Homemade Sinus Congestion Bath Salts

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 There is nothing that I hate more than feeling congested. I always feel so helpless and there is only so many hot showers I can take and only so much vapor rub I can apply. So, I decided to try making bath salts for sinus congestion.  There are several ways to make this recipe, so feel free to make it your own.

What you need:

 1 Cup of Epsom Salt

1/2 Cup of baking soda

An airtight container (I used a Starbucks bottle)

Peppermint essential oils

Eucalyptus essential oils

Lavender essential oils

Optional: blue & green food coloring

Simply mix the Epsom salt and baking soda together. Then add food coloring, if desired. I wanted a blue/green color so I added about 5-7 drops of each color.  I used a wisk rather than a spoon. It seemed to break up the clumps easier. But, either will work. 

Once mixed thoroughly, add your essential oils.  I like my bath salt a little stronger smelling so I add 10 drops of each oil, eucalyptus, peppermint and lavender. You can always use less.  If you are unsure, start with 5-7 drops of each oils and then decide from there.

Happy Soaking!

XOXO    

Randi

How to make a Dr. Seuss T-shirt

And this mess is so big,

And so deep and so tall,

We cannot pick it up,

There's no way at all!

                                Dr. Seuss

Let me honest, I never knew when Dr. Seuss' birthday was until my kids started school.  Monday, March 2nd is Dr. Seuss' birthday and my 2nd grader will be celebrating his birthday at school. So, I thought I would make a t-shirt for her to wear to school that day.

What you need:

• White t-shirt
• Iron-on Quick Fuse (I found mine at Joanne Fabric)
• Printer
• Red satin ribbon

What to do:

1.  Select a Dr. Seuss image and save to a Word document. I found my image on Google.  

2. Print your selected image onto the Quick Fuse paper.

3. Cut out your image and iron on to your white t-shirt

4.  Ruffle your red ribbon. Using the longest stitch on your sewing machine sew down the middle of the ribbon. You will have two loose ends of string,  pull the loose string sliding the bunched ribbon down creating the ruffle.

5. Begin stitching the ruffle to each red section of the hat. I hand stitched the ruffles on.

6. Make a bow and hand stitch over the image.

 XOXO

Randi