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Basket of Love

Present this valentine basket of pretty soaps and bottled bath salts to warm a special heart.

From the magazine, Simply Handmade Fall 2002

What You Need:

Bath salts in two colors and scents
2 glass bottles with cork stoppers
6-millimeter silver alphabet letter-block beads
Crafts wire
Wire cutters
Assorted glass beads
Lavender acrylic paint
Paintbrush
1 small wooden scoop
Hand towel
Wicker basket
Decorative soaps

Instructions:

1. Pour bath salts into the glass bottles. Place corks in the bottles. String silver letter-block beads on two lengths of crafts wire, alternating glass beads with the silver beads. Our letter beads spell "LOVE" and "PEACE." Hang a beaded wire around the neck of each bottle. 2. Apply lavender acrylic paint on a small wooden scoop. Let the paint dry; then wire it to one bottle. Line a wicker basket with a hand towel and fill the basket with the bath salts and decorative soaps.

More Ideas:

Add scented candles, chocolates, and a romance novel to your gift basket.
Tuck in a gift certificate for a pampering massage or a pedicure.