Under $100 Gift Ideas

Are you a last minute shopper? Here are 7 gift ideas that your loved ones will like. Shop online in the comfort of your home

1. Oster Electric Wine Bottle Opener
   
2. Bella Juice Extractor
   
3. Turtle Beach Ear Force Stealth Gaming Headset
   
4. Cuisinart 14-Piece Deluxe Stainless-Steel Grill Set
   
   
   
5. Rachael Ray Oven Lovin' Non-Stick 5-Piece Bakeware Set, Orange
   
6. Bormioli Rocco Selecta 7-Piece Whiskey Gift Set
   
7. Zojirushi Stainless Steel Travel
   

Ornament Wreath

I went shopping for an ornament wreath to hang over "The gifts" table but didn't find any to match the colors I wanted. In addition, an average ornament wreath was $100. I decided to play to search online for tutorial on how to make mine and I stumbled across LiveLoveDIY's blog. Not only was her tutorial great, it was the the exact color scheme I had in mind.
I took her advise and went to The Dollar Tree to buy my ornaments. I also went to Hobby Lobby to get the green and smaller ornaments. They were all under $30 .  I really love how it turned out. Waiting for the hubby to hang it up .

Click HERE for Tutorial

Bread In a Jar

I had a shower and did not know what to give so I decided to look for a jar gift. This gift is very similar to Cookie In A Jar. Visit Short and Sweets for tutorial on how to make yours .

Sugar Scrubs

 

Got Pic from here 

Couple days ago, I was watching Shark Tanks and I saw Simple Sugars which  inspired this post. If she started making these products at age 11, I am pretty sure I can. Her prices are reasonable compared to FRESH but, why do I have to spend all that money when I have everything in my kitchen. Plus, I know what’s really put in.

Lemon Sugar Scrubs

·         2 Cups of Granulated Sugar

·         4 drops of Lemon Essential Oil

·         ** ¼ cup of preferred Carrier oil 

**I used 1 tablespoon of coconut oil, 2 tablespoons of almond oil, and 1 tablespoon of sunflower oil) Feel free to mix your oils. Apricot oil is pretty good but, I don’t have any at hand

Get a bowl, add your sugar, and slowly add carrier oil and blend until you get your desired consistency. Lastly add 3-4 drops of Essential Oil.

Get a cute jar, pour in contents, add labels and that’s it. You've made your own scrub! I usually leave mine refrigerated. 

Pumpkin Spice Sugar Scrub

·         2 Cups of Brown Sugar

·         ¼ cups of Granulated Sugar

·         1 tablespoon of Pumpkin Spice

·         ½  teaspoon of cinnamon (optional)

·         ¼  teaspoon of nutmeg (optional)

·         ¼ Cups of preferred carrier oil. 

You can make your own pumpkin spice using the following ingredients

·         3 tablespoons of ground cinnamon

·         1 tablespoon of Ginger

·         1.5 teaspoons of allspice

·         1.5 teaspoons of cloves

·         ¾ teaspoon of nutmeg (optional)

Mix all ingredients together and you have your homemade Pumpkin Spice. You turn this into a gift of its own by putting them in a pretty jar, add some labels, and bows and gift to friends/family.

Back to the Pumpkin Spice Scrub, get your bowl, add your sugars, and slowly add carrier oil and blend until you get your desired consistency. I added 2 drops of cinnamon essential oil to mine.

Wintergreen Sugar Body Scrubs

·         2 Cups of Granulated Sugar

·         3-5 drops of  Wintergreen Essential Oil

·         1/3 preferred Carrier Oil ( I will be using just olive oil for this one) 

Follow the same direction as above.

I hope you have as much as I did while making mine.  Keep in mind that you can add food coloring to get a particular color or used non-artificial substitute.

Orange – Carrots

Red/Pink – Beets Juice

Yellow- turmeric powder

Purple- Red Cabbage

Green- Kale or Spinach juice. 

Lemon Extract

Hi everyone, today I finally bottled my lemon extra. I left it on top of my the fridge cabinet and totally forgot about it until today .  Homemade gifts always make great Christmas gift and are usually inexpensive. I made lime, lemon, cinnamon, and orange but I ran out of bottles 

What to do:

Add lemon peels to sterilized jar, pour in the vodka, stir a little to mix, and seal jar.  Store jar in a dark place for at least 2 weeks. After two weeks sieve into your desired bottles. That's all!!! How simple!

Labels

Feel free to print and use.

1. Last Night Out
2. Cookie Labels
3. Simple Black Labels
4. Lemon Curd Labels

DIY Photo Coasters With Tiles.

 The Holidays are fast approaching. If you are like me, then you start wrapping up your Christmas gifts as early as August. I went on Pinterest to look for affordable gifts for the family. As a newlywed, I thought it will be cool to make photo coasters with our wedding pictures and give to family members ( if you're one of my family members, you will be one of these as a gift).

These are what I used:

·       Brush

·       4*4 photo from Wal-Mart or any other store that prints pictures

·       4 * 4 tiles from your local hardware store or HERE

·       Ribbon

·       Mod Podge from your local craft store or HERE

·       Clear Acrylic Sealer from your local craft store or HERE,

·       Scissors

·       Felt (not shown in the picture).

Coat a thin layer of Mod Podge, center pictures, and let dry for 15-20 minutes. Repeat another layer, and let dry for another 15-20 minutes. Lightly spray with sealer and leave to dry completely.

Cut 4*4 felt. Apply some glue to the back of tile, then center cut felt sheet to the back of the tie and leave to dry.

When completely dried, tie with ribbon and viola!