Are you wanting to host more but feel like it's puts a burden your husband? Does the hostess version of you bring stress and chaos more than joy? Is your husband willing to help but struggling knowing what that looks like when you seem to have it "all together?"

Todays episode will go through a mindset shift and habits to help you be better Catholic wife. We discuss my top 3 priority list i give my husband before any event so that I know what he's doing and he knows what is expected. When you go into the planning of an event, there are usually 3 things that need to occur every time and are simple tasks that you can confidently delegate.

As with anything in marriage, managing your own expectations will take you farther than any argument with your husband. The marriage dance is using each other strengths, weaknesses, and finding that balance. (not to mention your children are watching how you handle life together!)

Christian hospitality can bring so much joy to the home, but if we allow the stress bubble up and we lash out on our family, especially our husband, the goodness is gone. To have a truly peaceful, Christ-centered home means to be truly living a Christian life.

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How can I be more creative as a SAHM when my days feel repetitive and mundane?How can I make hosting at home more fun and creative without spending a lot of time or money? How can I use my hobbies and God-given gifts to bring more joy, purpose, and faith into my homemaking?

Have you ever felt like your days as a stay-at-home mom (SAHM) are repetitive, mundane, or lacking purpose? Creativity can be a powerful way to bring more joy, inspiration, and fulfillment into your daily life—and you don't have to leave home or carve out hours of free time to experience it! In this episode, we're continuing our hobbies and homemaking series with a deep dive into how to leverage creativity when hosting gatherings at home. I'll share how I discovered my love for adding thoughtful, personal touches to parties, along with practical ideas for creating a theme, designing invitations, decorating, planning food, and choosing activities that make your guests feel welcomed and loved. Whether you're a seasoned hostess or a Catholic homemaker planning your very first gathering, you'll find creative inspiration to make hosting more meaningful and enjoyable.

As Catholic moms and Christian homemakers, we have an opportunity to use our God-given gifts to serve others, cultivate community, and create a peaceful, welcoming home. You'll learn how simple creative habits can transform an ordinary gathering into something memorable without requiring an elaborate setup or expensive supplies. From themed recipes and DIY invitations to family-friendly activities and personalized details, we'll explore how to make creativity a practical part of your homemaking routine. We'll also reflect on how prayer can invite the Holy Spirit into our creative pursuits, helping us rediscover joy in the mundane and use our hobbies to glorify God, nurture relationships, and make our homes places where others feel loved.

If you've been longing for a creative outlet, searching for hobbies as a SAHM, or hoping to bring more beauty, intention, and peaceful rhythms into your home, this episode is for you. You don't have to make every detail extraordinary—sometimes one thoughtful touch is enough to make someone feel special.

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Episode 12: Hosting as a hobby: How I hosted our first gathering in our new home

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Does hosting an event bring more stress than joy?

Have you been putting off hospitality thinking it wasn't important?

Do you long to create more meaning in the mundane in a way that doesn't pull you away from your family?

In this episode, I've listed 10 reasons you should hosting a gathering people into your home. Our homes are a domestic church. They are places people gather to make lasting memories. From the social skills to the virtues being practiced, Christian hospitality is part of who we are and another way to honor and serve the Lord.

Planning and hosting a gathering can absolutely be a hobby. Incorporating more hobbies like hosting into your family's routines can bring so much joy to your while leveraging your creativity. If you are still on the fence of whether or not you can host, take that fear and worry to the Lord in prayer. Ask Him to use you to reach people, asking as his vessel for evangelization!

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Episode 5: Create a Christian Home Atmosphere

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Is your home really too small to host—or are you waiting for your circumstances to feel “perfect” before opening your door?

What could change in your friendships and community if you started gathering people in the home you have right now?

How can creativity and a willingness to be flexible transform even a small space into a place of hospitality and connection?

Think your home is too small to host? You’re not alone. In this episode, I’m sharing 5 practical tips for hosting in a small home and how I learned to stop letting the size, layout, or imperfections of my house keep me from practicing hospitality. From intentionally limiting your guest list and rearranging furniture to using outdoor spaces and embracing intimate gatherings, we’ll talk about simple ways to make hosting at home work for your family and your space. Whether you live in an apartment, a small house, or simply don’t have a large entertaining space, you don’t need a minimum guest count—or a perfect home—to start gathering people.

