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If you have someone on your gift list who loves a nice relaxing bath, then this is the stocking stuffer gift for them - a reusable bath salts tea bag!
No more floaties in your bath, the bath salts tea bag keeps them all, while allowing the goodness to seep, or should that be steep, into your bath.
You will need a muslin or calico bag. I found a pack of three at a local $2 shop for $2 - so around 66 cents each.
The bags were plain. That's a bit boring so one has had the front embellished with iron vinyl. I found a bath type design I liked, transferred the SVG to the Brother Scan and Cut and let the machine work it's magic.
When it was finished, the vinyl was applied to the front of the bag with my Cricut Mini Press.
No more floaties in your bath, the bath salts tea bag keeps them all, while allowing the goodness to seep, or should that be steep, into your bath.
You will need a muslin or calico bag. I found a pack of three at a local $2 shop for $2 - so around 66 cents each.
The bags were plain. That's a bit boring so one has had the front embellished with iron vinyl. I found a bath type design I liked, transferred the SVG to the Brother Scan and Cut and let the machine work it's magic.
When it was finished, the vinyl was applied to the front of the bag with my Cricut Mini Press.
Another option was to stamp the front of the bag with a design. I chose flowers, because I have a lot of floral type stamps.
To do this I used StazOn Jet Black ink. StazOn is permanent. Whatever you stamp with it, it's there for the long haul. It's great for stamping on cellophane bags and acetate, plastic, laminated sheets, metal, glass and most other non-porous surfaces. They're also great for stamping outlines you want to colour with watercolours
StazOn isn't recommended for stamping on fabric, but I have done it in the past quite successfully. Just to let you know, if you're interested, StazOn stamp pads are available from my Stampin' Up store for $17.50.
To do this I used StazOn Jet Black ink. StazOn is permanent. Whatever you stamp with it, it's there for the long haul. It's great for stamping on cellophane bags and acetate, plastic, laminated sheets, metal, glass and most other non-porous surfaces. They're also great for stamping outlines you want to colour with watercolours
StazOn isn't recommended for stamping on fabric, but I have done it in the past quite successfully. Just to let you know, if you're interested, StazOn stamp pads are available from my Stampin' Up store for $17.50.
The other little bag I decorated with stamps too, but I spelt out "Bath Salts" in StazOn Teal Blue (unfortunately this colour isn't available through my Stampin' Up store, there is a lovely saddle brown though, perfect for that vintage or antique look). I used the Classic Letters stamp set, available from my Stampin' Up store. I have used this particular stamp set for so many projects over the last few months, it's been such a time saver.
And you'll need baths salts.
You can mix your own, or you can buy them and package them in the bag.
This is a lovely bath salts recipe, that uses pretty much everyday kitchen or household ingredients, and it's inexpensive. I found the original recipe online and switched it up to suit my taste. It is forgiving, so if you like a particular scent, use that.
Or choose the fragrance to suit the bath i.e. lavender and eucalyptus for a relaxing bath, orange, lemon and peppermint for an invigorating, wake-up bath.
Christmas Bath Salts
Ingredients:
1.5 cups Epsom salts
3/4 cup coarse sea salt (such a pink Himalayan sea salt)
1/4 cup bicarbonate soda
10 drops essential oils of your choice (I like 10 drops lavender and 10 drops eucalyptus)
Optional: 2-3 tablespoons dried flowers if they are easy to get (rosebuds and lavender heads are pretty)
Optional: 2 tablespoons almond oil or coconut oil if you like oil in your bath salts
Mix everything together in a large glass bowl. This quantity is enough for up to five delightfully scented baths.
That's it.
Store your bath salts in glass jars, or if you are going to put them in bath salt tea bags, in a ziplock bag.
Keep them cool and dry and they will stay fresh and scented up to six months.
Make a tag for your bath salts tea bag that reads
"Use 1/2 cup of bath salts tea in your bath for a wonderful soak and relaxing bath.
You can mix your own, or you can buy them and package them in the bag.
This is a lovely bath salts recipe, that uses pretty much everyday kitchen or household ingredients, and it's inexpensive. I found the original recipe online and switched it up to suit my taste. It is forgiving, so if you like a particular scent, use that.
Or choose the fragrance to suit the bath i.e. lavender and eucalyptus for a relaxing bath, orange, lemon and peppermint for an invigorating, wake-up bath.
Christmas Bath Salts
Ingredients:
1.5 cups Epsom salts
3/4 cup coarse sea salt (such a pink Himalayan sea salt)
1/4 cup bicarbonate soda
10 drops essential oils of your choice (I like 10 drops lavender and 10 drops eucalyptus)
Optional: 2-3 tablespoons dried flowers if they are easy to get (rosebuds and lavender heads are pretty)
Optional: 2 tablespoons almond oil or coconut oil if you like oil in your bath salts
Mix everything together in a large glass bowl. This quantity is enough for up to five delightfully scented baths.
That's it.
Store your bath salts in glass jars, or if you are going to put them in bath salt tea bags, in a ziplock bag.
Keep them cool and dry and they will stay fresh and scented up to six months.
Make a tag for your bath salts tea bag that reads
"Use 1/2 cup of bath salts tea in your bath for a wonderful soak and relaxing bath.
