The Key to Living a Simple Life

I’m going to get straight to the point. I’m not a fan of long introductions that leave you exhausted by the time you get to the meat of the message. So, what is the key to living a simple life? Contentment con·tent·ment noun a state of happiness and satisfaction Just being satisfied in whatever circumstance

Amish Friendship Bread

So, here I wanted to share the directions, recipe and what to do if you don’t want to make extra starters on baking day OR if all you want to do is make starters and not bake the bread til another day. Amish bread is super easy and very difficult to mess up. When given

Another Baby!?

Surprise! I’m still not used to saying I have 3 children… Now #4 will be arriving in April! We are all so excited! I think it’s funny how SEVERAL people have asked me if this will be our last one. I always say, I’m not sure, and that is the truth, I really don’t know.

Goldenrod Tonic

I’ve heard great things about this stunning wild herb! I have a ton of it growing in my backyard so I decided to do some research to educate myself on it. I am so glad that I did! With the knowledge I obtained, I now have some free medicine to put to use for a

Planter Fasciitis and Essential Oils – Do They Really Work?

My experience with essential oils and my husbands testimony dealing with Planter Fasciitis.

9 Ways to Use Egg Shells

Eggs have more uses than just cooking and eating. In fact, their egg shells can be quite useful around the house too🐥⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀1. Feed them to your chickens Roughly crush them and feed them back to your chickens. It will give them an extra boost of calcium and make for healthier eggs.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 2. Feed them to

About the Author

This blog was created for you, all my like-minded homemakers. And I would love to get to know as many of you, who follow Home Sweet Cottage, as I can. So, let me be the first to introduce myself. Hi! I’m Hollie Yang… I could go into long drawn out paragraphs about myself and bore

The Beginning of My Home Sweet Cottage

I’m Hollie Yang! Published childrens author and illustrator, Mom of two three young children, lover of all things cottagey… is that even a word? I am a house wife/ stay at home mother.  And spend my days raising my children, cooking three meals a day, cleaning, organizing, painting, decorating and just overall continueing to make