Hoosier Homemade ~ Making Your House A Home
  • Decorating the Foyer with Antiques

    Decorating the Foyer with Antiques

    This past weekend, Doug and two of the boys went to visit my Father-in-law, leaving me home, ALONE, (for most of the time) for 28 hrs!
    I highly considered, soaking my feet, doing my nails, eating bon bons and watching Food Network…but, alas, that didn’t happen. What did I do?
    Well, like any crazy blogger does! Clean [...]

  • The Hunt for Froggy is on!!!

    The Hunt for Froggy is on!!!

    Have you heard? The Hunt for Froggy is ON!!!
    I’ve teamed up with 7 other bloggers to bring you a Fun Froggy Hunt!
    ~iGoBoGo
    ~It’s A Blog Party
    ~Our Homeschool Home
    ~Raising Olives
    ~She Saved
    ~Smockity Frocks
    ~Tatertots and Jello
    Hop on over and grab the details at the Blog Frog Community!
    Do a little hunting, find Froggy, leave a comment and then hop [...]

  • Cocktail Cupcakes ~ Cupcake Tuesday

    Cocktail Cupcakes ~ Cupcake Tuesday

    Welcome to Cupcake Tuesday!   If you are new here, grab a cup of tea or a glass of milk and enjoy a cupcake!

    Before we get started with these SUPER fun Cocktail Cupcakes, I wanted to be sure you all knew about the Cupcake Challenge that starts next week. I’ve listed the details for you over [...]

  • Chicken on the Grill and Our Menu Plan

    Chicken on the Grill and Our Menu Plan

     
    Well, here we are again, another week has just flown by! Are you enjoying your Summer? Are you staying cool? It’s been pretty hot here, like most everywhere, but not unbearable. Although, I love the heat and the sun, so most of the time, it doesn’t bother me. I have been trying to cook our [...]

  • Triple Berry Shortcakes with Real Whipping Cream

    Triple Berry Shortcakes with Real Whipping Cream

    Yup! It’s me again, making you drool all over keyboard! These Triple Berry Shortcakes just scream Summer! Don’t ya think?
    Even though they do require firing up your oven, they only take about 12 – 15 minutes, it goes pretty quickly, so you don’t heat up your kitchen too terribly. You can also bake in the [...]

Cupcake Tuesday

Cocktail Cupcakes ~ Cupcake Tuesday
[ 38 ] July 26, 2010

Cocktail Cupcakes ~ Cupcake Tuesday

Welcome to Cupcake Tuesday!   If you are new here, grab a cup of tea or a glass of milk and enjoy a cupcake!

Before we get started with these SUPER fun Cocktail Cupcakes, I wanted to be sure you all knew about the Cupcake Challenge that starts next week. I’ve listed the details for you over [...]

Raspberry Cupcakes ~ Cupcake Tuesday
[ 17 ] July 19, 2010

Raspberry Cupcakes ~ Cupcake Tuesday

Welcome to Cupcake Tuesday!   If you are new here, grab a cup of tea or a glass of milk and enjoy a cupcake!
Wow! Did you see all the great cupcakes on last week’s Cupcake Tuesday? There were 22 awesome ones, how about Orange Creamsicle or Strawberry, we even had a Breakfast cupcake and a Strawberry [...]

Cupcake Tuesday ~ Pool Cupcakes
[ 31 ] July 12, 2010

Cupcake Tuesday ~ Pool Cupcakes

Welcome to Cupcake Tuesday!   If you are new here, grab a cup of tea or a glass of milk and enjoy a cupcake!
Are you having a great Summer? Ours is flying by, as I’m sure yours is too! How about some fun Pool Cupcakes to celebrate a fun outing to the beach or pool?

And how [...]

Baking

Triple Berry Shortcakes with Real Whipping Cream
[ 64 ] July 25, 2010

Triple Berry Shortcakes with Real Whipping Cream

Yup! It’s me again, making you drool all over keyboard! These Triple Berry Shortcakes just scream Summer! Don’t ya think?
Even though they do require firing up your oven, they only take about 12 – 15 minutes, it goes pretty quickly, so you don’t heat up your kitchen too terribly. You can also bake in the [...]

Graham Streusel Muffins
[ 14 ] July 22, 2010

Graham Streusel Muffins

There are many of my cake recipes that I have made into muffins or cupcakes. These Graham Streusel Muffins are some that work perfectly.
I shared my Graham Streusel Cake with you last winter, but wanted to share these muffins too.
Even though I enjoy baking from scratch, sometimes my time is limited, so starting with a cake [...]

Cool N' Creamy Lime Pie
[ 18 ] July 17, 2010

Cool N’ Creamy Lime Pie

Lemon, Lime, Orange…pretty much any citrus flavor just screams Summertime to me! Especially if it’s Cool N’ Creamy!
With all the hot weather we have been having, I am trying not to heat up our kitchen. So I went on the hunt for a No-Bake Dessert.
Many moon ago, I collected the little cookbooks, you [...]

