Christmas door wreaths

Hello, 

It's not long till Christmas now, so I've been making the house look a little Christmas. It all starts on the welcome into the house so something on the door is a must!

This year I wanted a traditional door wreath, however as I never make one just for myself I had three to make. 

For my Nan's front door.

Mine, a touch of red and gold. 

And I haven't got a photo of the last one, but it was for my neighbour. 

I like making these as they are pretty extra to add a touch of Christmas.

Love Lolly

xoxo

A few new books

Hey,

 I just wanted to share with you some new books that I picked up from a charity shop while I was Christmas shopping. I had done well getting many Christmas presents so with three of these books priced at £1 each and one at £1.50 I knew I could treat myself with these.

They are all by well known authors and ones I would of brought anyway, so these are a great bargain!! I already have a few books by these authors so looking forward to reading these.

I'll let you know my reviews of them when I get a chance to read them soon.

Love Lolly

xoxo

Homemade bath bombs

Hey,

I've been busy getting stuff ready for Christmas which includes making Christmas presents this year! I've been searching many different ideas for my friends when I came across bath bomb recipe's so I thought I'd give them a go. 

You will need:

1/2 cup powered Citric Acid 

1 cup of Baking Soda

3/4 cup of Cornstarch

1/4 cup of Cane Sugar

Food colouring

Essential Oils

Water 

Large bowl

Muffin tin (or any molds, can be different shapes) 

Spray bottle 

Step one

Mix in a large bowl, powered Citric acid, Baking soda, and cornstarch.

Step two

When mixed well, add in the Cane Sugar and mix well.

Step three

Mix the your choice of food colouring with your choice of Essential oils and add a little water into a spray bottle. Add bit by bit to the mixture. Mix well as you add, the mixture should start to come together. I found the best way was to use my hands to make sure the mixture stick together. The mixture should be lightly wet so it molds together but not fizzing or you will have to start again. 

Step four

When the mixture starts to stick together add to your molds, use a lot of pressure to compact the mixture, to prevent cracking. 

Step five

Leave the mixture in the molds for up to 24 hours until the mixture as set in the shape. It's best to do this in a dry place. Then carefully remove from the mold and store in an air tight container.

Here's a picture of mine that I made:

I brought the cute little jars from a pound shop and added Christmas ribbon. 

Over all I think this makes a pretty present! 

Now I must warn you the first time I tried to make these I added too much water and food colouring to the mixture so it started to fizz, so when I added it to the mold sit just kept fizzing. I thought it might settle down, so I left it lover night.... However it turned out to be a bigger mess and just fizzed everywhere!!! 

Therefore the second time I didn't add as much water and food colouring, so they were still powdery, over night they still didn't set, so I put it all back in a bowl and added more water and food colouring slowly. In the end I had the perfect mix, this does take some trial and errors to get the right mix. Just give it a go.

Enjoy,

Love Lolly

xoxo