My best friend, Laura, and I enjoy going on Coffeeventures to different coffee shops. We decided to venture down to Coral Gables to visit Café Demetrio. This café is Coral Gables’ first coffee house that serves artisanal coffee with adorable cocoa hearts dusted on top of your latte. I had a delicious Cafe Leo that features a thick drizzle of caramel. The café also serves sandwiches, salads, pasta, and breakfast. The building is from 1926, but the coffee shop opened up in 1997. After our coffee break, we drove to the Prado Entrance and spent some time there. Another…
Two months ago today, my love and best friend (E) asked me to be his Mrs! It was a special day not only because he asked me to marry him, but because he asked me to marry him on my 25th birthday. A week or so prior, he asked me what I wanted to do for my birthday. He wanted it to be somewhere outdoors, so I choose a park across the street from our church. We picked up some sushi and had a picnic at the park. Upon arriving, I noticed that two of our friends were standing in…
Hello everyone! Today I am presenting you with my first home table setting. Since Easter is this weekend, I decorated the table with a a robin egg theme. For the greenery, I purchased this Fresh Picked Greens Large Fern Bush at JoAnn’s Fabrics. It costs $9.99, but they were on sale for 50% off, thus making it $5. I pulled out all the fern leaves and placed them around our personalized MyThirtyOne “Close to Home Tray“. I also added some faux Queen Anne’s Lace flowers around the ferns. Along with the floral wreath…
Today I will show you a Blue Apron recipe I tried. I order these boxes about 1-2 times a month. Blue Apron is a food subscription box that provides you with fresh, high-quality ingredients that are sourced by their network of farmers, fisheries, and ranchers each week. Each box comes with two or three meals with pre-measured ingredients and proportioned amounts for each serving. Each week, Blue Apron provides a variety of recipes to choose from. They also provide a menu card with directions and pictures to assist you while you cook. I enjoy getting my Blue…
For St. Patrick’s Day this year, I baked some Saint Brendan’s Irish Cream Cupcakes. I originally got the recipe from Easy Baked (found on Pinterest) and I modified her recipe. She used Bailey’s Irish Cream, but I chose to use Saint Brendan’s instead because it is cheaper and the preferred Irish cream for the group of people I made the cupcakes for. Ingredients: (makes 24 cupcakes) Cupcakes: 2 1/2 cups cake flour 3 teaspoons of baking powder 1/2 teaspoon of salt 1 teaspoon of cinnamon 1 1/2 cups granulated…
Today, I’m bringing you another recipe post featuring pico de gallo! I made this side dish to bring to work during our weekly luncheons. I volunteered myself to pick up some pico de gallo, but when I went to Publix the night before, there was none to be found. Instead, I decided to make my own. Of course, I turned to Pinterest (my cookbook on-the-go), and looked up a recipe. I choose the first picture and the recipe from Luci’s Morsels opened up. Looked simple enough, so I purchased the products needed and started…
I was walking through Target’s hair product aisle to pick up a new shampoo when I stopped to see a section that showed minimalistic packaging. I turned and faced the products that had a pretty pastel peach, white, and a darkish grey/black color. I was impressed by how sleek and simple the packaging was and immediately pulled out my phone to inquire about these new items. I saw only good reviews (although very limited amount of reviews) in my research while standing in the aisle and decided to purchase three new hair products. To be honest, although…
I like when recipes are simple to put together. It makes it easier to cook something after a long day at work. Today’s recipe is chili! It is quick and easy (compared to cooking it in the slow cooker for many hours), and you can customize it however you’d like. Time: 1-2 hours Chili Ingredients List: 1.5 pounds of ground beef or ground turkey 1 tbsp olive oil, to brown the beef or turkey 1 can (15 oz) of tomato sauce 6 grape tomatoes, quartered 1 cup of water as much chili seasoning as…
Christmas in January? I thought we need to wait at least half a year before hearing about it again. Yes, its true, but I wanted to share with you an event we did at my church this past December. My young adult group put together a Christmas gala for young adults and the pastors and their wives. Upon arriving to the gala, everyone walked through the arch draped with red chiffon and pretty lights. I just love how the lights twinkle through the chiffon, so beautiful! As you can see, we had market lights strung across the ceiling. Once we…
Hello, and welcome to Simple Charm Home! My name is Desiree and I am venturing back into the blogging world. Several years ago, I had a beauty blog named Simple Charm Beauty, but stopped writing when I created a YouTube channel for it instead. So here I am again, starting with a fresh slate! A home may be a building where one lives, but it also encompasses more than that. Home is the people you go through life with, a place where traditions are formed, love is shared, recipes are enjoyed, goals are achieved, family relationships are cherished, and so…