Make Mrs. Meyer's Liquid Hand Soap

I like to be frugal...I found a recipe for making one of my favorite products: Mrs. Meyer's Soap bar into a whole gallon of liquid soap at a fraction of the cost. I tried it myself and happy with the results: Now I have lot's of soap to use for my refill bottles for hand soap and it's all purpose loveliness can be used as a body wash in the shower/bath. It worked so well that I thought I would share it with you.

Let's get started:

Gather your supplies~

Cheese grater (from the dollar store)

2 Tablespoons of Liquid Glycerin 

(found in the band aid section at any drugstore or grocery store)

1 - 8 oz bar of Mrs. Meyer's soap bar

1 gallon of water

Note* This recipe is not guaranteed to work with other bar soaps.

 If you can't find this particular soap you can find it here to order:

Mrs. Meyers Soap Bar

Choose your scent...Basil, Lavender, Lemon Verbena, and Geranium!

Step 1:

Grate the entire bar of soap

Step 2:

Fill a large pot with 1 gallon of distilled water and add the soap shavings.

Step 3:

Add 2 Tablespoons of liquid glycerin and turn the heat to medium/high and stir until the soap dissolves.

Step 4:

Leave it alone to cool for at least 10-12 hours. 

Step 5:

After it has cooled completely around 12 hours later it will harden and look like liquid soap.

Step 6:

If the soap is harder than it should be you can take some beaters and blend it while adding just a little bit of water until the consistency is more like liquid soap.

 Pour it into the 1 gallon water bottle you used and mark it Liquid Soap. I am storing mine in large mason jars.

Now you can refill your 12 ounce bottle of liquid soap (that cost $3.99) with your gallon of refill that cost around $4.99. That's some huge savings!!!

This is a fool proof project that results in huge savings.

1 bar of Mrs. Meyer's Bar Soap at $3.99

 produces over $50 worth of liquid hand soap!!! 

I'd say that's worth the time and little effort to make!

Note** The soap can be a snot-like consistency, 

gross description I know but it still works.

* Soap does not create a big lather. 

*Other bar soaps may not work...Try to find Mrs. Meyer's Bar

You can also try Target...They might have bars too!!

Enjoy!!!!!

Proverbs 31 Girls~ Summer Cooking Camp

What a blessing to have been a part of a Proverbs 31 Cooking Camp this last week for Summer break. My girl had a great time at this camp...Learning how to cook and bake some goodies, and left with some hndy tips, tricks and knowledge in the kitchen. It was pretty extensive. Each day they worked on a bible verse, had a time of prayer and devotional time on the Proverbs 31 woman. She gleaned so much! Every day they made something new. The first day they made Shepherd's Pie and homemade rolls and brought it home for our dinner. The second day they made a lovely wild berry crumble which we enjoyed that evening paired with vanilla ice cream. Wednesday they made fruit tarts and toffee. Thursday they made quiche and Friday the girls presented and hosted a lovely brunch for the mother's and ladies. It was delightful! They really shined, making delicious food as the presentation was also beautiful. 

The teachers were wonderful too! 

They went all out and dedicated hours of work to 

these young ladies and it all paid off! 

The Great Room

We moved to our new home in February. Things got busy with life and I haven't taken the time to share better pictures of our home. I thought I would start out with sharing our great room. This is the room of our house where most of our time is spent together as a family. It's one big room hence the name for "Great Room". Our living space, our dining room and kitchen all in one space.

 And we love it!!!!

We bought a couple new pieces for our living room before we moved in...It's bright and cheery. I love all the windows in this room...All together we have 8 windows. 

Missy wanted to sneak in a few shots!!!

 She sends a big hello your way!!!

We also swapped out our mix match wooden chairs for some metal industrial chairs. I will be painting the dining table white and distressing it soon. Just been a bit busy to get it done...But for sure will do it this Summer while it's warm out.

 love my roomy kitchen and huge island...Lot' of room to move around in and surfaces to work on. I am also enjoying my walk in pantry. Every house needs a walk in pantry!

Our home is a nice mix of old and new with cheery colors. I will share more pictures of the rest of our home soon! Thanks for joining me in my great room!

Jammin' Party 2015

What a treat making some jam this weekend. We hosted a Jammin' Party for some friends for an early Mothers Day celebration. My girl and her gal friends and their mommas came over for some fun, fellowship, feasting, crafting and jammin'. It was a blast!!!! These gals have never made jam before, so it was the perfect opportunity to share the art of canning with these young ladies. And they had so much fun doing it!!!!

On Friday I went to our local Strawberry farm where they also have a stand for locals to buy. I love supporting local farmers! These strawberries were soooooo good! So fresh, so sweet and not sprayed with poison chemicals. For $20 bucks...I got a great bargain...Grocery stores charge so much more...and they usually are not that good, 

plus they travel quite a distance before they even hit the stores! 

I got all my supplies ready and pulled out the aprons...Set a nice table for lunch.....MMMM!

 I made these yummy grilled Brie cheese sliders with fresh basil and balsamic vinegarette soaked strawberries for lunch!!! MMMMM!!! I  served them with Tomato soup, and a lovely spinach salad dressed in walnuts and dried cherries with a raspberry vinaigrette! And a home made Southern Strawberry lemonade tea. Oh yum!

The ladies started cutting up and prepping their fruit to be cooked down. 

They were ladled into their jars and processed in the water canner. 

I pulled out some crafty goodness and a bin full of fabrics for the gals to embellish their jars of jam for fun or gift giving if they decided. They had loads of fun creating their jars.

We had a wonderful day celebrating these mommas and their daughters 

just in time for Mothers Day. 

It was a delightful time...And we have already planned to 

do some more canning and get together over Summer break!

This group of ladies have really been a blessing to us this year! 

We are so blessed!!!