I just bought ten small tins online. I think I may just do all my Xmas shopping online this year. I don't feel up to dealing with crowds and fighting for deals.
I am going to make some solid fragrances for some friends. I am thinking the tins can be decked out to be super cute. I've also just thought I could use the same recipe but substitute flavors for scents and give out lip balm. I bought ten tins for now.
So now I will need to stock up on beeswax and probably buy another small tub of shea. I wonder how much (if I can get it) cheaper online? It would save me the trip to the store.
I also found out that Michael's sells soy wax but 4 lbs costs $22!! That's really pricy. Somewhere I heard that Michael's does 25% coupons every week(?!) and that their soy wax counts. But I'm kind of leery of the store brand that I've never heard of--I smelled some of their fragrances (they had oils and small wax concentrated blocks) and they did not smell good at all. So I'm thinking at least for now I'm going to stick with my supplier online.
I finished his shirt tonight. It came out ok. I think he'll like it. I feel ok about it. I'll take a picture later.
I was just brainstorming some ideas for my sister for Xmas and I thought I'd make a record in case I need to come back to it later.
I'm thinking I'm going to make her 4-5 candles in a set that are themed. The theme will be Saves the Day, one of her favorite bands. I was googling their lyrics and found a few songs I thought could translate into fragrances. I also thought I might create her one or two solid fragrances in some kind of cool little alternative looking tin that would echo these fragrances. I thought a good tag for outside of the box would be "Do You Know What I Love the Most?" as a nice little teaser.
So here's what I came up with so far:
- "Hollyhox, Forget Me Nots" (obvi a strong floral)
- "Morning in the Moonlight" (sandy beach smell + night blooming flower)
- "Rocks Tonic Juice Magic" (sounds like a fruity smell to me. the lyrics reference anger so maybe something angry and spicy like cinnamon or ... and it also references lemonade)
- "My Sweet Fracture" (fall: pumpkin, earthy, warm, caramel, something spicy again)
Obvi the packaging could be super cute and tailored to her style (polka dots, pinstripes, whatever kind of scrapbook paper I wanted to use). Smells I know she likes are tuberose and basil/sage.
I haven't looked at all for any kind of tins but I am betting I could find some really cute ones. And I really liked the recipe I used for solid fragrance. I could make it look pretty professional, I think. She might not even know it was homemade until she tried to reorder some.
Here are some tins that are cute. $.42 each. I can get the shea and beeswax for cheapz0rz.
I'm sure I could theme this stuff out to anyone I know. I know what sort of music my friends like and it would be a fun, sneaky way to surprise them with my skillz.
I'm still working on my Gob shirt for Greg. It's got Gob silhouetted on a Segway and the back will say "A trick is something a whore does for money...or candy!" I've got about half the stencil for the words cut out. . .I've been slacking. I've just been busy.
I don't know what else to make him. He wants some homemade stuff from me. I already know what I'm going to do for his storebought stuff.
