Mars

A cameo from my handsome husband for the month of March. A little way of honoring our anniversary coming up. My sweet lumbersexual man ready for an outing at la cabane à sucre, pocket knife, iphone, and cozy knits. 

Here are some of his favorites: 

Merino wool Watch cap from Mercantile

This jacket

An Antler sweater

(because he's jealous of the one I knit for our daughter)

An old Banana Republic shirt I bought him 

A pocket knife 

Redwing Heritage boots (he should buy, if you ask me) 

Photos : Flowers from the Wedding

 I wanted to have a little post about the flowers, since they were a big deal for me. I love, love, love flowers. Getting to pick them and working with the crazy talented Anaïs from Les Petites Excuses was seriously one of my favorite things about the whole wedding planning process. 

 She listened to me and made sure I got exactly what I envisioned... while coming up with ideas to replace what was not in season in March (like peonies..or Dusty Miller) and also bringing her own touch and making every thing just so lovely. 

 I don't know if you remember the palette I had planned for the flowers.. but we managed to be pretty close! My bouquet was all white, off white and blush, since I wanted it to be very similar to my dress. It was mostly ranonculus and double carnations. Those two flowers were a discovery for me, and I fell in love, hard. (so did pretty much all the women at the wedding, I think!) I also had some rosemary, sage and lilac buds for fragrance. It was a real dream...

 The flower girls had bright fuchsia, magenta and peach. We went for small roses and hyacinths since those are all fairly inexpensive. We even got some extra baby's breath for people who wanted some in their hair. It was a nice subtle addition. :) 

 For the restaurant, we went with as-affordable-and-as-simple-as-possible. One big fluff of hydrangea a bunch of baby's breath's per table. We collected some tomato cans for the vases. Super cheap, and maximum rustic look. It came out really pretty, in my opinion ;)

Once again, thanks to Emilie Iggiotti, our amazing photographer. Those pictures are perfection. 

Photos : Wedding Party

 I've been wanting to share some photos from the wedding.. but it's hard. I don't want to share everything since I want to keep some parts of that day private with the people that were there. 

 What I do feel like sharing, is how some of the little details I obsessed with turned out. Things I mentioned here in those posts... I felt like such a bridezilla at times, being so critical, or so an&l about some tiny details, the color of this, the color of that, the shape of this. But the truth is.. everything was so beautiful on the Day. Everything came together so magically. I don't regret any obsessing. I would not have wanted it any other way.

 People around me know this, my nieces are pretty special to me. I grew so so found and close of them, they were my two flower girls, and we were all thrilled about it. The elder was also out ring bearer and she took her job ever so seriously.. it was pretty darling. A close friend was my only bride's maid. She helped me a lot all throughout the wedding planning process, and also spent most of that weekend with me, getting ready and helping out. (even though 7 months along in her pregnancy ;))

The girls wore those amazing Noémiah head pieces. I'm pretty sure they felt like royalty. 

We got the dresses from J.Crew and the shoes at Joe Fresh. I made those flower brooches. 

 I am so happy with how our tiny "wedding party" looked. We wanted to keep it as minimal as possible. Flower girl, ring-bearer, bride's maid, groom's man, which were also our witnesses. They looked so beautiful and handsome.. subdued and wintery. And those flowers.. man, Anaïs really out-did herself. 

It was such a perfect day. So many emotions.. I'm so glad I have those amazing photos to cherish. Thanks tones to Emilie who did a stellar job. 

Flowers from Les Petites Excuses, headpieces from Noémiah. 

Mariage...

We are really exited to get the pictures from Emilie soon, but lets be patient. Here is some instagram sneak peeks. I've borrowed pics of the restaurant from Melanie, and the flowers from Anaïs 's instagram feeds. (oops - and the photo of the two of us is from Edith!) 

We had an amazing week in Maine.. And the wedding was just.. perfect. We cannot really wrap our brains around just how perfect everything was, and everything went. 

