a southern birthday celebration

Vintage Betty Barclay Velvet Dress - gift from lovely Carmen

Black Oxford Heels - H&M

Heart Locket - Forever21

Hey, it was my birthday on Thursday!! And I'm 25 now!!

We're back from our Atlanta birthday visit and man alive, are we beat. We had a great time with Rhi and Drew eating the best pizza in the world, visiting vintage stores in the Little Five Points, and stocking up on wine. We also got to spend the afternoon with Vanessa and Abi, who are seriously lovely.

I can't wait to show you guys pictures of our H&M and Madewell adventures (yessssss Alexa Chung collection) and coffee drinking and the best peter pan collar blouse in the world. And I'll share why I'm not exactly wearing anything handmade for my birthday..

But for now, I'm admitting defeat and heading to bed. Happy weekend, all!

a birthday celebration

Neil turned 23 yesterday! We began Neil's birthday celebration last night by going out to City House (officially our favorite Nashville restaurant) and enjoying housemade sausage and margherita pizza with arugula. And chocolate bourbon gelato. Today, we spent time in East Nashville shopping for records (new Dead Weather and old Led Zeppelin!) and vintage clothes. We had a late breakfast at Marche (how do I add accents on Blogger?), did some cheese and olives picnicking, and finished the day with dry-aged beef with morels and Westvleteren 12, a Belgian beer that Neil loves.

In other words, a completely food-centered, really romantic, perfectly laid back day.

I found a ruffle sleeved mint green blouse at the Hip Zipper in East Nashville as well as a carpet bag. I'm planning on pairing the green blouse with the chambray bloomers I made last week.

And speaking of chambray.. I didn't have enough time to make the romper I had plans to for Neil's birthday, but I will be making it in the morning for a fun blogger meet up tomorrow night!

Hope you're having a great weekend!