The Dukes of Hansen: 2013

Friday, June 7, 2013

Some Summer Recipes

So, lately I've been trying to focus a little more on living greener, and I stumbled across some recipes that I thought I'd share with everyone. There's one for sunblock and just a general lotion. I've made both and LOVE them. Kelt just spent the whole afternoon out at Sand Hollow and said the sunblock worked great! Anyway, here's the links:

for the sunblock...
http://www.healthstartsinthekitchen.com/2012/12/22/make-your-own-spf-with-coconut-oil/

for the lotion...
http://holisticsquid.com/whipped-body-butter-homemade-lotion/

I'm really enthusiastic about these because, as we know, lotions are full of refined and carcenogenic ingredients. And I recently heard that some of the chemicals used in commercial sunscreens will do your body more harm than plain sunlight. I ordered the products they reccomended since they seemed to be of average price for that market, and everything came really quickly.

Anyhow, hope everyone is having a happy summer!

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Hansen Family Market

So, I'm sure some of you remember this:

I however, remember it more like this:

anyway, here it is now!

We made ourselves a little market! I used mdf for a shelf and dowels for the canopy. I also replaced the bins with clear ones because I wanted it to have a clean look...

I mod podge'd this wood grain on the top of the counter for a little added durability. (Also, the conveyor belt, calculator, microphone, and scale on this little register actually work!)