Hello and happy Sunday! Hope you are doing well and enjoying a nice weekend. We had a busy week last week with the arrival of our enormous porcelain container and then the tole arrived on Friday, felt like Christmas in January:)

It is so wonderful that things are moving again (still slowly) but moving! We have all kinds of amazing things coming in for spring and I am so excited to continue to share them with you. Low key weekend, had a reaction to the booster so I have been home bound, hoping for it to subside today! Onward we go to this weekend’s post…….

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1 BLUE AND WHITE AROUND HERE So with my Christmas decor having come down, the house started feeling a little bare. I am longing to add springy touches but thought it’s  a bit too soon. Then on second thought, I forgot how much I enjoy seeing cherry blossom so out they came along with or beautiful faux peonies which are super realistic (click here to see our lifelike flowers) So I had fun tweaking with blue and white here and there, added a few new pieces.

2 NEW THINGS ON THE HORIZON We have these fabulous square hand painted murals coming this way in about 5 weeks, just love each and every one of them, having a hard time saying which is my favorite? How about you?

With spring just 6 weeks away, getting lots of fishbowls and planters on our Feb shipment. These are small 4″ x 6″ but perfect for small plants!

3 INSTAGRAMS OF INTEREST What a gorgeous round up this weekend, back to all around beauty and inspiration.

4 A WONDERFUL COUNTRY HOME This is charming and so nicely doe. I love the kitchen and that green pantry/wine room is quite amazing. I love studying pictures to take away small details, I never know when I might want to apply them to a project of my own:) Click here to read more about this home over at Atlanta Homes Magazine.

Photographer- Emily Followhill (for Atlanta Homes Magazine)

5. THE PERFECT WINTER SOUP. I try to cook at least twice a week. I tend to go for comfort foods in the winter, they just hit the right spot on a cold wintry day. Ina Garten’s winter minestrone is a home run (found over at Simply Scratch) This is hearty enough to serve as a meal especially with toasted baguette rounds. So good, make extra to freeze!

• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 3 short stalks celery, diced
• 2 carrots, diced
• 1 zucchini, diced
• 1 medium yellow onion, diced
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• kosher salt
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 tablespoon italian seasoning
• 1/2 teaspoon rubbed sage
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 2 quarts (8 cups) low-sodium chicken broth, or vegetable broth if vegetarian
• 1 (15 ounce) can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 (15 ounce) can dark red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
• 2 cups cut green beans, frozen – no need to thaw
• 6 ounces dried short pasta, like cavatelli or orecchiette

• 3 handfulls (or 3 cup) fresh spinach (not baby), coarsely chopped

• In a large dutch oven add olive oil, diced celery, carrots, onion, zucchini and garlic with a generous pinch of kosher salt.
• Stir, cover and cook for 10 to 15 minutes or until the vegetables are soft.
• Next add the tomato paste, italian seasoning, dried thyme and rubbed sage. Stir and cook 1 minute.
• Add in tomato sauce, diced tomatoes (and juices), low-sodium chicken broth, red kidney beans, cannellini beans, (frozen) cut green beans and 1 bay leaf.
• Stir well to combine, cover and increase the heat to high and bring to a boil.

• Once boiling, reduce the heat to simmer and add in 6 ounces short pasta, like cavatelli or orecchiette. Simmer the soup on medium-low to low heat witht the lide askew for 30 minutes. Stir occasionally, making sure the pasta doesn’t stick to the bottom of the pot.
• When the pasta is cooked, chop up 3 generous handfuls of spinach (remove and discard stems) and add that into the pot of soup. Stir until wilted.
• Remove and discard the bay leaf. Taste and season with kosher salt and black pepper to preference. For me, I measured 1-1/2 teaspoons kosher salt and a heaping 1/4 teaspoon black pepper. I eyeball the black pepper because it’s freshy ground.

6 SIMON BECK AND SNOW ART! People never cease to amaze me and the lengths to which some people’s creativity goes is spellbinding. This man is a snow artist (didn’t even know this existed) but wow! This is mesmerizing.

A little about Simon Beck-

7 SUNDAY’S SURVEY I always enjoy knowing your opinion on any given subject. Today we are talking about sleep. Something I am having a very hard time with lately. I have no problem falling asleep but almost like clockwork wake up around 2am. It is infuriating as I often wake up and literally cannot go back to sleep despite trying everything (melatonin Zquil, ativan) plus various apps like Calm, etc…..

I literally do not remember the last time I got a solid 6 or 7 hour sleep let alone quality REM sleep!  I have always been someone who needed very little, normally late to bed and up by around 5:30 naturally. I know you sleep less as you get older and am curious how many hours o sleep do you think you get on average a night?

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Second and last day to take advantage of our 25% off all porcelains!! We are newly stocked on customer favorites plus so many new arrivals. Use code porcelain

Click here to see the porcelain collection

Thanks for stopping by. Wishing everyone a great and relaxing Sunday. I plan on having a chill day at home and hopefully catching up on some organizational projects as well as possibly planning out a new home office (desperately needed) !Until next time….