Comments on: Save Money and Benefit with Homemade Products

By: What’s Sizzling? – July 17th Edition

What’s Sizzling? – July 17th Edition — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:32:41 +0000

[...] Another great post at Moolanomy this week talks about saving money with homemade products. [...]

By: Kev

Kev — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:44:09 +0000

Making the effort with food has really worked for me, homegrown vegetables, and making meals from scratch rather than relying on overpriced ready to serve stuff. Saves plenty of money and is easy… just a bit of planning required to make sure you don’t end wasting things. I’d be a bit more hesitant about homemade detergents and the like though. Putting experimental concoctions in my washer and hoping for the best sounds like a quick way to require an engineer call out!

By: elkin

elkin — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:40:08 +0000

My wife sometimes design her own cloths and pillows for Christmas and specials dates and has sold some of them too. She enjoy doing that.

By: Horlic

Horlic — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:55:03 +0000

Nowadays there are so many young girls home made their own accessories like ring, earring, necklace, bracelet and etc. They even custom made all the girls accessories and publish on their online store for sale to make money online. That why I agree with Matt on the idea of sells your products online or off-line to make extra money! That must be a fun part time work at home job!

By: Matt Jabs

Matt Jabs — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:25:40 +0000

@CindyS: I had the same trouble w/the dishwasher detergent until I added the magic ingredient… citric acid. Get the citric acid at your local brewery store, or online.

If you don’t want to wait that long & want to try it right away, use 2 packets of lemonade koolaid (the unsweetened kind in tiny packets).

By: CindyS

CindyS — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:30:49 +0000

I have made my own laundry detergent and my own dishwasher detergent. The laundry detergent worked well, the dishwasher detergent left a residue. I tried adjusting the amounts but it never went away. I am back to using commercial dishwasher detergent. I do make my own window cleaner and use vinegar for a TON of cleaning chores.

By: Matt Jabs

Matt Jabs — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:49:49 +0000

I would advice it Sam… I know I am! Income diversification is a very important topic!

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:10:42 +0000

It’s good to hear I’m not the only one

I keep thinking about how I’m returning the “natural state” of things… we’re so self reliant/DIY now that we could go without power for about a month & be OK. Devolution is a good way to describe it.

I’ve been wondering in the back of my mind if I should start working on another career path even, in case I leave tech.

By: Matt Jabs

Matt Jabs — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:35:18 +0000

Hey Sam: I’m with you. The further I get into simplicity, health, diy, frugality, & self-reliance… the less I care about technology! I like to call it my “devolution from technology to simplicity”!

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:31:32 +0000

Matt,
If I had the time to blog I would – it’d help me keep my eye on the prize a bit better.
What I keep finding is that the more I do myself the less technically oriented my life gets.
It’s a strange evolution for me because, like you, I work in technology – I’m a net admin. I find I no longer care one blip about the latest gadgets or ____ new architecture though. I don’t know if I’m alone in such a change… the only thing that keeps me tied into tech is that I love to fix broken machines. My co-workers think I’m nuts for some of the things I make or do (and they don’t even know what all I do outside of work! ).
I save a good deal of money doing/making all the things I do and it keeps my kid entertained in a safe, positive & constructive manner (he’s a tinkerer too).