Jennifer Schmidt
As a mom of five blessings and full time family manager, Jen Schmidt has learned to balance and embrace both the beauty and bedlam of every day life. As a motivational speaker, worship leader and writer, Jen shares with humor and authenticity on a myriad of topics, all which fall under her passion for “Living on Less and Loving it.” She lives it, and invites you along for the journey.
Her practical, yet tangible lifestyle ideas encourage others to save money where they can, so they can spend (and share) on the things that really matter.
She served in full time ministry as a Director of Music and Youth in Milwaukee, WI before she and her wonderful husband moved their family to NC., but is now a full time family manager that writes about her never-ending pursuit of balancing it all at her personal blog: Balancing Beauty and Bedlam.
Jen finds joy in encouraging women at MOPS, women’s retreats and home school conferences, yet she receives the sweetest reward from her most demanding audience, her family.
You can find her on any given day dreaming about a clean house, chauffeuring, couponing, meal planning, home schooling, thrift store hunting, or quite possibly on a stage sharing both her beauty and bedlam as a daughter of the King.
Follow Jen on twitter as @beautyandbedlam
Video clip of Jen: How does Mom of Five Save Thousands?
As featured in a recent magazine:
“The little things are the big things.” That’s the message of Jennifer’s blog, Balancing Beauty and Bedlam (beautyandbedlam.com). As a mother of five, she shares her secrets for frugal yet fabulous living, and she’s living proof that it works, from her $2 Goodwill outfit to her $500-a-month grocery bill for a family of seven. Her practical ideas have taken her beyond the blogosphere to speaking engagements and a writing gig for a new online women’s magazine, (In)Courage. “I found, especially with this economy, I really had a voice that people wanted to hear.””
On easier meal-planning: Set the timer for one hour, then cook and freeze as much as you can. “In one hour of just concentrated time, I was able to break down certain kitchen tasks enough that I was going to get eight meals out of that one hour.
