Homemaking Archives - Starlight and Saucepans

Upcoming Vintage Sewing Projects

It is official, my friends. I have been bitten by the bug. Not a literal bug, fortunately - the sewing bug. For years I had a rather distant relationship with our sewing machine; I had used it a couple times,…

By Lizzie Hexam April 20, 2026Homemaking, Vintage-nessNo Comments

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Vintage Cooking Adventures: Stuffed Mushrooms and Cheese Straws

A few posts ago, I suggested the idea of writing about my vintage cooking escapades. My lovely readers were kind enough to show interest, so here we are to talk about my recent vintage cooking adventures. The first recipe I…

By Lizzie Hexam February 26, 2026Homemaking, Vintage-ness17 Comments

Homemaking Vintage-ness

A Few Vintage Things I’ve Been Enjoying Lately

As you probably know, I love vintage-y things. There are a few random vintage things I've been especially enjoying lately, and I thought perhaps it would be fun to ramble about them a bit for you. ~ my vintage-style apron…

By Lizzie Hexam January 16, 2026Homemaking, Vintage-ness15 Comments

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Inklings // August 2025 (Eight Cousins)

The prompt for August's Inklings link-up (check out Heidi's post here for the rules to link up!) is a breadmaking scene in book or film. For some reason I had an extraordinarily hard time thinking of breadmaking scenes, and the…

By Lizzie Hexam September 24, 2025Bookishness, Homemaking11 Comments

Homemaking Vintage-ness

The Memory Nest Tag

A little while ago Cecilia invited me to fill out the very fun Memory Nest tag! Here are the rules: 1. Thank the person who tagged you. (Thank you, Cecilia! :))2. List five things that start with "when I grow up…

By Lizzie Hexam May 9, 2025Homemaking, Vintage-ness24 Comments

Homemaking Vintage-ness

I Crocheted a Vintage Belt!

As you are likely aware, Easter Sunday occurred not long ago. Inspired by Cecilia's sewing project for Easter, I thought it would be rather nice to make something new for Easter myself. I didn't need any new clothes, though, and…

By Lizzie Hexam April 25, 2025Homemaking, Vintage-ness21 Comments

Homemaking Vintage-ness

I Lived Like a 1950s Housewife for a Day

There is a schedule floating around on the Internet that is supposedly that of the average 1950s housewife. (I'm not sure where it came from...I expect that it's probably more the ideal schedule a housewife would aim to follow than…

By Lizzie Hexam January 15, 2025Homemaking, Vintage-ness22 Comments

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What Lizzie’s Sewing: Patchwork (sort of) Blanket

What ho, readers all! I don't know that I've ever mentioned that I sew before, but I do (though on a very amateur level). I do quite a lot of hand-sewing, at any rate. I haven't done very much machine-sewing.…

By Lizzie Hexam July 27, 2024Homemaking12 Comments

Delicious Gluten-Free Dinners Cheesy Salsa Beef Bake

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Gluten-Free Dinner Recipe: Cheesy Salsa Beef Bake

If you want to grab the recipe and run, here it is: If you have extra time to kill, I go through each step with a few more details below. 1. Cover a cookie sheet with non-stick foil and…

By Lizzie Hexam March 28, 2023HomemakingNo Comments

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Experimenting with Baking Gluten-Free Bread

Hello to you all! My latest experiment with gluten-free baking was, as you may have deduced from the title of this post, bread. I looked up several recipes for the purpose, and decided I liked the looks of this one best. …

By Lizzie Hexam January 24, 2023HomemakingNo Comments