Monday, August 27, 2012

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year....

Well, this is the last week of summer break here in Michigan... the kiddos are back to school a week from tomorrow!!

This always makes me realize that from the time they go back to school until Christmas is about 7-and-a-half seconds.

I love cool, personal ideas for teacher gifts. We don't know yet who the teachers will be (or their gender) but I'm thinking this year will be custom rhinestone-embellished totes and maybe one or two mixes in a jar. Here's a link to a site, aptly named:  Mixes in a Jar Recipes.

The totes I'm going to "stone":

Saturday, August 25, 2012

Love this idea from Pinterest



CLEAN YOUR MATTRESS: pour about 1 cup of baking soda into a mason jar and drop in 4 drops of lavender essential oil. Put on lid and shake jar. Using a kitchen strainer sprinkle the baking soda mixture all over the mattress and let it sit for an hour or more. Thoroughly vacuum the mattress. Bye, bye dust mites and other nasty things. The baking soda helps draw up any moisture and deep dirtiness. It deodorizes and leaves the mattress smelling fresh and clean.

Bling Work!!