Wednesday, July 27, 2011

I have been busy







Outside play



Planted chokos

Prepared bed and planted raspberry canes

Built a chook run

Inside play (inspiration from the blog in brackets)

10 litres of laundry liquid (down to earth inspired)

2 x batches of soap (slow living essentials)

Rosemary hair rinse (slow living essentials)

Citrus vinegar cleaner (just like my nan made) i think?



Quiet time

Countless crochet beanies (slow living essentials)

SOAP The first lot of soap siezed because of a cheap essential oil added at trace - but it still worked out ok and I have started washing my hair with it.

The second batch is cinnamon and oatmeal - after the first attempt I didn't get it quite to trace and probably poured it too soon - so it will take a lot longer to set.



CITRUS VINEGAR All our citrus peels now get placed in a glass jar (big moccona coffee jar) and covered in vinegar to make a citrus vinegar. I have been using this as the final rinse in the washing machine. I also use it in a spray bottle to clean - well everything! I have a shaker of bi-carb that maked a nice cleaning fizz.


BEANIES I hadn't picked up a crochet hook for at least a decade - but was inspired by a post of a cute little girls beanie at slow living essentials to have another go. A youtube tutorial and a dud attempt and I haven't looked back. I have since crocheted at least one a day and on a good day I have made three.


See I told you I have been busy.





















2 comments:

Ali said...

Oh wow, those beanies are fabulous! Are you going to try selling some?

Ally said...

I guess I could Ali... I have given most of them away! If any one wants one let me know! LOL