Creations Directions (split from Gifts Thead)

[Lilith]

Split from FC's Holiday Gifts Thread

SO got any ideas how to do a particular craft or how to dye a particular product etc.... Share you ideas Directions and Such..... Casue some of us need help

To dye sand: (googled it)

1 Tablespoon liquid fabric dye or 1 teaspoon powder dye

½ cup sifted sand

3/4 cup hot water

Plastic cup or container

Mix dye with hot water. Add sand. Let soak for two hours. Sand will be at the bottom of the cup. Carefully pour off colored water. Dry sand by spreading it on newspaper or paper towels. After dry, pour sand into cup or paper plate.

Table salt, sea salt or Epsom Salt (tooken from a bath salt reciepe so i ommitted the fragrance and herb parts see full instructions here Making Herbal Bath Salts )

Dye – you can use ordinary food colouring (Moir's is a well know brand). The results are not always predictable, nor is the colouring stable if you store your salts for a long period of time. You can also purchase special soap dyes, which produce a more stable and (sometimes) professional colouring. These are however a chore to obtain and more expensive. If you intend selling your bath salts we advise you to incur the extra expense and trouble to use special soap dyes.

stir in your dye. Add it gradually, until you get the colour you desire. Be sure to stir really well. You want to ensure that the colour is even all the way through the salt crystals. Add back to the rest of the salt mixture and mix well. It’s very frustrating to pour your salts into their container, only to find the salts at the bottom of the mixing bowl still a pure white. A sure sign that you was rushing the job.

[saechalyn]

Neat, thanks Lilith!

[Lilith]

np...... I like crafts n stuff when i have time ...and i just happened to steal a few minutes here...