Oh Lord!

It is Jade-ite AND it's mini!! I'm in love! Maybe someone will purchase for my b-day!? **hint*hint**

- Swiss Avenue

Dining Room Chairs

I just asked for some Tolix aka Marais AC chairs for my birthday! I have been in LOOOOVVE with them for forever now. I thought they would look so nice around my dining room table.  Technically they are outdoor garden chairs, but I think with a cute cushion they could be really nice dining room chairs.

Here is an original French ad for the antique outdoor garden chair:

Can I tell you how this antique French ad made me love them even more!

Well they are ridic expensive, especially the antique originals. I stumbled across the blog Thirteen and South who talked about the knock offs they found for a fraction of the price!! Im no chair snob so of course I love the knock offs and the knock off price ($99)!

I have a dark wood table like the one below so I thought they would look perfect! Imagine this scene below with little cute (possibly hand sewn) cushions.

Pic from Thirteen and South

So maybe I shouldn't be dreading this upcoming (30th) birthday after all! Ha ha! Just kidding, chairs aren't gonna make me feel any younger!

Pure Bliss!

Yes! It is true, I am in a pure bliss state right now. Even though I am at work, Riann broke her hand, and I'm totally stressed out about my $6 Halloween Happy Hour this weekend, I feel completely serene and blissful. I have a fun filled weekend ahead, it is my mom's 50th birthday, my crazy aunts are in town, and a few other surprises for my mom along the way! ( I cannot reveal right now incase she reads this!) It is going to be so much fun and so eventful! I cannot wait!

So in honor of me feeling extra blissful right now I wanted to highlight one of my favorite catalogs I hoard in the mail. Bliss Living Home

They have the most luxurious bedding, bath, and home furnishings that I have ever seen. I don't even exactly know how I came across this company. (No they are not paying me to say this, though I wish they were!)  Once I saw this catalog in my mailbox, I was drunk with love and I was hooked. It is just enough for me to look at the pictures of this catalog for inspiration and awe. (Disclaimer: I have never actually bought anything, so don't hold me responsible if you do and you end up hating them I can only recommend how peaceful, inspired, and blissful the catalog makes me feel.)

First off this stuff is way, way, way far out of my price range and budget but I just love to look at how dramatic it all is.

I wish I had the guts to do this Kahuna comforter in my bedroom. I love how it almost hurts your eyes to look at it because it is so vivid.

I love these Wings Pillows. So cute and luscious! I am now trying to figure out how I can DIY this idea. If you have suggestions, let me know!

I love Koi fish and I love copper, so I'm in total love with this Koi on Copper print! It would be perfect over my fireplace.

This Oliver Sheet Set is exactly what I am looking for in my bedroom redo:

A little bit modern, but simple. Silver and white. I love them. Since my little **hint*hint** worked last time, I thought I would give it a try again. So **hint*hint** these would be a perfect Christmas gift this year for me! Heck, they are even on SALE!

My sister lives in Vancouver and it is my favorite place on this earth so this Canada Passport Pillow made my heart skip a beat.

The Canada Passport Pillow looks so perfect on this Amelie Green Duvet!

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month so they also have these amazing products for Breast Cancer Awareness!

Like this Osaka Pillow! I love the frilly flower details next to the smooth silver silk.

Even better that they donate a portion of the proceeds to Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

"We GIVE 20% of proceeds from orders placed on products featured in this event to Susan G. Komen for the Cure, you RECEIVE free shipping. Simply enter the code SUSANGKOMEN during the checkout process to participate and to support breast cancer awareness."

So look, buy, and drool over these photos and I hope in some way I gave you a lil' bit-o-bliss today.

Up ahead are my $6 Halloween Happy Hour, Carmel Apple Salad, and Blood Orange Sangria! Stay tuned and have a great weekend! (I know I will!!)

My Birthday Cake!

So somebody did get my *hint hints*! People do read this blog! I hinted in a past posting that I would LOVE this chocolate peanut buttery slice-o-heaven and oh boy did I get it!

But FIRST I opened this beautiful ceramic cake stand and plate from Jenna. It is a perfect almost Jadeite green color with fancy edges. Tucked in the middle of the two was this chocolate book, so cute! That should have given the cake away but I didn't even think about it at the time.

Then after a long day of shopping at the Trade Days I came back to the cabin to see this beauty on the table:

It was perfect and looked so delicious! Riann had secretly brought up all the ingredients to the cabin without me knowing and made it for me while I was junkin'.

Homemade and beautiful slice-o-heaven! It looked so pretty on my new cake stand!

She said she didn't want to cover the whole cake in peanut butter cups, which I thought was perfect! It allowed the homemade frosting to be easily seen and drooled over!

And boy was it delicious!! Rich and moist two layer chocolate cake, vanilla frosting, and chopped peanut butter cups around it! How could it get any better than that?

I think my dad ate five pieces of it when we brought it home!

Thank you, thank you, Riann! You are the sweetest for making it and surprising me! I LOVED it!!