Tuesday, November 29, 2011

I'm in love with...

...I mean who isn't?
What?? You don't know what Pinterest is? This website gives a pretty good run down if you want to check it out:
http://www.clumsycrafter.com/2011/11/what-is-pinterest/
I have made a few "Pinterest inspired" projects starting with breckens Lego Halloween costume (see past post). Here are a few more :)

Tomato cage Christmas trees. Simply turn a tomato cage upside down and wrap with a string of lights... Wal-la You have a cute lighted tree!

Pinterest inspired Thanksgiving cookies... Turkeys and pilgrim hats:)

And my latest....home made laundry detergent! I literally made this in like 5 minutes...so, so easy! And inexpensive too! All ingredients used cost less than $7.00 to purchase and will last a very long time, considering for one batch of detergent it calls for only 1/2 cup of each the borax and washing soda, and 1/3 bar of the fels-naphtha soap. Simple directions: shred soap, cook and melt it, add more water,mix and then let sit over night...

...the next morning it jelled up a little. So I mixed it and put it into rinsed sunny-D containers. It makes 2 gallons per batch and you use 1/2 per load of laundry (yes it's HE safe...actually better than store bought because it doesn't suds up) best part is it only costs 1¢ per load of laundry... Yes you read that right ONE cent!! I'm on my 3rd load of laundry with the home made soap and so far it's wonderful!! Thank you Pinterest!