What a Difference 15 Years Makes

On Easter Sunday 2012, we decided to recreate a photo from Easter 1997.

The poor PawPaw is dwarfed by those boys now.

Laundry Soap Revisited

Almost 4 years ago I was making laundry soap. I only used borax, washing soda and Fels Naptha soap then and it was just OK. I got inspired to try again when I saw this post StoneGable Laundry Soap using more ingredients.

1~ 4lb 12 oz box of Borax

1~ 4 lb box of Arm And Hammer Baking Soda

1~ 3 lb 7 oz box of Arm and Hammer Super Washing Soda

1~ 3lb  container Oxy Clean

4 bars Fels Naptha Soap, grated

2 containers Downy Un Stopables 

I thought I would have to order the Fels Naptha like I did when I made the laundry soap before. I was surprised to find it in the laundry section at the local Wal*Mart store along with the other ingredients all nicely grouped together.

I grated my Fels Naptha using the fine side of my grater.

I love the smell of the Purex Complete Crystals Softener in the lavender scent, so I added that instead of the Downey Un stoppables. I used one 28 oz. container but will be adding at least one more since I just washed the first load with the mix; it is clean but doesn't smell as nice as I would like.

I took my ingredients outside when pouring them because of the dust they create. I mixed them in a plastic container and transferred some to glass container with a screw top to keep on the washing machine. I used the scoop that was in the Oxy Clean container to measure my soap. That is 2 Tbl shown in the scoop.

Another Try for Digital Elite Team (fail)

I decided to enter the contest at Digitial Scrapbook Place for one last time. Again, I did not make the team.

For round one, we were given a wonderful kit by Z (Elizabeth Weaver) called January Birthstone: Garnet. Since I have one grandson born in January, I decided to use some of his photos. I called the layout "Born to Wear Garnet" since he is now a junior at the University of South Carolina where the team colors are garnet and black.

 

The second round was a wonderful kit by Erica Belton: Industrial Revolution Value Collection. I loved the colors and gears and rust and everything about it. I used some close-up of Rusty's new bike and called it "My Rival".

For the final round, we were to create 3 layouts using kits of our choice.
This layout is made with "Shades of Color: Green" by Meryl Bartho. I was honored to have this layout named "Layout of the Day". I used the photos of my St. Paddy's Day table for this one.

 This next layout is my gorgeous granddaughter. We did a photo shoot while we were at the beach and I got some wonderful shots of her. This fantasy kit is by Nicole Young called Beyond the Moon Value Collection. I also used some bling from Marcee Duggar called Splatter Dottee Silver Set 1.

My third layout in this round also uses photos from the beach and a kit by Carole Harden, At One with the Sea Value Collection.

I have so many more photos from the beach to process and post, it may be another month before I finish them up. I took them all in camera RAW since I am really trying to learn to process photos better, but we'll see.