Creative Homemaking Blog

Thursday, April 19th

Review: A Lady in Waiting

I received a pleasant surprise in the mail yesterday...the premier issue of a new magazine called "A Lady in Waiting" edited by Rebekah Bentley.

Rebekah is a 22-yr-old who calls herself and other young women in this time of their lives "Ladies in Waiting", or young women who choose to stay at home with their families until they begin their own families.

This magazine's purpose is to encourage young Christian women to concentrate on their relationship with the Lord and develop life-long spiritual disciplines while they wait on the Lord to reveal to them the next phase of their lives. It is very uplifting and encouraging and is written from one young woman to another. Each issue also includes a "Titus Two Letter", a letter to young women from an older Christian woman.

This magazine is published quarterly and costs only $10 for a 1-year subscription. This would make a wonderful gift for a young Christian woman in your life. I plan to pass my copy along to my 19-yr-old daughter who is a college student.

To find out more information about "A Lady in Waiting" or to request a sample issue, visit:
http://www.artistryalar.com/ladyinwaiting.html

They are also looking for advertisers and article submissions. Check it out!

Rachel Paxton
Editor/Publisher
CreativeHomemaking.com
Rachel on 04.19.07 @ 02:09 PM CST [link]

Wednesday, April 11th

Bird's Nest Spruce

When we bought our home last year, a lot of beautiful landscaping came along with it! It will take me awhile to learn about all our new plants. One of the shrubs is called a Bird's Nest Spruce. It is an attractive dwarf shrub that is really easy to grow:

http://www.creativehomemaking.com/gardening/birds-nest-spruce.shtml

Rachel Paxton
Editor/Publisher
CreativeHomemaking.com
Rachel on 04.11.07 @ 10:11 PM CST [link]

Thursday, April 5th

Cleaning Out the Tupperware Cupboard

Do you have a cupboard that is overflowing with plastic Tupperware containers? I think everyone does! About once a year or so I go through the cupboard and sort everything out. I of course have to be really bored to do this, but I've had a lot on my mind lately and cleaning out this cupboard was actually relaxing and when I was done I felt a huge sense of accomplishment smile And it probably took about 10 minutes to sort through the whole cupboard!

Your Tupperware cupboard is easy to organize...pull everything out of the cupboard and match all containers with a lid. Any stray lids or bowls? Get rid of them!! Unless it's something you use all the time, if you're missing the bowl or the lid to it, either give it away or throw it away! I promise you in a week or two you'll never even know it was there.

It's so nice to look into my cupboard now and see all the containers lined up with their lids! I know it won't stay that way for long, but it definitely helps to go through it now and then.

Rachel Paxton
Editor/Publisher
CreativeHomemaking.com
Rachel on 04.05.07 @ 12:40 AM CST [link]

Monday, April 2nd

Movie Review: Amazing Grace

My daughter and I went to see the movie "Amazing Grace" last night. My daughter had already seen it and was really excited for me to see it too.

Amazing Grace is the story of William Wilberforce, an abolitionist who lived in England in the late 1700's. William Wilberforce spent many years working to abolish slavery in the British Empire, and the movie chronicles his efforts to finally accomplish his goal of ending slavery once and for all.

It wasn't until several years ago that I heard the story about where the hymn "Amazing Grace" actually came from. It was written by a former slave trader (John Newton) who became a Christian preacher. This preacher was William Wilberforce's preacher, and "Amazing Grace" was William's favorite hymn.

This is a great historical film. It is a good educational film for the whole family...there isn't any bad language, violence, or sexual content in the film.

Rachel Paxton
Editor/Publisher
CreativeHomemaking.com
Rachel on 04.02.07 @ 10:20 PM CST [link]