Laundry detergent update

So, I've been using the homemade laundry detergent for about a week now. My clothes are nice and clean, I'm pretty happy with it. The only issue is that it seems to re-solidify in the bottle. I have to shake it really hard before I try to pour it out, and then it sill comes out in big lumps. For the next batch, I think I'll try to get my hands on some fels naptha soap and make powdered detergent.

So much laundry . . .

I decided to try making my own laundry detergent after finding this article http://natural-products.suite101.com/article.cfm/washing_clothes_for_pennies . For less than $1, I made enough detergent to do over 100 loads of laundry. Woohoo! It was really easy to do, and seems to work pretty well. I added a little sweet orange essential oil, but there's really not much of a scent to it. The only drawback is that after the mixture cooled it resembled a thick layer of soap Jell-o, which then had to be mixed in with the water underneath it. Kind of like the texture of cold gravy. On the upside, I filled all the empty detergent bottles in my house with my homemade detergent and won't have to make more for 2 or 3 months.

I also made some homemade dish detergent (the kind for the dishwasher) which is just equal amounts of washing soda and borax.

TAG!

I have been tagged by Renee of http://candysticklane.blogspot.com/ !

Here are the rules:
1. List seven random facts/habits about yourself
2. Choose another SEVEN bloggers to tag and list their names in your blog
3. Leave your seven tagged bloggers comments to notfiy them of their tagging and to direct them to your blog for tag instructions.

7 facts/habits about me... they sure are RANDOM!

1. I am terrified of myspace. Yup, it's true.

2. I love cheese, a lot.

3. I went to Bradford College, which closed down and left me stranded during my junior year. I say that I am an art school drop out, but really the school dropped out on me. It's okay, what was I going to do with an art degree anyway? Probably this.

4. I am totally incapable of romance. I understand and appreciate it, but in my real life it just doesn't work out.

5. I just celebrated my third wedding anniversary.

6. My theory of color coordinating is that if you put a whole lot of colors together, they will all match.

7. I almost always dress in blue. When I do wear another color, I unintentionally dress my daughter in the same color.

I'm married to a cowboy, great.

So, this is my husband. I'd call him my "DH", but honestly, look at him. Also, I find that a bit annoying, is it that much effort to type the entire word? It's only 7 letters! I was trying to upload a pic of this awesome mustache guy:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=6591149

but I can't get it to work, so instead you get my husband. He will be so pleased that this is on my blog for anyone to see. Ha!

Holy crap!

So, I went up into my attic over the weekend because I thought that I had a few unfinished paintings up there. There were over 20! Holy crap. It's so bizarre to look at them now and not remember what I was thinking when I painted them. I'm more motivated to paint now than I have been in years. YAY! I took a few paintings to a little craft fair recently and got a pretty good response to them (although none sold). I haven't actually taken any in the past. It's a start, I guess. I'll post more as I work on them.

crafting wasn't always so easy

Check out this old Workbasket magazine article, it's from 1969. Even funnier than the craft projects are the ads. Are we really lucky to have all the great craft stores we have now? People used to be so much more resourceful!

blogging is wierd

So, I feel like I'm just talking to myself here, I'm obviously new to the whole blogging thing and I just feel like I am babbling on, no one is listening . . . oh wait, that's how I feel all the time anyway. So, my newest tee is so cute and not just because my super cute baby is wearing it. The poor kid has no idea what her shirt says! There's a skull and crossbones on the back. I really do rock. If you'd like your little one to tell the world how cool you are, you can have one too.

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=6401134