[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]I wanted something special for my mom this year. Times have been tuff the past few years and I don’t always have the funds I would like to give my mom the gifts I think she deserves. So what is one thing that is always in my control? The time and effort I put in to it. So, I decided to make her the relaxing foot spa retreat that I could not afford to send her to at a fancy spa. I came up with the theme of a Beach Spa Basket. The reason I chose this was not just the time of year I made it in summer.
We have been making sure to having lots of special moments together as a family this year, the kind that make up the good life. Since budget is a challenge and our family loves to be outside, we have been spending a lot of time at the beach. At each of those mini day trips, to Ft. Lauderdale, Dania, Sanibel, Captiva and the Keys (OMG I love living in Fl.) me, my mom and my son Tristan, collected seashells. Sorry to my Northerner readers if I just made you green with envy (ps. I am totally a Yank; I am originally a ‘Mainiac’ (Born in Maine)). So I thought what better way then to represent the wonderful times we have had together this year, then to tie in the beach theme and use some of the very shells we collected along the beautiful shores of Florida.
What you ask is in our Ultimate Beach Theme Foot Spa Basket? Well let me tell you, a variety of home made and natural foot spa essentials like, antibacterial foot salt scrub, a hydrating milk footbath, and creamy Shea and coconut butter. All our beach foot spa basket spa products are done in the yummy fun beachy scent of Mojito with the therapy grade essential oils, lime and peppermint and natural coconut oil bases for the ‘coconut rum’ scent. The set also includes, personally designed beach/shell designed bottles and jars for our spa essentials, a seashell frame, beach jeweled relaxing candle, and beachy spa flip-flop slippers. Also a beach seashell wide brim hat (which MiMi, my mom, made herself after I gave her this gift, from the little hat I put in the pack, she was inspired 😉 so we added it, now it matches). I had to give her the gift a bit early so we could pack what we wanted for our retreat. We went to Sanibel again for my son Tristan’s third birthday (he loves the beach) and a Mother’s Day celebration wrapped into one, but this time we stayed a few days at the Sundial Beach Resort. We enjoyed the spa gifts at our hotel and collect some more shells.
What is another spa themed kit you would like to see us put together for EGL? Please share below.
Until next time, enjoy the good life,
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Tips and Tricks
For putting together a beautiful Spa Gift Set that looks like you payed hundreds of dollars for a lot less, search out for cheap but pretty glass bottles (I found these at the Dollar Tree, including the candle and holder), then buy some pretty ribbons to decorate and either collect your own shells, free, and has more meaning, or buy them as well at the Dollar Tree. I got my ribbons half off at Micheals, which you can get similar ribbon even cheaper at Wal-mart, I just liked the lace and roughed edges on this particular ribbon. I also got the shell bottle and the frame at Micheals for half off, and I decorated them to the theme as well. This was a way to personalize my Mom’s gift even more using shells we collected on our trips and placing in a picture from one of those trips in the frame. Here we are below in Sanibel on our Mother’s Day retreat enjoying our flip-flops and hats.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”478″ style=”vc_box_border_circle” border_color=”white” img_link_target=”_self” img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text][vc_gallery type=”nivo” interval=”3″ images=”481,482,483,484,485,486,487,491,492″ onclick=”link_image” custom_links_target=”_self” img_size=”full”][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]
What is in it?
Here are some of the featured Items in the Ultimate Beach Foot Spa Gift Set.
- Mojito Anti-fungal Salt Foot Scrub
- Mojito Hydrating Milk Foot-bath
- Mojito Creamy Shea and Coconut Butter
- Beach Bejeweled Candle
- Shell Frame
- Beach Sea Shell Bottle
- Beach Spa Flip-Flops
- Beach Shell Hat
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