Easy Gifts Anytime Of Year

Around the holidays I think about homemade gifts for friends and family. This year I made 9 fancy scarves, and gave all but one away. They're simple scarves made from Starbella yarn, which creates a beautiful fluffiness to a basic scarf. I also made some homemade chai tea, packaged in small plastic holiday containers (available for $1 each at Dollar Store), and ready to drink by just adding water. Delicious. Here's another homemade gift good for giving anytime of year. I have only made the salt variety, but I know the sugar variety is equally good. Peppermint Foot Scrub (sugar or salt based) 1 cup sugar or kosher salt or Epsom salt works well too

olive oil to moisten several drops of peppermint essence food coloring (red) if desired. It looks better with food coloring place the sugar or salt in a bowl. Add enough olive oil to moisten the mixture, then add peppermint essence. Finally, add food coloring until the desired color is achieved. I like a pink color. This scrub can be made with other essences, like lemon, orange or eucalyptus. Add food coloring like yellow for lemon, etc. I packaged the salts in a small plastic container which I bought at Dollar Store. They were decorated with a holiday theme, but you can get the plain ones, and just tie with ribbon. The salt and sugar scrubs are great for home pedicures, or use in the bath as a scrub for your skin. You'll pay high prices at bath stores for these products, and they're so cheap and easy to make at home. Any hostess would love this gift. Enjoy.