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Archives for April 2014
Homemade Dishwasher Detergent Tabs (Borax Free!)
I’ve been looking for a good homemade dishwasher detergent recipe for a while now. They are pretty easy to find, but the problem is almost all of them have borax in them. I don’t generally have a problem with borax as natural cleaning agent, but it is not something that I want on my dishes….
3 Ingredient Homemade Honey Face Wash
If you’ve read my post on 13 harmful ingredients to avoid in cosmetics, you can understand why I am trying to make the switch over to making all my own cosmetics. I scared myself in my research about what cosmetics are made out of. Now that I know, I have a goal to know every…
Under bed storage: DIY underbed drawers
If you read as many pinterest posts on the best organizing tips as me, you’ll know that one of the important things to do to keep yourself organized it to take advantage of all spaces. Even ones that don’t seem obvious. A lot of people keep things under their beds, but if you’re anything like…
Homemade washing soda from baking soda (for use in homemade laundry detergent and homemade dish detergent)
About once a month I wake up in the middle of the night and I just can’t fall back asleep. I don’t know what it is. I’m usually a great sleeper. Usually I just try to watch tv until the morning and try to fall back asleep, but on the occasion that I have some…
Hedgehog Bath Time
So, about once a week we give Falafel a bath. She is a messy little munchkin because she doesn’t like to stop running on her wheel to use the bathroom. So, enter hedgehog bath time. She always puts up a little bit of a fight but she ends up enjoying the tummy wash. And she…
Paleo Coconut Curry Chicken
I’ve been gluten free for a few years now, and in some of my gluten free cooking I’ve also experimented with paleo recipes. I think they’re a lot of fun and I’m a huge fan of almond flour and coconut oil, which are in basically every paleo recipe. So, in experimenting with paleo recipes, I…
Closet Organization
One of the awesome features of our apartment is a huge closet in the living room. It constitutes the majority of our random storage. In the past few months I’ve really let it get out of order. Which means it’s time for a new fun project: reorganizing the big closet!