I'll share some pictures as soon as we have them. 

In the meantime, back to normal life and work schedules! 

xo

Mercredis Wedding OCD : Accessories & Invitations

 Well, well... I am sorry but it looks like I might only post on Wednesdays for a couple weeks.. ;) My transformation into full-on Bridezilla has not begun yet, but I'm assuming it's coming soon. 

 First of all, we sent formal invitations a couple weeks ago, and of course I did not save any for us, or take any pictures. I had two extra of those tiny little illustrations left (which were part of the design - it's printed on shiny origami paper) and it's been taped on my office wall since. (G took one for his office too. Because he such a lovely dude.) 

 I've also made some progress on the accessories. I got those boots, as an awesome wedding gift, from a dear friend. They are seriously just so perfect. I cannot even stop looking at them. They fit like a glove, which is lucky since I had not tried them on. I say it's fate. 

Barwood boot from Madewell

 She also sent me this dainty crystal bracelet. It's a little tighter then what I'm used to for bangles. (Note: she is much skinnier, this was meant to happen.) I'm not sure about the pairing with the second bracelet. I bought this one at the flee market over the weekend, hoping it could do for my something old, or something blue. Is it okay to use one object for both?? 

(This is crazy, it's coming so soon. I'm officially bat shit excited.) 

Mercredi Wedding OCD : Flowers

 Ouh... A wedding post! Said wedding, is coming up quite fast! Pretty much everything crucial is already planned, but I feel like February will be a whirlwind of last minute loose ends to tie.. Still, we're looking forward to it more and more each day!

 But first things first... Here's an image I made for another Damask & Dentelle Wedding Guide. This was super fun to work on (recognize the colors?), the direction it took was right up my alley-tastes, and I get to work with such an amazing team. :) 

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 Now.. moving on the the wedding, something I got really exited about was, the flowers.. I have always had a weakness for anything fresh flower, either growing in flower beds, backyards, bought at the market to have around the house... I just love flowers, from the bottom of my heart. So, yeah, I was exited about this part. 

 I got to meet Anaïs, from Les Petites Excuses (she is downright adorable) and she talked me through what possible for my in the middle of winter  on a budget small wedding. I dreamt of peonies, everywhere... but they are not in season in March, so she recommended renoncules instead.. seriously, prettiest flower on earth. Also, unconventional choice, double carnations. She never looked at me weird when I said I disliked this and that about traditional weddings.. and I basically feel super confident in the fact that she will make my wedding look purdy. 

 There is so much to think about... no wonder people hire wedding planners. But at least, fussing about flowers was pretty fun. Guillaume and I came up with a really nice idea for the table center pieces, but i'm not spoiling. ;)

Mercredis Wedding OCD : Wedding Outfits

 So we're making some progress this week about what we are going to wear. Significant improvement, considering all we had purchased until now was like, one dress shirt for him, and my dress - which is major, I know, but still needs quite a bit of tweaking and alterations. So... Here it is:

Jacket - Belt - Boots - Shoes 

 Guillaume found an awesome jacket yesterday. (I drew the checkered up there without even looking back at the fabric, either online or in the closet here.. Sometimes I think I have weird picture like memory skills.) The dress shirt is from Banana Republic, and is a kind of...dark khaki. Even though we were pretty set on a tie, since I gave a tie-clip to the Mr as an engagement present... We tried like 8 billions different ones, and... Ties just look weird on him, while bow ties look great. I say... if you can rock those effortlessly, go for it, and screw the tie-clip. I'd like to find a sort of burnt orange / peach / mustard little-cloth-thingy (those probably have a proper name) for the jacket pocket. Just to bring a bit of pop since a lot of it is still neutral. (Think flower girls in dark grey.. ) The jeans are Levi's 511 skinnies in black. He will most likely order a belt from Wood and Faulk, because it's an awesome company. He is still not sure about what he wants in his feet, but it will most likely be some kind of black leather boot or dress shoe. We tried those two options at Clark's and they both looked great.

