This is How it Started..... Pinterest

Once upon a time there was a girl from NOLA who bought everything from Wal-mart like the rest of the world...... until she found Pinterest.

Now I am making lots of homemade stuff that I intend to tell you all about but this is where it started. I found this blog about making homemade laundry detergent with claims that it only costs $.03 - $.05 a load. WHAT!?!?!?! Are you serious? THREE to FIVE CENTS a load? I have to try this because I HATE (do you hear me? I said HATE) buying laundry detergent. It's ridiculously expensive, even for the cheapest stuff and it's one of those things that just ruins my budget when I have to buy it. I hate buying laundry detergent.

So, now that we are sufficiently versed on how I feel about buying this crap, let's move on to making it. I followed the recipe for the liquid detergent found on this blog: One Good Thing by Jillee. I also followed her update and make three gallons instead of two.

For those of you who are concerned about having to be Suzie Homemaker or Martha Stewart, please, fear not. Here is a picture of my laundry detergent:

You are now looking into a 5 gallon bucket. Fancy, right? :) I've taken the picture inside so that you cannot see the grout stains that were left on the outside of the bucket after my husband so kindly cleaned this out for me to use for my laundry detergent. We are uptown, I'm tellin' ya!

Seriously, I love this stuff but, truth be told, I'm still not 100% sure I'm making it right because it's still very thick. A beautiful young lady that I go to church with also makes her own laundry detergent. (Shout out to Amy & check out her blog here: Instrument Ink) She was not sure about why it was so thick because she makes the dry detergent. She also said that she only uses the Fels soap & Borax because the Washing Soda was irritating their skin.

Since we can all see that I'm almost to the bottom of my bucket of detergent, I think I'm going to try the dry version next time. This will not only be easier and avoid the thickness that I've been battling but I will also be able to upgrade my container from said fancy bucket to a more in vogue coffee tin or mayo jar. :-D