Well Make Something Day a great idea from the Ecclesia Collective is coming the day after American Thanksgiving and I wanted to get something up early so that I have time to get the ingredients that I still do not have but I was wondering – does it still count if I have to go out and purchase ingredients? I suppose that none of us can get away from the fact that spending money really does make the world go round.
Anyhow back to my idea.
I did not want to make something that I would normally make at this time of the year – like shortbread though I will post that recipe in a couple of weeks as Advent and Christmas approach. Nor did I want to do something that I have done before – like knitted scarves or tea cosies for my friends. (For the uninitiated a tea cosy is like a cap that you put on a tea pot to keep it warm) So here is a new idea for making your own Lavendar Lotion which I have adapted from Gardening How To magazine.
Bees love lavender too
1/2 cup dried lavendar flowers
10 drops lavender essential oil
4 tablespoons beeswax
1 cup olive oil
Pour 1 cup olive oil into the top of a double boiler
Add 1/2 cup dried lavendar flowers. Gently heat olive oil and lavendar over simmering water for about 15 minutes. While you are waiting cover the measuring cup with a piece of cheese cloth and secure it with a rubber band.
Remove olive oil and lavender mixture for the heat. Carefully strain through cheese cloth into the measuring cup.
When most of the oil is filtered through the cheese cloth, remove the rubber band, pick up the cheesecloth keeping the lavender enclosed and squeeze out as much olive oil as possible.
Place measuring cup into a double boiler, add 10 drops of lavender essential oil and 4 tablespoons of grated beeswax or beeswax beads. Stir over simmering water until melted.
Test consistency by adding a drop to the top of an ice cube. It should be the constituency of a heavy syrup. If too hard add more olive oil. If too soft add more beeswax. Pour into clean containers and allow to harden for two hours before topping with an airtight cover.
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Hi Christine … I’m making my Christmas gifts this year too. Here’s a link to re-useable teabags to go with the tea cozies. http://www.craftleftovers.com/blog/archives/32 … It looks really easy and fun. There were a number of other easy sewing patterns on this website too. And this blog is posting a series of easy-ish homemade gifts every day all through November http://sewmamasew.com/blog2/?p=625 … Enjoy!
Sonja
Thanks for this. You might like to add it to the Make Something Day site too.
Blessings
I love this idea, Christine. I’m really glad you posted about it.
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I appreciate High Calling Blog Network featuring my video and Make Something Day and I hope that others will join in the fun the day after Thanksgiving.
Just a heads up, the 23rd is a Sunday, not the Friday after Thanksgiving.
Thanks but I am puzzled – the date is November 28th not 23rd.
Not according to the website you linked to and the Mustard Seed Associates newsletter I got.
From the newsletter:
“Kick off the AC09 with Make Something Day!
November 23, 2008
Your right there was a mistake on that. Hopefully people will follow through to the website and see the error
You might also want to link to http://www.makesomethingday.org/ instead of ecclesiacollective.org/makesomethingday It looks like the latter is an older site, from last year.
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This is quite a hot info. I think I’ll share it on Twitter.