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Home Made Baby Supplies

My friend asked about making home made baby products. I did some searching and found these very helpful sites. For baby wipes, baby powder, teething gel, baby oil, and diaper ointment, check out these helpful recipes. For baby wipes, oatmeal bath, diaper rash creme, hand sanitizer, hair detangler and toothpaste, this is a handy link. I could not find any recipes for “baby shampoo”, though I did find this recipe …

Just Me Making Home

A New Interest

I’ve been toying with the idea of making my own soap for a while now. I’ve been talking about it so much that now my mom wants to try it, too! Great! Now we can try it together. It sounds so easy, we’ve just gotta get our ingredients together. I’m compiling a list of websites with instructions for the different soaps we want to make. First, we want to make …

Making Home

The Art of Being Frugal

I’ve been noodling a post for a while now about what it means to really be frugal. One might think that frugal means “not spending very much money,” or “buying cheap things,” or maybe a combination of both, “getting as much product as possible for the least amount of money.” A dictionary definition gives two meanings (courtesy of Dictionary.com): fru·gal /ˈfrugəl/ Pronunciation Key – Show Spelled Pronunciation[froo-guhl] –adjective 1. economical …