DIY: Retro Cupcake Ornaments

Image via Bake It Pretty

How cute are these DIY ornaments??

Found them over at Bake It Pretty.

{The home of yummy recipes, free printables, pretty packaging and crafty ideas}

{Get the how-to here}  

They're easy to make {both mini and regular cupcake sizes} and I think they'd also make cute gifts packaged in a pastry box and tied with baker's twine.

All though I bet it'd be hard to part with these sweet treats for your tree!

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I look forward to posting more projects for the season.

For the love of Tea

A few of the tea related things on my Christmas list.

1930's-Inspired Vintage Wedding Posters

Image courtesy of Alexander & Co. via Ruffled

This is the neatest idea for vintage lovers and collectors. Design a custom vintage inspired poster with the details of your wedding, hair and font color, as well as framing options. What a great idea for a wedding or anniversary gift! 

Images via Alexander & Co.

DIY: Vintage Tin Candles

Image courtesy of Design Sponge

I found this eclectic DIY project at Design Sponge. It's a great way to re-use decorative tins in a useful way. Check out the how-to here.

Recipe: Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins

I'm so glad the weather is staring to feel more like the start of Fall. I see leaves on the ground and we've gotten a little rain so far. So, my mind immediately turns to the wonderful use of pumpkin. In everything really, chai latte's, pie, and in this case, muffins. Really this recipe is more like cupcakes because they're just so delicious you can't really categorize these as muffins. With they're delicious cream cheese filled center, it's like the frosting is on the inside.  I loved every part of this cupcake the batter was perfection, the cream cheese was just the right amount of sweet, and the topping had great texture. These lovelies filled the house with the most delicious aroma, I wish I could capture it and keep it year round. My family loved these. It makes me happy:)

Recipe from Annie's Eats.

Yield: 24 muffins
Ingredients:
For the filling:
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 cup confectioners’ sugar

For the muffins:
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. ground nutmeg
1 tsp. ground cloves
1 tbsp. plus 1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
4 large eggs
2 cups sugar
2 cups pumpkin puree
1¼ cups vegetable oil

For the topping:
½ cup sugar
5 tbsp. flour
1½ tsp. ground cinnamon
4 tbsp. cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces

Forever Marie Antoinette

Image courtesy of 100 Layer Cake

Image via Wedding Chicks

Image via Cake Coquette

Just thought I'd add some ridiculously delicious Marie Antoinette pastry inspiration to this day. I will never get tired of these screen shots! I'd be pretty much the happiest girl ever if I could spend the rest of my life styling amazing dessert tables like these...

Lovely Links of the Week: Vintage Details

{via Style Me Pretty}

Love the details from this DIY wedding.

There should be more of these kind of shoes.

Hands down my favorite style of all time. 

Great idea for an anniversary party, love everything about this shoot.

Recipe: Double Chocolate Birthday Cake

I made a delicious double chocolate cake for my husband's birthday. I had read great reviews for this recipe and decided to find out if it was all it was talked up to be. And let me tell you, it was! Really chocolatey, dense, super moist...delicious. The blurry picture of the slice does it no justice at all. I topped the cake with fresh berries as well as white chocolate dipped strawberries. Get the cake recipe here. In case you get to the recipe and are wondering about using two 9 inch pans instead of 10 inch, it's ok to do so because I used 9 inch pans and the cake didn't over flow. I also made boston cream pie cupcakes from this recipe. The recipe for the cupcake filling made a lot more than I actually needed so I used the leftover to serve with the cake and everyone loved it. Hope you make this cake next time there's a birthday or just in the mood for a great chocolate cake.

Vintage 1950's Wedding

Photography by Alisha Hurt via Pearls Events

I don't usually post a ton about weddings but when I come across one that catches my eye because it has something truely special I just have to pass it along. Like this vintage wedding that has such an amazing wardrobe! This wedding gown is stunning! I love to come across wedding dresses that aren't strapless, there are so many other flattering designs. It's modeled after the classic black and white gown that Audrey Hepburn wore in Sabrina. Which totally hits home for me. I love the ivory taffeta, the lovely cap sleeves, the amazing train with ruffle trimming, and look at the brooch detail on the back! Dress by Forever Rebecca. Paired with elbow length gloves and a short blusher veil just ties in the theme and feel of this wedding. The bridesmaid dresses were handmade and are so authentic to the era.

Update + Something pretty

Hello...whoever follows this blog,

Been busy with my first wedding with Kate Miller Events. Today was the setup, pretty hot I must say but other than that everything is going smoothly. Tomorrow is the wedding and I can't wait to see it all lit up and pretty, my favorite part. Can't wait to post pictures of it, meanwhile enjoy this breathtaking KME wedding featured on Style Me Pretty!

I'm super excited for the projects that are in the works and look forward to posting those soon. All I can say is one is inspired by a movie and the other is going to be an amazing editorial..

Thought I'd post something pretty to look at...I wish I had more time to paint. 

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