One of my earlier purchases was an antique typewriter from the 1940s that I bought from my local Goodwill Seattle on their eBay site for $38.00. I had originally thought we could have our guests write us notes on the day using it but it’s actually not the easiest thing to type on! You have … Continue reading DIY Wedding – Menus and Place Settings Using an Antique Typewriter
For table decor, I used various metal pieces (often categorized as “copper wire”) purchased from Goodwill that included coffee pots, tea pots, little sugar bowls and even wine goblets. My dad went to the garden center and got some small, wee potted plants that we placed inside these pieces to add some color to the … Continue reading DIY Wedding – Vintage Coffee Pots & Potted Flowers for Table Decor
I’d written a post a little while ago about my ideas for the various table settings and in the end, I did decide to go for vintage license plates as our table numbers. I purchased them all from eBay and spent around $9 on each one. There were some beautiful and incredibly old ones available. … Continue reading DIY Wedding – Collecting Vintage License Plates for Table Numbers
Basically all of my posts for the wedding say “collected” and “vintage” and that pretty much sums up the whole experience for me. I decided that DIY was grand but I also loved sourcing unique pieces for the wedding that not many others would have done before. As part of the addiction / wedding hoarding, … Continue reading DIY Wedding – Collecting Vintage Picnic Baskets & Blankets
One of my favorite things that I did for the wedding was to collect all of the dinner plates, side plates, tea cups and saucers from charity shops such as Goodwill. When I was wedding planning, I used to read this great blog, One Fab Day, which features a wedding in Ireland each day and … Continue reading DIY Wedding – Collecting Vintage Dinner Plates, Side Plates, Tea Cups and Saucers
We had an amazing venue for our wedding, and after deciding to not go with the “too perfect” castle venue, but instead go with the do everything yourself dream / Jane Austen venue, I began to realize that everything…well it meant a fuck load of work. As in sourcing knives, forks, plates, cups, glasses (water, … Continue reading DIY Wedding – Collecting Antique Tablecloths & Napkins
Knowing we wanted the wedding to be a fair bit of a piss up, I decided to hand make 150 emergency hangover kits. We attached these to water bottles that were in the main reception area of the venue when people arrived, along with our itinerary for the weekend. Unfortunately, I cannot seem to find … Continue reading DIY Wedding – Emergency Hangover Kits
