"Let us speak today of the rapturous joys of recycling. However, I refer not to bottles and cans, but to the white lamb's wool sweater that's yours for $1 and a trip to the dry cleaners...There are bountiful bargains with your name on them to be foraged from thrift shops, consignment stores, and vintage clothing boutiques... ...Every sane woman needs tried-and-true new-to-you recycling centers up her sleeve..." ---Sarah Ban Breathnach Elizabeth and I couldn't agree more, everyone needs to have ... View the Post
The Art of Homemaking
"The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things."---Plato ... View the Post
The Art of Homemaking
"An ideal homemaker is lovely to look at and lovely to be around--she has a wholesome attitude and a pleasing appearance. She has the courage to be happy and strives to live above the faults of moodiness, sulkiness, and complaining. She is gracious and thoughtful and is consequently adored by her family and admired by all who know her." ---Daryl V. Hoole (The Art of Homemaking 1967) ... View the Post
On Being a Homemaker and the Art of Homemaking Revival
Awhile back I started a little homemaking experiment. And then I started posting about it on this blog. But then I started posting other things and the homemaking posts disappeared until Jessica from Sew Home Grown contacted me. She gave me the opportunity to write my feelings about homemaking on her blog. That post (which is pasted in below) reminded me how much I loved and needed my experiment. So now, every Saturday there will be a post about our adventures in the art homemaking or some sage ... View the Post
The Art of Homemaking Makes a Comeback
Ok...so awhile ago I was blogging about my adventures with a little "Homemaking Experiment" that I was doing using some of these little beauties from decades past: The experiment hasn't stopped but the blogging about it had until sweet Jessica from Sew Homegrown contacted me about it. Today I got the chance to post on her awesome homemaking blog about my favorite thing---being a homemaker.If you want to read more about it (or just to check out her coolness) click over to her blog.You can do that ... View the Post
Freezer Jam. And a homemaking post.
Four years ago this month marks an anniversary for me that brings up mixed emotions. At the time, it was one of the hardest emotional experiences I have had. Four years ago today I was in the hospital having radiation treatments for thyroid cancer. My kids weren't allowed to visit (they waved from the parking lot below) and I wasn't allowed to be around them for two weeks after because the dosage was so high and they were both so little. And I cried. And it was hard. But good has come out ... View the Post
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