Line drying

The weather is getting a little warmer and the sun is shining bright. So this is the best time to get the line hung up so I can start hanging the laundry out to dry.

I love fresh clean clothes that have been hung up on the line outside all day. Basking in the light, with the cool breeze drying them. The sun is great for getting your whites even whiter.

This is the best time to use my batch of Homemade Laundry Detergent. I hope that it keeps the clothes smelling good while hanging out in the air outside. Sometimes, living near a house that runs a nasty old water fountain makes your clothes smell like old water. But if the breeze is right my clothes are just fine.

Laundry detergent

I decided to start making my own Laundry Detergent. This way I know what's going in the detergent I am using on my clothes. No harsh chemicals, cheaper and a lot more.

This took very little time and ingredients to make.

Here is how I made it:

Homemade Laundry Detergent

2 cups Hot tap water
1/2 Fels-Napthat soap bar (grated)
1/2 cup Washing Soda (not baking soda)
1/2 cup Borax

Add grated Fels-Naptha bar soap to saucepan with 2 cups pf hot water. Stir over medium heat until soap dissolves and is melted.

Fill a 5 gallon bucket half way with hot water. Add melted soap, washing soda and borax. Stir well until all powder is dissolved. Fill bucket to top with hot water. Stir and cover. let it sit overnight to thicken.

This is how it should look when you are you uncover it the next day.

Just be sure to stir this every time you go to use it.

For top loading machines us 5/8 cup per load

For front loading machines use 1/4 cup per load

Project to finish up

I have 2 orders to fulfill and then working on another for a customer who is looking for a apron to be made with a embroidery design to match a tattoo she put on a customer. Very interesting and I love a challenge.
I hope to get both projects done, one is simple, a handkerchief with initials embroidered on and then a mother daughter set with a superwoman fabric print, really cute.
Today is very chilly, so working outside on the backyard or playing with the boys, most likely will not happen. I am still getting over with having a sinus infection and possibly strep, so no getting sick again for me.

Sorry for being MIA

I promise to come back to my blog and try and post daily.
I started my business a few months back and all of the sudden it took off. So I have been quite busy with that, remodeling my home and just being a mom. All of those take quite a bit of time up.
I will hopefully have a new post up tomorrow about the remodelind we did the past few weeks.

Christmas Decorations

I love to make decorations. I feel they represent my taste and gives my home a warm feeling.

I have learned to make quite a few things over the years and have come up with many ideas. This is the best time of the year to try something new. My head is swarming with ideas and now it's just finding the time to make them.

Here is a simple and inexpensive centerpiece for your table or counter.

Just take a big glass bowl, any shape and size is fine.

Then fill it up with different size ornaments. Any color and shape. I chose different shades of red and green in different sizes.

I use mine in the middle of the dinning room table. Great little centerpiece to add some color to the room.

Christmas Decorations and House Cleaning

I love Christmas. I love the atmosphere, the feeling, the decorations, food, family, you name it I love it.

I normally get started on pulling out the Christmas Decorations and slowly put them up. A little here and there and I have most of it done by the 1st or 2nd of December. I hope to get a real tree this year, never have had a real one. We will see. If we do I want the biggest we could fit on top of our van and get through the door. I have vaulted ceilings so a huge one would look so nice.

Here are some decorations I have made in the past. I prefer handmade over bought. I feel it adds more of a personal touch and so much fun to make.

I have decided to tackle the master bathroom. I had it really nice and clean and no clutter but I swear one thing gets left out and it multiplies like crazy. I really need to clean under the sink and get things out of there that are not needed or old and organize what I have so it is easier to find and use.

Happy Thanksgiving

I want to wish all my friends and family a Happy Thanksgiving.


This year like many of the other years we will spend Thanksgiving without Chris. As much as we would love him here with us, this makes it possible for him to be home Christmas. So if I had to choose I rather it be this way and him be home to celebrate Christmas as a family.


I have the Brown Sugar Glazed Sweet Potatoes cooking as I write this, this is my contribution to the family dinner we have every year at my parents home. (We do Christmas here) So as soon as I am done with that we will be on our way there to spend this day with family.


Stay safe and enjoy this special day with the people who mean the most to you.