no pictures... yet!

well, i cant post pictures yet because i don't have anything really done yet to take pictures of!

i have been spray painting the frame of the cork board allllll day. it is almost dry!! hopefully i will be able to do the ribbon tonight. and i made the laundry detergent today! the house smells sooo good! i got the inspiration and the recipe (loosely) from pinterest. i changed it a little bit to fit our needs, but i think it will work just fine. i'm going to put the recipe here so i don't forget.

laundry detergent:

• 1 box arm and hammer washing soda
• 1 box 20 mule team borax
• 1 box arm and hammer baking soda
• one medium tub of generic brand oxyclean
• 3 bars fels naptha soap

the hardest part of the recipe was the fels naptha. literally. it was a hard brick of soap that you are supposed to grate. the edges of the soap were so sharp that they hurt my hand when i tried to grate it. and the soap was so hard that it took forever to grate! so after the first bar i got out a hammer, broke the bar into quarters, put each quarter into a ziploc bag and hammered away. it made the soap into a finer powder than grating it did so i was actually more pleased with how that came out. once that was done all i had to do was put a trash bag into an old powdered laundry detergent box and pour all the ingredients into it. i rolled the trash bag around on the floor for a few minutes to mix everything well and then i was done!

this detergent is supposedly good for sensitive skin, it is eco friendly, and it can be used in high efficiency washers. and the best part is that all the ingredients together cost me about $15.00 and only one tablespoon of the mixture is needed per load. i should be set for awhile.