CLEAN AND GREEN Issue #32

Soak in the tub with Amy Spencer’s The Crafter Culture Handbook

By Justina Blakeney
Published: June 1st, 2007 | 12:00am

Novice and professional crafters alike will find lip-bitingly bizarre and wildly wonderful projects in Amy Spencer’s new book, The Crafter Culture Handbook (Marion Boyars).

With about 50 projects designed by red-carpet crafters, the book demonstrates with whimsical graphics and in-house photos some of the more inventive craft projects on the market today, like the Nintendo Controller Optical Mouse. Enjoy these two recipes from the chapter on “Homemade Beauty.”

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BATH FIZZIES

MATERIALS
• 2 cups baking soda
• 1 cup citric acid
• .7 ounces of oil of choice
• .25 ounces of fragrance oil
• 5 sprays of witch hazel

DIRECTIONS
1. Mix baking soda and citric acid in a bowl. Add the oils and mix. Spray with witch hazel, one spray at a time, until mixture holds together. Don’t spray too much or the citric acid will begin to fizz prematurely.
2. Fill molds of choice (soap molds or small, empty, washed-out food containers work well), packing mixture in firmly. Allow to dry a few minutes, pop out of the mold, then allow to dry for 24 hours.
3. Wrap and package as desired.

- Body Scrub Recipe by Gabreial Wyatt

BODY SCRUB

MATERIALS
• 1 cup dead sea salts
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup organic whole wheat flour
• 1/3 cup of olive oil
• 2 drops of lemon essential oil or 2 tablespoons fresh lemon zest

DIRECTIONS
1. Mix all ingredients thoroughly.
2. Apply to dampened skin in a circular motion.
Buff away dead skin cells and rejuvenate your mood with this refreshing body scrub.

-Bath Fizzies Recipe by Debbie Phillip