Homestead Blessings: The Art of Sewing DVD WINNERS!!!

The winners are:

Amy said...

I would want The Art of Cooking


Missional Mama
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Mrs. White said...


I am already a follower of your blog on GFC.
Thanks for this chance to win.

blessings
Mrs. White
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homeschooling mom of 4 said...


I just started following through GFC and I seen your blog from your tag on MFW Families group. Would love to have the canning, or sewing, or gardening, or quilting video. I ust love to learn from them.

thanks,
Kim
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Congrats guys!  Please email me your address so that I can have them shipped out to ya!
Thanks so much to everyone that entered.  I will be doing another Homestead Blessings DVD Review/Giveaway real soon.

Homestead Blessing: The Art of Sewing Review & GIVEAWAY

We have been given the opportunity to watch and review the Homestead Blessings Video Series, the most recent video that we watched was The Art of Sewing.

I was thrilled to be able to watch the Art of Sewing because my sewing skills are pretty minimal, at best.  The West Ladies really do have a gift of making you feel that you REALLY can do what they are doing, and do it well.  When I watch their videos I feel very encouraged and they don't make me feel like I have to be a perfectionist to make something beautiful.

The Art of Sewing Video had several sewing lessons that teach you basting, cutting, straight stitch.  The projects in the video included a doll quilt, pillow cases, layered skirt and a RAG QUILT!  I have been wanting to make a quilt but never felt qualified to be a quilt maker, you know what I'm sayin'!  BUT the west Ladies explained that a RAG Quilt is a little more forgiving, i.e. It doesn't have to be perfect!  That sounds right up my alley.

So, I have decided to make a rag quilt for Lil' Bits for his birthday (I have until July), but I am going to wait until we finish up school for the year to start my quilt project.  I have lots of fun kids flannel prints that would make a really cute quilt for a little boy.  Plus, I have made all the other kids a blanket, you know those no sew fleece blankets and I don't want him to feel left out : )



The Homestead Blessings Videos would make a wonderful Home Education Series to do at home with the kids.  The West Ladies have a wide variety of life skills that they teach, the videos in the series are:

• The Art of Quilting
• The Art of Sewing 
• The Art of Dairy Delights
• The Art of Canning
• The Art of Gardening
• The Art of Herbs
• The Art of Cooking 
• The Art of Soap Making
• The Art of Candle Making
• The Art of Bread Making
• The Art of Crafting

You can purchase your own copy of Homestead Blessings: The Art of Sewing or any of the other Homestead Blessings videos directly from Franklin Springs Media.  While your there be sure to check out all the other AWESOME Family Friendly videos that they offer.

If you would like to WIN your very own copy of The Art of Sewing, here is your chance!  I have 3, yes THREE to GIVEAWAY!  Here is how you can enter to win Homestead Blessings, The Art of Sewing:

Please leave a SEPARATE COMMENT for each way that you enter and YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS! Here are the ways that you can enter:

• You must be a Follower or Subscriber of LSG to Win! Please leave me a comment and let me know how you follow.
• If you have just become a new Follower or Subscriber please tell me how you heard about this giveaway.
• Spread the Word!  If you have a blog and post about this contest please come back and leave me a link to your post.  
• Please visit the Franklin Springs website, let me know which other Homestead Blessings videos you would be interested in.  
• Facebook or Twitter about this giveaway and leave me a comment to let me know about it.
• Like Franklin Springs Family Media on Facebook.
• Like Homestead Blessings on Facebook.

PLEASE NOTE:  One of my wonderful ATTENTIVE readers reminded me to give an END DATE for the GIVEAWAY (thanks!).  Oops, sorry I have forgot, told ya'll I've been slackin' lately : ) 

The GIVEAWAY will END on March 23th.  Thanks for entering!


Please note that the Art of Sewing was given to us free of charge for review purposes.   The opinions expressed here are my own and i was not swayed buy the free product. 

Homestead Blessings: The Art of Bread Making WINNERS!

The Winners are.....

Comment #2
Hello, I am a follower of your blog and would love to win The Art of Bread Making :-)
Comment #30
I found your blog through yahoo bloggers Haven. I am now a follower.


Comment #71
i would love the art of crafting!



Thanks to everyone that entered! 

Homestead Blessings: The Art of Dairy Delights Video WINNERS!

Sorry guys I almost forgot to post the winner.  We've had some painting done this week and I have been trying to put my house back together again.  The winners this month are....

Sweetpeas said...

I heard about this giveaway on the TOS Crew forum.

AND
 
The Unsell Family said...

I follow your blog with google friend connect

AND
 
jkmom said...
Just Liked Homestead Blessings on FB.

jkmom, you didn't leave your email address.  Please email me you address so that I can get your video out to you.  My email addy is bkeefe98@aol.com.

