I make my own soap. I don't remember where I got the recipe and Dh "decluttered" my copy so I'm crossing my fingers for the next time I need to whip up a batch. Otherwise I clean with baking soda and vinegar a lot and use vinegar in the wash. A lot of things I just don't use. And a lot of stuff seems to last me forever.
The other thing I do is to dye clothes that would otherwise end up in the rag bin. Oh, and I make rags to cut down on Dh's paper towel habit.
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Clothes, wash rags, bath mits, toys, blankets... even some books etc...
Those are my types of homemade stuff. I do make some cleaning products. I by WAHM soaps, and I get Aveda shampoo and conditioners, Seventh Gen dish detg, etc... I have never had trouble trading for stuff. I like to use tinctures, but not often. I am a sort of let your body do its own work person. So they feel invasive to me, even if they work. I do like EO's.
Speaking of trading... Kristarae I need to trade with you for bath fizzies... The kids are out and asking.
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I handed my dh some lip balm yesterday, and said I made it myself! He said, Dang, you are becoming a hippy! I just mixed some shea butter and avocado oil, it works great! I made the diaper wiping solution that I got from here I think, with lavendar oil, baby soap, water and I used safflower oil instead of olive. I tried mixing vinegar, water and lemon oil for cleaning, but I'm not liking it too much, and dh is a bleach freak that I'm trying to convert, so none of the natural stuff smells right to him. I tried Ecover, it's not so great either. Does seventh generation work well? I want to make everything now, but I have to pace myself. I made a little recipe card box with all my baby/home recipes so I can grab them for easy reference.
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I handed my dh some lip balm yesterday, and said I made it myself! He said, Dang, you are becoming a hippy! I just mixed some shea butter and avocado oil, it works great! I made the diaper wiping solution that I got from here I think, with lavendar oil, baby soap, water and I used safflower oil instead of olive. I tried mixing vinegar, water and lemon oil for cleaning, but I'm not liking it too much, and dh is a bleach freak that I'm trying to convert, so none of the natural stuff smells right to him. I tried Ecover, it's not so great either. Does seventh generation work well? I want to make everything now, but I have to pace myself. I made a little recipe card box with all my baby/home recipes so I can grab them for easy reference.
What your dh said is funny. I like to make my own lip glosses they are easy and fun to make. I use the seventh generation lavender dish liquid soap to wash dishes and to make an all purpose bathroom cleaner that works great.
Here is the recipe in case you are interested
32 oz spray bottle
1 inch sev gen lavender dish liquid
12-20 drops GSE
water
add about an inch of sev gen lavender dish liquid to the bottle, then add the drops and fill to the top with water, I just put the lid on and give it a gentle shake.
It works awesome and smells great.
I think Kristarae shared a link the other day that talked about vinegar and hydrogen peroxide being just as effective as bleach anyone have the link?
Ah to be fully self sustainable. Or at least in a community that is. I can only dream. Oh well.
But I have tried to be a little self supportive and defiantly supportive of small business, especially fair trade/organic/homemade/environmentally supportive vain of business.
Anyway here is my list
Toys - lots of toys
clothes
scarves - hats - mittens
costumes
jackets
shampoo
cleaning products
bedding and beds
yarn
jam - marmalade
balls
paper - books
lanterns
candles
baskets
dolls
Lizz~ what are car curtains for? They sound interesting.
Oh, we have a car camper van (VW) and we can sleep in it and often change in it while out at the hotspring or someting. We needed cutains. It helps with the sun too sometimes.
Maybe I should be the "tired birth attendant." lol
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we are really into making our own presents for people. That has been my new year resolution. Instead of spending lots of money. We like to make things that remind us of that person. while we work on there gifts we like to talk about that person and why they are so special to us
Art
picture frame form whatever we find
music
cleaning products
food( candied nuts, salsa's etc.)
a card
Wow! I had almost forgotten, but this thread reminded me. I discovered amitymama when I was searching for a good recipe for diaper wipe solution!
Lets see, what do I make myself?
Lip balm
Hand cream
Insect repellant
Various herbal medicines- I generally prefer to use remedies I can make myself over store-bought ones
Yarn
clothing
I'm sure there are more, but that's all I can think of at the moment.
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Various herbal medicines- I generally prefer to use remedies I can make myself over store-bought ones
That is neat I started another thread about homemade remedies. I recently started to make my own. Do you use a book or websites to gather your info for making them?
Thanks for all the replies everyone, it is really interesting to see what all of you make and have made. There are some things I never thought to make myself.
What your dh said is funny. I like to make my own lip glosses they are easy and fun to make. I use the seventh generation lavender dish liquid soap to wash dishes and to make an all purpose bathroom cleaner that works great.
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