Thanks Montreal. We really needed that.

We had a last minute free & fancy hotel room offered to us on Friday for this past weekend, so we left Friday afternoon and had one of our best weekend trips. The weather was perfect and we ate so well. We were especially happy to discover the restaurant Lemeac, and its unbelievable Pain Perdu. It's pretty much worth going to Montreal just for that dessert.

We strolled through Parc Lafontaine, visited some galleries and just explored. Oh Montreal! Thanks for being so fun and nice.

The fantastic men's & women's shop Rooney. Such a great space.

Jenny Holzer exhibit at DHC-ART.

Jean Talon Market. My favourite market of all markets. A perfect outing for Thanksgiving day.

A lot of meat on one plate at the Main.

Ye old lace skirt.

You guys, I rediscovered this lace skirt I bought on super-sale at Anthro like 6 years ago. I've hardly worn it since then, but I think its so fantastic. So I took it out for a walk today to one of my favourite places in the city, Trinity College.






We wanted to see if the chapel was open, and it was, and we had it to ourselves. Pretty neat.




Going for some ice cream later tonight. And then I'm hoping to start sewing a new sundress, it's been so long!

xo

The Details.

We've got our pictures back from our photographer, and I'd love to share some of the little details with you. Chris and I spent endless hours making things for our do, and we were really happy with the results.

The linen hankie that I embroidered for Chris.

My bouquet. I couldn't have loved it more. Made by Alison.

Our handmade invites.

And programs.

I sewed and embroidered a stack of flags that people could wave at the end of our ceremony. It was one of my favourite details.

I wrote out everyone's escort envelope, which included hand-written notes to each person inside.

Table numbers!

Hand-stamped ribbons shared the evening's menu.

Beautiful flowers in vases wrapped in baker's twine secured with tiny toy mushrooms. Each table was lined with a runner made by my mother.

Some of our childhood relics displayed.

One of our many vignettes. This one was made with tiny mushrooms and figurines riding bikes.

We strung an excerpt of I Like You (which was read during our ceremony) from baker's twine in our bar area.

Another vignette! In a tiny belljar!

Handmade flags attached to straws. We figured people liked them as they were drinking their beer from them.

Enjoy! Crafts are fun, right?