Vintage Haul

Recently J and I spent an afternoon shopping in Old Town Pomona Antique Row in search of Vintage cake plates for our desert buffet (more on that to come soon!). We struck out on the cake plates but I was able to pick up these pretties to add to my wedding day look.

I was practically giddy when I came across the beaded clutch. I’ve been searching for a vintage embellished clutch for some time now and this one fit the bill perfectly. Based on the condition of the beading and the lining I’m guessing it’s at the earliest from the 70’s.

I’m not 100% decided on the earrings but at 5 bucks they were too good of a deal to pass up. My one grip about them is the left earring is missing one of its bottom tear drops. I’ve shown my mom and a couple of my bridesmaids to see if they notice the difference and they all agree that with my hair down the difference won’t be noticeable.

What do you think is the missing crystal negligible or should I keep looking for the perfect pair of earrings?

Vintage Transportation

I love all things vintage. Vintage clothes, vintage furniture, vintage handbags, and vintage cars I love it all. Lucky for me I happen to be marrying a man who shares my love of all things vintage especially vintage cars. About a year ago J was bit by the vintage car buying bug, more specifically the vintage BMW car buying bug and about 6 months later this beauty found its way to our driveway.

BMW have a special place in J’s heart. A large portion of his family on his late father side including his brother work as master BMW mechanics and many of his favorite memories from his early 20’s revolve around him and his cousins tricking out their vintage and late model Beemers. So what does all this have to do with weddings well friends I’ll show you.

Pics of couples posing in, around and on top of vintage cars have been filling up my wedding inspiration folder since the beginning of our engagement and in the spirit of full disclosure I secretly hoped J would purchase the beemer for the sole reason of getting pic like this. I’m super excited to be able to get some pro pic of J and I with the beemer in our wedding finery and I love that will be able to honor his family history with BMW.

pictures courtesy of style me pretty and ruffle blog

Vintage Decor

I shared with you in one of my first post J and mines desire to infuse our wedding with some mid-century style but until now haven’t shared any of our decor plans. One of my favorite ways that we are incorporating our mid-century aesthetic into our wedding is with some of our current home décor accessories. Our house is sprinkled with a large number of thrifted and inherited collections and pieces that I hope to cart with us for our reception and cocktail décor.

First is J’s collection of vintage cameras. I’m thinking of using these to decorate our cocktail table instead of fresh flowers.

J and I are both huge readers and have amassed a small collection of vintage books. Some of the books in our collect are over a hundred years old.

The 2 pieces I’m most excited about are J’s late dad’s sewing machine and his mom’s tiffany blue type writer.

The typewriter was a gift to his mom from J’s grandma when they first emigrated from Mexico to the US. J’s grandma wanted his mom to land a job in an office and gave her a typewriter as a way for her to learn to type. The sewing machine also has a special meaning to J and his family. It was originally purchased by J’s father at a yard sale and was used by his dad to sew and mend his clothing. Both pieces have a special meaning to J and his family and I’m happy to have something from both his late father and grandmother present at our wedding.

Last is our Depression glass cake knife.

I purchased the knife one day when we were window shopping in downtown Pomona. The owner had it labeled as a butter and cheese knife but I really didn’t care; it was so cute and vintagy that size didn’t matter. We’re not planning to have a large formal cake so I’m confident that our little knife will be able to do the job.

I’m super excited to infuse our wedding with a little bit of our personal items. It also makes me happy to know that once our wedding is done and over with these items will sit in our home and serve as a reminder of the day we became man and wife.

Are you bringing in any of your current personal belongings to decorate your reception?