1950's Bash!

My party was amazing and it's all thanks to my Mommy, and her little helpers! :) I don't have time to write, but here are some pictures. If you want to read more about my party go to Away We Go Clementine!
Enjoy! :)

Love, Cadence

Joyeux Anniversaire

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 :)

water fight in our front yard!

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

Men's Fashion

I was recently asked why I don't write about men's fashion. I replied with, "good question!". So this is my first blog on men's fashion. I feel like I don't know a ton about guy's clothes so no judging, but here it goes!

Just like women, different men can pull off different things. They all have different styles, so their likes vary but there are some things I believe all men can pull off; one of those things would be Vans. Vans are a classic shoe that I think anyone can wear, well unless you were goth but I don't really view that way of dressing as fashion. Everyone from preps to indie hipsters wear Vans! It's a universal shoe that has several styles. My favorite style of Vans is the classic lace ups. I want a pair in every color! I think they look good, and when it comes to guys, Vans are a shoe they can wear with almost any outfit.

Another article of clothing I wish more men/boys would wear is the beloved cardigan! I pretty much have a sick obsession with cardigans! I think that cardigans are a classic piece of clothing that gives a nice, clean, but "stylish" (if that's the right word) look to any guys outfit. I only wish that they were less expensive. Girls can find some cheap caridgans, even though they usually aren't good quality. For guys it's harder to find cheap cardigans. Some of my favorite cardigans are sold at American Apparel (www.americanapparel.net) and Urban Outfitters (urbanoutfitters.com) . They are soft, better quality, and come in amazing colors, but super expensive. Not only do I love solid cardigans, but I also really liked the striped ones, either thick or thin strips.

One article of clothing I believe only certain people can pull off are skinny jeans. What can I say? They just aren't for everyone. They just look awkward on some people.

No offense to anyone, but I really hate when guys wear Fox Riders Co., SRH, Famous, and No Fear. Maybe it's because I really hate bro's but I just can't stand seeing guys in those brands. The only one that I would budge on is Fox, but only if the guy was a real motocross rider. Like legit! :)

Anyway there's a quick run through of some of my likes and dislikes. I'm going to start writing about and incorporating more men's fashion but for now I'm posting pictures below of some of my favorite male outfits/men who I think dress "snazzy"!

Love,
Cadence

Let Down

So, once again I have taken a break from writing. It's not that I'm no longer interested or up-to-date on fashion it's that not only have I been running around the city like a mad lady, but also Vogue has been letting me down. Month after month, since 2010, Vogue has been dropped off in my mail box. Each month I get excited and tear it out of it's plastic wrapping only to find that there is nothing in the issue that sparks my interest. Then I throw it in my collection with my head down in shame..... Okay maybe a little dramatic, but seriously. Vogue is known as the fashion bible! It has one of the pickiest, rudest, craziest, most talented people for their editor; Anna Wintour, so I don't know what's happening. Not only does American Vogue have Anna but they have Grace Coddington, Vogue's Creative Director! Grace is crazy talented! She has thrown together some of the most beautiful photo shoots I have ever seen. She is super creative, and loves what she does! So I don't understand how Vogue has turned into something that let's me down month after month.
For example when I received my February issue of Vogue, me and a friend discussed their main headline: "Love, Sex, and What to Wear." That is not a headline of a fashion magazine, but of a Cosmopolitan. We discussed that this was a disappointment, and not what a fashion magazine should be featuring, even if it is February.
The next disappointment came when my April edition came in the mail. Now let me add a disclaimer before I say anything. I understand the 90's are back in and I think that most designers have revamped it in a way that looks absolutely me! I now own many floral printed clothing pieces. I also think that Gisele is BEAUTIFUL, like drop-dead gorgeous. BUT the front cover of this Vogue was like 90's the original way. It felt almost.... tacky, if I can even say that about Vogue. I decided that one mistake on a magazine cover wasn't enough for me to be upset, so I flipped through the pages only to realize that Vogue no longer took my breath away. I used to be able to flip through every page and be astounded by the creativity flowing from the magazine. It now feels like they've taken shortcuts.... and this may not be true but it also seems like there are more ad's then ever before.
Now that I've done my complaining I will say that American Experience (photographed by David Sims) in the May issue was enough to make me smile, and like Vogue a little more. Every picture was creative and beautiful in it's own way, as well as unique.
Anyway there's my rant and rave about Vogue 2010. I must say I'm can't wait for my June issue and am praying that it makes me fall in love with Vogue again!
Welp, until next time,
Cadence

Love, Love, and More Love

I am absolutely in love with love! Lately I have just sat around on the computer starring at my engagement and wedding photo filled screen. (Did that even make since? I don't think so.) I have also filled my mind with cute love poems.
I realized Valentines Day is only a few weeks away, and although I do not have a "honey" to spend it with, I don't care and am super excited for it to roll around! I will be checking all my favorite blogs seeing how other people are decorating their houses for Valentines Day, and shall pass the information along! (: I just re-read these paragraphs and it sounds kind of pathetic ha. Anyway back to the wedding and engagement photos.
I constantly sit on the computer and find my favorite photos off of Green Wedding Shoes, Style Me Pretty, and Frenchie and Flea. I already put some photos up off of Green Wedding Shoes so you should go check them out in my archive!
I decided that I want to take some couple photos, so if you know anyone who would want that comment, email, text, facebook, whatever just let me know! Well that's pretty much all I have to say for today so until next time!

Love,
Cadence

I Have a Blog?

So even though I have had my blog for what seems like forever now, it hasn't really hit me. But the other day I realized I have this thing, on the internet to share my thoughts, and it's public. I came to this realization when i was looking at my favorite blog (frenchieandflea.blogspot.com) and they had music on their blog. I then thought, If I had a blog I would have some sick indie music on that thing! Then I realized I do have a blog! Then I was hit with the fact that no one reads this thing so it wouldn't matter if i had sick, indie music on it, but I'm putting a music player on here anyway.

Saturday I went to the Mesa Historic District Home Tour, wow that's a mouth full! I thought all the houses were magnificent, but there was one house that I fell in love with! It was modern mixed with vintage. Now if you are interested in home design you know this is a very hard thing to pull off, but this home owner did it beautifully! I will post pictures soon!

I found my new favorite photography blog, and because of this blog, I have already started planning my wedding... I'm still in high school! The blog is http://greenweddingshoes.blogspot.com/ It is a blog full of wedding and engagement photos that are absolutely gorgeous and flawless in every way! Some of my favorite photos are posted below!

Anyway there a millions more I could post but I won't, you'll just have to go look at the blog yourself! (:

Fashion Icons

I feel like there are so many people in the media industry that could be looked up to as fashion icons, past and present. Obviously people like Coco Chanel, Marylin Monroe, and Audrey Hepburn were fashion icons of the past and even the present. No matter who you are you cannot deny that they are fashion icons! But nowadays, depending on who you are and where you came from, you have different fashion icons then other people. Like my sister idolizes Nancy Drew and Audrey Hepburn, where as I look up to Florence Welch, Miley Cyrus (Yes that's right, Miley Cyrus!), Rachael McAdams, and some of my friends. The reason each of these people are fashion icons is because they know who they are and wear what they like.