Snap

So now that I am on my way to moving and eating better I thought I would take up a photo/scrapbook challenge.  If you don’t know this yet I love to scrapbook!   Love scrapping with friends while drinking coffee!  What a better way to document my journey than through a picture a day.

Ok well there may be more than one picture and it may not always be of me or about me but I want to document everyday!  I have read numerous stories of people not taking pictures of themselves because they are unhappy with how they look but then look back and have no pictures of themselves with their kids or who they were in that moment.  This is who I am now and I am working on getting healthier so why no snap away and document the journey.  So starting today June 7 I will take at least one picture a day and document My Wheatfield (which for those of you who don’t know me well, my last name is Wheaton and My Wheatfield is my life and how I sow the seeds ergo the name of the blog).

I have a friend Kristal (great name huh!) who I wished lived closer, who is so great at taking pictures of everyday life.  She has a husband, four kids and one on the way.  She does such a great job of showing who they are in the moment…every moment…and I mean every moment.  Check out a couple of her recent pics. You can Follow her on Instagram @kpam49.

Love when this arrives!!

Crazy windstorm just happened here

She is also the one that I have asked tons of questions about Project Life, which was created by Becky Higgins and started this whole scrapbook style.  You can check it out Here. You basically have sheet protectors that are divided into different sizes to fit pictures, journal cards, cardstock etc.  So fast and easy and you can combine with full page layouts if you want to.

Some other s that are similar are : Me and My Big Ideas – Pocket Pages   Echo Park Photo Freedom   We R Memory Keepers     Simple Stories Pocket Pages

There may be more but these are the ones that I know of.

So here’s what I picked up today at Michaels. They are the perfect sizes to fit in some of the pages that I have!  And look I took one picture today! I am excited to use these for the pictures I will take tonight at the Pigeon Awards for Youth closing at Hillside.

On another note snapping pics everyday will help me document the Bruins road to the Cup!  Go Bruins!

So here’s to documenting EVERYDAY LIFE IN A SNAP…not just the big events!

DIY Laundry Soap

OK so I have been posting on Facebook about my Laundry soap that I made.  I love it so far.  It takes some getting use to that the perfume smell is not there but I guess that would be the chemical stuff they put in the commercial stuff.

So here is the recipe I got from the Duggars witha  couple adjustments.  I could not find the Fels Naptha but a friend told me to use Sunlight laundry soap bar (it smells better too i guess).  There are varying recipes online so you may need to figure out what works best for you.  When I bottle i only fill 1/3 water and 2/3 soap as it seemed really watery with the 1/2 and 1/2 (Step 3)…on some recipes they just scoop out from the 5 Gallon bucket.  I found all my ingredients at Sobeys…if you want to try some in a load or two let me know and I’ll get you some…I have over 5 gallons worth 😀  I think in the end I will have made 31 litres of Laundry soap…should last a bit!

Homemade Liquid Laundry Soap- Front or top load machine

4  Cups – hot tap water
1  Fels-Naptha soap bar
1 Cup – Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda*
1 Cup Borax
Step 1. Grate bar of soap and add to saucepan with water. Stir continually over medium-low heat until soap dissolves and is melted.
Step 2. Fill a 5 gallon bucket half full of hot tap water. Add melted soap, washing soda and Borax. Stir well until all powder is dissolved. Fill bucket to top with more hot water. Stir, cover and let sit overnight to thicken.
Step 3. Stir and fill a used, clean, laundry soap dispenser half full with soap and then fill rest of way with water. Shake before each use. (will gel)
-Optional: You can add 10-15 drops of essential oil per 2 gallons. Add once soap has cooled. Ideas: lavender, rosemary, tea tree oil.
-Yield: Liquid soap recipe makes 10 gallons.
-Top Load Machine- 5/8 Cup per load (Approx. 180 loads)  Note what is 5/8 so I would do 3/4 of a cup.
-Front Load Machines- ¼ Cup per load (Approx. 640 loads)

So some tips that I have figured out.

1. Make sure you have lots of empty bottles…I am still begging for more.
2. the time to make is minimal but it does take some time to bottle.
3. When Bottling I used a wisk to mix up the gel so that it would go through the funnel
4. Get a funnel with a larger hole..I used a small kitchen one and it would have been nice to have had a bigger one.

   If you do try and it works or doesn’t, let me know…I would love to hear your experience.

Crystal