Simple Simon and Company

The Art of Homemaking

The Art of Homemaking: The things you take for granted…

I shared this quote on our Facebook page over the weekend...it's been on my mind for awhile. I love this time of year.  It always reminds me of how much I have...which when I think about it I suppose it really should do the opposite for me...with the holidays coming our budget is always very tight and what we have to spend is well, very limited.  Which means most of the gifts we give each year are handmade instead of the latest and greatest. But this year more than any other I feel full of ... View the Post

sewing· Thoughts

Gratefulness and a Shift Dress

"Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart."  ~A.A. Milne Lately, I have been feeling so grateful for the small things in my life.  When Liz and I started this project, we had no idea that this small piece of the interweb would become so important to us.....and I don't think it's really about the sewing. Sure I love to sew.  Love it.  But what I am feeling most grateful for right about now is you.  All of those that take of their time to come here and visit us ... View the Post

Christmas

Homemaking Gifts for under $25

*This post is brought to you by Wayfair  although all opinions are our own. Some years I find gift giving easy....and some years I find gift giving really hard.  So over the next month or so we are going to be sharing some simple gifts that people in your life would love to get.  Some will be handmade but we are also trying to find things that we really do love and use.  And we are trying our darndest to come up with things that are also super economical so you won't break the Holiday budget ... View the Post

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How to Measure for and Cut Circle Skirts

As I said yesterday I have been on a skirt making binge lately.  And the skirts I have been making the most of are circle skirts...mainly because I can have one cut and sewn in less than an hour. When I started sewing I avoided circle skirts because every pattern and tutorial I saw had this math diagram with pi...and radius...and circumference....and then my brain turned off and I decided that I would just choose a different skirt to sew.  Because even though I like to sew and craft and such ... View the Post