Congrats!!  I am emailing you ldies directly.  Thanks to everyone that entered.

Homestead Blessings: The Art of Dairy Delights Video Review & GIVEAWAY!

OK, so remember the other day I told you I had some exciting news.  We have been blessed with the opportunity to review the Homestead Blessings Video Series made by the West Ladies.  I am going to be reviewing a new video each month AND each month Franklin Springs Family Media is allowing me to GIVEAWAY 3 (Yes, T-H-R-E-E-!-!) of the videos that I reviewed that month to 3 of YOU!  Told ya it was exciting news!

If you don't know who the West Ladies are, let me tell you a little bit about them... They are a mother daughter (well 3 to be exact) team who focus on homesteading, or country living if you will.  They invite you into their home and show you everything from bread baking to candle making to quilting.  I just love their personalities, they have good ol' country charm that just draws you in to what they are doing. 

The West Ladies are always adding to their video collection. but currently The Homestead Blessings Series consists of 11 videos:

• The Art of Quilting
• The Art of Sewing 
• The Art of Dairy Delights
• The Art of Canning
• The Art of Gardening
• The Art of Herbs
• The Art of Cooking 
• The Art of Soap Making
• The Art of Candle Making
• The Art of Bread Making
• The Art of Crafting

This month the kids and I watched Dairy Delights, not to sound corny but it was delightful!  Vicki, Cece, Hannah and Jasmine walked us through making homemade ice cream, butter, mozzarella, cream cheese, and yogurt.  as a bonus we even learned how to milk a cow!  Being a visual learner myself, it was so helpful to have the ability to see everything step by step. 

We decided to try making butter, yogurt and ice cream.  Can you guess which one the kids loved the most??  Of course it was the ice cream!  The ice cream was there favorite thing to eat but the butter was their favorite thing to make.  I thought that everything turned out great!  At first, I thought my yogurt didn't turn out that great, but after it sat in the fridge a bit, all was well. 

Remember I told you I would share how I had made the yogurt.  Here is the recipe from the Dairy Delights video...

Homemade Yogurt
Items that you need:

• Quart of Milk (I used organic, whole milk)
• 1/4 cup of Store Bought PLAIN yogurt with LIVE ACTIVE CULTURES (this is your starter)
• Quart Sized Jars with Lids
• Small Cooler
• Hot Water
• Food Thermometer

First you need to get your milk to 180 degrees and then let it cool to 110 degrees. That was the hardest part, waiting. Once your temperature is 110 degrees you add your yogurt and pour in the jars. Top with lids. Place the jars in your little cooler and pour in the hot water. The water should be as high as the yogurt in the jar. Closer it up and then wait, 4-8 hours, depending on how strong you want your yogurt. Like the ladies said, if your yogurt isn't perfect the few time or two, don't give up. It kinda takes practice.

Heat the milk to 180 degrees and once it cools to 100 degree add your yogurt.  I doubled the recipe.

Place milk/yogurt mixture into your jars.  Top with lids.

  

Place jars in a cooler with hot water.  Close it up and wait 4-8 hours, depending

on how strong you want it. 

It was a little lumpy but still very good. 

The Homestead Blessings videos are great family films that make wonderful tools for training up our daughters to be helpers in the kitchen and home, and to of course prepare them to run their own homes one day.  Mother and daughters will no doubt have great fellowship and bonding time as they work through this series together.  This video series also makes for a top notch home economics program. 

The ladies used an old fashioned hand cranked ice cream maker but we used our electric one. 

Didn't take long to get thick and creamy. 

Not sure that I even need to comment here, I am sure your mouth is already watering. 

The Lil' Chef making butter.

Computer Girl taking a turn.

Yes folks, that is a big ol' hunk of fresh, homemade butter.  And boy is it good!

I doubled this recipe and this is what I ended up with.

I ended up sticking some in the freezer.

On to the GIVEAWAY!  I am just so excited to be able to share these videos with you!  The giveaway is going to run until September 10, 2010.   Here is how you can enter to win Homestead Blessings, The Art of Dairy Delights:

Please leave a SEPARATE COMMENT for each way that you enter and YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS! Here are the ways that you can enter:

• You must be a Follower or Subscriber of LSG to Win! Please leave me a comment and let me know how you follow.
• If you have just become a new Follower or Subscriber please tell me how you heard about this giveaway.
• If you blog about this contest please come back and leave me a link to you post.  
• Please visit the Franklin Springs website, let me know which other Homestead Blessings videos you would be interested in.  
• Facebook or Twitter about this giveaway and leave me a comment to let me know about it.
• Like Franklin Springs Family Media on Facebook.
• Like Homestead Blessings on Facebook.

We received these products free of charge, from Franklin Springs Family Media, for review purposes. The opinions stated in this review are our own and we were not paid in any way.