There was a post about homemade hand cream recently by online friend and quilting blogger (
Judy Laquidara.....check out her blog by clicking on her name...she has another book coming out....with LOTS of great borders!!!!) She said to get 16 ozs. of baby lotion, 8 ozs. of vitamin E cream, and 8 ozs. of vaseline....and it could be store brands (which cost about $1 for each of them). You then mix it all up together and get a very nice product. The picture here shows what I bought. I got baby lotion with cocoa and shea butter and I think it made mine a tiny bit greasy, but......after a few minutes, that absorbed into my skin and it feels WONDERFUL! (Next time, I'll get regular baby lotion.) For now, I just need a teensy-tiny bit and it goes a long way. For $3.50, I got solidly-packed nice-sized Rubbermaid container of cream that will last me awhile. I think I will start collecting fun jars and then make some for gifts! Thanks, Judy....for the great idea and for the nice soft, skin I have after using this! (Be sure to see the second photo below, too.)
My previous post showed my daughter's and granddaughter's reactions to the quilts I made them for Christmas. I knew I had a photo of my granddaughter sleeping that night with hers but was unable to find it. I found it now and it is below. She had to sleep on the pullout sofa in the living room that night as "her" room here was in use by someone else. She wasn't too crazy about that, but we told her we'd leave the tree lights on for the tree in that room while she went to sleep, so she took her new teddy bear and her new quilt and went very happily to bed looking at the lights on that tree. I snapped this photo a short time later when she was fast asleep and all wrapped up in her "Snack Attack" quilt!!! (She told me last night on the phone that the quilt is keeping her very cozy...which melted my heart, of course!)