 My situation is a bit more complicated*, as in, it's always more complicated when you are a woman. About two months ago I purchased a dress, that was on super crazy clearance, at David's Bridal (in Burlington VT - I highly recommend this place, it was the best shopping experience my Bride's maid and I had - compared to St-Hubert St... and we found there. The prices were very reasonable, and there was a lot dresses, in a lot of sizes, that were available for immediate purchase, instead of ordering. Being like 4 months away from the wedding back then, that was our only option.) 

 So, the dress. I love it, but the skirt was not exactly what I wanted. We are doing some adjustments, and I purchased all the fabric I need for the new skirt yesterday! I want to wear a skinny belt over it. I used to be very sure about the copper glitters... but now I'm leaning towards cognac leather. I think it would look better with the groom's stuff... 

 In terms of shoes, I have no clue. I wanted some pretty flats.. but the fact that this is a winter wedding, it would just make things much more easier if I'd wear boots. I tried those magnificent ones yesterday, at the Hush Puppies store (but cannot find them on their website?) I think they would be perfect, but the price tag of genuine leather boots being what it is, I decided to give it some thoughts. Also, what color of nylons or tights do you wear under a wedding dress!? I'm more of an always-black-tights kind of gal, but I guess nude would be more.. logic? 

*I'm not going to show or draw my dress in detail, because I'm kind of keeping it a secret. ;)

Mercredis Wedding OCD : Faire-Parts

Working on these was so much fun. The boyfriend and I have a lot in common in terms of aesthetics, and visual taste. It was really fun to come up with.. our vision of what we want the people to expect from our wedding.... By now people have received them and I'm not spoiling anything. I'll be sending invitations to confirmed guests early in the new year. I'll need to work on those soon! :) 

In terms of specs, I bought all paper good at L'essence du Papier on St-Denis and the font I used is Lane.  

Mercredis Wedding OCD : Flower Girls..Progress!

 Yeah... Moving forward! Dresses for the girls are purchased, and received! Turns out, it was sold out in dust pink. We should have pulled the trigger faster! Don't be fooled by the look of joy on those silly faces, they were NOT happy to have charcoal dresses. WHAT!? No pink!? Eeeeeew. 

 At least there is sparkly shoes to make up for it.. I'll make some flowers out of fabric for the top of the shoes too. Cannot wait to see what Noemiah makes for their tiny precious pretty hair! 

I know. We are not Wednesday. Yet again... Totally loosing grip on that whole regular post thing. 

October

Homemade dirty chai -  awesome impulsive purchase- Brave look alike niece, Aude - Autumn flowers, wedding inspirations - full moons and Martha pumpkins. 

 I've been lucky enough to have a lot on my plate work-wise lately. The last two weeks, and next two weeks, are sort of a blur of juggling long time and new clients, as well as very different types of assignments. But it's all good, and I feel super fortunate. 

 I have not posted here in a while, but plan on making it up!! You have a few insights in this October collage about wedding thingies. I will be sharing more save the dates' work pictures soon. Also, stay tuned for a guest post on this week's Mardi Manger from no one else then Le Boyfriend. :) I am quite exited for that, since Guillaume will be sharing his name's sake cookie recipe. (More on that.. )

 Otherwise.... What else to say, except, October is the best month of the year. Hands down. I love every day of it, every year. It comes and goes much too fast! But now we get to count down to Christmas, which is not bad at all either! 

xox

Septembre

 This new quilt project + Those adorable tiny moccasins + This wallpaper of my dreams + My favorite Rothko + Those rings + Some more adorable tiny boots + Perfect homemade smoothies + The best dog on earth

 Septembre was pretty great. I found out two of my close friends (no, make it three) are expecting tiny human beings. My boyfriend became my fiancé. The weather got colder. Apples are here. And work picked up a bit! Cheers to one awesome month. You were kinda spot on this time around!

Mercredis Wedding OCD

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