My mom found a great yard sale last weekend and brought me home some vintage trim treasures and this beautiful piece of smocking was in the bag. It's been sitting on my desk for a few days and I keep thinking about how lovingly someone made it---stitch by stitch. It's like everything we sew---stitch by stitch.And then I read this quote and thought it was so apropos.“Just as a little thread of gold, running through a fabric, brightens the whole garment, so women’s work at home, while only the ... View the Post
The Art of Homemaking: “Enjoy the Noise”
I was talking to my mom last week after having a particularly hard week and lamenting about how hard my kids were and how crazy life was at the moment. I was whining and complaining and genuinely hoping she would pity me.But like any good mom, she didn't. She looked me straight in the eyes and said "Enjoy the noise.....for soon it will be gone."How is that to put my life back into perspective? So that is my motto this week. I even made a printable to put up on my fridge (that took every last ... View the Post
The Art of Homemaking—April Holidays
I like weird holidays. I always have. Even back in college I would make up my own holidays to celebrate with my roommates---and everyone else who lived around us. Some of them were happy like "Peg Your Pants Day", "Hooray for Cheese Day" and "MC Hammer Appreciation Day" and then others of them were.... just, well, just like "Poke Someone in the Eye Day" and "Hug a Sasquatch Day". I like having something to celebrate and something to make each say special and different (and like Simon says I ... View the Post
The Art of Homemaking—Looking Inside and Making a Change
"Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams, who looks inside, awakes."---Carl Jung Three or four years ago when we started this blog one of the first things I started consistently posting about was "The Art of Homemaking". These posts were sparked by the second hand copy of a book entitled "The Art of Homemaking" written in the 1960's that I purchased for the kitchy illustrations but fell in love with when I read the words. That led me to ... View the Post
The Art of Homemaking: Life doesn’t have to be perfect
"Life doesn't have to be perfect to be wonderful."-Annette FunicelloWhen I first started teaching I handmade a little sign that said "Life doesn't have to be perfect to be wonderful." and hung it in my classroom. I thought it was fitting since I was teaching in a lock down school where many of the students were fighting addictions or abusive pasts.Later I hung the same sign in my classroom at a junior high where I taught special education. Again I thought it was fitting.Today that little sign ... View the Post
The Art of Homemaking: Beautiful Things
"The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things."-PlatoSometimes as a mother I beat myself up. (I'm sure none of you ever do that, right?)I think am I doing this right, am I doing enough of that, am I giving them enough of this, and I should have done that and that and that better.These questions and doubts float around in my brain more than I'd like. But the other day Grace and I were "working" on the floor in our jammies while Ruth napped. I was ... View the Post
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