If I were Martha Stewart, I might say “Paper towels are a good thing”. While I’m most certainly NOT as creative/able to cook/organized as Martha, I do agree.  The use disposable items has greatly reduced disease and sickness.  It’s also eased the workloads of many women. However, disposable products have also raised expenses, increased waste and added one more stop at the grocery store (plus one more item to load and unload). Just how bad is it? I tried to research the {Read More}

We made liquid Tide this morning in our Couponing for the Kingdom Bible study .  It seemed that nearly everyone had thought about making their own detergent before, but had never done it.  Most everyone was surprised by the consistency of the finished detergent (and agreed that most young children would love to help with the flubber). We talked about how like any detergent you use, you may need to use more to get your clothes clean, or you may {Read More}

My current 4 week frugal challenge is to make your own laundry detergent and give it a try. (for more than just one or two loads)  The cost to buy the base ingredients is around $10, but you will be able to make 7 or 8 batches of detergent from them. The laundry bar will cost about $1 and if you choose to use your favorite brand name (premade) detergent you’ll need about 1/4  of a 32 load bottle. You’ve got my personal recipe {Read More}

It’s time for a new frugal challenge.  For the next 4 weeks I want to challenge you to make and use your own laundry detergent.  I am a Tide girl, and I now make my own- so there’s proof that it’s good quality stuff!  You can make the equivalent of 300 oz of detergent in about an hour’s time for less than $2!  The cost to make this size batch like Tide is about $5.50 (compared to $40 to buy {Read More}