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Tutorials to Come

Just a little note to say that I have done a few crafty projects that I thought I’d share with you . . . sometime.  I just need to write up some tutorials.  So, you can look forward to learning how to make:

  • Baby Legwarmers (I’m still working on these, so I haven’t uploaded the pictures, yet.

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How to: Make Foaming Hand Soap like Bath & Body Works

I love these soaps from Bath and Body Works.  Not only do they smell great, but they’re soft on your hands, and it’s so much easier for Abs to wash her hands with the “bubble soap.”

I had even put them on my wish list for Christmas this year because we just ran out of the bottles in our kitchen and guest bathroom.  Then, I discovered there might be a way to make the foaming soap with regular soap and save lots of money.  Easy and super quick.

Ingredients

  • An empty bottle of Bath & Body Works Gentle Foaming Hand soap
  • Any liquid antibacterial soap (I used Bath & Body Works)

Directions

  1. Put about an inch of the liquid soap into the empty foaming bottle.
  2. Pour water into the bottle pretty slowly.
  3. Screw the lid on, and turn the bottle upside down slowly several times.  Try not to shake it up because it’ll get too soapy.  And you’re finished!

Also, you could just keep pouring a little water into your regular Bath & Body works Foamy Soap whenever it gets a low.

*In these pictures I used a creamy hand soap, which didn’t work as well as when I used a liquid hand soap.

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How to Make Baby Burp Cloths

If you have a baby like Abs, you can never have too many burp cloths.  Abs had GERD, so spitting up was a very regular event.  We literally kept two burp cloths in every room and constantly had cloths over our shoulders.

A lot of the burp cloths that you’ll find in stores are so thin and ineffective for a baby like Abs.  So, what I found worked best were cloth diapers. But they’re kinda plain, so here’s how you can dress them up.

And I am definitely a novice sewer, so know that these are so easy to make!

Items Needed

  • Sewing machine
  • Cloth Diapers.  Make sure they’re pre folded and 3-ply
  • Ribbon
  • Matching Thread and White Thread

Directions

  1. Wash the cloth diapers and iron them before you begin sewing, so that sewing the ribbon won’t cause shrinkage.
  2. Measure your ribbon for the an inch or so wider than the width of the cloth bottom and cut.
  3. Then, fold the ends of the ribbon and iron so you can sew more easily.
  4. Sew the ends of the ribbon.
  5. Sew the edges of the ribbon onto the bottom of the cloth.  
  6. Fold the burp rag like this, and you’re all done.

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