Getting some crafty urges

So right now I really ought to be doing some work. I am on teaching practicum and really...I should be prepping for my lesson tomorrow and planning the rest of my lessons for next week. I just can't be bothered with it all right now, though, and every good procrastinator knows that you should never do now what you can put off until later.

So instead of doing what I ought, I am excitedly browsing the genius over at http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/ for amazing crafty/eco/just plain awesome ideas. The problem with this is, of course, that now I want to run out and do something crafty--which I have neither time nor money for right now!

Recently I made lip balm from scratch. I played with the recipe located here, but I tried using extracts instead of oils. I don't recommend this to anyone--the extract doesn't mix with the wax and oil and instead sits in a big fat bubble in one part of the balm. That said, other than my little indescreptancy, the balm worked out pretty well! I used almond oil for this one, but you could easily supplement another oil in its place.

One of the beeswax lipbalms I made. I just put it in an old, cleaned out container. My sister loves it.

A lot of the recipes I have found for lip balms have called for petroleum jelly. I realize what vaseline is and all, but does it not bother anyone else that you are putting something with the word "petroleum" in it right on your LIPS? I find that a little disturbing, myself. I stick to beeswax right now, although I am looking into some soy wax also.

In other news, I finally turned on heat in my room (I know, central Ontario, nearing the end of November, I know). I have been trying to avoid turning it on because I have only old baseboard heating in my apartment and I just know it is going to skyrocket my hydro bill once I turn it on. I also wanted to cover all my drafty old windows before I gave in to the cold. BUT, I came across a small oil-filled heater on sale at Canadian Tire and decided it might be worth the investment. Was it ever! I couldn't beleive how warm my room was, even for such a small heater, and it is supposed to be much more energy efficient (efficient in general) than the baseboard heating.

My little heater in my room! Isn't it cute?

Yes, the rest of my apartment is still unheated. (BUT I am the upstairs apartment, and we all know heat travels up. This probably explains why I don't have hypothermia yet.)