Rustic Treasures




We are a small family from Doncaster, England who have come to enjoy all things rustic, handmade and thrifty! In fact frugal living has really become a huge part of our day to day routines!

We have recently started to create items such as handmade jewellery, organic bodycare products and using logs we find from the ground to create various table decorations.

This blog has been created to show you what we have been making, our ideas, what we are up to in general and what inspires us - that little part of our life filled with rustic treasures.

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These are some of things that we produce at home, a Rosemary and Geranium scrub on the left, some handmade bath salts in the centre and on the right we have our Coffee and Vanilla body scrub.
Now I dont do exact measurements, it all depends on the jar size but here is how we make it:
Fill a jar just two thirds full of a mixture of white sugar and coarse sea salt.  Add one teaspoon of coffee to the jar and mix well so the coffee is dispersed throughout.  Now slowly pour olive oil in and mix until a paste like substance is formed.  Add a couple of drops of Vanilla essence, mix well once more and you are done.  We would add in a few drops of Vitamin E oil in as well.
Thats all there is to it.
Of course you can vary this immensly, jojoba oil is quite popular instead of olive oil.  You don’t have to go with a coarse sea salt but its fine to just use sugar, brown or white.  Instead of Vanilla essence you could use a fragrance oil or therapeutic grade essential oil.  The combinations go on and on.

These are some of things that we produce at home, a Rosemary and Geranium scrub on the left, some handmade bath salts in the centre and on the right we have our Coffee and Vanilla body scrub.

Now I dont do exact measurements, it all depends on the jar size but here is how we make it:

Fill a jar just two thirds full of a mixture of white sugar and coarse sea salt.  Add one teaspoon of coffee to the jar and mix well so the coffee is dispersed throughout.  Now slowly pour olive oil in and mix until a paste like substance is formed.  Add a couple of drops of Vanilla essence, mix well once more and you are done.  We would add in a few drops of Vitamin E oil in as well.

Thats all there is to it.


Of course you can vary this immensly, jojoba oil is quite popular instead of olive oil.  You don’t have to go with a coarse sea salt but its fine to just use sugar, brown or white.  Instead of Vanilla essence you could use a fragrance oil or therapeutic grade essential oil.  The combinations go on and on.

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