I have been using my microfiber cloths for well over a year now, but I still missed having a roll of paper towels. It was always handy having a roll in my cute little paper towel holder! After browsing through Pinterest (of course, pinterest is always a pot full of great ideas!) I accidentally came across the most GENIUS idea! The UN-Paper Towel! There were a couple of different shops that I could purchase these from, but they were roughly all the same price. There was one shop that stood out as far as color choices and design, A Tailored Home. I was super excited to order myself (yes, this is not a review for something that I received free…I haven't gotten that far into blogging to get sweet free stuff yet, lol) a set of these Un-Paper Towels for our kitchen! Laura@A Tailored Home even sent a free gift with them, these adorably cute (and very functional) cloth sponges! They matched my un-paper towels too! Continue reading “The Un-Paper Towel, A Tailored Home Review”
Make Your Own Natural Citrus Softscrub For Your Sinks, Tubs, and Toilets!
I have a “friend” with a bathtub that is so gross, they didn't even want their name to be revealed out of embarrassment, but they did want me to find a great way to clean their bathtub (and sinks, toilets, etc.). I knew that they were looking for a soft scrub, so I got to work finding a recipe that would help to clean up all of the nastiness that was caked on the bathtub's floor. After a preliminary search of the internet, I found pretty much the same recipes everywhere that I went, and all of them combined both vinegar AND castile soap, and as I have been learning (from Lisa Bronner's blog), that is a big no-no. Continue reading “Make Your Own Natural Citrus Softscrub For Your Sinks, Tubs, and Toilets!”
Have the SOFTEST Laundry Ever By Adding Homemade Softener Crystals to Your Wash
I keep seeing commercials for the new Downy fabric softener crystals and mention of the Purex softener crystals in blogs that I read through. You know that I will not use those in my house because of all of the cancer and allergen causing chemicals that those products are laden with, but I still was on the lookout to better my laundry soap recipe with something natural that works along the lines of what those products claim to do. Continue reading “Have the SOFTEST Laundry Ever By Adding Homemade Softener Crystals to Your Wash”
Make Your Own Holiday Gifts: Peppermint Laundry Soap in a Jar
Yep. I know it sounds crazy, but it's the gift that keeps on giving. Not only do you KNOW without a shadow of a doubt, that everyone needs laundry soap, you are giving them MUCH better homemade soap that is good for the environment and not toxic to you. Not only that, you can give them a little tag with the recipe on it, so that they can continue to make the soap long after they have used up your gift. Like I said, it's the gift that keeps on giving! Continue reading “Make Your Own Holiday Gifts: Peppermint Laundry Soap in a Jar”
Kill Germs & Boost Immunities With Medicine Woman Essential Oil Blend - a DIY Anti-Germ/Immune Essential Oil Blend
My goal this winter is to keep my family free of sickness. Honestly, I know just how epic that kind of statement is, and that I have slim chances of accomplishing this goal 100%, but I am serious about trying everything that I can, to keep my family healthy and happy all the way through the winter. To do this, I am going to have to battle with my best foot forward. My secret weapon this year is my DIY “Thieves” oil alternative! This stuff is so amazing, i just couldn't wait to tell you guys about it! The story that goes along with it, is even more amazing. Continue reading “Kill Germs & Boost Immunities With Medicine Woman Essential Oil Blend - a DIY Anti-Germ/Immune Essential Oil Blend”
Make Your Own Non-Toxic Baby Wipes
I have been using the yellow microfiber cloths to wipe Syfy's bum, but I hadn't yet made a baby wipe solution. I had only just been wetting the cloth with water and that was it. Finally, I decided I could do more with my baby wipe situation. I remembered that I had an old Pampers wipes container and decided to use that as my baby wipe container. I took four of my yellow microfiber cloths and cut them into four equal-sized pieces so that they would fit in the container.The coconut oil in this recipe can be substituted for almost any kind of organic oil. (olive, almond, coconut, etc. Coconut is actually a great choice because it can be used as a diaper rash ointment as well.) Continue reading “Make Your Own Non-Toxic Baby Wipes”
Make Your Own All Natural Dish Soap
After our dishwasher broke, we waited for a month for the maintenance crew to actually fix it. Long story short, it's been 2 months and no one has come to fix our broken dishwasher. That's ok! The hippy husband suggested that we wash our dishes by hand for a few months and see the difference it makes on our electricity bill! (You gotta love a husband who so willingly follows in the quest of living a more sustainable lifestyle!) After I finally ran out of the Dawn dish soap that I had been finishing up, I needed a new dish soap that I could make just like all of the other cleaning products in my house. At first I tried only using castile soap as my dish soap but I needed something to cut the grease. The first recipe I tried combined castile soap with lemon juice and vinegar, but I eventually realized that the reason that the solution curdled so often was because I was mixing castile soap (a base) with vinegar and lemon (an acid) which was advised against by Dr. Broner's themselves because the acid/base chemical reaction makes the soap de-saponify causing it to no longer be soap and render it useless as far as cleaning. Continue reading “Make Your Own All Natural Dish Soap”
Going Green With Your Pets (They’re part of your family, so why not?)
If you are anything like me, you just love animals of all shapes and sizes. I have pretty much had every kind of pet that you can think of (except a bird as I have a fear of them thanks to Daphne Du Maurier and Alfred Hitchcock.). I have had the normal; dogs, cats, and fish. I have had the “small animal”; hamsters, gerbils, rats, guinea pigs, and mice. I have even had the exotic; ferrets, lizards, frogs, salamanders, and (my personal favorite) snakes. In fact, I love snakes so much that even as a child I adored them. When I was about 10 or 11 (this was when I was in 4th or 5th grade in MN) Easter was coming up, and I wanted to do something special for my mom. I knew that the baby garter snakes were out in full force and thought my mom would just LOVE to have a bunch of them as her own pet. Continue reading “Going Green With Your Pets (They're part of your family, so why not?)”
Green Cleaning in the Bathroom
What is considered to be one of the grossest rooms in the house? I am pretty sure every one of you said the BATHROOM! Going green in the bathroom is not that hard to do. Switching out a few things can help reduce your footprint greatly! There are tons of natural cleaners that work wonders in the bathroom as well! By now, I am starting to realize just how AMAZING vinegar around the house is. It most certainly is going to do some powerhouse cleaning in my bathroom too. When we first started cleaning with vinegar, I wasn't really into the smell that went with it. Continue reading “Green Cleaning in the Bathroom”
Going Green With Your Laundry
Everyone has laundry to do. Some people do their own, while others do the whole household's laundry. I am fortunate to have a Husband that does his own laundry. I do the household, Silas, and my own laundry. It is so nice not to have to worry about an extra person's laundry! Continue reading “Going Green With Your Laundry”