Happy Birthday to Sara
My dear friend Sara had her birthday dinner celebration over last weekend, and I had to document the spectacular food and general loveliness. I really liked the contrast of Sara's and mine rings, hers a delicate butter rose handmade from resin, and mine handmade silver in Corsica.
I made these vanilla chocolate-flake cupcakes and tiered them on a cake plate from Anthropolgie. The recipe (from Martha Stewart) is fairly simple and it produces the most amazing cupcakes! They are so moist, and the flavor of vanilla intense but not overpowering, with bits of chocolate hitting your taste buds.
The table was beautiful with the flowers Sara's boyfriend had bought at Trader Joe's, and Sara putting them in glass jars, so simple and pretty. I bought the chalice tea lights at Anthro on sale to add some ambiance, and they went perfectly with the table.
I made these paper Dahlia's in cream and silver tissue paper, and hung them from the ceiling to give the living room some festivity. I made 4 and it took me much longer than I expected, about 20 minutes per Dahlia. But I guess that's what I get for assuming anything involving folding tissue paper into flowers would be fast and easy. Next time I attempt this I will do it the night before (not while mixing cupcake batter) and have more patience ( new year's resolution).
Just some of the foods we ate that night. Pretty little Quail eggs with salt and pepper. Burratta salad with nectarines and hazelnuts, the burratta was so creamy and the nectarines and hazelnuts went so perfectly with it. Oh! and did I mention that Sara paired each course with wine? Her wine knowledge is impressive, and she always knows which ones I'll love when we go wine shopping together.
I'm disappointed that I never got any decent shots of the girls outfits, we all looked great! All of the ones that the guys took just came out blurry or we were blinking. Some of my pictures are already blurry seeing as I've never really done the whole photography thing before. I'll get better over time, and next time I will make sure I get some decent photos of peoples outfits. Because after all, that is one of the main parts of this blog, but as most blogs start out a little rough around the edges, I'm giving myself some credit. As for these shots, Amanda liked my make-up which you can't see very well... Casey's braid was pretty, and I wish I knew how to do braids like that. I'm sort of a disgrace, I mean my mother is a stylist and I can't even do a french braid? humph! On a lighter note, Sara's cobalt suede booties were fabulous!
The night all around was so much fun. We ate, drank, laughed and danced until 2am, when the girls proceeded into the hot tub looking up at the stars and proclaiming how much their feet hurt, while the men were passed out inside. These are the memories I cherish and look back on and smile! What are your favorite memories with friends?
Bisous!
Mallory
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