Pumpkin Spice Sugar Scrub- Bridal Shower Favors

What is more fall than pumpkin? As I've said in the past, I LOVE all things pumpkin. Pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread, pumpkin air freshener... So when I was wracking my brain trying to decide what to give for my sister's bridal shower favor (that matched the adorable polka dot matchbook emery boards I bought over a year ago), I was ecstatic when the light bulb went on and I thought about making a sugar scrub.

My sister-in-law, Jamie, had just given me a case of small 4 oz mason jars- which made the perfect package for the sugar scrub. I found this website that detailed how to make a sugar scrub and created the perfect little fall favor. It took my mom about an hour to make 36 of these cute little favors. I'm super sad I didn't get one to take home, but I'll just make some for myself when I have some free time.

Total cost of this project: $33...about $1 a piece. What a great affordable favor!

Here is the recipe...

DIY Beverage Koozie Tutorial

My sister's bachelorette party was this weekend and even though I had a couple months to plan it, I decided on Wednesday that I wanted to make beer koozies for all the goodie bags (on top of making my cut out butter cookies). Too abitious? - as always.

So, Wednesday night, I started searching the internet for koozie tutorials, but was very dissapointed in the results. There were only a few tutorials and I didn't like any of the finished products.  So, I searched etsy and found a koozie that I liked. Based on the picture of the etsy koozie and one of the tutorials that I found I came up with my koozie.

The most important part of this koozie is the insul-bright fabric that is layered between the fabrics. I didn't know this fabric existed until Wednesday and I'm so excited to have found it. This keeps beverages hot or cold. The key to using this product is making sure the metalic part of the fabric faces the beverage. It will reflect the heat or cold and keep your drink well insulated.

I based the size of my koozie on a beer bottle, but there is about two inches of overlap, so if you want to make yours more versatile, you can place two rows of buttons so that you can use it for a bottle, can or as a coffee koozie.

DIY Maxi Dress Tutorial

I've seen these tutorials all over Pinterest. I followed this tutorial when I did my first dress with my friend Amy. We took out the tied sash and sewed the sash to the dress and added buttons. We also added some ruffles to the tank to add a little flair. After doing hers, I made some changes to how I'd like to make mine and I am thrilled with the results. This is a pretty easy dress and can be done in a couple hours. Pinning the tank to the skirt was a little tricky without a helper to pin it for me, but otherwise it was a piece of cake.