{Thanksgiving} What's Cooking

For Thanksgiving, we are bringing Pomegranate Fruit Salad, and Peanut Butter Fudge.

Here's the recipes! Happy Thanksgiving!!

Enid's Peanut Butter Fudge
In a large bowl combine:
28 ounces (or 1 3/4lbs) chocolate
7 ounces marshmallow cream
1 Tbs vanilla
1 cup peanut butter
In a large skillet, heavy boil (about 5 minutes):
1 cube butter
4 cups sugar
2 cups sour cream
Add to bowl and beat. Pour into buttered 9x13 pan and chill.

Enid is my grandmother's sister, and was reluctant for many years to share her much coveted recipes. So please enjoy!

Pomegranate Fruit Salad

(All of these are approximates, you make to your own taste)

3 pomegranates, cleaned and rinsed

6 apples chopped in one inch cubes

raisins (we now use craisins)

walnuts (we use cashews-so for left overs, they soften up so beware)

Whipping cream

Simply combine pomegranates, apples, raisins and nuts into already whipped and sugared cream. And enjoy!

New Blog Address!

I changed the address of my crafting blog! It is now ChicLadyCrafting.blogspot.com

So please check it out and tell your friends!

Busy Bee

I have had many projects that I have been slowly working on. I can't believe summer has flown past! I've taken on more hours and responsibilities at work, so I am still learning to balance my life from that, so my hobbies have fallen to the wayside! I plan to make a slew a flowers this weekend to get ready for holiday shopping. So I will share those. I've also had fun making over a new chair for my living room. So I will share that soon too! In the meantime, I sent a post from last fall to my friend's blog, and she featured it! So check it out, and her blog too!

Find

You know that feeling when you find something you love, and can't get it out of your head? Well this is one of mine. It's more green than it shows in the picture, not sage-y but a beautiful vivid green.

Projects

Well, I have lots of fun little projects I'm working on!

 I got a few progress pictures but I made the horribly stupid mistake  however there was an accident and I dropped my camera! While open, lens side down on to cement! We have a nice SLR film camera, but again, that's film, so time and money to develop the photos! So it may be a month before I get more pictures! Anywho..... Here is a snap shot of what I'm working on!

 I'm LOVING this bright yellow that you can see everywhere! So time to give a few things a spring makeover! I've had these candle sticks for years and have loved them. But they were starting to feel dated and needed a new color. I have since finished these, sanded them down and they look amazing!

Next up the old little watering can needs some yellow love!!!!

{Gardening} It's finally warm enough!

I've spent some time "in the garden" today!

I bought some violas, thyme and rosemary today. I bought seeds for Basil, cilantro and nasturtiums (because those are easy to grow) and had a  Gerber daisy plant to pot that my husband bought about a month ago, and bachelor button seeds from the kids from Mother's Day. There are a few things growing in the vast collection of pots that I don't know what they are, but they look nice! The previous chives came back over a month ago, I've been using them like crazy. 

I still have a lot of work to do digging these pots out, and cleaning out all the leaves from the fall and blossoms that are flying every where now, and figuring out what to do with the pots where the bottom has broken right off! But It's starting to look nice! I can't wait!

{Decorating}: My Home

 Of course when It comes to decorating, I am no expert, and learned the way most people do, Trial and Error. We first moved in a couple of months ago, and recently re-arranged the entire family room. And I love it so much more now. The first picture is from the perspective of the front door.  We have vaulted ceilings, so lots of wall space that begs for art. However, I knew that if we did that, it would make the room much too busy, unless I had a sitting room for only art and could use minimalist designs to compliment the art. However, this is a family living space. So We went with big and simple. As you can see we have a very large painting above the TV. And I love it, it commands your attention and adds style, color and drama.

 This is the view by the front door. The family computer is in the family space, my husband spends lots of time on it in the evenings for his art, so It's nice to have it in a place were we can still 'spend time' together.

 (My two little monkeys love climbing on the sofa)

The next space that is finished, yet always a work in progress, is our wall of art. I love how it has turned out. We have a few small prints, originals and various works by my husband hanging in the space. It goes to our upstairs loft, where the art studio is, but can be seen from the family and dining room. Honestly, I didn't map this out as I should have, but I knew what I wanted where. There are also places I can still add some pieces to (i still have about 5 more prints and one original that needs framing, so there are blanks to allow room for that). Again, I couldn't be prouder of how it turned out, and all the beautiful works we have to enjoy, including my son's first painting on canvas (the white canvas in the center).

{IsaJay Spring Auction}

Tomorrow, Chic Lady and other vendors will be doing a 

Spring/Mother's Day Auction

  over on the Isa Jay Facebook page!

Check it out HERE.

{Vintage Revivals Blog Giveaway} My entry

Mandi, over at Vintage Revivals (if you haven't seen her blog before, you are in for a treat, she does AMAZING things!) Is Doing a huge giveaway! So I'm posting the room I need help with for a Makeover!!

Drum roll...........................

 The Dining Room! 

Sorry about the coats and the non closed closet. :-)

 20 Year old wall paper, blue with gold dots. Got to Love it!

 An Even older chandelier......

The Table is on a list of wanting to sand and paint black, but haven't gotten around to that one! I also want to redo the Armoir. It's handles are falling off and looks like 1990 and not in a good way.  But I don't know what to do with it. I don't want it black because it would be too matchy matchy with the chairs and table, What to do MANDI I LOVE YOUR GUTS AND NEED YOUR HELP!!!

{Chic Lady Flowers} So Many Colors!

Did you know there are now 20 colors available???? Go check out my facebook page for more info or leave a comment with your email address.  I will post more soon on Etsy once I get some better photos!

 Colors include: 

Camel, Light Yellow, Bright Yellow, Bright Pink, Light Pink, Honeysuckle/Coral, Lavender, Dark purple, Light Blue, Midnight Blue*, Turquoise, Red*, Lime, White, Dark Silver, Light Silver*, Black & White Check, Black & White Animal Print, Brown Animal Print*, Brown

(*=not shown in picture)

 Lavender with a crystal center

Bright Yellow with a Black center