We Found Your Holiday Apron!

We are trying to re-introduce the apron to "you." It makes cooking, crafting and working much better! They are comfortable and will save your clothing. Shalana is a hair dresser and has switched over from her 1980's "Smock" to these cute aprons, as well as at home.

https://www.robinsoncottage.com/collections/kitchen/products/the-work-apron

 It’s a cute decor item to have an apron hanging on a hook ready to be used tied on at a moments notice. In our previous post “Live at Kylee’s” Shalana is wearing the “The Linen Apron” and has never taken it off. She’s not joking when she says she’s wearing support hoes, a cardigan and a turtle neck.. and that’s it! She likes to hide behind her apron as fashion piece even tho it's backless (haha) that's what the long cardigan is for!

 She moves better when not constricted with clothes HA HA!

This is Shalana's must have apron. 

It's lightweight washed linen with an easy loop tie to adjust the neck. We really love that it's a longer length and goes below the knee.

https://www.robinsoncottage.com/collections/kitchen/products/the-work-apron

This was our first time wearing the canvas apron while cooking Witches Brew Soup. 

(Recipe 4 Post back) This soup is great for the Halloween season, check it out!

Gentry loves the old fashion feel of putting on an apron to work around the house or in her yard.

"On my way to the store!"

https://www.robinsoncottage.com/collections/kitchen/products/the-work-apron

SEE YOU NEXT WEEK FOR OUR TRIBUTE TO FRIENDS, FAMILY AND FUN 

HALLOWEEN ARCHIVES!

A Grand Entrance ~ Live with Kylee Pickering~

Shalana wore her crown (crafted herself) to start the Halloween Season. Happy Ocotober! Watch this video for a fun step by step porch ensemble.

Making a Grand Entrance!

If you have a BIG porch, it needs to be decorated BIG! Kylee let us collaborate to elaborate our point! Here is the proof.

We had packed the Jeep so full inside with branches we had to use the rack on top! The country girl came out of Gentry today as she tied everything down with orange bailing twine. We drove slow..

This was our start. We like to work with A LOT of variety. Bushes, bushes and more bushes!

Found some treasures in our barn to share with Kylee.

Ikea material that started as table runners 3 yrs ago at Cierra's summer wedding.

 NOW, banners for Fall.

Kylee (http://www.kyleepickering.com) and I are friends who do hair. 

Today we are blog friends. We collaborated to elaborate her fall porch!

We did ask Jeff (her husband) for permission to use a lot of nails. We have a magical tree in our backyard that always adds the finishing touch to our decor. Kylee took this picture of us hanging the final piece. 

As you can see, we placed the bales of straw on top of wooden pallets that had been cut in half. We embellished her wreath with ribbons to match the decor.

Re-wrapped the summer colored cushions on her chairs with old burlap sacs. Legit from the barn, don't tell Kim (Shalana's Man and Gentry & Cierra's Dad) 

Mums in a tin bucket from Cal Ranch. 

Fresh Lavender from Shalana's garden is a welcoming scent at anyone's front door. Lavender with pumpkins is our new favorite combo. 

Floral design is inside a tomato cage wrapped in orange lights and deer antlers wire in.

(Video will explain more ~ coming this weekend)

We could be wrong but we do believe the stalks are Indian corn, which is why it has a more seeded tops with colors. Very tall and suiting to fill this big porch.

A most gratifying day.

Gentry's favorite photo of the day. I was there and it still intrigues me. If we were to see this on Pinterest or in a magazine, we would want to see more. 

Last Day ~ 20% OFF Table Runner and Velvet Pumpkins

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Promo Code: FALLCOLLECTION

check out the black pumpkin options as well

Add a bow to the Table Runner. Darling. 

Witches Brew Soup (Thanks to Aunt Julie)

We took Gentry's VW to the store to gather our recipe items. On the way home we stopped by Cierra's pumpkin patch. You probably are wondering where is this Cierra person? Just wait til October comes.

These are the item you'll need for our soup and a soup pot of your choice. 

(Full recipe details at the bottom)

STEP 1

On medium heat, melt butter and sauté the onion to caramelize. Then, add chopped carrots, garlic, salt and pepper, cumin, can of chiles and chicken bouillon. Cook for 10 minutes on Medium. Stir Occasionally.

 
These 2 items are secrets to the taste. Our favorites! You don't have to use these, you can find your own brand favorites.

The Cream of Chicken with Herbs will be added in the next step and this is Shalana's favorite addition for flavor. 

STEP 2

Keep the heat on Medium and add cream of chicken with herbs, cans of (drained) chicken and a dash of ground red pepper(cayenne)-optional- 

Simmer for 10minutes while stirring occasionally.   

STEP 3

Drain beans in a colander and rinse with cold water and add to the pot. Then add 3 cans of chicken broth, can of (drained) corn and 2 cups of water. Bring to a boil while stirring. 

Your soup is done!

Before serving, add 1 cup of heavy whipping cream to thicken.

Here are our favorite soup toppings! Salt and Pepper to taste, a sliced avocado, grated cheese, cilantro, chives, sour cream (we love ricotta) 

All of these are great additions to your bowl of soup,

 You choose to your liking. 

Picture perfect and taste good too!

This is the full recipe with the measurements. 

Right click this image above and save it to your computer. 

A fun little tip 

~ With the extra cilantro you'll be storing in your fridge ~

 Keep it fresh by placing it in a glass of cold water. It will also make the inside of your fridge pretty.

Thanks for joining the joy of cooking with Gentry & Shalana! 

Our cute aprons will be available next week!

XOXO,

See you in October!