Life Lately

 1. Colorful blooms...this color combination is the prettiest!
 2. Yummy starbucks treats while catching up on magazines.
3. Chris' brother nominated me to do the ALS ice bucket challenge...it was so cold.
4. Wearing these shoes to work...feeling fancy.
5. Hanging out in my old room at home...miss my bed and these guys.
 6. Everyday kind of outfit with a new kind of pattern for me. I hardly ever wear animal print.
7. We celebrated my nephew's first birthday last week.
8. Me and Chris have been working out a lot lately. Whenever we do workouts at home, Scar is always there to motivate us along the way.
9. Celebration drink :)
10. Wore this out to dinner the other night...love this skirt.

see more life lately posts here.

xoxo erica

A Month of Cake // Easy Heart Sprinkle Cake

 Over the weekend Chris asked me to bake him a cake. One of his favorites is a yellow cake with chocolate frosting...yum. I wanted to do something a bit creative with it and I've always loved the pop of color from sprinkles against chocolate frosting. This turned out really well and Chris was super impressed. I thought this was a great way to kick off A Month of Cake...lots of yummy and fun stuff around the corner.
1. Start by frosting your cake.
2. Place parchment paper stencil in the center of cake. I simply folded a piece of parchment paper in half and cut out half a heart to make a full heart. 
 3. Shake sprinkles onto cake.
4. After a about half of the heart is complete, pat down with your finger to ensure sprinkles are sticking to the frosting.
5. Repeat for the other half of the heart.
 6. Carefully lift the parchment paper from the cake. The frosting will be messy but just smooth it out.
And you're all done. I loved the way it came out. I think it would work out really great with large numbers or letters. Let me know if you give it a try. #sobdamonthofcake

xoxo erica

Floral and Plaid Mixer

Dress: Target, Belt: Target
 I can't believe it's already September!! At the end of the month Chris and I are headed off to California and I'm soooo excited. So pretty much this month is going to be amazing. Now all I'm going to be thinking about is what to pack lol. I wore this dress yesterday...this is the first thing I've ever owned in plaid. I love it! Plaid always makes me think of autumn and the touch of lace and floral pattern makes me want to hang on to summer. I think it's the perfect transition piece...this one will stay on rotation for the rest of the year.

Hope y'all are enjoying the day off. Yay for long weekends.
xoxo erica