Shiloah Baker's Blog, page 209

Come Home...to the Simpler Life {+ Give-Away!}

Come home....





To the simpler life...







Learn about homemaking skills, especially those lost through the years.





Read. Discover. Enjoy.





Read articles written to enhance your home and family. Discover new and delicious recipes. Enjoy the support and encouragement shared for women in the home...



...all within the Homemaking Cottage Deluxe Edition, an online Home and Garden magazine.

Featuring 1057 articles for your reading pleasure.

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Clean Toaster/Toaster Oven

GET.be.STAY.organized. Today: Clean the toaster/toaster oven. Remove crumb catching tray and wipe down.

©Marie Calder Ricks/www.houseoforder.comDon't forget to check out our website too at Homemaking Cottage

Meet Jamie, Brynn, and Jo Lynn!

Meet the Homemaking Cottage's three new Deluxe Edition writers now added to our team of 11 talented writers! 





Meet Jamie Turner



Jamie Turner is a homemaker that lives in the great state of Texas with her husband, two children, 2 dogs and 2 birds. She has been married 13 years to her sweetheart and best friend. She spent 8 years becoming an elementary school teacher however she currently tutors and homeschools her own children. She enjoys knitting, gardening, photography, scrapbooking and ...

Homemaking Cottage Podcast

Neighborly chats over the backyard fence between homemakers may be rare these days, but women don't have to be isolated at home. Now, a new podcast from Homemaking Cottage & Company gives women companionship, advice, and a much-needed boost of confidence and support.



The Homemaking Cottage Podcast is an offshoot of the very popular Homemaking Cottage & Company, an online community supporting homemakers and mothers in their quest to create loving and nurturing homes for their families. The t...

Wipe Down Small Appliances

GET.be.STAY.organized. Today: Clean small appliances. Get those old food splatters off the blender, mixer, crock pot, and etc.

©Marie Calder Ricks/www.houseoforder.comDon't forget to check out our website too at Homemaking Cottage

Thrift Store Books

Look at our blessings this week!  I took a little one with me to help find some fun books and the other's were at home checking to see if we had certain books.  Goodness knows I can't remember all the books in the collections we have. :)







For me:

Quick & Thrifty Cooking

Busy Woman's Cookbook

Household Survival Manual





Kids

We enjoy collecting the Great Illustrated classic books for the young readers. Brand new they are $10 a piece. We found three new books for our collection at 99 cent...

Wipedown the Outside of Kitchen Cupboards

GET.be.STAY.organized. Today: Enlist help from others in your home to wipe down the outside of your kitchen cupboards.

©Marie Calder Ricks/www.houseoforder.comDon't forget to check out our website too at Homemaking Cottage

Book Review: The Coming Aristocracy

The Coming Aristocracy: Education & the Future of Freedom by Oliver DeMille



My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Whether or not we chose to believe it, America is in trouble and it's not just the economy, the war on terror, etc. The real problem in America is that we are being destroyed within by the aristocracy.

This is an excellent book with a warning for us in our day and age. The author explains in simple terms what the aristocracy is and why it is not only a threat to our country (USA) but how it ...

Clean and Organize Pantry #2 - Lower Half

GET.be.STAY.organized. Today: Take time to organize and wipe down the bottom half of your pantry. Remove all items and put back only needed items.

©Marie Calder Ricks/www.houseoforder.comDon't forget to check out our website too at Homemaking Cottage

Repurposing Projects Made Easy

It is fulfilling to the soul to create something new and beautiful out of an old or ordinary object. This is one of the reasons I love to "repurpose" old things. We do a lot of repurposing projects in our home from old shutters, old windows, picture frames, and sewing projects to painting projects galore. There is so much fun in putting the imagination to work on a project. I never feel intimidated working with old stuff either. I'm far more relaxed in my creations.



To make things eas...