Laundry Soap
27 Sep 2010 2 Comments
in cleaning, homemaking
This might be a snore fest for some people, but I love this sort of thing! Here’s my recipe for homemade laundry soap. It is cheap and works great!
Combine the following and store in an airtight container to prevent caking {I use a clean coffee can}:
1 bar Fels Naptha soap, grated
1 cup Borax
1 cup Arm & Hammer Washing Soda
1/4 cup Oxi-Clean (optional)
Directions: Use one heaping Tbsp for a small load; use 2 heaping Tbsp for a large or heavily soiled load. I’ve found that it works best with warm or hot water, not cold.
Natural fabric softener = vinegar. Just pour a little {approximately 1/4 cup} into the fabric softener dispenser of your washing machine as you would store-bought softener. The smell totally dissipates once the laundry is dry.
Here’s a slightly different soap recipe that I found and want to try next time. Obviously it makes quite a bit more, but either recipe can be increased or decreased as long as the ratio of ingredients is the same.
3 bars pink Zote soap, grated
4 pound box Borax
4 pound box Arm & Hammer Baking Soda
4 pound box Arm & Hammer Washing Soda
1 small bucket Oxi-Clean or other oxygen cleaner
Same directions as stated above.
I’m learning how to knit!
17 Jan 2009 Leave a Comment
in homemaking, knitting
Two of my great friends came over last night to teach me how to knit. I’m pretty sure that they have both been knitting for a couple of years and I was dying to learn! It was so much fun! We definitely gossiped talked way more than we knitted but I still learned the basics. They were great teachers! Not surprising of one, because she IS a kindergarten teacher! 
The primary focus of this blog will continue to be cooking and baking, but I do intend to share my other homemaking endeavors periodically. They will *hopefully* include: gardening, canning and pickling, cleaning tips/schedules, various product (tools, gadgets, cookware, etc.) reviews, and of course, knitting!
One topic I’m not sure of including is related to my day job – interior design. Although it may be fun to share design tips and tricks with you, I am leaning towards keeping that segment of my life separate to avoid totally burning out! 
But, on the other hand, as a typical newlywed homeowner, we do plan on doing some of our own home renovations down the road and I may want to document them here. I may also want to share design tidbits that I find particularly useful along the way. So, we’ll see which way the wind blows me day-to-day.
What would you like to see featured here?
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