Well, it was great fun! And very nice to meet new people. We made soap, made friends, shared our experiences and had a very delicious lunch.All with a beautiful view of the lake, the trees just starting to turn. Thank you gyrls! Especially Cindy, my super creative friend. And thanks for the rosemary! I read today that you can boil 2 cups of rosemary in 1 pint of water and let it cool, then use it as an herbal dip for your dogs. It kills fleas. Also, thank you Becky for the heads up about the borax and baking soda for your carpet. I hope it kills the fleas but an added benefit is that it smells wonderful. I also added 2 capfuls of liquid potpourri per about 4 cups of ea. Eureka~ I have carpet freshener. The potpourri was 1.00 at wal-mart, the borax was 3.68 and the Baking Soda was 2.12. It made a ton.
Also, I am experimenting with the liquid potpourri as an inexpensive fragrance for the liquid laundry soap that we made. So far so good. I got it in fresh cotton. My only concern at this point is to not make oil spots on our clothes and if you only added a small amount (it doesn't take much,1/2 capful for the whole batch should be enough) and shook it up well each time you use it, I'm thinking it will be fine. If anyone knows why I shouldn't use it like this, let me know. I wonder if it would be a skin irritant? If you do this, test test test! Before you wash a whole load. In the meantime, I'm washing old tee shirts and towels with it to make sure. And of course, if you wanted to you could always add essential oils to both the carpet freshener and the laundry soap. I'm saving mine for soap! Hope everyone is having a wonderful fall day.
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