The Art of Home: A Podcast for Homemakers
Allison L Weeks
Exploring how homemakers cultivate a place to belong. Seeking to honor and elevate the art of homemaking by highlighting stories of women who have practiced this art over the long haul. Through Homemaker Portraits and Deep Dive episodes on subjects related to keeping the home we hope to encourage listeners to confidently and skillfully practice their art of making a home. New episodes every other Wednesday.
- 1 hour 18 minutesHoliday Homemaking 2025 | Week 5
It's our last episode of 2025! I've got FIVE more holiday stories of home for you from Heather Price, Jessica Fisher, Mallori Tinkler, Rosemary Young, and Abigail Dodds. I also have a warning for you about holding traditions loosely in my last Traditions and Time Together segment.
Notes & Resources are on the Blog: theartofhomepodcast.com/blog search "Holiday Homemaking 2025 Week 5"
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10 December 2025, 6:00 am - 14 minutes 11 secondsMonday Motivation #43 | Advent Reflections: Love for the Homemaker
In today’s episode I am bringing you a reflection from former guest and writer, Jeanette Rath, a young homemaker disenchanted with the commercial trappings and hustle of our culture’s version of Christmas.
It’s in the sacrificial love of the home where her joy and hope in the season are restored.
And I have another essay of mine for you to cap off our 2025 season of Advent reflections. So, enjoy these short little stories as you do some christmas shopping or deck the halls.
NOTES & RESOURCES:
FREE 2025 Daily Advent Guide: theartofhomepodcast.com/christmas
Other Episodes featuring Today's Writers
Jeanette Rath's Homemaker Portrait, S7:E2
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8 December 2025, 6:00 am - 1 hour 21 minutesHoliday Homemaking 2025 | Week 4
In this episode, I am bringing you holiday stories of home from 4 guests you heard from this past year; Mindy Heiner, Amber Reesor, Jayme Cherry and Jenny Nanninga.
I share some tips for hosting an Ugly Christmas Sweater Party and I have a holiday poem for you.
Be sure to listen till the end for the episode emoji if you want that gold star. ⭐️
NOTES & LINKS
All resources, links and recipes will be on the companion blog post. theartofhomepodcast.com/blog > search "Holiday Homemaking 2025 Week 4"
Take Peace! A Corgi Cottage Christmas (Tasha Tudor) available on YouTube for $2
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3 December 2025, 6:00 am - 14 minutes 35 secondsMonday Motivation #42 | Advent Reflections, Joy for the Homemaker
In today’s Monday motivation you’ll hear two articles reflecting on the third theme of Advent, Joy. The first, written by Karen Sheppard about Finding Joy in Jesus at the Table and second, a little reflection from me about finding joy in homemaking, which you may have heard in last year’s Holiday Homemaking Week 3, but it bears repeating. Karen’s article was originally published in Homemaker Happy Mail December 2023 and mine in Homemaker Happy Mail December 2022.
FREE Daily Advent Guide: https://www.theartofhomepodcast.com/christmas
Other Advent Reflection Episodes 2025
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1 December 2025, 6:00 am - 1 hour 24 minutesHoliday Homemaking 2025 | Week 3
🎄Welcome to Week 3 of Holiday Homemaking 2025! 🎉
You will be hearing holiday stories of home from past guests Laura Ruoff, Rachael Bomsta, Georgetta Christinsen, Caitlin McCormick and Mystie Winckler.
I will continue my series on Traditions and Togetherness with some tips for hosting a Ladies Christmas Tea.
NOTES & RESOURCES
Recipes, notes, links and resources are on the Blog!
https://www.theartofhomepodcast.com/post/holiday-homemaking-2025-week-3
Allison's Update
No new episodes next week. Happy Thanksgiving! Holiday Homemaking returns December 1st.
Seasonal Art of Home Publication (Magazine?)
- What would you call it?
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ADVENT starts November 30th! Get your FREE daily Advent guide. 🕯️
Poems:
- The Oxen by Thomas Hardy, originally published in the London Times, 1915, public domain
- The Christmas Silence by Margaret Deland, originally published in The Chicago Ledger, 1914, public domain
Music:
All music is royalty free and licensing purchased through Envato.
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19 November 2025, 6:00 am - 16 minutes 14 secondsMonday Motivation #41 | Advent Reflections: Peace for the Homemaker
Happy Monday, Homemaker! We are continuing our Advent Reflections series with two articles on the second theme of Advent, peace, written by homemakers just like you.
