Fabric Softner

1 cup baking soda
6 cups distilled white vinegar
8 cups water
10-15 drops orange or lemon essential oils or other essential oils, of choice (optional)


You will need a one gallon container.  First add the baking soda to the plastic container.  Next add 1 cup of water to start with.  Slowly add the vinegar to the bottle as the vinegar and baking soda will start to fizz. Then add the rest of the water swirling around & cover venting the top a few times.
Add the essential oil.

Add 1 cup in your final rinse cycle for each load but give the bottle a good shake to stir up the essential oil before using.

Cough Medicine

This is a home remedy for that horrible cough that you just can't get rid of, and best of all: you probably already have all of the ingredients!

4 -8 doses

Ingredients

1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
2 tablespoons water

Directions

1Mix ingredients.
2Take by the teaspoon as often as needed for cough.
3Do not give to infants under 12 months due to the honey (though I doubt you could get them to take it anyway!).

Homemade Laundry Soap

This is a personal favorite! it costs about a penny a load!-Katie

1/2 bar Zote Soap (Found at many discount grocery stores, can be substituted with 1/3 bar Fels Naptha)
1/2 C. Borax
1/2 C Arm and Hammer Washing Soda
Lots of Water
2.5 Gallon Bucket
Essential Oil (to your liking)

*Grate soap and put in saucepan with 6 C. warm water. Heat and stir until melted. Add Borax and Washing Soda and stir until dissolved. Pour 4 C. HOT water into bucket and add soap mixture. Add 22 C. water and stir. Let sit for 24 hrs. Should be a gelatin form. If you use Zote, you should be able to stir it up and it will be more like the consistency of regular soap.

Use 1/2 C. per load. For HE Washers, use less (between 1/4 C and 1/2 C)

Homemade Linen Spray (like Febreeze)

1 tsp. Essential Oil (more or less to your liking)
1/4 C. Witch Hazel
3 1/2 C. Water

Pour all into a pump Spray bottle and shake well.
Spray on furniture, linens, or carpet to add a quick freshness!

Homemade 409

1 tsp. Borax
1/8 C. Liquid Dish soap
2 Tbls. Distilled Vinegar
Essential Oil scent of your choice (optional)
Water

Mix Vinegar with Borax and 1 C. hot water until dissolved. Let cool and pour into 16 oz. spray bottle. Add soap and then fill with water. Add oil to the strength you prefer.