As you may know by now, I was part of Tiff’s bridal party this summer, who happens to be one of my bridesmaids. We threw her and Ken a Jack & Jill, and celebrated with both the bride and the groom and their family and friends.

As the bridal party, we were originally disappointed because we had a rather feminine theme planned for Tiff’s shower: Breakfast at Tiffany’s. When Tiff decided she wanted a co-ed shindig, we had to quickly come up with a new unisex theme. Luckily, I scouted a most perfect party location and realized we could keep the original theme – the space was contemporary and ultra-chic, and fit the Breakfast at Tiffany’s theme perfectly. We renamed it to Breakfast at Tiffany’s (and Ken).

Thanks to our group of DIYers, we had all the details set. I designed the invitations (with a fittingly graphic Audrey Hepburn), Lisa created scrumptious and beautiful mini-cakes to look like Tiffany boxes, and Kat (the groom’s sister) crafted a nifty sign that the couple ended using at their wedding, too. The Sunday brunch went without a hitch, and I must say, it was sad when we didn’t have any more bridesmaid meetings to plan this thing!

I went to a beautiful bridal shower yesterday for my friend Evan, at Il Mulino on Eglinton Avenue West. It was my first shower at a restaurant. It was the perfect combination of elegant sit-down and noisy games, and it was really fun. There were about 40 guests and we took up the entire place.

There were beautful floral table pieces at each seat – some of the flowers were so incredible they looked fake:

Peony in full bloom

So I’m now loving the resto-shower, and if you don’t have an outrageous guest list it’s a classy way to go.

Girls and their ice

Tasteful shower games

Evan’s in-laws are Italian, so a bunch of the ladies got together and made Italian cookies and cakes!!! This table was loaded with sweets and was so delicious, I’m sad I didn’t take a picture of it. At the end of the shower, everyone got to make their own takeout bag of cookies.

Oh, and the food at Il Mulino was delicious, too.

Mmm antipasto