Frugal Way To Deal With Stress - Also Makes Great Gifts

That is a really cool idea. Thanks for sharing.

I've made the stress balloon things before with flour. They work great.

Kelly

This I will make and pass out as trinkets for Christmas.

They do need to be in glass jars. Glass canning jars or even jelly jars work great.

Dear OrganicLady. Do a search for bath salt recipe on the web and you'll find loads of variations.. try several and different additives till you find one that doesn't irritate.. a good place to start would be on www.about.com then go to the section on soapmaking.. or do a google search for bath salt recipe.. I like to blend 3 parts sea salts, 2 parts Epsom salts and 1 part baking soda as a base then add goodies such as herbs, oils, scents, colors.. there are loads of recipes online for free.. and if you do a search for essential or fragrance oils you can buy them much cheaper than at the stores.. note: on many sites you'll find bath recipes/supplies lumped with soapmaking recipes/supplies.. as for your sister, ohnigosh, I regret that a computer crash took all my own recipes and I had a good one for that, but go to sites for soapmaking, look for ezcema soap recipes, check the additives, oils, herbs, etc that they add to the soap.. if you can put it in the salts or into a basic unscented bath oil, it will help her.. also tell her to try real glycerine soap.. it's easy to make and find in a form they call melt and pour at craft stores.. glycerine is great for skin.. she can simply break the slab apart and use it or melt it and add goodies of choice.. I warn you though, if you get started you might get hooked on soap and toiletry making.. try a few I had one friend who cleared up totally with my soap, not cured but controlled almost completely she continuously told me.. I finally just taught her to make her own.. I regret I lost that recipe but the way I just described is how I got just the right combo for her.. it took a couple of tries, keep a record, make small amounts and make adjustments for your sister's skin chemistry.. believe me it's a darned sight cheaper than all those creams and junk doctors give.. it's well worth a try..

as Villa said, yes glass only.. the oils will pit metal and actually almost dissolve plastics.. always use glass, no one wants melted plastic in their bath lol. plus, a dark glass will protect the oils from breaking down, not a big deal for scent, but important if using oils for therapeutic use.. a cheap idea.. take any old glass cotainer with a well fitting lid.. paint it on the outside in any pattern you choose or a solid.. traditional colors are dark colbalt blue and a darkish brown.. you want to block as much light as possible.. then fill and give.. I like to use the stained glass paints, vibrant colors.. check you local dollar store.. they often have little canisters with glass toppers, great for this.. they also often carry cute bottles with corks..

Your comments are just cracking me up. LOL Now go have that soak in the tub and someone will bring that caramal apple into you. LOL

Hey I noticed you were on gather now too. You will love it there. We have a great group of people on gather but we also have some not so great.

Village, do you make soap too? are you on the soapmaking interest group here?