Homemaking
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Elegant, Graceful & Dignified: The Blessing of Inward Makeover
Ladies, “Elegance” is not exclusive to an income bracket. In fact, elegance is a thing of rarity in all social circles now days. “Graceful” is a concept we quickly apply to a ballerina but is lesser seen as a concept to apply to women in everyday life. “Dignified” is a nearly forgotten idea in a culture that praises brash personalities, diminishes the importance of manners, grooming, dress, etc. But the Christian woman has the unique blessing of becoming elegant, graceful, and dignified from the inside out. “The woman Folly is loud” Proverbs 9:13 Elegance Recently, upon re-reading The Little House on The Prairie book series, I was enraptured in how Ma…
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How to Love Homemaking by Delegating & Hiring Help
Ladies, “A woman’s work is never done.” as the old saying goes. Many days we can fall into bed with things still in the sink, people needing to be fed the minute we wake up and never-ending laundry and crumbs on the floor. We find as homemaking wives and mothers that it is not a badge of honor to wear yourself down until your disposition is anything but pleasant. But so often the workload does wear us down. No caretaker can go on endlessly at the same pace without serious burnout. There are countless paid jobs that do the work of the homemaking wife such as a maid, a nanny,…
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The Best Classy Spring & Summer Dresses to Sew | Simplicity 9326 Pattern Review
Ladies, If you are looking for a classy square neckline midi length dress, here is a sewing pattern for you. I have made this dress a whopping four times with only two successes. Do not let that detour you, but having said that, I would classify this pattern as intermediate, maybe even advanced. This sewing pattern has a sew along video on youtube that will guide you through the steps, which is how I even discerned the pattern instructions. But if you have any experience with sewing at all, you may have learned that it’s not just understanding the instructions but doing each step with precision that makes the garment…
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How to Furnish an Entire House for Less than $5,000
Ladies, With very little money, the skillful homemaking wife produces an abundance for the home through her faith, her problem solving, her diligence, her creativity, and her intention. With God All Things Are Possible I furnished my home for well under $5,000. God gives us wisdom to be able to make good decisions and He gives us strength to do our work. But he also gives us answers when we pray for our needs or even our desires. I Prayed for my Sofas I saw the set on Craigslist. A deep forest green in Chenille like fabric, one a full-size sofa, the other a love seat. The sleek rounded lines…
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The 3 Principles of The Well-Dressed Woman
Ladies, Your wardrobe is a support system. It supports your beauty, and it must carry you through a long hard day in comfort. But it needs to be more than loungewear to look appropriate and respectable for the day. Consider all of the ways that clothing must be tailored to work, physical needs, and sensibilities. Think with me about what you wear and why you wear it. The best wardrobe has all three of these categories checked: respectability, comfort, & beauty. It is vital to wear what works for you when dressing classic or trendy for your best wardrobe! What is supportive of someone else’s workday, may not work at…
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How to Dress Classic or Trendy for Your Best Wardrobe
Ladies, Fashion advice often comes in the form of focusing on trends. After all, it can be helpful to know what is considered in style or out of style. However, some people dismiss classic clothes as “outdated” confusing classics as things that should be trendy in order to still wear them. While fun and fresh, trends are not necessarily tailored to your body shape, your best color palette, or even your personal taste. But the best classics for you are tailored to those things. Identify Classics vs Trends Just because something is not trendy does not mean it is “outdated”. For example, A-line skirts are not a trendy style currently,…
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Build Your Homemaker Resume
Ladies, Today let’s build our homemaking resume. This is not to be seen by anyone else but as a practice to reflect on the state of your skills and mindset about homemaking. The wisest of women builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down. Proverbs 14:1 Build Your House Without homemaking skills, your household and family will languish in a state of neglect. It is outlined very clearly in scripture that the way we behave, speak and caretake is how we build our home. The heart of her husband trusts in her,and he will have no lack of gain.She does him good, and not harm, all the days of…
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How to be a Real “High Value Woman”
Ladies, Our words, behavior, and of course our etiquette comprise parts of our character. Even how we present ourselves in our appearance is a way we convey polite and considerate conduct, convey loveliness and even bring a sense of motivation, respect, and cheeriness around us. Beautification and manners are indeed important, but it is something far more significant within yourself that defines you as a “high value woman.” But that is not to say that all of the other good attributes do not also stem from it. The Holy Bible gives the full picture of what it means to be a “high value woman”. While some of these traits end…
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Good Character is What Makes You an Excellent Homemaking Wife
Ladies, When we read about the Proverbs 31 wife, we do not just read a list of her accomplishments, actually we see the deeper character traits that motive her and how her husband can give her the high compliment of “many have done excellently, but you surpass them all”. We can read any book of the Bible and see bad character vs good character through the many historical accounts of who did what and why and how that turned out. We can even read an entire book of Proverbs on the subject to see the constant contrasting of foolishness vs wisdom. We can even get a list of bad character…
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How to Do Laundry Better: Tips & Hacks for the Best Routine & Results
Ladies, Laundry, like all of domesticity, takes knowledge and skill to do. Doing laundry with modern machines doesn’t mean we toss things in, and it pops out perfect without any work on our part. Far from it, the homemaker behind the process must make careful decisions and make timely interventions so all goes well. How we wash clothing & linens can be simple once we know why or why not to do something, but there is a lot to learn in order to make simple decisions. Laundry Sorting by Color Laundry Sorting by Fabric Washing Delicate Items Wash Clothing Inside Out Yes, this matters. The outside of clothing will receive…