We’ll also talk about the deeper heart behind Christian hospitality and homemaking: the willingness to open your home and create a place where people can connect, share a meal, and feel welcomed. After years of hosting in small spaces—including gatherings with up to 40 adults and children—I’ve learned that the biggest obstacle usually isn’t the square footage; it’s our willingness to send the invitation. If you’ve been waiting until your home is bigger, nicer, or more “ready” to host, this episode is your encouragement to change your perspective, get creative with your space, and open your home anyway.

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What if hosting isn’t about having a perfect home, impressive food, or a Pinterest-worthy party—but simply creating a place for people to belong?

How can you make hosting easier, less stressful, and realistic for your family—even when you have kids, a busy schedule, and a home that isn’t perfect?

Could opening your home to friends, family, and neighbors become a simple way to build community and naturally live out your faith?

Hosting doesn’t have to be complicated—and your home doesn’t have to be perfect to open it to others. In this episode, I’m giving you my real-life reference guide to hosting what I’m calling a Kickoff Party: a simple gathering built around something worth celebrating, whether that’s a new home, the start of football season, a new baby, a new job, or simply the changing season. I’m sharing how we planned and hosted our first gathering in our new home, including our theme and decor, digital invitations, food prep, activities, cleaning checklist, and the things I’d do differently next time. You’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at what actually goes into hosting about 20 people when you have kids, including what I prepped ahead, what I delegated to my husband, and how I kept the food and setup relatively low-maintenance.

But more than just party planning, this episode is about why hospitality matters. Hosting isn’t about showing off your home or proving that you’re a good homemaker—it’s about creating space for people to connect, laugh, eat, talk, and feel welcomed. We’ll talk about why having an activity can make gatherings less awkward, how creating a child-friendly home can make parents feel truly cared for, and why hospitality is a skill we have to practice. Most importantly, we’ll look at how our homes can become a natural place for community, connection, and evangelization—not because we have to preach, but because the way we welcome and love people can quietly reflect Christ.

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• Do you have a question about hosting? What to make, guest list, where to start? Email me at hello@allymitchellcreates.com ! Cant' wait to answer your questions in the new series

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Have you been craving deeper friendships, but aren't sure where to start?

What if your hobbies could become the starting point for the friendships and community you've been missing?

How might sharing your God-given creativity with other women change the way you experience motherhood and homemaking?

In this episode, we’re talking about how to build community through creativity and why our hobbies can be so much more than something we do in our spare time. As moms, it can be easy for our friendships to revolve entirely around our children, leaving us longing for deeper connections with women who know us beyond our role as mothers. We’ll explore why having a creative outlet matters, how hobbies can bring more joy and peace into motherhood, and why every woman deserves something that allows her to use and develop her God-given gifts.

I’m breaking down three simple steps for building stronger female friendships through creativity: Create, Connect, and Community. You’ll learn how to discover a hobby that genuinely brings you joy, use that shared interest to connect with other women, and turn those connections into a meaningful community by continuing to show up and generously sharing your gifts. We’ll also talk about the importance of building community locally, creating the supportive “village” we often say we’re missing, and how our faith can shape the friendships and communities we cultivate. And stick around until the end as we step into a new season of the podcast focused on creativity, hospitality, homemaking, and creating a home where people feel welcomed and connected.

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Do you struggle with comparison in motherhood, wondering why other moms can do things better or with less stress? Are you using your God given gifts o run your home and guide your motherhood, or are you just trying to copy what others are doing? Is the stress and overwhelm of motherhood holding you back from a flourishing relationship with the Lord?

Today's episode provides guided scripture reading with reflections so that you can have time with the word of God and really ponder what he days. The overwhelm and comparison in motherhood can be combatted by really understanding what the Lord says about our purpose and meaning on Earth. Whether your unique gift be creativity, organization, interior design, cooking, or tidy, your gifts were given to you by God from the moment He formed you in the womb. He will provide for all that you need to be the best mom and get to Heaven. By leaning into your hobbies and growing your prayer life, you can create a peaceful home through daily habits so that your home becomes a tool to evangelize, raise kids in the faith, and serve the Lord.

References:

• Temperaments Test

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Are you feeling lost in motherhood, wondering through the day aimlessly?

Do you wish you had a hobby like you did before becoming a mom?

Tired of aimlessly scrolling your phone and ready to make an impact on you faith, family, and marriage?

Today's episode discusses the grandma hobby trend to inspire new hobbies and creativity outlets. We'll identify the financial and time barriers holding you back from pursuing activities outside your obligations. Finally, I provide reasons to convince you that creativity is self care and tactical steps to make sure you make it a priority. If you need a community of Christian crafters, please join us on the Facebook group!

Referenced in the show:

• Temperaments Test

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