In addition to the items for the girls, I also whipped up a few products to help out mom! I am a lover of and believer in essential oils, dōTERRA being my brand of choice. They have a blog that I find so helpful when looking for natural DIY solutions, and it was through the blog that I found the recipes for a soothing salve and a diaper cream. The diaper cream recipe is so simple, all you need is coconut oil and lavender! I love using natural products on myself, and I love even more knowing exactly what goes into them - with this cream, there's no guessing!
When creating the soothing salve, I modified it from the one they created that aided in breathing, to one targeted at skin irritations. This recipe is so easy to customize! Rather than using a combination of lavender, cypress, melaleuca, frankincense, and eucalyptus, I used only lavender and frankincense. I made the same salve for my future sister-in-law to use as a nipple cream and to help heal her C-section incision; it has got to be amazing stuff because she texted me the day after I gave it to her to tell me how much relief it had provided her during her breastfeeding experiences!
Crafting and DIY my seem so trivial at times, but I just love the feeling of satisfaction I get when I have finished a project. Even more, I love knowing I may have brightened someone's day, and the look on people's faces when they are surprised and delighted to see what I have made for them makes me feel even more accomplished. It's a simple hobby, but it brings me such feelings of happiness. What activities bring you joy in your life?