Homemade Holly

Recently I have been a big money saving kick!  I've been scouring the interwebs look for ways to save us money through couponing and have discovered some really awesome things!  So as the title implies, I've learned to make a few things that I use nearly every day for only cents.  So listen up cause I'm about to share these awesome tips with you. 

"Fake Febreeze" 

As many of you know, well probably all of you, we are the parents to an adorable, loving, slobery, hairy, STINKY hound.  I love my Roscoe and I even kinda love his houndy "corn chip" smell, but not when my house smells like it! So we go through a lot of Febreeze.  I was thrilled when I stumbled upon this "recipe" to make your own Febreeze.  Its so easy, you will wonder why you ever paid full price!  This is all you need:

2 TBS of Baking Soda
2 TBS of your favorite fabric softener
          ***I use Gain because I like the way it smells best, but you could even the cheap stuff
Mix in a bottle with hot water and shake

TAAADAAA Febreeze!  I think this even smells better than the real stuff.  I also shake my bottle before ever use to make sure it has stayed mixed.  It will leave a film on your tables if they are accidentally sprayed, but it wipes up really easy.  So you're welcome, enjoy your Febreeze. 

"Clorox Wipes" 

I love these things, but they are so expensive I kinda gave them up.  That is until now!  I just found this recipe the other day and tried it out and IT WORKS.  Here's whatcha gotta do:

1 roll of paper towels
       ***Use Viva, Bounty or the like.  The cheap stuff doesn't hold up well
Cut roll of paper towels in half and leave the cardboard tube in the middle, this comes out later
       ***This was the hardest part.  I'm still working on a good method so if you come up with one please share!
Place half of the paper towel roll in a Tupperware type container. 
Mix two cups of hot water with your desired cleaning concentrate.  I'm a Lysol type of girl, personally. 
Poor liquid over paper towel rolls, swish around.  Place lid on container and flip upside down.  Leave the container like this for a few minutes to let the liquid soak into the towels.  When you come back to the container you can pull out the cardboard roll.  This is brilliant! 

If all cleaning products are this easy to make, why aren't I making more?? Do you have any clean tips or DIY cleaners?  Please share! I'm all ears!! And as a bonus, I discovered an awesome way to store cleaning products that makes them easy, accessible, and organized!  I was so tired of having everything on a shelf and having to move them all around and the bottles falling over....it was a mess.  All I needed was an over the door shoe organizer.  Check mine out:

I love it! Geoff likes it.  We all like it! Until next time!!