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JUMP TO SHOW NOTES I am so excited to be bringing you our first deep dive into the world of quilting, with homemaker, quilter, and teacher, Jessica Clark of thelarklife.com and the Handmade Happiness Podcast. Jessica didn’t grow up with quilts but she did have fond memories of her grandmother’s quilt collection and decided to pursue learning to quilt herself. With hardly any sewing experience she wandered into a local quilt shop’s class and began her lifelong love affair wit

JUMP TO RESOURCES Today, we are continuing to spring clean our way through the home with the top-down approach. We’ve covered ceilings and overhead things and all of the hard vertical surfaces, including windows, doors and walls. This week, we will tackle the soft surfaces-primarily window coverings and linens. We will save upholstery for next week when we discuss furniture and rugs for the final week when we look at all things on the floor. I’ve said throughout this series,

JUMP TO RESOURCES Today, I am bringing you a conversation with a young woman who is practicing homemaking in South Africa, literally on the other side of the world from her native Indiana, USA. After meeting her now husband online in 2020 and developing a relationship long-distance for several years, Jayms left everything she knew in America to be nearer to David in his homeland. She tells about her experience living in a special home for single women for a couple of years an

JUMP TO RESOURCES VERTICAL SURFACES GET DIRTY, TOO Much like the ceiling, we don’t often consider our walls and doors as places where dust, dirt and grime lurk. We do, generally recognize that windows get dirty-there’s visible evidence. But until we actually clean the windows and see the difference it can make in the room’s lighting, we underestimate just how dirty our windows are. Walls and doors are a little harder to remember to clean, but are just as needful of a good wip

Jazmine Wyland has been making a home with her husband, Matthew, for two years, and recently, they've added a 17 year old foster son to their family. Jazmine shares her journey of the past 10 years beginning when she left home to live in her pastor’s basement apartment, learning so much about homemaking from the example of her pastor's wife, through becoming a newlywed with BIG expectations and idealized visions of home that were immediately challenged by the reality and un

Though being single in her 40s is not what she expected, Brittany Shepard has learned to see the unique value and beauty of the life God has given her right now. She is, by nature, a storyteller and story keeper. She loves filling her home with family heirlooms and vintage treasures, so much so that her passion has grown into a flourishing side business called The Sentimental Decorator. Whether she’s gathering women around the shared love of story-keeping or gathering famil

with special guest, Jessica Fisher Spring has sprung with new life, new growth and a new kind of podcast episode on The Art of Home. Today, I am bringing you the first seasonal ramble with myself and Jessica Fisher. We kick off this relaxed, mostly unscripted, conversation with some spring-related icebreaker questions, then we chat books and simple seasonal cooking (including lunch prep, yogurt, homemade roast beef, flavored syrups and more). We cover what we are watching,

Transcript and Show Notes for Monday Motivation #54 Listen to Monday Motivation 54 JUMP TO RESOURCE LINKS Why Top Down Cleaning is Best Whether you are spring cleaning or weekly cleaning, it’s always best to take a top down approach. Cleaning surfaces in the room from top to bottom works with gravity, in that dirt and dust will always fall downward -eventually-when disturbed. If you start by cleaning mid-level surfaces, like a coffee table, for example, but then realize you n