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Setting Up Your Home to Slow Down Your Life

September is a beautiful month. The weather starts to cool off and it is the perfect time to enjoy… [more]

Setting Up Your Home to Slow Down Your Life

September is a beautiful month. The weather starts to cool off and it is the perfect time to enjoy… [more]

Baby’s World: Randomness

My life for the past month and a half has been busy while I contracted for weeks, gave birth to our 8th… [more]

Reading Poetry

"Do you know what is wrong with people who never read nursery rhymes? I will tell you. When little boys… [more]

Part seven of the Series: Food for the Family

While Ramen is cheap, fast, and super easy to make something that perfect should be scrutinized. My… [more]

My love is Multiplied Not Divided

Having a large family today isn’t as common as it was a hundred years ago, but there are still couples… [more]

Tropical Paradise Tag and Other Fun Creations

Creativity is not a driving force. It happens. It creates itself and you have to be open. -Mayumi… [more]

Get.Stay.Be.Organized

sep 2 – Tackle Left Half of Upper Shelves, Back Wall of Closet

GET.be.STAY.organized. Today: Clean out and organize left half of upper shelves … [Read More...]

Sep 1 – Tackle Right Half of Upper Shelves, Back Wall of Closet

GET.be.STAY.organized. Today: Clean out and organize right half of upper shelves … [Read More...]

Aug 31 – Tackle Left Half of Upper Shelves, Right Wall of Closet

GET.be.STAY.organized. Today: Clean out and organize left half of upper shelves … [Read More...]

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Setting Up Your Home to Slow Down Your Life

September is a beautiful month. The weather starts to cool off and it is the perfect time to enjoy the start of fall before the cold weather sets in. I naturally tend to start focusing on the indoors during the course of this month. Schedules, education, and books become a part of life again for many homemakers who are managing a family. We’re focusing on these areas too this month, including … [Read More...]

Recipes and Crafts Perfect for Summer’s End

Before the leaves begin to change, there is still some summer left to enjoy. What a perfect time to enjoy some crafting time while eating some of these new and delicious recipes. Here are our featured recipes and crafts on the Deluxe Edition of the Homemaking-Cottage. If you aren't a subscriber, join us today! How to Make Chalkmats By Shiloah Baker Chalkboards are fun and convenient and … [Read More...]

Give-away Winner!

Drum Roll please..... Alana! Email me your address and we'll get this right out! [ad#bottom-post2] … [Read More...]

Coming Home: Homemaking Cottage Deluxe

"A nation is what its homes are. With these it rises and falls, and it can rise no higher than the level of its home life." -Stephen S. Wise In the world today there is much need of hope, joy, love and warmth. The best place to find this is in the home and within the family. Sadly society’s view of home life has changed over the years and we see much destruction of family life before … [Read More...]

Pearls and Gems of Homemaking Ideas

"For me, a cottage should be a sanctuary when the outside world is crazy, we need somewhere peaceful to go." - Brenda DeWitt (Victoria Magazine) The Homemaking Cottage strives to create a peaceful and informative place online where homemakers can go to find pearls and gems of homemaking ideas, advice and wisdom. We thank you for visiting and hope you'll spend some time perusing our website. [ad#bottom-post2] In … [Read More...]

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Series Columns

My love is Multiplied Not Divided

Having a large family today isn’t as common as it was a hundred years ago, but there are still couples having large families. Since it isn’t the norm and many people are curious as to how large families function, television has decided to hone in on a few select families for reality television shows. Families like the Duggers are such amazing examples and it is a blessing to have them sharing … [Read More...]

August’s Favorite Things

We at the Homemaking Cottage have a deep sense of gratitude for all the blessings our Heavenly Father has given us. In the spirit of thankfulness each month my writers and I are presenting “Our Favorite Things” in a picture collage. Here is the month of August’s list of favorite things. Each photo is numbered with a brief explanation following the collage. Would you like to join us each … [Read More...]

Tales from Belleview Cottage: The Princess and her Knight

Our littlest Princess is getting close to giving up her title of the "littlest". I'm due with our 8th baby, 7th daughter on Thursday. We have finally come up with her name, which will be announced with her birth. In the meantime, Bella is dressing up daily and insisting her neighbor friend is her "knight in shining armor". He tries to pullout the water guns and play "Soldier" like his dad, but … [Read More...]

Mothers of Large Families Series: Jen Lang

The Homemaking Cottage Series Presents: Mothers of Large Families Jen Lang, Mother of nine I grew up as the oldest of 9 children, 8 girls and 1 boy (the youngest!). I was born in Northern California, spent 6 1/2 yrs in Washington State and then moved back to Nor Cal where I continued to live through my high school years and through my teen years. We are a military family and have been fortunate … [Read More...]

Tales from Belleview Cottage: Summer Money

"Nothing happens until somebody sells something." - Mary Kay Ash I truly believe that teaching children at a young age to be entrepreneurs will benefit their lives forever. My parents taught us through their example how to run small businesses and make money doing virtually anything. I'm in the process of writing two articles, one for adults making money doing what they love and having … [Read More...]

June’s Favorite Things

We at the Homemaking Cottage have a deep sense of gratitude for all the blessings our Heavenly Father has given us. In the spirit of thankfulness each month my writers and I are presenting “Our Favorite Things” in a picture collage. Here is the month of June's list of favorite things. Each photo is numbered with a brief explanation following the collage. Would you like to join us each month? … [Read More...]

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Crafts

Tropical Paradise Tag and Other Fun Creations

Creativity is not a driving force. It happens. It creates itself and you have to be open. -Mayumi Oda, artist and writer Keeping my hands busy while I'm lying around bringing this little baby to full term has given me some opportunities to craft that I might not have taken otherwise. Here are some recent creations: Queen for a Day Tag 3 Mini Tags Or as my Bella {age 3} likes … [Read More...]

Paper Crafts

This week I've been dealing with some pre-term labor and trips to the hospital. In the quiet time in between lying down I've enjoyed making some crafts. I love making tags, they are small and so easy to decorate. Eventually when I take up scrapbooking again, I'll enjoy using tags in my scrapbooks. They are make pretty garlands and decorations. Here are the tags I made: [ad#bottom-post2] … [Read More...]

A Mother’s Treasures

I am a very blessed mother. My kids have been planning Mother's Day for over a month. They made this purse from a skirt. The kids and grandpa made me this breakfast tray from an old picture frame. This is my breakfast in bed...Boston Creme yogurt, milk and orange juice with cinnamon rolls. It was a neat surprise. My kids found some old photos from the computer and printed them for this … [Read More...]

“CUTE” Garland

I wanted to make a new garland for my studio shelf, so I went with a different color scheme than I normally do. I am really liking the bright aqua and brown. It is made of pre-made tags so I was able to get it together very quickly. Enjoy! [ad#bottom-post2] … [Read More...]

Repurpose an Old Double Frame

{Before} When searching for a good sized frame for my family room that I could re-do, I came across this lovely double framed picture/mirror combo that was made of wainscoting. After falling in love with the possibilities, we paid the $6 for it and brought it home. First, we sanded it down. I wasn’t in love with the country checks and color combination. We tried not to remove all of the … [Read More...]

Seed Packet Holder eBook -Grow Girl!

By Shiloah Baker Summary: The Seed Packet Holder is an easy to make, highly useful and very attractive project. Did I mention completely inexpensive to make? Published by Homemaking Cottage & Co. All rights reserved. Published January 2010. Price ONLY: $0.99 [ad#Google Adsense] … [Read More...]

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