Twilight Marathon

Me and my Cute Hubby sat down this afternoon in our comfy living room and watched the 1st 3 movies. So as you see we have our 3 movies, movie butter popcorn, sodas and snacks. what else can you ask for. We are going to wait a week to go see the 4th so all the crazy packed theatres are a little more tame.

Colton's Food Hiding Place

After janel and the kids left this afternoon and I was tiding up the living room for this afternoon/evenings Twilight Marathon. I discovered where the missing loaf of banana bread had disappeared too. We'll picture our recliner and sofa next to each other but with enough room for a 2 year old. Well he loved the banana bread that me and Hannah had made earlier this week so much he stole the bread pan with a full loaf and has been snacking on it for the last 4 days. What will this kid do next :)

My 1st try at doing Hannah's Hair

My 1st try at doing Hannah's hair. It wasn't a normal braid but knots instead so only 2 pieces of hair at a time instead of 3. Also Janel cut her bangs today. She is simply stylin.

Making Halloween Die Cuts

I had a customer that wanted me to custom make these two beauty's. aren't they gorgeous. I love halloween and had so much fun turning these mario brothers die cuts into halloween ones.
Now I need to make some more then halloween candy.

Holiday Wreaths

So when I was at JoAnn's yesterday I passed the floral area and the sale on wreaths and picks caught my eye. I have been wanting some little holiday cheer in my home (well apt.) so I bought enough picks and 2 different wreaths and sat down last night and made two. One was immediately placed on my front door and the other over my living room davenport (that ones for you grandma M.) I was giddy and delighted over the end results.

Making Laundry Soap. Take One!!

I have decided to finally try my hands at making my own laundry soap. Which there will be pictures of the steps and results up tomorrow. Since I need to have certain supplies to make such soap.
Supplies Needed:
1 bar of soap (any kind you want)
1 cup of Borax
1 cup of washing soda
a big pot ( that holds more than 2 gallons)
a grater
a funnel
a long spoon
2 empty gallon jugs/containers
I took a little trip to the store(s). 1st Big Lots, DI, then Walmart.
I started at Big Lots hoping to find the Pot and Grater for a low, low price. But I didn't find any of my supplies so far at Big Lot. One store down two to go. Next off to DI (Desert Industries - thrift store). I found a grater for a $1.00 (pats myself on back), but no used large pot. dang it. so my last store was walmart. where i found an 8qt stockpot $6.44, a wooden spoon $.88, funnel $.87, Zest (3 pack) $1.98, Washing soda $2.98 and Borax $2.12. a grand total of 17.22 after tax.
After this since I will already own the pot, spoon, funnel and grater. estimated cost is $6.00 for 576 loads (depending on soap used and amount used per load, One BOX of Borax and Washing soda)
The savings is incredible.
I will keep you all posted on the process tomorrow.


Well it's tomorrow now. So here we go. these 1st two shots are after i took the bar of soap and using my trusty grater, shredded the whole bar. then I placed it in my nice new shiny soap pot.



Once you put the soap flakes in the pot. You add 1 gallon of water and cook until the soap dissolves.


Now that your soap is dissolved. You add 1 cup Borax and 1 cup washing soda *aka baking soda


You will notice a nice bubbly froth. Turn the Heat up and stir occasionally until it bubbles.


I said til it bubbles not overflows and drowns your stove (like i just did). here are some fun photos of me making a soapy mess. It covered the entire cooktop and underneath. that's what i get for being a little impatient at waiting for the soap to bubble and ran back to work on my wreath entry. bad carrie. oh well.




after soaking up all the soapy water. My stovetop has never looked or smelled so clean. here is is after it's nice bath. It even got some new tinfoil on it's burners.(dont want to have to pay my apt complex $20.00 to replace those babies when i finally move out of here)


Ok so back to the laundry soap. I redid all the above steps (well except the stovetop bath) and when it bubbled this time it looked like this. So that's when you take it off the burner. Once off the burner add another gallon of water and then you can use a funnel and a cup to pour into your containers. I have been told it can take up to 24 hours to thicken. I will tell you more tomorrow when I try my first batch out. hooray

House Hunting

We have been searching for a home since July and we are sick and tired of looking. After many house being visited and a couple house falling through our fingers. We do have a couple bids in right now. One of them we are 1st and we are just playing the waiting game. So hopefully we will hear something soon. Cross our fingers