poag soap!

you've seen them all over pinterest

DIY laundry soap!

well ever since i saw them, i knew i wanted to try it out!

when i first mentioned to the hub, he said 'no thanks - i'd rather dish out the extra money for good smelling clothes'

but now that i'm not working, i think his mind has changed ;)

so, one afternoon while the kids were napping

i got to work!
[this is the PIN i used, btw]

grated my bar of soap - ivory

[that i paid .49cents for with a coupon]

put it in a pot with a gallon of water and brought to a boil

added 1cup borax and 1cup washing soda

removed from heat

[aka - poured into paint bucket]

added a gallon of cold water

mixed well 

poured/funneled into my two 1gallon containers

i also added a few drops of lavender essential oil

of course made vinyl decals using my silhouette machine to make it pretty :)

it doesn't bubble up like normal laundry soap but it definitely works!

and it cost me less than $10.00 for 2 gallons of laundry soap. 

[and i still have enough leftover for 4 more gallons!]
you definitely can't beat that!! 
thanks pinterest!