The English Homemaker

This episode of The English Homemaker is about finding the balance between practicality and beauty in your wardrobe. Whilst also balancing a budget and wanting to choose as sustainably as we can!

I share how I purchase new items, and what happens to things in my wardrobe that are past their best.

Repeat after me, 'I will not settle for "good enough"' ! AND 'I will remember that I am important enough to get dressed properly, shower and do my hair the way I like' (it is not frivolous, it is a power move!)

To see the latest things I've bought (aka my new Next jeans, jewellery and tincloth coat), and some of my favourite forever pieces in my wardrobe, visit:
https://shopmy.us/theenglishhomemaker/shelves

Shop my Vinted (follow me to see when I upload new items and purchase my second hand bits and bobs):
https://www.vinted.co.uk/member/228831891-alievehan

Mentioned:
Beth Jones Style https://www.youtube.com/@bjonesstyle
StyleBook App https://stylebookapp.com/
Old Loser in Brooklyn 75 Hard Style Challenge https://oldloserinbrooklyn.substack.com/p/75-hard-style-challenge-20
Sprout Organic (the best knickers!!) https://sproutorganic.co.uk/
To learn more about Kantamanto market in Ghana, and where your clothes go eventually https://www.instagram.com/chemiteijanet/
Visible Mending Course I did on Zoom (loved it!) https://www.collingwoodnorrisdesign.com/visible-mending
Mending Life by Nina and Sonya Montenegro https://amzn.to/4uS8gVz
My Autumn Wardrobe Audit, Switchover & Declutter https://youtu.be/Hu6NzW5_S0w
Eleanor Cripps Intuitive Dressing and The Wardrobe Reset (postpartum dressing) https://www.instagram.com/eleanor.cripps
The Curated Closet by Anuschka Rees https://amzn.to/4tfoF4F
Get your colours done with Colour Me Beautiful https://www.colourmebeautiful.co.uk/
Nancy Birtwhistle book https://amzn.to/4dfNg4C

I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at:
https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/
https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn

Music: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira

For business enquiries: notjustapples @ gmail.com

I receive a small % of commission from anything bought via any amazon/shopmy links above. It doesn’t cost you any more, but is a little way that you help this podcast keep on going.

This episode of The English Homemaker is about all things postpartum... I share my birth story (well "our" birth story really, it's hers and mine), how I prepared my home and my mind for a nourishing postpartum, what I cooked, and how I advocated for myself throughout. I talk about why Community is the most important thing, but how that can look different for everyone. ..

Mentioned:
What I Would've Packed in my Hospital Bag if I'd have known I was going to have an Emergency C-Section Video https://youtu.be/R8bui_Burhk
Our Summer Trip to Sweden (where I realised I wanted another baby) https://youtu.be/cdsaWxRNg0U
Favourite Nursing Snack this time around: Rhythm 108 Swiss Vegan Creamy Coconut Bar with Dark Chocolate https://amzn.to/4blAq2e (aff link)
Set a meal train up for yourself or a friend! https://www.mealtrain.com/
Our Family Life in Lockdown https://youtu.be/Lr7XLdiAnsY
Motherbloom https://www.instagram.com/motherbloom_/
AbiSmissen https://www.instagram.com/abismissen/
The First 40 Days by Heng Ou https://amzn.to/4s4OQL5 (aff link)

I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at:
https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/
https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn

Music: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira

For business enquiries: notjustapples @ gmail.com

I receive a small % of commission from anything bought via any amazon links above. It doesn’t cost you any more, but is a little way that you help this podcast keep on going.

This episode of The English Homemaker is about joy! How we can cultivate it, build it, nurture it, experience it. All the different ways we are doing that in our family at the moment. This episode could be a whole book in itself, so excuse the short episode, but I hope it helps in some way on these dark winter days.

From seashells to sunsets, from hygge lights to belly laughs, from long pushchair walks to the postbox to weekends away in the countryside, we talk about so many things...

"The most wasted of all days is one without laughter." E.E.Cummings

I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at:
https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/
https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn

Mentioned:
Gabrielle Feather 100 Things to do Now You are Collapse Aware https://gabriellefeather.substack.com/p/100-things-to-do-now-you-are-collapse
Hannah McNeely : Falling in Love with Motherhood https://youtu.be/oImJrFZOgmY
Elisa Rathje : Having Awoken (The Journal of Small Work) - https://appleturnover.substack.com/p/having-awoken
Also see episode 13 of this podcast for our gorgeous conversation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jwpAnAO_2E
Michael McIntyre Silent Letter Day https://youtu.be/sOUqHr9tcVY
Ikea Akterspring Table Lamp
Borrowbox Library App
anourishedmother on Instagram

Books:
All Year Round by Ann Druitt, Christine Fynes-Clinton, Marije Rowling
Aggressively Happy by Joy Clarkson
Slow Family Living by Bernadette Noll
The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin

Music: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira

This episode of The English Homemaker is about conscious/principled spending, rising food prices and our two week pantry challenge. I've been excusing our spending on food for months now, and it is time to take action!

I talk through the meal plan, what budget dinners we have made and will be making, and the things I will be buying during the challenge.

Mentioned:

The Salt Path by Raynor Winn

Immy Lucas / Sustainably Vegan

Three Rivers Homestead #threeriverschallenge

I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at:

https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/

https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn

Music: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira

This episode of The English Homemaker is about pottering through the house intuitively, listening to the still small voice and getting rid of the to-do lists. I also tell you a couple of personal things I've been keeping to myself, and how that's challenging me.

I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at:

https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/

https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn

Music: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira