Don't Just Pin It

Well I'm just as guilty as the next girl for loading up my Pinterest boards with wonderful, cute ideas that I will never try.  I love Pinterest and honestly try not to go there too much because I could waste spend hours scrolling through the DIY crafting section.  Back in my early years of marriage, pre-Fish Sticks, I would spend countless hours flipping through my Michael's Arts and Crafts magazine and trying new things.  I think Hobby Lobby and Michael's employees knew me on a first name basis.  Those days are long gone as is my scrapbooking all-nighters.

I was just thinking, "What if I tried to actually 'do a pin' instead of just 'pin a pin' on Pinterest every couple weeks or so?"  I'm not making any promises, just making a personal goal.  They will probably be EASY pins like a quick recipe and not a room make-over or build-your-own-bunk-bed-out-of-old-dressers kind of pins.

So today I am going to tell you that I tried homemade fabric softener from Hillbilly Housewife on laundry day this week.  It smelled good and I poured it into my Downy ball because I have no clue when my final rinse cycle cuts on and I don't have a fabric softener dispenser.  All was going well on the first 5 loads or so, until I threw in some towels and sweaters.  They came out full of static.  I tried pouring a couple of tablespoons onto a wash rag, tossing that back in the dryer to eliminate the static.  It improved my situation but didn't cure it.  My review would be that it works well except for fabrics that seem to be staticy (is that a word?).

So have any of you tried homemade fabric softener and did it work?