Make your own Laundry Soap!

Liquid Detergent:


What you'll need:

• Box of Borax Natural Laundry Boost
• Box of Arm & Hammer Washing Soda
• 1 bar of soap, preferably a stain removing laundry soap but soaps like Dove or Ivory will work
• Scented oil of your choice (optional)
• 1 gallon container with a lid (ex. milk jug)
• Funnel

Instructions:
**Note: This will make 1 gallon (32 Loads)

1. Cut off a fifth of soap and grate with a cheese grater (the 4/5 of soap will not be used).
2. Put the grated soap in a sauce pan with 2 cups water. Heat until soap melts.
3. Add 1/4 cup Washing Soda and 1/4 cup Borax. Stir until dissolved. Remove from heat.
4. Pour 3 1/4 cups of hot water into container with funnel. Add soap mixture and stir. Add 11 1/4 cups of hot water and stir. Add 1/2 tsp. scented oil (you can add more or less depending on your preference).
5. Let sit for 24 hours until thickened and gel like. Be sure to shake every so often


Shake your bottle well before each use. Use 1/2 cup of detergent for large loads.


Dry Detergent:


What you will need:

• Box of Borax Natural Laundry Boost
• Box of Arm & Hammer Washing Soda
• 2 bar of soap, preferably a stain removing laundry soap but soaps like Dove or Ivory will work
• Container with a lid (can hold 4 cups or more)

Instructions:

1. Grate 2 bars soap and add to storage container.

2. Add 1 cup of Borax with 1 cup of Washing Soda in storage container. You can dump the soap mixture into a food processor with the blade attached to grate down into smaller pieces which is better for front loading washing machines. You can also add 1 cup of oxygen cleaner to add extra stain fighting to your detergent.

3. Make sure all powders and soap are mixed together well.

Use 1 Tbsp. for small loads and 2 Tbsp. for large loads. Makes 32 loads.

To watch how I made my detergent check out my video here:

♥ Mrs. Suzie

Featured: SteffaneB

If you like cheap, vintage inspired clothing you will like this!

Today I am featuring SteffaneB on how to make a cute and inexpensive dress. There are two parts to this video and make sure that you have all of your materials before starting the process. The materials are listed in the video.

Part One

Part Two

Please comment below if you like this feed so that I can keep posting other videos from this youtube-er. 

♥ Mrs. Suzie

White Chicken Chili

This spicy chili is a good way to say good-bye to the Winter and hello to Spring!

Ingredients

• 2 cans of Pinto Beans (15.5 oz cans)
• 2 cans of Navy Beans (15.5 oz cans)
• 4 fresh Anaheim chilies (about 1/2 pound)
• 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter
• 1 large onions, chopped
• 1/3 cup all purpose flour
• 4 cups low-salt chicken broth
• 3 cups half and half
• 4 cups shredded cooked chicken (precooked; about a whole chicken)
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 1 tablespoon ground cumin
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 1/2 cups grated Monterey Jack cheese
• 1 cup sour cream

Preparation

• Drain and wash beans in a colander. 
• Put chilies on a cookie sheet in an oven set to broil until blackened on all sides. When done, put the chiles in paper bag and close; let stand 10 minutes. Peel, seed, and chop chilies. Set aside.
• Melt butter in large pot over medium heat. Add onions and sauté until tender. Add flour and stir 5 minutes (do not brown). Gradually stir in chicken broth and half and half. Simmer gently until thickened, about 10 minutes. Add roasted chilies, shredded chicken, and next 5 ingredients. Simmer gently to blend flavors, about 20 minutes. 
• Add grated cheese and sour cream to chili; stir just until chili is heated through and cheese melts (do not boil).
• Serve :)

Happy Chili Making!

♥ Mrs. Suzie

How to make potholders

What you need:

• Old sheet or about 2 yards of fabric
• A piece of paper or newspaper to make template
• Sewing machine or needle and thread
• Scissors
• Thread
• Coordinating Bias Tape

Directions:

• Trace a circle on your paper with a diameter of 7 inches and cut out.
• Use this template to cut out 5 circles of fabric for every potholder, for example, if you wanted 4 potholders you would cut out 20 circles. Tedious I know, but if you layer the fabric and then cut out the circles it subtracts a lot of time, just make sure you are cutting out good circles.

• Pile the 5 circles on top of each other with the one’s of the outer sides faced right side out. This is what the potholder looks like without being sewn together so make sure this is what you want it to look like here.
• Sew a star pattern (or a different shape if you prefer) through the 5 circles. Be careful to go slow when you sew because the fabric will be really thick. Trim the sides if they shifted during sewing.

• Sew on bias tape to the outer edge for the finished look. Be sure to fold the end down before you sew over it to make it look nice.

Viola! A potholder!

♥ Mrs. Suzie