Today is my birthday, and I am officially old. The picture above is a photo shoot I took of my sister and friend, Rudy, for my birthday invitations for Saturday. It's been a pretty good day, and it has made me realized just how amazing my friends and family are. Today I helped make my "Happy Birthday" banner. It is really adorable, my mom is a genius and decided to put her own twist on all those cute birthday banners out there. We will post pictures soon! :) For my birthday dinner I decided I would cook. I killed two birds with one stone; I made dinner for the night and it was my final for Home Economics. For an appetizer I made a traditional salad, and cooked brie cheese with apples and honey. My guests spread the brie, apples, and honey mixture on top of french bread. It was pretty delicious, if I do say so myself. For the main course we had rosemary chicken, baked, red potatoes flavored with lemon, and asparagus topped with Parmesan cheese and lemon zest! I went back and forth on what I should make for dessert, I didn't want cake and I didn't want to do the oh-so-easy cookies. I first decided on Sprinkle Bakes blue velvet cupcakes.
Then I decided against it and thought about running with the lemon theme and making lemon bars. Then I realized it was too much work when I had a short amount of time to make a three course meal. I finally decided upon peach cobbler. I accidentally used all-purpose flour, instead of self rising flour. It still tasted good, but I felt like a moron! Overall, I feel like tonight went pretty well, and am quite proud of the dinner I made!
On a completely different note, I realised I never told you guys about my new house! It is about the cutest little thing ever! It is a 1922 yellow Bungalow with a white picket fence. My mom had our old house decorated very modern, but now that we live in an old house she had to switch up her style. Our house in now very vintage, and you can find my mom at antique stores pretty much any day of the week. We have found some really cool stuff, for really good deals. Our house is full of little things that make a big impact. I truly believe that when it comes to home decor that the little things in a house that might go unnoticed are the things that make your house what it is. Whether it's flowers on a table, or an antique sail boat, they give your house a feel. Below are pictures I've taken of our new house! Enjoy :)
My mom took my sisters old dresser and turned it into a buffet. It's in our dining nook and looks adorable. She puts all her cakes on there as well as fresh flowers. The bird cage is what holds our bird salt and pepper shakers. Above the buffet is shelves that hold family photos. Definitely one of my favorite elements of the house.
The garden my mom just planted in our front yard. This photo doesn't do it justice.
I did a photo shoot with my brother around the house yesterday. This picture was take in our front/side yard.
My brother reading one of our antique finds A Buisness Man's Encyclopedia on our chair and 1/2 underneath our 1962 world map. Another one of my favorite items which we found it for $1!
Jake on our comfy, chocolate couch in front of our super cute shelves filled with more vintage finds.
Emma and Jake playing in the front yard.
Our "super adorable shelves" close-up! There are about twelve decorated shelves so far and I love them.
Well that's all for now! Time to go to bed. I will post more pictures soon! :)
G'night,
Cadence
I love reading your blog. I know I really don't know you that well but you always have great pictures and something quality to say, kudos:)
ReplyDeleteCadence, your house is so BEAUTIFUL! I love it. :)
ReplyDeleteOh wait, I forgot that I had more to say. I love those pictures of your brother, they remind me a lot of the 50's and 60's...haha, that was probably the idea. And I absolutely love all the vintage stuff! Where did you guys find it all?
ReplyDeletePaige- Thank you so much! :)
ReplyDeleteHannah- haha you crack me up! Thank you. We get a lot of our stuff at vintage stores, but we also hit up a lot of garage and estate sales.