Happy Thanksgiving to Each of You!

Many Thanksgiving Blessings to each of You! 

 

God Bless YOU and God Bless America!

Organic Bath Salts Christmas Gifts

I'm working on Christmas gifts and this is one of the items that will go into Victorian hat boxes, that I've been collecting. I will add Crazy Quilted Eye Masks to the boxes. Once my last class is over, the sewing machine will be humming! I've been collecting for months, small vintage cut-glass cruets and old glass containers, for the bath salts. Each jar needs a bit of ribbon and a label. I had labels made for all the items. The bath salts blend is made with Lemongrass and it smelled heavenly in the kitchen while assembling the salts. I purchased stalks of Lemongrass at the grocery store and dried in the dehydrator and then cut into small pieces.  My plan is to fill several old glass wine decanters with  bath salts blends, and keep those near the bath tub. While making these salts, I received a huge bag of fresh lavender stalks from a friend in Oregon. Those are drying and will be great in another bath salt blend.   The therapuetic benefits of Epsom Salts is amazing.

 

On Saturday, I also made 250 organic dog treats. Jacks's little bed lies beneath the oven, and he was happy to "test" the dog treats, made in 3 different sizes. Using over 18 cups of organic oats, pineapples, papaya, coconut, and cups of pecans, harvested from my Mother's pecan trees, I made batches of our favorite granola. The dehydrator was humming with basil sun-dried tomatoes.  What a treat to spend time in the kitchen, creating. 

Teaching at "Art Is You" in October 2014

 

Thrilled to be heading to Stamford, Connecticut in October 2014

 

Will be teaching one of my fabric cuff projects!