Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Saving $$$$, Little by Little...

Recently I was over at a friend's home for a playdate and saw that she had a great soap dispenser. It created foaming handsoap, which is great for little one's hands, out of liquid soap and water. I checked it out and saw that there was a fill line for soap and a fill line for water, then the pump did the work. So I started thinking any foaming handsoap dispenser should really work the same way, and I since I always have a couple around I gave it a try. Check it out for yourself, it's an awesome money saver since little hands would waste a lot of regular handsoap...

Take an empty foaming handsoap dispenser and fill it 1/6 with regular liquid handsoap. Then fill almost to the top with water, it may foam a bit. Put in the foaming pump and ta-da, you have created foaming handsoap. This is a great trick since a refill bottle of soap is usually about $5, a single bottle should last for about 2 years at least depending on how many people are in your household.

Just something I wanted to share...

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

My Bamboo Wrap


I finally finished my bamboo wrap just in time for some beautiful spring weather! I love it! It is made out of a natural bamboo blend yarn and is one of my favorite colors since I tend to go for sea blues. The "Pleated Wrap" pattern was by the infamous Debbie Bliss and although I have so much I want to make that is by her, this is my first finished product. I learned a useful technique with the pleating that I know I will come back to.

Check out the pattern in the Debbie Bliss Spring 2009 magazine (it is featured on the cover).