SALT DOUGH ORNAMENTS

Hi! Since we've chopped down our Christmas tree last week, we've decorated it with some clear lights and gold bulbs. I don't care much for ornaments, but then I came across Jess's post on making salt dough ornaments and I thought it'd be cute to make some! Well, my little man dime is only 15 weeks old therefore he can't decorate the ornaments. So I thought the next best thing would be to have his little hands and feet imprinted in the dough! So, I tried it out. It's super easy and super fun!

You'll need-
1 cup of salt
1 cup of water
2 cups of flour
5 tbs of cinnamon (or anything to make it smell good and christmasy)

Mix all the ingredients together until it has a 'dough like' consistency. Then knead it out. 

Roll out the dough with a rolling pin (or a beer bottle in my case). Cut out circles, or shapes. Whatever you'd like! I used a cup to cut out some circles. 

My main man by my side, like usual...I imprinted his little hands and feet into the dough. It took about two batches to get it right since he kept squishing the dough when I put his hand on it. So, I had to wait until he fell asleep to take advantage : ) 

Poke a hole at the top of the ornament with a straw and stick them in the oven for an hour at 325.

After an hour, take them out and let them cool down. Stella was particularly intrigued by the cinnamon scent. 

Once they cooled down I painted them white and gold. (They look better in person. Trust.) 

Stick a string through the top and you've got an ornament! (Trust.) 

 There it is! Super easy, and now I've got some nice mementos : )

DIY & a package in the mail.

Being almost 40 weeks pregnant is now starting to wear on my body. Mostly my feet. I don't like to sit down all day and do nothing so I'm usually up on my feet cleaning the place up or playing with the cats, and of course I still do a nightly walk with Matt and the dogs. Though as of lately, I've been feeling so much pressure on my feet and they start to ache like crazy. Therefore, I made a nice little foot scrub (followed by a body scrub) in order to have a moment today to sit down and treat myself to a nice pedicure done by yours truly. Its a simple scrub so I thought i'd share it.

Coconut Oil foot scrub

What you'll need:

- 1/2 cup Organic virgin coconut oil. (Either refined or unrefined is fine being that you're using it on your feet).

- 4 tbsp sugar (you can use salt, but I chose sugar).

The process:

Pour 1/2 cup of coconut oil into a jar. 

Then put 4 tablespoons of sugar (or salt) into the oil. 

And mix it all up! (The salt/sugar will separate from the oil, obvs. So you'll have to stir it each time you plan on using it). 

I added some lavender oil into mine, though any scent will work. Or, you don't need to add a scent at all.

And there's your foot scrub! Super simple, and it definitely works! 

Today I decided would be the day to tend to my feet since I plan on deep cleaning our place tomorrow for Mason's arrival so this is what I did for a nice foot bath. 

-Soaked my feet in a bath of 1 cup warm milk (...i know, but its good for the skin.) and 5 cups of warm water for 10 minutes. 

-Then I took my feet out and rubbed the foot scrub all over both my feet and let it sit for a good 5 minutes so they would absorb the oil. 

-I put my feet back into the milk/water bath to rinse them off and then took them out and dried off.

-I then rubbed coconut oil on my feet/nails/cuticles and put on some socks so the oil could properly moisturize my feet. I usually keep the socks on for a minimum of 4 hours if I do this during the day, though if its before I go to sleep I'll just try and keep them on all night. (and I hate sleeping with socks on, so I usually will do it during the day). 

-Once you take off the socks, your feet will feel amazingly smooth! 

In other news...

I got baby's cloth diapers in the mail today! So excited to see his cute little butt in these amazing bumGenius diapers! 

TWO MORE DAYS until our baby boy is here! 

XO.

last minute littles.

As of today, we've got THREE DAYS until the arrival of our little! Basically two days, since the surgery is so early on Friday. But it wasn't until today that I noticed we only have a handful of burping cloths, which even I know isn't enough for the spit up we'll be dealing with. So, I had a nice little sewing day with Caroline! Fabric shopping didn't take too long, and I really rocked the sewing machine! Thanks to my friend Melissa for the fabulous idea, I made 4 more burping cloths. Its very rewarding to know that I worked so hard on something for my baby, so he'll be looking real stylish...which does include burping cloth style.

The fabrics I chose for the cloths.

Backside of the cloth before the sewing took place.

Sewing time! 

The result! Not the best picture, but they are super soft and super cute. Definitely more pictures to come once the little man is here (and putting them to use). 

Goodnight!