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Show Notes and Full Article Jump to Resource Links  Recently, one of my favorite YouTubers posted a video about winter homemaking. She quoted another creator who said, "Winter is for the makers." Drawing on historical records of early American life, we know that the winters were marked by long nights for extra sleep and days spent mostly indoors working with one's hands. Winter was a time for rest, but it was also time for a certain type of work.   Winter was the time to spin

LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE Made with AI It's that time of year. "New Year, New You" posts and articles abound and you may be feeling the pressure to do a complete overhaul of your eating, exercise and housekeeping habits. You pull out the colored pens, crack open a brand new planner and start filling in the calendar with all of the new and improved ways you will do more and be more this year. But what if yearly planning wasn't about adding more to our plates, but about gaining c

A companion blog for The Art of Home's Monday Motivation #43, Season 26, Ep17 Artwork: The Birth of Christ after Abraham Bloemaer (1625) by Cornelis Bloemaert, PD There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays by Jeanette Rath, Homemaker I pinch my eyes closed as I stumble blindly, still half asleep, from my bedroom across the hallway, passing by the upper landing so that I can savor the annual picturesque view of the living room sparkling below. But the crackle of a fire, a br

Veselé Vánoce! [Merry Christmas!] by Zdenek Guth. Original from The New York Public Library. from rawpixel.com *Post contains affiliate links My Favorite Christmas Reads Books and reading are always a popular topic on The Art of Home and Christmas time is no exception. Jenny Nanninga and I talked about favorite reads that get us in the Christmas spirit. Hers are listed below under her photo. Here are some of my favorites: A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg I listen to this

A companion blog for The Art of Home's Monday Motivation #42, Season 26, Ep15 Artwork: The Birth of Christ after Abraham Bloemaer (1625) by Cornelis Bloemaert, PD Finding Joy in Jesus at the Table by Karen Sheppard, Homemaker But the fruit of the Spirit is love, JOY, peace, patience, kindness, goodness faithfulness, gentleness, self-control… Galatians 5:22,23 (ESV) Has the stress of the season worn you down? Could you use an extra measure of joy right about now? In Philippia

The children were nestled all snug in their beds by Jessie Wilcox Smith (1863-1935). rawpixel.com *Post Contains Affiliate Links Ladies' Christmas Tea Below you will find the invitations (front and back), name tags, and placesetting etiquette/trivia cards. Click each image to go to the Canva template where you can customize with your own information. Invitation Front Invitation Back Place Setting Card Front Place Setting Card Back Name Tags Links to Craft Supplies Muslin Bags

A companion blog for The Art of Home's Monday Motivation #41, Season 26, Ep13 Artwork: The Birth of Christ after Abraham Bloemaer (1625) by Cornelis Bloemaert, PD Peace by Sarah Beaugh, Homemaker “Yep, I was right.” I looked up from my post in the kitchen, as my husband came through the back door from our backyard office. The look on his face said it all before his words even did. “I’ve been let go.” These words were not new to us as he had previously been let go during the

To the Folks Back Home by Owen Card Publishing Co. , rawpixel.com 12 Dates of Christmas This episode of Holiday Homemaking features stories of home from Emily Baxter, Charity Gibson, Cara Semler and Bess Hawthorne. Below you will find links for their recipes, favorites and other resources mentioned in each segment. Emily's Favorites & Traditions Every year, when the first snowfall comes, Emily and her family stop whatever they are doing, make some hot cocoa, maybe a few cook