My Newest Addiction

Bow making!!

When Daddy and I were away on our weekend getaway, there was a cute little "shop" in the craft area at the fairgrounds. They had the cutest bows and I had to get one for Bubba Love!

When I got home and saw how much she loved it, I immediately wanted to make her some more:)

So after dissecting the bow I bought and watching a few YouTube videos online, we headed out to get ribbon and start crafting!

So in the last few days, this is what we have:

I have a ton of ribbon left over, so I plan to make more and either gift them or sell them.

But I am thinking a blog giveaway is in order... what do you think??

Homemade Liquid Laundry Detergent

I am new to making my own detergent, but I have tried a few ways and this is the one I like the most.

It is really easy and cheap, and it makes a lot from a little.

Ingredients:

2/3 of a bar of Castile soup.

(I used the other 1/3 to make two batches of kids shampoo/wash)

1 cup of Borax

1/2 cup of Baking Soda or Baking Wash

Water

5 gallon bucket

Grate down the castile soap.

Melt it into 5 cups of simmering water.

Add three gallons of hot water to the bucket.

Add the Borax & Baking Soda to the hot water.

Once the Castile soap is fully melted, add it to the hot water mixture. 

Cover and let it sit for at least 24 hours.

This is the final product!

You use 1/2cup per load, so the batch will wash approximately 64 loads. 

Enjoy!

Homemade Children's Shampoo & Body Wash

I am picky about not only what goes into my kids but also what goes on my kids. I always pay double the price for organic body wash to insure the kids get only natural and safe ingredients on their skin. Unfortunately this is not sustainable for a frugal mommy like myself. So I went on a search to begin making my own bath products for the kids (and one day myself).

Surprisingly, there is a ton of information and recipes online, and all seem really easy. I choose this recipe because it had the least amount of ingredients and I had them on hand.

6 parts water

1 part castile soap (I used Dr. Bronner's Almond Scented)

I had an empty shampoo bottle I planned to use, so I made a 16oz batch. Using 1 3/4cups water to 1/4cup soap.

Bring the water to a boil, remove from heat and let cool for 5min. Grate the soap. Melt the soap into water and transfer into a squirt bottle.

Simple enough!!

I haven't tried it yet, but it smells super yummy and how can you really go wrong with castile soap?? Either way, I will let you know how it goes over tonight at bath time.

Oh, and for you that want to know how much this all works out to be, here is my estimate. I used 1/5th of my castile bar on one batch of shampoo. The bar was $3.49. So this bottle of shampoo cost me roughly $.70. Not bad compared to the $8 I was spending on their shampoo!