DIY Skills - DIY Skills. DIY Projects Essential Skills and How To. Apache Foot Trap (A Survival Trap) Parchment Cupcake Liners | The Liberated Kitchen, LLC. By Joy on April 9th, 2012 We realized too late that there were no cupcake liners in the house for Kodiak’s birthday cupcakes. Rather than running to the store for bleached, colored, pre-folded liners, Kelsy made some out of unbleached parchment paper. They turned out gorgeous! Here’s how to do it, in pictures! Cut a piece of parchment paper and trace a 5 inch circle on it. Cut out a 5 inch circle of parchment and find two measuring cups that nest snugly. Place the parchment in your muffin tin or the larger measuring cup, and press the smaller cup into it to crease the bottom. Look at the pretty folds Place the liners in your muffin tin and fill with your batter. Filled cupcakes Vanilla Marionberry cupcakes in liners Adjust the size of your circle and measuring cups based on the size of the muffin tin.
This post is part of Frugal Days, Sustainable Ways, Make Your Own Monday, Simple Lives Thursday. Related posts: How to Make Natural Shampoo [Easy Recipe] I’ve made natural alternatives to most of our household products and toiletry product, but shampoo was by far the toughest. I tried the “no-poo” method, which has great results for some, but did not work on me at all (and I have some terrible Christmas pictures to prove it!). If you have coarse hair that isn’t naturally oily, this method may be great for you! I have baby-fine hair and it didn’t work for me. I also missed the foaming aspect of shampoo (I know… the “foam” in regular shampoo is made by chemicals and detergents…) I tried plain liquid castille soap, which left a tangled mess, and I tried a bunch of homemade recipes that didn’t work well at all.
Finally, at the inspiration of a natural coconut milk (scented) shampoo that I love, I’ve finally found a recipe that I’m happy with and that doesn’t leave my hair tangled, oily or both. It works on kids hair too (that’s a picture of my daughter’s newly washed hair) though it isn’t tear free, so watch the eyes! How to Make Natural Shampoo: Make Your Own Laundry Detergent! It's Easy! Save BIG & Have Fresh, Clean Laundry! | Well, I did it! I have pinned various recipes for homemade laundry detergent for months, now, thinking that soon I would gather the exotic ingredients and muster the courage to make some. I should have paid a lot more attention to those recipes I was pinning. There is nothing exotic about the ingredients, nor is it difficult. I’m actually mourning a little bit, for all the money I have wasted over the years, just not realizing I could do this quickly and simply.
Once I actually stopped to look at the details, I was shocked. My own DIY brand! The one thing that they all had in common was that they make gigantic batches – 10 to 12 gallons, at a time. Why would I bother to make laundry detergent when I could just conveniently grab a bottle off the shelf at the store? These ingredients are easy to find and very inexpensive! Still need a list of reasons to try this? 20¼¢!! Well, if you’re convinced, now; here’s the recipe that I used to make mine. Ingredients Instructions Notes: Four Homemade Cleaners. This was easier than I thought it would be. One of Betsy’s goals for the year was to ditch some of our standard cleaners that we use around the house and make them!
Honestly, I was a bit skeptical about this project mainly because I wasn’t sure that homemade cleaners would really get the job done. And my lovely wife is a bit of a neat freak so there’s no way she would use something that didn’t perform well. So a couple of weekends ago she went out and bought a few staple ingredients and some empty spray bottles and we spent a few minutes mixing up four different homemade cleaners that have since replaced 90% of the cleaners we use around the house. For the last few weeks we’ve been using them now and I’ve been so impressed by how well they are working, I thought I’d share them all with you in case any of you are interested in ditching the chemicals.
The Cost of Cleaning. Basic stuff. Really Clean Cleaning. The Basics. . - Homemade: How to Make 100′s of Everyday Products Mixing the Solutions. 2 oz Natural Twist-up Tube, Twist-up Tubes, Elements Bath & Body. Homemade Laundry Detergent [Soap] How to Make a Gallon of Liquid Handsoap From a Bar of Soap. Could This be the Next Big Thing In Backyard Pools? [VIDEO. Make Your Own Non-Petroleum Jelly | A Delightful Home. Homemade Soap & Body Care | FIMBY. Homemade Lip Balm | FIMBY. You've stumbled upon one of my most popular posts.
You might also enjoy let's talk lip balm. After making my own lip balm I will never buy it again. It's easy, cheap, 100% natural and good for your lips, especially this time of year. I tried to figure out the actual cost of this recipe but it wasn't worth counting up the pennies. Let's just say Burt's Bees makes a killing on lip balm! Ingredients 1/2 oz. Directions In a small pot over medium low heat melt beeswax, coconut oil, lanolin and vitamin E. This recipe makes enough for 3 - 3/4 oz tins (see photo for size) and one 1 1/2 oz jar. Notes I prefer to measure kitchen cosmetics with a scale but I included the approximate tsp. measurements for those without a scale.
All ingredients can be found at a natural food store or ordered from an online store such as Mountain Rose Herbs. Some people are allergic to lanolin. I always use solid honey, that's just the kind of have. How to Make a Friendship Bracelet. How to Make a Friendship Bracelet. A friendship bracelet has a knot as a symbol of a friendship that can't be broken. Let your friends know how special they are with a hand-tied friendship bracelet. Use a mix of yours and your friend's favorite colors for a more special bracelet. Things You'll Need HempClipboardsYardsticksScissorsEmbroidery FlossBeads show more Select two colors of embroidery floss for your friendship bracelet. Cut three 27-inch strands of each color to make a total of six strands.
