Pros and Cons of Making Your Own Laundry Detergent

Pros and Cons of Making Your Own Laundry Detergent

Reading Time: 3 minutes Here is the follow-up for yesterday’s post.  If you’ve ever wondered about the pro’s and con’s of making your own laundry detergent, here are my  honest confessions!  I originally wrote this post back in March 2011, and the facts still stand! ————— After the birth of our second child (in 2006), money was tight.   I … Read more

Here’s How To Make a Large Batch of Homemade Laundry Detergent

Here’s How To Make a Large Batch of Homemade Laundry Detergent

Reading Time: 4 minutes Looking for a recipe for homemade laundry detergent? Good news! I have a tried-and-true recipe for the best laundry soap. Just for the record, I no longer make my own laundry detergent. In fact, I haven’t done it in years. (Read the pro’s and con’s of making your own laundry soap here) I’m sharing this … Read more

Why I’m Not Paperless in the Kitchen

Why I’m Not Paperless in the Kitchen

Reading Time: 3 minutes We’re talking about natural homemaking this month at the blog- “green & clean” homemaking, which of course includes eco-friendly, frugal, crunchy stuff. Which of course includes being paperless in the kitchen.  Or not. I remember the first time I read about going “paperless in the kitchen” on someone’s blog.  I was a young mom, completely … Read more

DIY Citrus Essential Oil Kitchen Spray

DIY Citrus Essential Oil Kitchen Spray

Reading Time: 2 minutes Does anything smell as wonderful as clean? I think not. Unless maybe it’s chocolate.  Or coffee. But I’m not talking about chocolate or coffee today.  (Hope you aren’t too disappointed!) Since we’re exploring “clean and green” around the blog, I want to share with you a simple but fun way to spruce up your kitchen … Read more