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A night to Remember
Tuesday Treasury
Tuesday Treasury
Friday Foto Follies
I was going to make a post full of garden pictures, but then I saw this and it’s just too cute not to share. Apparently it runs on compressed air?? I hope it actually gets manufactured!
new design – hooded asymmetrical tunic with contrast lining
Tuesday Treasury
Wedding Flowers
Some of you may know one of my best friends got married a couple weeks ago. Liz asked me to help her with the decorations and floral, and here’s a snippet of what resulted:
packing them up to go to the venue!
centerpiece
This one is courtesy Bonnie Heath
Friday Foto Follies
via dontcallmebetty
arnettscountrystore.com
carrotcake ice cream sandwiches
via pinterest
by lueandsue
via pinterest
DIY laundry detergent – Liquid
After much success with my powdered version of laundry soap, we moved our top loader washer to our rental and got a high efficiency front loader instead.
I was never quite certain the powder detergent was mixing properly (since you have to put it straight in the drum) so I stopped using home made, for 7th generation. Their product is great, but it’s not cheap, and when the last bottle ran out I decided to get crafty again and experiment with making a liquid soap.
The first several recipes I tried sounded fine, and when they were in the boiler, looked great. However, once they cooled off, every single one solidified back into solid soap. Frustrating!
Eventually, I figured out that I could use almost the exact recipe as before, but I needed to double the suggested water (which was 2 gallons), AND to halve the grated soap to get something that stayed liquid at least a gel at room temperature.
I’d still like to get it to an actual liquid, but I’m already at 4 gallons of water for a half bar of soap, and I feel like that’s getting a little too diluted. It works just fine at 1/4 cup per load, so I guess the consistency is not a deal breaker.
Anyone have better luck?
