Yesterday I alerted (on twitter) that I was excited about a new feature that I was going to begin on the blog. :) After some deliberation, some friends came up with a name for this feature.
Arts of Virtue: Rediscovering the Arts of Yesteryear
Each week I am going to give a step by step demonstration of some type of skill or a how to lesson. Some ideas are:
How to can tomatoes
How to crochet a dishcloth
How to make your own laundry soap
How to make bread
How to make yogurt
How to make a simple dress
How to make jam/jelly
How to use certain tools in the kitchen
You get the idea right?
Well, this is what I need from you.
I need ideas.
What you would like to see... a skill that you would like to learn how to do.
If I know how to do it (hee hee), I will feature it in one of our Thursday installments. Thursday of course, because Thursday is my favorite day, remember? :)
So please, leave your idea, your request in the comments and bookmark me in your favorites and lets look for some fun times ahead.
If I can figure out how to do it, I am contemplating making 'how to' videos as well. :)
Have a great weekend friends... ours begins today after Shannon gets home. We are beginning our mini-stay-cation (meaning we stay around home but pretend we are on vacation and just do fun stuff! It's cheap and fun! And mini because it is just for four days! But we really need some time to step away from everything and enjoy each other.) Pictures to come next week!
Well I'm excited. Of course I can't think of anything at the moment....but I like your topics. Do you know how to can pickled beats, or pancake syrups? Those are two things I would like to do this year.
Looking forward to your articles....
Donna
www.homeschoolblogger.com/alwayslearning
Anonymous - 08:38 - Thursday, July 23, 2009
So Happy
I think this is a wonderful idea! I recently learned to knit and I want to learn so many more things. I would like to learn how to can vegetables and how to make sauerkraut. Anything you are willing to show us would be a blessing. I live very far away from the elder females in my family and cannot learn these things from them. (I am a military spouse) Learning how to be a more productive wife and mother would be great, a chance to use the gifts God gave us.
Anonymous - 10:55 - Thursday, July 23, 2009
Oh, How Wonderful
Dearest Chas,
Count me among the many ladies who will join you for each tutorial! What a lovely idea!
Dearest Chas, It's great to hear your new idea. Can't wait to see your instructions on these topics that you listed. We are still using the other homemade foods you have taught us. Chocolate syrup, etc. Canning is something I have never done and will attempt this fall, I live in Illinoios. Looking forward to learning this timeless skill from you. God Bless you. Cynthia
InHimWillITrust - 01:11 - Saturday, July 25, 2009
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Oh Chas I'm so glad to hear your going to do this! I wish so many more people would help other to learn homemaking/homesteading arts. This is what my dh and I have been trying with our homestead series.
Have you ever done candle making or rug braiding? I'd love to see tutorials on these.
Blessings,
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Welcome to the Journey of our lives here at our place on this Mountain, our Heritage Acres Homestead. My name is Chas and here you will find my thoughts, my ideas and my accomplishments of my life as a Christian wife to my Sweetheart of many years, and as a Homeschooling Moma to my 4 beautiful blessings. We are making the most out of what God has abundantly blessed us with! Truly, My Cup Runneth Over...
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