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It’s my birthdayyyy…table! This year I waned to do a little less then last year’s full on beach party and so I settled on a pretty table at a nice restaurant for just myself and few good friends. And yes, my idea of “doing less” is decorating a table. Enjoy. 

The Place: there were many options, but ultimately Georgie’s was at the top of my list! I’ve been for coffee and brunch at their adorable café setup, I also am obsessed with their blue and white plates. There were a few other places I considered but I was just so impressed by the immediate politeness and customer service I received when I pitched my idea of decorating the table, that made this the right place. Georgie’s is a newer restaurant at the Montage Beverly Hills, replacing the former Scarpetta location. I must admit, my attraction started at the adorable decor and super girly ambiance, but I was thoroughly impressed by the delicious food and service. I ordered the salmon and we all shared the most delicious sweet and salty bread. Most of my friends ordered the dover sole and couldn’t stop talking about it. But I must say, the martini cart was at the top of my list, so chic, just so incredibly chic. Thank goodness I had at least one friend brave enough to order a martini (or two) so we could have a cart experience! Two of my friends loved the Spring Meringue and the Georgie Gerber cocktails. I opted for a less sugary version of a Paloma, which was basically just tequila, soda and a splash of grapefruit juice and it was delicious! 

The Table: So this was, surprisingly, the very first table I have decorated! I wasn’t exactly sure what look I was going for so instead I just bought a bunch of things I liked. Next time I will definitely make sure everything matches before I buy but I think it turned out pretty so no complaints! I knew the restaurant had blue and white plates and so I started there. I wanted to place a green palm leaf over the plate to compliment the blue and white, a color scheme I am quite fond of. I also knew I wanted pink flowers, unfortunately peonies are out of season and hard to find, so I settled for some pink roses and found these amazing little lavender pom pom flowers that I sadly can’t find the formal name for. Instead of using vases I just spread out the lavender branches and placed the rose heads into the crevices. Then laid my battery operated copper light strings across the table. In hindsight, I would have opted for a transparent strand or mini individual lights so the copper wire didn’t show but hey you live and you learn! For place cards I had this great idea of using miniature pineapples (they sell them at most grocery stores, mine are from Ralph’s) and a mini flag. If you can’t find a similar flag then I recommend just taping a toothpick to the back of a normal place card to mount it into the pineapple. I wrote (well my friend wrote as my handwriting is horrid) everyone’s name on their flag with a metallic gold sharpie, and stuck the flag into the pineapple. Wallah, a super chic place setting is made!
The Treats: Per usual I ordered my absolute favorite marble cake from Susie’s! This year I decided to have a Drake on cake – which for those of you who aren’t hip is just a cake with Drake lyrics on it, made famous by this fabulous Instagram account. I had lots of options but ultimately choose the “feeling good, living better” because why wouldn’t I haha. I am so absolutely happy with the way it turned out and of course, the consistent slice of heaven SusieCakes always delivers! The candles I found were perhaps my favorite detail of all! These blue and white marble candles are so chic and come in a few different colors. I just couldn’t get enough! As a party favor I gave all my friends some yummy macarons wrapped in cellophane and tied them up with a baby blue pom pom fabric. As much as I liked the idea, I think that’s enough cellophane for me and perhaps pairing baby pink and baby blue is a little too, baby. Not quite there yet! 

Cheers to #28!

Xoxo, 

-M

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0 Comments
  • Unknown
    August 26, 2017

    wow, such a nice birthday party table,so elegant and

    nice food, i want to introduce some great curtains,hope you love them.

  • Unknown
    September 3, 2017

    LOL how did I not know about this cake gram before? SO FUNNY!

    Such a gorgeous table! Happy Birthday!!

    xx
    Brooke
    http://www.brookedujour.com

  • Katie
    September 14, 2017

    Not 100% positive, but I think your mystery lavender flowers are Globe Amaranth.

    Beautiful table!

  • Monica Gisele
    September 18, 2017

    Thanks so much!!!

  • Monica Gisele
    September 18, 2017

    Awe thanks dear! Yes, I think it's my best cake yet!!!!

    Drake on cakes for life haha!

  • Monica Gisele
    September 18, 2017

    Omg thank you Katie! I spent so much time looking, how did you find it? Are you a florist?

    Thanks so much for reading!!!

  • Katie
    September 24, 2017

    No, not a florist, just really good at Google. 😉 But my mom and I love going to the Los Angeles Flower Mart! We take any excuse to go down there.

    Absolutely enjoy reading your blog. It's a fun little escape.

  • stevenjared0853
    September 25, 2017

    OMG!! What an adorable birthday table. I liked the décor specially those centerpieces. It will be really good to do similar thing for my birthday dinner that will throw at one of venue New York. Everyone will love it for sure.

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