Homemaking
Christians are to be hard workers and stewards, making things beautiful, just like our Creator. In this section of the blog, we discuss ways to tend our little corner of the garden.
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Biblical Resources and Articles on Christian Living
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Crafting and Project Resources
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Interior and Exterior Designing
How to Propagate and Care for Succulents
Succulents are beautiful touches to your bedroom, living room, patio, or studio! Succulents are so great because they can go almost everywhere. Knowing how to care for them, and grow your collection is important to a healthy succulent garden.
How to Grow Peonies
Peonies are one of my favorite types of flowers! They are some of the prettiest things ever! Having some of them in your garden is such a great add. They bring so much color and beauty and their giant blooms are a great vase filler. Peonies are definitely for the intermediate grower. They are prone to disease and required some maintenance, but their brilliant blooms make it totally worth it!
pretzels with homemade Cheese Dip
This delicious summer food makes a great lunch. It’s good to pack for a picnic or just eat at home!
Apple Muffins
I love apple season, but when apple season comes around there is plenty. This great breakfast food is amazing for an early morning, but adding nutritious apples to the mix!!!
Homemade Apple Sauce
When the apples start coming in there is nothing is sweeter than warm applesauce baking in the oven. This simple three ingredient recipe is a quick snack that goes great with lunches, but also works as a little fall treat!
Cake Iron Doughnut Holes
Fall is the perfect time for a warm pick me upper and this easy recipe will do the trick! This sugar cover treat is so sweet and really brings the autumn spirit! I baked my doughnut holes with a babycakes cake pop iron but I also explain how bake theses little holes in the oven. This recipe is super simple and only takes about an hour. Great for an after school treat but really it can be used for anything!
How to Host a Classy Garden Tea Party
If you want to get together with some friends but you want something more interesting, a garden tea for ladies is a perfect solution. A garden tea for ladies is exactly what it sounds like. These are some tips and suggestions on how to host one.
homemade zucchini bread
In the summer, Zucchini is always super abundant. What better way then to use it for delicious bread.
Tips for making the most of your Garden Space
Many people look at the beautiful farms that have huge gardens and lots of space. They dream of going out and cutting bundles and bundles of flowers. Little do they no that this dream is very achievable even with a little space. Although the smaller the space is the harder it gets, it is still possible to have lots of flowers. In this article I will break down each space and how you should go about planting. I suggest you read through all three. They each overlap each other and give different information.
homemade Spaghetti
This super simple meal is so good! Great for dinners. This tomato sauce recipe is also healthier then store bought.
Best Methods for Drying Flowers
With my new expanded garden I have so much more flowers and I was struggling to find ways to use them. I researched different ways to use them and one of them was pressing and drying the flowers. So I started learning how to do this. I found that there were so many methods. Silica gel, hang drying, machine pressers, book pressing, so which one works best?
Summer Smoothie
this is the essential summer treat! It’s cold, refreshing, and delicious. Not to mention it’s super easy to make.
How to Grow Squash and Other Vining Plants
I can’t imagine summer without squash! In my home vining plants are essential summer treats, side dishes, and snacks. We make zucchini bread, squash chips, baked squash, and so much more. As I’m writing this I’m realizing we have a vining plant with almost every meal! Like I said it’s essential.
Mini Chocolate Upside Down Cakes
Delicious mini cakes that are filled with a creamy vanilla. Topped with a pretty mint leaf. This is such a great treat. It is a tad bit on the fancy side.