Cooking

Chicken on the Grill and Our Menu Plan
[ 10 ] July 26, 2010

Chicken on the Grill and Our Menu Plan

 
Well, here we are again, another week has just flown by! Are you enjoying your Summer? Are you staying cool? It’s been pretty hot here, like most everywhere, but not unbearable. Although, I love the heat and the sun, so most of the time, it doesn’t bother me. I have been trying to cook our [...]

Make-Ahead Sloppy Joes and our Menu Plan
[ 5 ] July 19, 2010

Make-Ahead Sloppy Joes and our Menu Plan

Welcome to another great Menu Plan Monday! How is your Summer going? Are you staying cool? It’s been hot here in Indiana, but we are managing the heat pretty well.
I’ve been trying to use the stove and oven less. And if I do have to cook, I’m trying to make several meals at a time, so [...]

Packing a Picnic for the Beach
[ 7 ] July 16, 2010

Packing a Picnic for the Beach

With all the hot weather lately, I haven’t been doing a lot of cooking or baking. We’ve been eating lots of salads and sandwiches, which I’m sure most of you have as well.
Last weekend, we took the afternoon and headed to the beach. We have beautiful lakes around us. We are about 15 minutes only [...]

Decorating

Decorating the Foyer with Antiques
[ 7 ] July 28, 2010

Decorating the Foyer with Antiques

This past weekend, Doug and two of the boys went to visit my Father-in-law, leaving me home, ALONE, (for most of the time) for 28 hrs!
I highly considered, soaking my feet, doing my nails, eating bon bons and watching Food Network…but, alas, that didn’t happen. What did I do?
Well, like any crazy blogger does! Clean [...]

Pinwheel Garland ~ How to Tutorial
[ 22 ] July 14, 2010

Pinwheel Garland ~ How to Tutorial

This Pinwheel Garland was such fun to create! I can’t take credit for the idea though, Leanne, the Craft Queen from Organize and Decorate Everything came up with this cute idea!  I first spied her Patriotic Garland when she linked up to my Fourth of July Party over at It’s A Blog Party. She has such great [...]

How to Decorate your Mantle for Summer
[ 29 ] July 12, 2010

How to Decorate your Mantle for Summer

Well, I’m back again, changing my Mantle. This time I Decorated for Summer. I know, Summer is half over, but first I had my Memorial Day Mantle, then the Celebration Mantle for Andrew’s graduation and of course, the 4th of July Mantle. So, I’m just now changing it for Summer.
The Mantle is not the only place [...]

Featured Posts

Hoosier Homemade's Weekly Review
[ 1 ] July 24, 2010

Hoosier Homemade’s Weekly Review

I’ve been thinking for quite awhile that I wanted to start sharing some favorites with you all. And with Saturday’s Share Your Faves and the Deals of the Week over at It’s A Blog Party, of course, I just had to join in the fun!
I’ll be sharing a few of my favorites from Cupcake Tuesday, more great [...]

Daily Brainstorm and a Cupcake Challenge
[ 6 ] July 21, 2010

Daily Brainstorm and a Cupcake Challenge

 

I’m very honored to have been selected to be a contributor for The Daily Brainstorm Blog.
The Daily Brainstorm is like a magazine wrapped into a blog. The best of both worlds! They want to rock your life, here is what they have to say about their new blog “The Daily Brainstorm is a place where compelling [...]

Landscaping ~ Creating Curb Appeal
[ 35 ] July 18, 2010

Landscaping ~ Creating Curb Appeal

Making the outside of our home beautiful and creating curb appeal is very important to me. My love for flowers and landscaping comes from my parents. They had a beautiful yard and my Mom was a florist for 40 years.
This is our second Summer in our home, and last year, we never got around to working on [...]

Reviews & Giveaways

The Hunt for Froggy is on!!!
[ 2 ] July 28, 2010

The Hunt for Froggy is on!!!

Have you heard? The Hunt for Froggy is ON!!!
I’ve teamed up with 7 other bloggers to bring you a Fun Froggy Hunt!
~iGoBoGo
~It’s A Blog Party
~Our Homeschool Home
~Raising Olives
~She Saved
~Smockity Frocks
~Tatertots and Jello
Hop on over and grab the details at the Blog Frog Community!
Do a little hunting, find Froggy, leave a comment and then hop [...]

It's a Froggy Hunt
[ 6 ] July 27, 2010

It’s a Froggy Hunt

Hey all! I wanted to let you know about something fun that starts tomorrow!
Hoosier Homemade has teamed up with 7 other blogs to host a fun filled Froggy Hunt!  Much like a Scavenger Hunt, you will “hop” around from Blog to Blog and hunt for Froggy!

iGoBoGo
It’s A Blog Party
Our Homeschool Home
Raising Olives
She Saved
Smockity Frocks
Tatertots and [...]

Great American Bake Sale and a Giveaway
[ 105 ] June 25, 2010

Great American Bake Sale and a Giveaway

GIVEAWAY CLOSED…winner announced soon
First, I need to begin by apologizing. This post should have gone up a month ago, and I have just been so super busy, I didn’t have take the time to get the Bake Sale done. I had large plans in my head of hosting a Great American Bake Sale and sharing [...]