 'stocking filler' type things.

So what I really want to know is does anyone have any ideas how I can package them/dress them up? I did think that a card with them inside, but what verse/writing to do.
Failing that I will just show them in the box and sell as is!!

Well done on all the makes everyone, keep up the good work and inspiration.