Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. In today’s episode, I am sharing 4 holiday stories of home from guests featured this year on the podcast. You will hear from Emily Baxter, Charity Gibson, Cara Semler and Bess Hawthorne as they share their Christmas memories, traditions, recipes, favorites and more. You will also hear a special piece from former guest, Kristen Howard, called Skipping Christmas. And I am sha...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. Welcome to the first Holiday edition of Monday Motivation! For the next few Monday’s I will be sharing with you some inspirational Advent themed articles written by past guests of The Art of Home. These ladies are homemakers just like you who are sharing their reflections on the four themes of Advent; hope, peace, joy and love. In this episode, you’ll hear 2 articles reflecting o...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. It's finally here!! I'm so excited to kick off our 5th annual Holiday Homemaking series with this very special episode featuring some of my dear friends. I am joined by Sarah Hackleman, Lauren Rice, Kathlena Rule and Kelsey Myers to talk about all things Christmas. I am asking these ladies all of the usual Christmas interview questions, we do a real time taste test of our favorit...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. Do you put your tree up early? Looking for a way to cultivate thankfulness this holiday season? Turn your unadorned tree into a Gratitude Tree for the month of November! Whether you use your unadorned Christmas tree, a cutting from the yard or a tree made from pipe cleaners, a Gratitude Tree can help center your heart on the faithfulness and goodness of God. In This E...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. In this final Homemaker Portrait of 2025, I am chatting with In-the-Trenches homemaker and mama to 5 girls, Jenny Nanninga. I loved this conversation with Jenny. She is so wise, funny, and really, she's an open book. She candidly shares her struggles to accept and adjust to life in a 700 square foot home with 5 girls and one bathroom. Though God blessed them 2 years ago wit...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. 🎄Today we are wrapping up 😉 the "Making Room" series with a look at making room in your heart for Christmas. We've talked about Making Room in Your Home for gracious hospitality, Making Room in Your Budget for generous giving, and Making Room in Your Schedule for savoring the season. In this episode we are talking about Advent. Specifically, how the Good New of Christ...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. I am chatting with in-the-trenches homemaker, Caitlin McCormick, about her experience keeping a home full time and homeschooling her 3 children. Married to Seth, a hospital Chaplin, for 7 years, together they are raising 2 toddlers and 1 teenager. After both of their first marriages dissolved due to abuse and unfaithfulness, Caitlin and Seth feel immense gratitude to God fo...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. How many times have you come to the end of the holiday season feeling like December went by in a blur of pointless activity and stress? Today I want to encourage you to take time early on to be thoughtful and purposeful with your holiday schedule. I will give you some tips on how to hold a family meeting and do some backwards planning so that you can maintain margin to savor the ...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. Today, I am chatting with in-the-trenches homemaker, Jayme Cherry. It was such a delight to visit with Jayme and hear all about the ups and downs of military life, the unexpected blessing of having 4 kids in the span of only 4 1/2 years, and much more of her 17-year homemaking journey. We bonded over our common first married housing hovels, as Jayme calls hers. She shares a...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. In this second installment of our Making Room Series, I'm joined by special guest, Jessica Fisher, to tackle Making Room in Your Budget for the holidays. We will look at 3 best practices you can implement now to avoid overbuying, stress, and Christmas debt. Let's make room in our budgets this holiday season for giving and celebrating with generosity, gratitude and joy...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. I am chatting with In-the-Trenches Homemaker, Rosemary Young, who is making a home in the midwest of the United States with her husband and little girl. Rose shares all about her journey of homemaking so far; including her transition from working outside the home full time, to coming home just in time for an out of state move and the birth of their daughter! Those early mon...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. Today, I am beginning a series of Monday Motivations all about Making Room for the Holidays. Over the next four weeks I will give you ideas for making room in your home, your budget, your schedule and your heart. I know it’s only October, and I promise not to play Christmas music, but if we wait until December to make room in our space, finances, calendars and ourselves, we...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. Today I am wrapping up Season 25 with the second part of our series on Full Time Homemaking. Last week, Jessica Fisher and I discussed the why, what and how of choosing full time homemaking in Part 1, So You Want to Be a Full Time Homemaker. Today, we are are going to discuss the practical outworking of not just being a full time homemaker but how to flourish in your role, ...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. Back-to-school schedule putting the squeeze on your food budget? Struggling for dinner ideas each night or visiting the drive through too many times? Today, I have two articles from former Art of Home guests. Homemaker, LeAnne Stadler, offers her wisdom on meal planning and homemaker, Samantha Bain, suggests beating the drive-through temptation by having your own "fast" Food maki...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. Today begins a 2-part Deep Dive series on full time homemaking with guest, Jessica Fisher. We are NOT here to give you hard and fast rules about whether or not you should be a full time homemaker. Our goal is to affirm your desire to stay home full time as legitimate and not out of the realm of possibilities. In this episode we discuss: The WHY of full time homemakingHow to...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. Summer is winding down and so is my short series on reflections from a homemaker’s summer. In previous episodes, I’ve shared with you the lessons I learned about my homemaking weakness when climbing hills in Switzerland and the great examples of hospitality I experienced in Italy. Today, I’m sharing a lesson learned a little closer to home. I’m reflecting on the joy of he...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. I am chatting with homemaker, writer, podcaster and baker of bread, Abigail Dodds. I was so honored when Abigail agreed to come on The Art of Home and share her unique story of home with us. She’s been married to Tom for 23 years and they have 5 kids ranging from 21-12. In the margins of her vibrant Homelife, Abigail writes books and co-hosts the Home Fires podcast. We chat about...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. Last Monday I started a new series call “A Homemaker’s Summer”; three short episodes in which I am sharing some homemaking lessons God has taught me in summers past. Whether across the ocean or across the state, He always has new insights for me that shed light on and inspire my homemaking in every season. In the last episode I shared what climbing hills in the Alps taught ...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. I am chatting with homemaker, homeschooler, podcaster, and writer, Mystie Winckler, about her experience of keeping a home over the last 24 years. She candidly confesses that having come from a large family, she thought she knew everything she needed to know and that homemaking would be a piece of cake. I’m sure I don’t have to tell you that her assumptions and expectations were ...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. It’s summer time, and that often brings opportunities for holidays. Whether by the seaside or in the mountains, getting away from the everyday bustle of the home can allow for times of rest and reflection. I find, that if I am paying attention, the Lord will teach me lessons about life, family and even homemaking when I am far away from home. Today, I’d like to share with y...