cupcakes & beer

on tuesday i turn one year older. at this point some might not exactly see it as a huge reason to celebrate. i should have more money at this age, own a home, have children, have a least one marriage under my belt.....why do birthdays, which are intended to celebrate our whole existence {yay! i'm glad you were born} tend to be more a time of reflection? it seems a perfect time to catalog all of the things we have yet to accomplish and, more importantly should have accomplished by now.

don't get me wrong, i'm not complaining about my life. i own my own business, have a wonderfully close family, utterly fantastic friends.....which leads me to my reason for blogging, my lovely friends. we had a girls night on friday, nothing crazy - a few drinks, birthday wishes & lots of laughs. carrie, our resident fabulous baker, even made me {i may have lightly hinted that she could bake something if she wanted} delicious raspberry & lemon cupcakes. we're not talking a mix from a box, these were homemade & FANTASTIC!

so the brightside to turning one year older? cupcakes & beer!

stumble it !

happy birthday mrs. h

Mrs. H [my sister] has a pretty big birthday this week so instead of giving her some random gift we spent the afternoon in one of my favorite places, Royal Oak. So many cute shops & good restaurants, so little time......

When I'm down that way I never miss stopping by Shine. The owner, Kelly [see another small business owner named Kelly] always welcomes every customer as if you were old friends. She is just the nicest and has the some great pieces. I picked up an item for a friend but it's a gift so I'll show you guys later. I love these kissing white elephants, so adorable!

Next was lunch at Pronto, hummus [my ultimate fav!] and fried pickles, the best around. We had a couple girly summer drinks over lots of chit chat & gossip [the way only sisters can].

After lunch we stopped into several other stores but it was this last shop, Paris was the name I think, where we found a couple great peices. Mrs. H picked up a cute gray dress, I'll post pics when she wears it and I found a gorgeous chandelier for the new studio space! I was so excited when I saw it I forgot to take a photo so I'll post some later. I can't wait to see it in our new space, it's just perfect. This shop was a nice mix of old & new. Before I spotted the chandelier I noticed these slightly creepy dolls just hanging out in an arm chair and this super cute vintage purse that would make a great sewing basket.

It was a great afternoon and so nice to just hang with Mrs. H, it doesn't happen as often as I'd like, we definitely need to do this more often! Happy Birthday!

stumble it !