I’m sure that most of you know that vinegar can be used as a disinfectant. If you fill a spray bottle half way with vinegar, and the rest of the way with water, you will have what you need for your kitchen, bathroom and laundry area cleaning needs. Be sure to label the bottle accordingly.
Archive for February, 2008
Homemde All-Purpose Cleaner/Disinfectant Spray
Posted in Cleaning, Household Needs, Kitchen Needs, Others, tagged all-purpose, bathroom, cleaner, disinfectant, homemade, kitchen, laundry area, spray, vinegar on Saturday, February 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Homemade Laundry Detergent
Posted in Cleaning, Clothing, Household Needs, Others, Taking Care of Baby, tagged baby clothes, borax, detergent, fels naptha, homemade, laundry, powdered, recipe, soap, washing soda on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My nephew and I recently made a batch of homemade powdered laundry detergent. It is supposed to work very well, and is also supposed to be fine for baby clothes.
We doubled the recipe so that I won’t have to make it as often. I have read that 1/8 cup per load should be enough, maybe [...]
Do you believe in karma?
Posted in Cleaning, Clothing, Food, Gardening & Yard Work, Household Needs, Personal Hygiene, Winter Holidays, tagged breakfast, cleaned, clothes, gift, karma, money, save, snack on Thursday, February 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I help the couple across the street out when they need it. I did not let them pay me at first, then the husband gave me a $50.00 gift at Christmas. It is rude to give back a gift, and the money was helpful. The wife had given us clothes, spring bulbs to plant, baskets [...]
Wholesome Baby Food
Posted in Food, Taking Care of Baby, tagged baby, Cheap, Food, food stages, frugal, grocery, homemade, save money, store, wholesome, wholesomebabyfood.com on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Wholesomebabyfood.com
The above link will take you to a wonderful site that discusses baby food stages, how to make and store homemade baby food, and even gives you numerous recipes. It is a wonderful resource, and will aid you in your frugal adventures.
Making your own baby food would certainly save you a lot of money at [...]
The Diaper Hyena
Posted in Clothing, Others, Taking Care of Baby, tagged cloth, diaper, environment, frugal, resource, thediaperhyena.com on Monday, February 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Visit The Diaper Hyena, which pegs itself as the definitive cloth diapering resource site.
Indeed, you will find links to many helpful resources, including how to make your own cloth diapers. Cloth diaper is not only frugal, it also helps the environment.
Karen’s Cloth Diapering Site
Posted in Clothing, Others, Taking Care of Baby, tagged cloth, covers, diapers, frugal, Karen's cloth diapering site on Sunday, February 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This is a great site that has usable information about using and making cloth diapers and covers. It is a very useful site. Cloth diapering is very frugal.
Karen’s Cloth Diapering Site
Homemade Baby Wipes
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Baby wipes, frugal, homemade, naturalbirthandbabycare.com, paper towels, recipes, wash cloths on Thursday, February 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
NaturalBirthand BabyCare.comgives you a few different recipes for homemade baby wipes. Visit the site today.
I have another suggestion, though. Why not use baby wash cloths rather than paper towels. It will make the baby wipes more frugal in the long run, as well as be better environmentally speaking.
Amy’s Homemade Onesies
Posted in Clothing, Others, Taking Care of Baby, tagged directions, homemade, onsies, pattern, sewing on Wednesday, February 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Amy made these for her daughter Hannah. There are directions and photographs of her little one wearing the finished product.
I am still looking for patterns for sewing the onesies so, if anyone has them, please pass them along.
Warmest Wishes,
Shannon
How to Make Homemade Onesie Tutu’s
Posted in Clothing, Others, Taking Care of Baby, tagged baby, homemade, onesie, project, tutu's on Sunday, February 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sewn 4 You Designs shows us how to make these cute little things for our baby girls. I believe she is using pre-made onesies, but the fnished project is so cute.
Homemade Dishwasher Detergent
Posted in Cleaning, Household Needs, Kitchen Needs, Others, tagged affordable, detergent, dishwasher, easy, homemade, keepingthehome.com, recipe, simple on Friday, February 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Visit the Keeping the Homeblog for this recipe.
It uses simple, affordable, easy to find ingredients, and will not take long to make. I plan to use this recipe when we run out of dishwasher detergent.
