Sunday, July 18, 2010

What's cooking in Jeny's kitchen...


If you guessed homemade laundry soap, you'd be correct! I'd been contemplating trying it out for a couple weeks now and since we were dangerously close to running out of detergent I figured ready or not, it was gonna happen. There are lots of recipes out there but the one I used I found on another blog: Raising Olives.


Although the begining was a little scary,



(You'll notice that the pretty red pickle bucket is absent from subsequent photos. This is due to the fact that since it is a $2 pickle bucket it smelled....well, like a $2 pickle bucket. Should have thought that through a little better...oh and don't worry, the garbage can was cleaned out REALLY well!)

It ended up being a lot easier than I thought it would be. Even Mackenzie and DJ got involved,


Although DJ got a little TOO involved!



Luckily I had a couple empty detergent bottles floating around but ended up using anything that I could find with a lid! The finished product looks good and the test batch of laundry is rinsing as I post this. I'll let you know how well it works. Feel free to share any helpful suggestions that you have.



~Jeny

2 comments:

  1. Worked pretty well so far. Nobody has complained yet that I stink :-)
    It makes the clothes smell really "fresh". Since it doesn't have a scent it just smells clean. You'll have to try it. I have extra :)

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