These two articles are meant to encourage you to reflect on our Prince of Peace, Jesus. His "peace that passes all understanding" makes a difference in your day to day homemaking because it is a peace not dependent on circumstances.
In the first article, Peace, Sarah Beaugh shares how Christ's peace sustained her through the long months of her husband's unemployment.
And in Experiencing Peace in the Season, Naomi Fata gives some very practical and actionable steps to "enter the peace of the season, rather than feeling dragged through the season."
NOTES & LINKS
Connect with Sarah
website | sarahbeaugh.com
instagram | @sarah.beaugh
Connect with Naomi
website | naomifata.net
instagram | @naomifata
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17 November 2025, 6:00 am - 1 hour 14 minutesHoliday Homemaking 2025 | Week 2
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 sharing more about Traditions & Time Together with a segment on setting up 12 Dates of Christmas with your husband. It is a very full episode, so I’m sure you will gather lots of ideas to inspire your own holiday homemaking.
EPISODE NOTES
All of the resources from this episode including recipes, photos and printable downloads are on the companion blog post. Go to theartofhomepodcast.com/blog and search "Holiday Homemaking 2025".
CONNECT WITH OUR FEATURED GUESTS
Emily Baxter Substack
Charity Gibson | website
Kristen Howard | homesweethome.blog
Bess Hawthorne | Come Over for Dinner Podcast | Instagram
Hear more from each guest on their homemaker portraits. Go to www.theartofhomepodcast.com/podcast and search their name.
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12 November 2025, 6:00 am - 14 minutes 20 secondsMonday Motivation #40 | Advent Reflections: Hope for the Homemaker
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 on the first theme of Advent-Hope. First, Tiffany Harris lights a Flame of Hope for the homemaker. Then, Amber Davis encourages us to focus on the Advent of Hope, the birth of Jesus the Messiah, our Living Hope.
FREE 2025 Daily Advent Guide: theartofhomepodcast.com/christmas
Companion Blog Post with Full Articles, Flame of Hope & Advent of Hope
Other Episodes featuring Today's Writers
Tiffany Harris's Homemaker Portrait, S15:E2
Amber Davis's Homemaker Portrait, S7:E6
Deep Dive Bible Study (Amber Davis), S23:E2
Deep Dive Prayer (Amber Davis), S25:E6
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10 November 2025, 6:00 am - 1 hour 40 minutesHoliday Homemaking 2025 | Week 1: Favorites with Friends
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 favorite sweet treats and we all share 3 favorite things we think would make great gifts to give or to receive. I am also sharing the first of my tip segments on Traditions & Time Together.
Grab some hot cocoa and settle in for a nice long holiday chat!
NOTES & LINKS
www.theartofhomepodcast.com/blog, search "favorites with friends 2025"
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5 November 2025, 6:00 am - 8 minutes 53 secondsMonday Motivation #39 | Kick off the Holidays with a Gratitude Tree
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 Episode:
Why I Decorate Early & Slowly
How I Keep the Fall Vibes Going with my Gratitude Tree
How to Make Your Own Gratitude Tree & Keepsake Book
NOTES & LINKS
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3 November 2025, 6:00 am - 1 hour 27 minutesHomemaker Portrait | Jenny Nanninga
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 with a larger home, Jenny values her time in the tiny house because she learned so much about contentment and creative homemaking there.
She fiercely defends the value of homemaking to anyone who will listen, but most importantly to her girls and she is training them not just in the practical skills of the home but in valuing the work of the homemaker.
We cover all the usual ground of strengths, weaknesses, influences, wins, fails and more.
NOTES & LINKS
For Full Show Notes, including Jenny's favorites and Signature Dish, go to theartofhomepodcast.com/blog and search "Jenny Nanninga"
Connect with Jenny
Etsy (for Nature Group Start Up Guide and more!)
Instagram @bloom.wild.schoolhouse
Articles in Focus on the Family and Brio
The Joyful Life articles
Bloom Wild Girls, Podcast for Tween & Teen Girls | Apple | Spotify | Instagram
Mentioned in this Episode
Books: A Lantern in Her Hand by Bess Streeter Aldrich
Mother Carey's Chickens by Kate Douglas Wiggin
FREE Advent Guide: theartofhomepodcast.com/christmas
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