I'm Hungry for Comfort Food

I'm not a "Foodie", but I have been searching out some recipes for some yummy comfort food lately. I'm trying to cook more healthy dishes this year, and I'm all about easy and the least possible mess in the kitchen.
Here are a few that I think look and sound super good, with all the comfort that goes in having a simmering pot on the stove or in the oven.

Turkey Chili from Dishy Goodness

Braised Beef Stew from Art of the Home

Chicken in Coconut milk from The Kitchn.com

No Knead Bread from the Kitchn.com

Chinese Chicken and Rice 

Vegetable Pot Pie but I like mine with Chicken...

These cold winter days and evenings

are making me want to put on an apron

and get busy...

Meryl Streep as Julia Child. Loved this movie!

(google images)

See ya tomorrow for more inspiration with...

 Vintage Inspiration Friday

xoxo,

A Necklace Give Away at Ruby Jean's

Have you met Angelina from

Ruby Jean's?

She has the sweetest blog.

Each time I go there I feel like I'm in a candy store!

She's having a Give Away this week featuring one of my Pendant Necklaces.

If you have a minute,  run by and say Hi,

enter the Give Away,

and be ready to be tickled pink with her fun creations.

xoxo,

Shabby Apple Earrings Winner

Hi Everyone,

 thanks so much for entering the

  Shabby Apple Earrings Give Away this month!

I am so lovin' these wonderful Swarovski Gold Filled Earrings.

But they're going to a beautiful gal who will wear them so well!

Congratulations to Paula of Virginia Sweet Pea

Thanks so much to all of you who entered!

And don't forget, Shabby Apple is having a 20% Off Sale

just click on my sidebar image for a big savings!

xoxo,

You saw it here first, folks...

Not that Pantone or anyone else out there in the design world would give a lick about what I was thinking. But since the news was announced a  couple of weeks ago about the "Color of the Year" by Pantone, Tangerine Tango, I couldn't help but remember that I dedicated a whole month to the sassy color orange, in September.

Do you remember how you had to shield your eyes each

time you clicked over to my blog?

I've always loved the color orange, mostly because my favorite season is Autumn. Love the pumpkins and the many shades of the Fall leaves. Orange is a color that I wear frequently, Spring I lean toward the melons, and citrusy colors, then thru the summer a more vibrant shade, and then into Fall with many scarves and sweaters in the deeper hues of bittersweet to russet. This post for Vintage Inspiration Friday was all about how the seasons influence our color choices.

Designer clothing to accessories...

Check out this fabulous hand knit scarf on Etsy

kitchen goodies...

my new obsession, Le Creuset, but in "Dune"

Kitchen Aid...

Then back to paint choices

I don't think I could live with the orange walls...

Christian Louboutin...this is where we need the sunglasses!

but I do love it as an accent color!

And when we were up in St. Louis last Fall 

our older daughter was all about finding one of these...

or this one...

to go with her gorgeous gray walls.

Then, before Thanksgiving, our younger daughter 

was needing a change from her red Dining Room walls

which were more of a "Lipstick Red" with cool pink/blue undertones.

They really screamed "traditional" and "formal", 

where as she was wanting something a little more hip and trendy.

(not that this isn't an awesome room, just going for the color, here)

Hmmm...how did Mrs. Claus get into this?

She went from that red to this...

more of a paprika like the one on the right...

Just a slight but subtle difference in the undertones.

It's a whole new room with a new vibe,

and she has been able to coordinate colors and fabrics so much easier.

So if you need just a little Pick Me UP,

you might want to learn to "Tango"

Oh yeah, and lately my hair has been rockin' just a little of this

(all images from Google Images)

Hope you're having a great Sunday,

and you know thats not me in the above photo. (te he)

xoxo,

The Gray Day

Each day for the last four years when I have walked into the house from the garage, I have passed these amazing gray shutters leaning against a stack of plastic bins.  I'd glance at them and think, "what will I do with you?" and each day they would say to me, "don't sell us, we can be something you'd love".

So the day finally came when I decided to act on that conversation.

I have been having that want-to-do-something-different 

feeling since New Years,

and I thought I'd try them in the Entry above my white console.

You see, I've had this issue with gray and tan.

I wasn't sure that they would work together,

 but I thought I'd give it a shot.

I think I like them together...

The white helps balance them out.

I moved my round white mirror to the other wall.

I'll see how long this stays like this,

but for now...it's satisfied my urge to make a change.

What kind of changes have you made since New Years?

joining in on these great parties! 

Coastal Charm

A Stroll Thru Life

Savvy Southern Style

Very Merry Vintage Style

My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia

Primp

Knick of Time Interiors

Faded Charm

Ivy and Elephants

No Minimalist Here

LaurieAnnas

Miss Mustard Seed

Funky Junk Interiors

Refresh your Room at Jennifer Rizzo

Funky Junk Interiors

xoxo,

Charmed

I'm still being inspired by vintage charm bracelets with hearts,

and I have found a few on Etsy.

Good Eye on Etsy
(this one is sold, but I just love it!)

Beverly's Charm bracelet from Modern Poetry

and this one from A Purple Palm

If you  haven't joined the party at
Vintage Inspiration Friday,
it's still going strong,
just scroll down to the next post.

and don't forget, tomorrow night is the end of the
Shabby Apple Earring Give Away,
just click here

xoxo,