My 28th Birthday Brunch

I love my friends. I love brunch. I love dressing up. I love fall. I love my birthday! And I love combining all of those into one large party. My 28th birthday was on a Sunday this year, so I decided to host a breakfast potluck with a bunch of my friends still in the DMV. Since moving back home into my parents’ house, I couldn’t have the big blow out party I’ve had in recent years, so I was so happy on this day. I was surrounded by my favorite people and felt so special. I also love when everyone pitches in and comes together for meals. I asked everyone to dress up in garden party attire/ fall colors and I had a blast setting up tables like it was Thanksgiving! I love candle lit meals, grandma-looking china and bouquets of flowers and I am so happy with how everything turned out. Shout out to Aimee for helping to capture everything on her camera!

let’s all ignore the spelling error on the cake. it was delicious and that is all that matters.

Shoutout to my wonderful parents for letting me host the brunch here, and shout out to my friend Ash for coming over the say before the brunch and helping me set up!

The day before my party I went to my local thrift store to pick up some fall aesthetic plates, glasses, placemats and candle stick holders. The morning of the party, I went to Trader Joe’s to pick up some fresh flowers.

I already had so many candles and candle stick holders from my apartment that came in handy!

There were people on “flower + fire” duty during the whole event.

We also had old bottles in my parents’ garage that I used as flower vases.

This is what we called the “Ravens table” because we had the game on and this was the best seat in the house.

My view from the head of the table.

Shoutout to my mom for already having Happy Birthday napkins.

I am so proud of how everything looked!

I love being a hostess.

And I had a glass of Prosecco with me the whole time.

Thank you so much to Ash, Ashley and Julia for helping to set everything up with me!

I am still so obsessed with my cake.

Ash got me my cake from SugarBakers in Catonsville! She is the best!

Thank you Aimee for bringing your wide Polaroid camera too.

And thank you Cassie for bringing your “vintage” digital camera to capture lovely candid moments like this.

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I gave a small toast after everyone sat down, and then everyone went around and shared their favorite memory with me. Almost made me cry.

Shoutout to Ashley for showing up at 9:15am to help me set up and get ready with me.

Team PB back in MD <3

we both sent this photo to our moms

I am always raising my hands in photos to “peacock”.

A casual pose by Mr. Fisher

I could of sworn we were making model faces, but Sarah looks like a model every second of every day.

clean-up crew

The color coordination in the photo is so aesthetically pleasing

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also gotta send this photo to the moms (they will love it)

My jaw surgery mentee

idk what the Polaroid film was doing, but I don’t hate it

The world’s greatest photographer

one of my favorite Polaroids I’ve ever taken

just two libras

shoutout to Cassie for upstaging me on my birthday (it was exactly what I wanted)

A quick look at our mimosa bar

my nervous girl was a little overwhelmed by the amount of people in our house

The real star of the show: Pepper

Story time for my dress: I was originally going to wear a green dress I bought during the Reformation sale, but then my friend Kalen said it was a little “tame” for me, so I decided to rent some dresses from Nuuly. And I am so glad I did! Here is my referral link!

Thanks for reading! xx