Ah, its the first day of Fall. The leaves are turning, the air is crisper and the crockpots are on in Denver. Since last week I posted about how to make essential oil bath salts, I thought I would flip the tables today and make a sweeter sugar scrub that my fellow Lemon Dropper friends came up with. Wide mouth mason jars make the perfect container for this. Dress it up a bit and you have another perfect and fairly inexpensive gift for teachers or friends for the holidays! How to Make Cinnamon Vanilla Sugar ScrubNeed to order oils to make the scrub? That is easy as making the recipe! How to Order Essential Oils: Read this post on how to get a Young Living discount. ...
How To Help Your Kid Transition in College
It's been just about a month since most college kids have headed off. And its just about the time for them to start missing home, if they haven't already. I'm finding while the first month is hardest on the family left at home, the second is hardest on the one who left. What can you do to support your kid away from home? Here are some strategies my friends and I are finding successful. How To Help Your Kid Transition in College 1. Send them an amazing memory. This summer my son got into hiking and had several gorgeous photos he took of 14'ers. I teamed up with Picture It On Canvas to turn one of those photos of Grey's Peak into an amazing canvas art piece for his dorm room, earning me a "Mom, it's AMAZING. Thank you so much" text. Any mom of an 18 year old knows, that is huge!Not sure what to have put on canvas for your kiddo? Spend some time looking through his or her Instagram account. I love that they can import a picture directly from Instagram! I chose to have this mounted thin-bar on a 16*24 canvas. It is the perfect size for over most dorm style desks. The thin bar makes it light enough to hang with Command poster hanging strips which I left there on move in day. ...
How To Make Essential Oil Bath Salts
Hooked on essential oils? Wondering what to do with all those empty bottles? Easy! Make essential oil bath salts. This has to be the easiest DIY project on the planet.3 Steps to Make Essential Oil Bath Salts 1. Fill 12 ounce wide mouth Ball Mason Jar with epsom salt. You can buy epsom salt in just about any drug or grocery store. I purchased a 4 lb bag at Target for around $4. You don't have to use a wide mouth ball mason jar but use something glass that closes tight. I like the wide mouth mason jars cause they are super easy to decorate. This would make a great gift.2. Use any empty Young Living essential oil bottle you would like. Do not clean it out. It's best if it has a few drops left in it. The one I really like to use for bath salts is Panaway. It makes a relaxing soak that helps relieve my sore muscles. Take off the lid and the remove the inner plastic stopper.3. Place oil jar inside the mason jar of salts. Close up the mason jar tightly. Let it sit 24 hours. The salt will draw the remaining essential oils out of the jar. Gentle shake it up to the move the bottle around every now and then.That's it! After 24 hours you have an amazing essential oil bath ...
Broncos Cocktail Recipe & $300 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway
It's football season! YAY. My favorite time of year. To get you prepared I have a couple of AWESOME tools to help you throw the best football parties of the season. First off, a very cool Orange and Blue Broncos Cocktail Recipe....if you are another orange and blue team fan, do me a favor and don't tell me you are using this! Broncos Colors Cocktail RecipeYou can find the Broncos Cocktail Recipe here. I made it up last year before the Superbowl. Football Ideas on Pinterest Need more Football ideas? I have two ways for you to find them. Check out my Pinterest Football Food board.More Football Party Posts Make sure to read all the football posts that my friends have written. Seriously....I have majorly talented friends. With all our ideas you will ROCK this NFL season. Amazon Gift Card Giveawayand FINALLY, to MAKE SURE one of you has an awesome season my friends and I are sponsoring a $300 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway. Good LUCK! a Rafflecopter giveawayCOMMENT QUESTION: Who is your favorite team? Can be NFL, College or Pee Wee...The nitty gritty: Starting Sunday 9/7 at 12 a.m. and ending Sunday 9/21 at 11:59 p.m. (technically 9/22 at 12 ...
Top Roadtrip Apps for Moms
This month we have spent every week on the road. Like, literally, have been on a major trip every week of August. My Samsung Note 3 and I have never been so close. We've spent a lot of long hours together watching the pavement pass.So how did my phone save me from certain death by boredom while on these fabulously scenic roads? Read on for some roadtrip apps for moms that will make your phone your next BFF. Top Roadtrip Apps for Moms Instagram. I mean what's more fun than sharing boring pictures of the road, right? Well, maybe sharing all those quirky little road stops would be. Probably Definitely more fun is seeing what all your friends are up. Instagram is the ADHD's busy moms Facebook. Your kids are on Instagram taking a million pictures of themselves making duck faces. Go look. Nothing is more fun that looking at ten million selfies of your adorable kids. Make sure to like all their pictures. They really appreciate that. Especially the teens. Candy Crush. It's addicting. It's annoying. It's a puzzle game with a social twist that let's you endlessly beg your friends on Facebook for extra lives and new levels. The good news is that unless you are willing ...