DIY Life

As I have said many times before; almost everything has more than one use, and I believe it is our duty as inhabitants of this planet to recycle as many items as possible, sometimes reusing the same item over and over again.

Plastic soda and water bottles are items that can be reused. Join me after the break, as I give you a list of things that you can reuse plastic bottles for, which I found over at Green Home.

There is nothing so lovely and relaxing as soaking in the bathtub after a long day. A bath helps to ease away stress; loosen tired, achy, knotted muscles; and is just an excellent way to get some time for yourself. I very rarely get to take a bath, as a shower is all I have time for these days, but when I do get to take one, I love to fill the bathtub with wonderful smelling bubble bath.

If you like to take a bath too, then check out this awesome post I found on TipNut.com. The author gives you lots of recipes on how to make your own homemade herbal bath bags.

To make the herbal bath bag, first, make a bag that will hold about 1/4 to 1/2 cup of your favorite herbal bath recipe, and then fill the bag with the herbs. Tie the bag tightly so that no herbs can try to make a getaway, hang it on the water spout, and let the water run down the bag. Another method is to steep the bag for 20 minutes in pre-boiled water, and then put the entire contents of the pan: hot water and steeped herbal bag, into your bath water.

The author gives you many great herbal recipes to make your herbal bags. Dried lavender, rose petals, sage, basil, and oatmeal are all ingredients that you can use to make your herbal bath bags. I am wondering though, what do you do with the contents of the bag after you are done taking your bath? Maybe, just maybe, you could follow Maureen's advice and make your own potpourri.

Potpourri, sometimes pretty, sometimes smells good, sometimes smells awful. Often time the color you want smells awful and the smell you like is the color of Aunt Mabel's bathroom (shudder). Another puzzling thing about it is that it costs much more than you want to spend for something you only half like.

You would like to make your own but have no idea how. TipNut has a very informative tutorial to help you make your own potpourri. In it they include information on what ingredients do what, what types of fragrance to use and two different ways to make your potpourri. They even have a pronunciation key to be sure you say potpourri correctly. (It's Poe–Poo–Ree by the way.)

Making your own potpourri can assure that you get a fragrance and a color you like in the strength you like. No Aunt Mabel bathroom comparisons or good colors but bad smells. While I can't say that this will cost less you can be more comfortable spending the money knowing you will love the end result.