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Body Scrub & Wash Printable Labels

It's Time to Come Clean... here's my dirty clean little secret.... I've deviated from sewing and made Body Scrub and Body Wash. Get it? Come clean? Oh boy, I'm losing it. It's a perfect time to whipped up these bad boys as Mother's Day gifts, teacher's gifts, or even bachelorette gifts. They aren't my recipes, the Body Scrub recipe is from  PaulaDeen.com . And the Body Wash recipe is from  LiveStrong.com . You can visit those sites for full instructions.  But I thought I'd share with everyone the labels I designed, feel free to use. Plus bonus gift tags! Click for pdf. For personal use only, do not redistribute. If you use them and share pictures, please give credit back to FindingPinsAndNeedles.com. Thanks and enjoy! The labels fit on regular mouth half pint Ball jars . I laminated  the labels since they will be in wet areas. When you cut them out from the lamination sheet, leave a 1/4" edge and it should stay waterproof as we

Fabric Rosette Tutorial Showdown

While making  these bookmarks  for teacher appreciation week, I found I needed a tutorial for a cloth rosette. To my surprise, there are a number of rosette tutorials out there with a number of different techniques. I thought it was only appropriate that I do a showdown. {insert cheesy  showdown music } Here are the tutes, results and my reviews.  Disclaimer: I've never done a fabric rosette in my life... this is my  amateur  trial and error attempt and in no way should reflect badly on the tutorial authors! 1.  Cherry Street Cottage: Fabric Flower Tutorial : The fold, hot glue and twist version. Difficulty: Easy (depending on your hot glue skills) This process is very simple really, my only complaint with this version is fighting with the dreaded hot glue. The hot glue makes it very difficult to make this look neat and tidy with the small scale of the project. A few tips: Try and keep the hot glue dots tiny, and in the center of the fabric strip. You may