Pizza Box into Home Decor

Are you a broke college student, or just broke? Because, if you are... I have one CHEAP decoration you can make for your dorm room. All you need is to eat some pizza. I made this out of a pizza box and other random items that we had laying around. It literally cost me nothing, besides the pizza. Okay, enough talking, this is what I did.

1. Get a pizza box. Cut it in half, then cut the sides off. Be careful when cutting the sides off because we will use them later. So you should have two squares and a bunch of rectangles from the sides.
2. Hot glue the two squares together so that way you have a nice thick base.
3. Paint! Paint the cardboard whatever you want. I did a pink background, then when the pink dried I splattered different colored paint on it. I just went all splatter happy. This will be the color of your letters.
4. After the paint dried, I used the blue painters tape to outline my letters. I did block letters since it was easier. Just lay the tape on the board however you want, you can do letters or design. Make sure you leave at least an inch for the fake frame that will be added on later.
5. After that, I painted over the tape and the whole board black.
6. Pick four of the rectangles to create the frame. I painted each piece black, but you can do whatever you want.
7. After all the paint dries, remove the tape on the board and BAM you have your cool letters and then hot glue the rectangles on the board to create the fake frame.
8. I added random left over buttons just to add a little dazzle to the frame. I also attempted to do a glittered heart, but kind of messed up. haha.
9. Next step was to get a piece of left over ribbon and hot glue it to the back so you can easily hang it up!

Here is the finish product. Just have fun, be creative, and just be you! :) xoxo

Homemade Laundry Soap

Hey everyone! People have been asking me about my homemade laundry detergent that I use, so I have decided to share the.. uhh.. ingredients? Sorry, that sounds weird. Let me start off by saying that this is REALLY cheap to make and works just like all the other brands. My clothes smell and look great, gets rid of stains like grass, dirt, blood, etc., and did I mention that it is cheap? Since I am not at home, I can't show you step-by-step photos, but I will do my best to describe and I promise that the next time I am home I will take step-by-step photos. I did a lot of research because my family was going through some rough times with money and this has helped us save SO MUCH money! I also make my own hand soap and dish soap as well, but that is for another post.
Okay, well here is my story. I started off trying different recipes and making liquid laundry detergent.. which.. don't get me wrong, it was fun and a challenge to make.. but storing it was a HUGE problem. So this right here is powdered laundry soap and it is SUPER easy to make!
Steps to making CHEAP laundry soap!

• You need Borax, Super Washing Soda, Fels-Naptha Soap, and if you want it to smell good pick up some Purex Crystals as well. 

• I would buy at least 4 bars of Fels-Naptha soap so that way you won't have to make another batch for a long time.
• Some things that you need are a cheese grater, Food Processor (optional), bowl, a measuring cup, and a container to put the soap in.
• First thing you are going to do is to grate the Fels-Naptha soap just like cheese.. WARNING!! It actually looks like cheese so make sure no one in your household eats it if you leave it out.
• After you grate the cheese.. I mean Fels-Naptha soap.. I like to put the grated soap into my food processor so I can break it down even more. That way it will be similar texture to the washing soda and borax. Also to make sure I have equal amounts of everything. After chopping up the soap, it should look smaller and almost similar to a powder.
• Now after processing the soap you need to measure 1 cup of the Fels-Naptha soap, 1 cup of Borax, and 1 cup of Washing soda. Pour all three ingredients into a container or bowl and stir thoroughly. Should look something like this.

• Now if you decided to buy the Purex Crystals, pour a cap full into the mixture and stir again.
• That was easy.
• Now if you want more, Repeat! Easy as pie, right?

Here is a picture of mine (Sorry for the poor pictures)

One scoop per wash!

This is the Container I have.

This is what my soap looks like.

• The scoop that I use says it is 29.6 CC- 1 oz. It came with the container that I have. The container use to hold something similar to protein powder, I think. haha.
• Enjoy this recipe and I promise that once I have to make some more, I will take my own photos of me doing it so you can see. If you have any trouble or questions let me know!