Friday, April 27, 2012

DIY Cleaning products

I am very new to making my own cleaning products and I want to say that I wish I had this knowledge years ago.  You can pretty much find a recipe for anything online now. I can't give you all of them but I am sure you can find what you are looking for within a few links.

I now clean my house with very few household items.

#1 Bathroom is cleaned with baking soda and vinegar.

#2 I clean my kithen with a product I make.  Cut up lemons or oranges and place in a large jar, fill jar with vinegar. Let sit for a few weeks and then strain and filter into a spray bottle. Fill half way add water. I use this to clean my kitchen sink and counters.

I will continue to post different things but you can also look online I saw a really nice recipe for lemon dusting cloths and for homemade terro to get rid of ants.  Enjoy!

Friday, April 6, 2012

Dying wool

I have the felting bug and can't stop. I have some beautiful wool and wanted to make different colors.

Through a trial and error process I can now make my own colors using food coloring. I am starting off with this but would like to eventually learn how to dye with natural material. By the way I also have a love for canning jars. Those things can be used for everything, and they are not plastic, yeah!

First I fill a canning jar with hot hot water and I put about a tablespoon of vinegar in it.  I put the wool in the jar and let it sit for 20 minutes.



Second I fill another jar with hot water, a little vinegar and food coloring. Sometimes I mix colors and wait to get a surprise. I put the wool in this jar from the first jar and let it sit for 20 minutes.


Third, I take it out and let it dry on a towel.  Thats it!