• Faith - Homemaking - Learning - Lifestyle

    …This Fallen Place Home

    It’s been about two years since we move to Indiana and around the same time I shifted this blog from “Real Housewife of Chicago” to “The Hoosier Homemaker”, choosing the tagline “Making Indiana Home Sweet Home” to summarize my sporadic blogging moments. It still fits, but the depth of the…

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    Thanksgiving, Birthdays & Advent

    The last few weeks have been a whirlwind of activity but, as we enter the Advent season and prepare to celebrate Christmas, I am trying to slow myself down and take a little time savor the season, express gratitude and share joy with others. This past week we celebrated not…

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    Winter Capsule Wardrobe

    Or: How My Spending Fast Ended with a Bang (More Like a *SWIPE*) For the month of December, I was on a self-imposed spending fast. Obviously that doesn’t mean I didn’t spend any money — I bought plenty of Christmas gifts, of course! But it did mean that I tried…

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    Fall/Winter Outfit Styling – Giles

    This outfit is styled for my older sister who is currently a grad school student/teacher pursuing her masters in vocal performance. She’s pretty fancy stuff, in case you were wondering. 🙂 She is looking for outfits that will work well for class as well as extracurricular activities. I wanted to…

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    Fall {Maternity} Shopping

    My shopping trips always center around an outfit concept, and the beginning of fall combined with the necessities of a constantly changing size (this belly just keeps growing!) make for plenty of shopping excuses! This outfit includes pieces that I foresee lasting throughout the next few months and into post-pregnancy…

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    Are We People or Professionals?

    Yesterday was a rough day at work. In general, I like my job and the challenges it presents for me to expand my business horizons and creative abilities, but a day like that makes me wonder if I have spent too much time and energy buying into the whole corporate…