My Heart Skips a Beat

I read a lot of vintage clothing lovers' blogs, and I see them say that certain places and pieces make their heart speed up. A room full of 1930s dresses will make their palms begin to sweat and their stomach do flip-flops. Well, I get that way when I find vintage cameras. I wasn't interested in collecting them until I inherited about 10 of my grandfather's cameras. I've started searching for them in the stores around my town and I've got quite a collection going! My built-in bookshelves are becoming my camera display area.

I found this little treasure this afternoon and I'm SO excited. Not only is it the sexiest camera I've found, I can actually get film for it! I ordered some as soon as I got home, and I can't wait to try it out. 

When I saw this on the table,  I had no idea what it was. I didn't see the box under it, and I thought it was a cigar case or something like that. Anyway, I just decided to pick it up and look at it and I noticed the Polaroid manual underneath it. That's when my heart started skipping, and I realized what I had in my hands. I have a weird obsession with things that are this practical. I LOVE that I can fold it up and stick it in my purse.

This is how I'm displaying it. I just love the brown color! 

I'll hopefully have some images to show you soon. 

Does anyone else have this camera? How do you like it?

Birthday Cake for Jeremy

Mix the cake and crush up some Heath bars!

Bake it up!

Cut off the excess and get ready to do some stacking

Spread pudding between the layers and ice the outside of the cake

Sprinkle your Heath crumbles and there-ya-go! 

Happy Birthday, Jeremy!

Ok, so this was actually on the 6th of this month. I was just really slow about getting it posted. 

Sorry about having two food posts in a row this week! I'm sure you don't mind though, right? I guess I should give credit where credit is due: Paige did most of the work on this cake. I spent all my time taking pictures. I did make the pudding and crush the Heath bars though! I hope Jeremy enjoyed his birthday cake and friends. We sure enjoyed the cake!

Fall Food in Summer Temperatures

What is wrong with Tennessee? Why doesn't it know that yesterday began Fall? Yesterday the temperatures reached the high 90s. Luckily, there's like 0 humidity, which is a huge problem in the dead of summer. It's not absolutely miserable outside, but I'm definitely ready for the mid 70s Fall temps to make their appearance.

Fact about me: I attend a home church called Sovereign Grace Fellowship. We have church in my living room, so I have no excuse to skip every once in a while :) Our structure is modeled after the New Testament church, so we do things quite a bit differently than the churches I grew up in. Well, all that to say, our church family basically IS family. There are 4 families in all, and 2 of the families used to come over all the time for dinner on Wednesday nights. We haven't been carrying out that tradition for a while, but we started it back up last night. Tabitha made a DELICIOUS kielbasa dish, that I seriously could not stop eating. Amanda brought some great asparagus, which was the perfect compliment. Don't you love our classy dinner ware?

I was in charge of dessert and since it was the first day of Fall, I decided to do a pumpkin recipe! I love love love pumpkin pie, so I thought pumpkin trifle would be an easier substitute. I ran in and out of Kroger after work and rushed home to make this little dish. Sidenote: If the Kroger employee tells you they don't have canned pumpkin until October, ignore him.

I barely finished before everyone arrived, but everyone was very happy with their sweet treat after dinner. We also had some AMAZING Costa Rican Tarrazu coffee to go with it. (Thanks Brian!) The good food and wonderful company was just what I needed for a pick-me-up in the middle of the week.

I got all the milk glass pieces at an antique store outside of town. Trifle is typically made in clear dishes, but I didn't have any...it still tastes the same, promise. Here's the recipe I made.

If you want an easy but super tasty Pumpkin dish to make at the last minute, I definitely recommend this. My only suggestion is to put way more ginger snaps in than you think you need because all that creamy texture needs some crunch to balance it out. Let me know if you decide to make this! I'd love to hear how it turns out.

Giveaway Winner

I've got a winner for my celebratory giveaway! 

 Congratulations to CB of the citybirds nest. This bike-lovin' blogger is one of my favorites! Make sure you check out her blog and Etsy shop.

New Prints at Home

Over the last few months, I've really been putting more effort into decorating and making this house more like a home. Remember this post? Well I finally purchased that print! After reorganizing my built in bookshelves, I had an empty frame that needed to be filled. I inquired about the size I needed and Siiso whipped it right up for me!

The picture doesn't do it justice (had to use my old camera because I keep leaving my new one at work). It's a GORGEOUS print. You can get one for yourself here.

I also wanted something else to hang in my dining room. I've got a long way to go in there. There's still a TON of blank wall space, but I'm so happy about the new print I got this week. I think is looks wonderful hanging in the big frame with my other print. What do you think?

The newer one is the small hanging in the center frame. It's called Sparkle by abbytrysagain, and you can get one here. The out-of-focus lights are so dreamy and the blue tint looks great!

I'm pleased with my recent print purchases, and I hope that ties me over for a while. I'm living on a budget here! Thanks to Siiso and Abbytrysagain for being exceptional Etsy sellers!