Hold the ends of all six strands together and make a knot about 1 inch from one end. Secure the knotted end by clipping it on a clipboard. Separate the colors so you have three strands of one color on the right and three strands of the other color on the left. Pick up the three strands on the left. Wrap them over and under all three strands on the right, forming a loop. Poke the strands through the loop and pull tight, forming a single knot. Pick up the three strands on the right. Halloween Specimens, Potion Bottles, and Apothecary Jars.
Halloween is the one time a year where everyone can get away with putting their strangest collectibles on display. So, take full advantage -- light up those squishy little Halloween specimens in glass jars, fill the potion bottles with colorful liquids adorned with vintage label designs, and top off the apothecary jars with edible candy sweets and/or gruesome appetizers to indulge your guests in an unforgettably strange Halloween party. Potions, elixirs, and specimens have been bottled up since the middle ages, as one of the earliest ancient medical practices to be able to easily distinguish and dispense pharmaceutical mixtures in both healing and poisonous forms. Bottles, jars, beakers, and vials can be attributed to countless scary stories and strange lore inclusive of visions of Witches conjuring up creepy concoctions in the kitchen, to a Mad Scientist's secret laboratory with frightful preserved body parts and experiments while creating mere doom boiling over...
Image - WebSpinstress. Mommy Blessings: Potion Bottle Labels Tutorial. Just in time for Halloween – We’ve raided the Fairy Godmothers Potion Cabinet. Pull up your magic wand or broom and enjoy a fun How To Make Your Own Potion’s Bottle Labels Post. We even got some more sinister ingredients from our Fairy Godmother’s less than trustworthy sister, the Wicked Witch, and borrowed a bit from the Hogwarts Potion Store as well. You can spend a pretty penny buying potion bottle decorations this time of year – or for a fraction of the cost make your own. I used leftover food and oil bottles that I’ve accumulated over the past couple of months with this craft in mind. Supplies needed: Bottles, Paper (from printer to decorative depending on your budget), tea bags (for antiquing the paper), Mod Podge & Paint Brush, Ultra-fine Sharpies (colored ones too).
Potion Ingredients: Anything you want – I used everything from glitter, fireplace ash, oil, water, food coloring and candy to fun colored shampoo’s and conditioner’s from the local $1 store. To simple but enchanting… Aged Halloween Potion Bottle Labels. I’ve been working on spookifying my house for Halloween, and my favorite look has to be the vintage Halloween style. It’s somehow creepier if it’s old, right? Here’s how you can take ordinary household items and create vintage “potion” bottles for creepy ingredients like eye of newt and arsenic. And with a simple coat of spray paint, no one has to know the bottles are actually empty!
Supplies for Aged Potion Bottle Labels: Glass bottles (try empty food bottles from the recycling bin, or pick something up at the thrift store for next to nothing!) Spray paint (optional)–I used Krylon’s Dual Paint + Primer in IvoryDigital Halloween labels, printed on card stock (find these all over the Internet, like here or here)ScissorsInstant coffee crystals or tea bags (coffee makes for a darker dye, and black teas work much better than herbal teas)Artist paint brushAdhesive (I used a strong double-sided tape) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Blot with a paper towel and allow to dry. 6. Written by Little Birdie Secrets. Witch Kitchen | AranaMuerta.com. Every witch needs a kitchen… and a cauldron, and some shelves, and some potion bottles, and a spell book.. and pets…. Visit my shop to see if there are any potions ready for purchase, or read on and learn to make your own. Making witch kitchen jars and ingredients is easy and inexpensive. Any jar or bottle of any size will do.
I collect jars from my own kitchen, from friend’s houses, from garage sales, and from one of the thrift shops in town that always carries a vast and bizarre selection for very cheap. Prepping Bottles They should be thoroughly washed and dried. I like all my stuff to sort of ‘flow’ in the the same color palette. Almost all my jars get flat black spray-painted lids. BBQ Sauce bottle ready to use Ingredients Fill the jars using your desired ingredients. I try not to use anything that can break down, rot or mold in the jars. Glowing products and toys can also be used in your jars if you are using blacklights. Put some thought into what you’re doing. …that’s it. Potion Bottles. Aged Paper Labels for Potion Bottles, Alchemy Labs, etc. I enjoy making potion bottles, especially ones that look ancient. However, an old-looking bottle requires a similarly aged label.
To create the effect of an aged label, I used a simple graphics program (in this case, MSPaint but you can use GIMP, Photoshop, etc.) to generate the label, then print and age it. Because I want the printed elements of the label to look distressed (and because it's difficult to run anything but smooth sheets of paper through my printer), I aged the paper after the design was printed. Some printer ink can’t stand up to this process. The ink should be fairly color-fast.
Factory filled cartridges or those refilled with pigment-based ink tend to work well. You can create an image for your label using a border or interesting clipart found online or in your own clipart collection. In step one, I selected the scroll and turned it in the direction I wanted. In step two, on the Hellebore label, I copied the scroll, pasted it and flipped it horizontally.
Homemade Fabric Softener in Frugal Tips, Homemade Cleaners, Recipes. You may already be making Homemade Laundry Detergent and other DIY Cleaners… but if you’ve been wanting to cut costs on Fabric Softener… you’re going to love this Homemade Fabric Softener! What You’ll Need: What You’ll Do: Mix conditioner & hot water well, until conditioner is dissolved completely.Add the vinegar, and mix well.Store in a large container {empty fabric softener container, empty large vinegar bottle, etc}Pour into a downy ball… or use approx. 2 tbsp. in the fabric softener spot in your laundry machine… then wash! Thanks to frugal friend Holly for sharing this great recipe on The Frugal Girls Facebook page! I’ve been using it for awhile now, and absolutely love it!! Got a Thrifty Tip or Favorite Homemade Cleaner Recipe?? Leave a comment & share! See Also: