Rainbow Rice Is Twice As Nice! Children and Rainbows go together like Peas and Carrots. Why not make your own colored rice to explore a RAINBOW sensory box? The girls and I continued our Color Wheel themed Rainbow Camp Week with this fun project. We used food coloring to dye white rice for a new Rainbow Activity Box. I wanted to use rubbing alcohol to "set" the food coloring color with the rice (the same way I dyed the noodles for our sun catcher rainbows) But, I was running low on rubbing alcohol, so I substituted with Purelle (alcohol-based hand sanitizer) It worked perfectly! 4-5 pumps per sandwich bag and 4-5 drops of food coloring. (I re-used the bags I dyed the noodles in) I think it actually dried a lot faster! They did a much more sophisticated color palette with their rice. We stuck with our basic 6 colors, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Violet. my girls aren't big fans of Indigo (navy blue...no thanks) So far, the princesses are having quite a party in their new confetti Rainbow Land!
Fabulous Floorcloths Part 3 and a Style file Segment! Happy Monday all! Things have been silent here at Design Share for a little bit. One of the things I read about starting a new blog is to be consistent with your posting, and I have tried to post at least once a week, but sometimes life just gets in the way, ya know?! I have had some major upheavals and life changing events these past few weeks and boy let me tell you, the wind just doesn't seem to fill my sails most days. But, I'm trying to be positive and like the saying I posted about here, "Keep Calm and Carry On." Some clear, satin finish WATER BASED polyurethane.... And the aforementioned, fabulous, Suzani Print tablecloth..... ......combined, would make a great floorcloth! Straight out of the package (I didn't wash it first since I was going to be coating with poly anyway, I wasn't worried about shrinkage) I laid the cloth out on my garage floor. Some wrinkling occurs, but don't let it worry you. Edit: I have had many people ask questions regarding this project.
DIY Emergency Documents Folder You can even go through the series a few times over a year or two adding just the most basic supplies the first 6 months and then a few more “extra” supplies each time you cycle through it again. No need to get overwhelmed. Just do what you can! Last Week: I hope all of you were able to get all prepped for your pets last week. Week #23: Important Documents It is unlikely that any documents you choose to include in your kit will keep you alive. (-: However, having them all organized and together can make your life so much easier now! Making insurance claims, searching for missing loved ones (heaven forbid), staying in touch with family and friends, traveling around the country and accessing your financial accounts will all be much easier if you have some essential documents at your fingertips. I’m simply going to walk you page by page through my “emergency documents binder.” Family Evacuation Plan: The front cover: Download it: Important Phone Numbers: The first page: Socials & Insurance IDs
DIY Survival Candles Candles are an easy-to-use source of emergency lighting and a little bit of heat. I'm shocked to see some of the prices that are charged for long burning candles sold for survival or emergency preparedness - if you want to buy a dozen or so candles, the cost really starts to add up. Never fear! You can make your own survival candles at home for cheap, using high-quality, long burning soy wax. The materials you will need are:Soy wax flakes. First, you'll want to get your wicks ready. Put your wicks in the jars. This is my "double boiler." Here are the flakes beginning to melt. And now fully melted. Carefully transfer the melted wax into your pouring container. Don't fill the jar up the whole way - leave some room between the wax and the top of the container. Last step. While some advertise 70+ hours of burn time for 8 ounce candles like this, they're more in the ballpark of 40 to 50 hours, and you'll get the most life out of them if you burn the candles four hours at a time.
The Smells of the Season Making my home smell wonderful is so important to me this time of year. The smells of the evergreen, cinnamon, orange and spice all mean the Holidays are here. A stove top potpourri mix is an easy inexpensive way to make your home smell wonderful. Packaging the mix in a Holiday bag makes a wonderful gift for friends, neighbors, teachers and co-workers. Here’s how I make my concoction: Holiday Stove Top Potpourri Mix one whole orange or just the orange peel1/2 cup cranberries1 Tbsp. whole cloves3 sticks of cinnamon or a small handful of small pieces of cinnamona bit of grated nutmeg if desired Quarter the orange. It’s just that easy. I love to use an orange that is starting to get old… or just use the peel of an orange. Another important tip is don’t allow the water to completely evaporate. It’s not the Holidays without the delicious scent… it makes me think of cranberry sauce or wassail. A stove top potpourri mix makes a perfect easy gift this season. P.
How to Put Together an Emergency Preparedness Kit Posted by Laura on October 5, 2011 · 211 Comments Welcome! Simplify your blog reading by signing up to read my blog via RSS (get updates in a feed reader) or via email (get updates delivered daily to your inbox). Hi, I am Amanda Kuzak from Kuzak’s Closet. It doesn’t matter where you live, you are susceptible to an earthquake, hurricane, snow storm, power outage, flood, etc. and any of these things could leave you and your family stranded at home for a few days without power or electricity. Before I talk about the emergency kit you need to have in your home, I want to talk about the emergency kit you should have in your car. This is what my emergency kit for my car looks like, it has a blanket, an extra pair of sneakers and socks (just in case I am wearing heels or sandals and need to vacate my car and walk), a flashlight, a power flare, and water. Next let’s talk about emergency kits for your pet. This is what my kit looks like. Do you have an emergency preparedness kit ready to go?
How to Make Bath Bombs | Easy Bath Fizzy Recipes Bath bombs, bath fizzies are fun to make! Bath Bombs, or Bath Fizzies, are like giant alka-seltzers for your bath – they spin, whirl and swirl in your bath while releasing scent and skin-softening agents. They make bath time SUPER fun! Basic Bath Bomb Recipe Gather your ingredients: • 1 part Citric Acid • 2 parts Baking Soda • Witch Hazel • Coloring of your choice • Fragrance Oil of your choice • Dome Shaped Mold 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Water Softening Fizzy 1 cup Baking Soda1/2 cup Citric Acid1/2 cup Corn Starch2-1/2 tablespoons Oil (I use a combo of Grapeseed and Almond, but you can use any liquid oils)3/4 tablespoon Water2 teaspoons Essential or Fragrance Oils1/2 teaspoon BoraxSpray bottle filled with Witch Hazel 1. 2. 3. 4. Moisture Rich Fizzy Dry ingredients: Wet ingredients: 2-3/4 tablespoons Almond Oil3/4 tablespoon Water1/4 teaspoon Borax (optional)1-1/2 teaspoon Fragrance oil or Essential OilColorant Tub Tints Mix all ingredients completely. To use, add 1/4 to 1/2 cup per full tub of water. 1 c.
Wall Art for Sienna's Room First off, let me just say, I really love photos printed onto a canvas. Really. I knew I wanted a set of them in Sienna's room, but as most of you know, we are still students so our decorating budget didn't exactly cover printing four 8"x10" photos onto a canvas. It's pretty darn expensive for just one let alone FOUR!!! Thus, my idea was born. What you need: Canvas (however many you are using, I used 8x10's) White tissue paper (I only needed one regular sized sheet for four pictures) Printer *with ink* :) Regular printer paper Scissors Tape Mod-Podge Brush Step1: Take a piece of printer paper. Step 2: Trim up the side of the tissue paper so it's the same width as the width of the printer paper. Step 3: Put printer paper in the middle of the tissue paper so there is one half inch overflow on each side. Step 4: Perform a test on your paper in your printer, if you don't know what side it prints on. Step 5: Step 6: Separate tissue from printer paper, once ink is completely dry. Step 7: Step 8: Step 9:
Stamped Tea Towels Howdy y’all! I hope you had a fine weekend. Ours was spent organizing and planning, planning and organizing, but mostly tinkering around the house, cleaning up the remnants of Christmas and tucking it away in bins for next year. Lots of neat things happened in the peace and quiet, we made plans to take a vacation this year and to make more changes to the house, it was both productive and relaxing. Another project I worked in the midst of all that was these stamped tea towels. I’m a huge fan of block print fabric so I decided to mimic the look by using some old stamps in my collection and applying the pattern to tea towels to brighten up the kitchen. To make your own, you’ll need the following: tea towels, non porous flat surface, paint for fabric, fabric medium, sponge roller, rubber stamps, iron. I used the Martha Stewart paints since they’re inexpensive, readily available (found mine at Michaels), designed for use on fabric, and they come in such nice colors. 1. xo,
Building It On Pennies: Saving Pennies (Dollars in this case) Last night I had my first speaking engagement. I was the guest speaker at a honors dinner for parents and teachers. I was so excited to be able to share a few money saving tips and had a great time. I feel so blessed and honored that I was asked to speak, and ready to do it again! :) I was asked to speak about making homemade soap and other items that can help you save some money. Aren't they cute? Besides for laundry soap and fabric softener I shared a few other items I have been making and the money I have been saving. Dish Washer Soap 1 cup of Borax 1 cup of Arm & Hammer Washing Soda 2 packets of no sugar added Koolaid Lemon Aide Mix together well and add 1 tablespoon to each load! (If you are making your laundry soap you already own everything except for the koolaid) Cost to make this is $0.78 a batch and does 32 loads of dishes! Rinse Aid Never Buy Rinse aid again use White Vinegar (Works perfect with no smell) Rinse aid runs $3.99 you use about $.04 of Vinegar Daily Shower Cleaner Fabreeze