Hey lovely 🤍 Welcome back to the Lovely Home Podcast! I’m your host, Evelyn, and around here we focus on grace over guilt in your mind, life, and home — with Christ as our foundation.

In today’s episode, I’m sharing my personal meal planning system — the one that helps me consistently meal plan and prep meals (including breakfast!) without spiraling into pressure. This is a hybrid method using recipe cards + Pinterest, and it’s designed to be simple, fast, and sustainable.

We’re talking:

• How to choose your “core” 10–15 go-to recipes

• How to organize them into categories (dinner, breakfast, lunch, snacks)

• How to use cookbooks without flipping forever

• And my favorite hack: writing a recipe link on the back of a card so you can scan it with your phone and jump straight to the recipe (no endless Pinterest scrolling!)

If you want to give this method a try, here’s what you’ll need: note cards, a pen, a recipe box (optional), a Pinterest account, your phone, and your cookbooks.

If you want help building rhythms that work for your body, your mind, your menstrual phase, and your love language, you can book a Lovely Rhythms Call right here: https://allthingslovely.co

And if you’re ready to grab your Lovely Home Planner, stickers, or anything else in the shop, you can visit: https://allthingslovely.co✨ Use code LOVELY25 for 25% off anything in the shop.

Want to chat or ask questions about creating a system that fits your life? Email me at: https://help.pinterest.com/en/article/create-a-board

Hatch alarm clock (Restore): https://www.hatch.co/restore

The Lazy Genius (Kendra Adachi): https://www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/

Truly Crunchy Magazine: https://trulycrunchy.com/

Passionate Penny Pincher Menu Boxes: https://shop.passionatepennypincher.com/collections/menu-boxes

The Cook’s Book (Bri McKoy): https://book.brimckoy.com/

Magnolia Table Cookbook (Joanna Gaines): https://magnolia.com/products/magnolia-table-cookbook

Pioneer Woman Cookbooks (Ree Drummond): https://shop.thepioneerwoman.com/ree-s-cookbooks.html

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Hey lovely 🤍 In today’s episode of the Lovely Home Podcast, I’m joined by a very special guest: Kate Sheets, the owner and founder of Selah Publications—a faith-based paper goods brand creating the most beautiful planners, journals, devotionals, and quiet-time companions for women who want to spend intentional time with the Lord.

This conversation is for the Christian woman who feels like her quiet time “has” to look a certain way—a perfect morning routine, a candle, a set schedule, uninterrupted silence… and then the guilt hits when real life doesn’t cooperate. Kate and I talk about how to release that pressure and instead build grace-filled rhythms that invite God into your whole day—whether you’re a mom with littles, in a busy season, or simply feeling overwhelmed by hustle culture.

We discuss:

• Why beauty matters to women (and why it’s not vanity)

• How faith-based journals can feel like a “date with Jesus” (so you actually want to pick them up)

• A guilt-free approach to quiet time rhythms, including the SOAP Bible Study Method

• How to practice intentionality instead of hustle

• What to do when you feel lost, overwhelmed, spiraling, or out of control

• The powerful question: “What is my unmet desire?”

• The spiritual and practical encouragement of “Selah”—pausing with God and finding peace in the waiting

If you’ve been craving rest, clarity, Christian encouragement, a slow-living mindset, and practical ways to stay close to Jesus throughout the day, this episode is for you.

And hey—Kate is also offering you a discount code so you can try Selah for yourself 🤍

Selah Publications (Shop): https://selahpublications.com

Selah Publications on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/selahpublications

Selah Publications on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@selahpublications

Lovely Home Podcast Retreat (Free): https://allthingslovelyco.com/pages/retreat

Lint Giveaway Episode (for details): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lent-giveaway-alert-all-the-lovely-things-coming-up/id1754695026?i=1000747850557

Giveaway Email Entry: shopallthingslovelyco@gmail.com

Book a Lovely Rhythms Call: https://allthingslovely.co/products/one-on-one-lovely-rhythms-call

Shop the Lovely Home Planner: https://allthingslovely.co/products/a-lovely-home-planner

Use code: LOVELY15 for 15% off your cart at Selah Publications.

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LOVELY GIVEAWAY ALERT!!!

In this bonus episode of The Lovely Home Podcast, I’m sharing some very exciting updates—including a Lent giveaway, an upcoming Holy Week daily podcast series, and details about the Lovely Home Podcast Retreat happening this March.

As February gently bridges winter and spring, we’re turning our hearts toward the church calendar and preparing for Lent—a season that invites reflection, repentance, and renewed hope in Christ. To celebrate, I’m giving away a beautiful Daily Grace Co. Season of Lent bundle, along with a Lovely Home Planner and a Lovely Rhythms Call, to help one lucky listener intentionally walk through Lent with grace and purpose.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• How to enter the Lent giveaway (and important deadlines)

• What Lent is and why it matters for Christian women and homemakers

• Details about the Holy Week nightly mini-series coming later in March

• Everything you need to know about the Lovely Home Podcast Retreat (March 11–14)

If you’re craving a slower, more meaningful approach to homemaking, faith, and daily life—this episode will gently ground you and give you something beautiful to look forward to.

✨ Grab your planner or journal, something cozy to sip on, and let’s chat about all things lovely.

• How to enter: Leave a written 5-star review on Apple Podcasts and email me your review name or a screenshot at shopallthingslovelyco@gmail.com

• Deadline: February 11th

• Winner announced: February 12th

• Ships: February 13 (before Lent begins on February 18)

• Lovely Home Podcast Retreat (March 11–14): https://allthingslovely.co/pages/retreat

• Shop the Lovely Home Planner: https://allthingslovely.co

• Book a Lovely Rhythms Call: https://allthingslovely.co

• Daily Grace Co. Lent Resources:

Clinging to the cross Lent Bible study

Be With Jesus Journal

Liturgical Church Calendar Cards

• Email for giveaway entry: shopallthingslovelyco@gmail.com

• Follow & tag us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/lovelyhomepodcast