by Ivory Soap | Sep 13, 2012 | Cleaning Products, Household
I get asked this all the time, so here’s a photo tutorial of me actually doing laundry. Exciting, I know. As you see above, I keep my ground up washing soda and soap in an old baby formula can with a tablespoon measure I stole from the kids’...
by Ivory Soap | Sep 11, 2012 | Household, Simple & Frugal
If you’ve been following me this summer, you know that my kids lived on whop biscuits and nitrate-free hotdogs. Apart from oatmeal, there wasn’t a whole grain to be found in my pantry. But now that I’ve recovered from summer and returned to my...
by Ivory Soap | Aug 28, 2012 | Household, Simple & Frugal
With six people in one house, I am lately obsessed with reducing laundry. A few month ago, I reported in THIS POST that I was trying a new laundry experiment. I reported the results HERE and then my new shoe shelf innovation HERE. After months of experience, I feel...
by Ivory Soap | Aug 27, 2012 | Canned, Dried, Frozen, Recipes
Going green in midsummer isn’t just about buying locally grown produce and keeping your lawn free from chemicals. If you’re really eco-smart, you’ll be putting up locally grown produce for the fall and winter. In January, those sorry winter...
by Ivory Soap | Aug 20, 2012 | Cleaning Products, Household
Commercial stainless steel cleaners can be some of the fumiest, most flammable products in your home. This is because the vast majority of them contain a waterless solvent (read: petrochemical). This gives you a spray-on, wipe off experience requiring no...