If you've ever felt that you were born a few decades, or centuries, too early, a vintage wedding could be for you. The good news: you can pull off a vintage themed wedding without making your guests feel like they have been transported back in time (AKA no period costumes etc.). Here are some vintage touches that you can incorporate into your big day to give it that old Hollywood-type glamour.
Vintage rings: For the gal who loves vintage an antique-style engagement ring will be the perfect choice. Even if one's fiance does not have a family heirloom passed down for generations, replicas are readily available. You might even consider skipping the traditional diamond in favor a colored gemstone (interesting fact: diamonds became the norm for engagement rings in the 1950's when diamond miner De Beers launched the "Diamonds are forever" marketing campaign - prior to this diamonds were considered more commonplace and where not especially valued). Of course if you are after a vintage engagement ring it would help to plant the idea before wedding plans officially commence!
Wedding Dress: something along the lines of this Audrey Hepburn-style dress, or a simple and elegant white suit would be a perfect fit. To get started looking for a tea-length dress, read the post
Tea Time.
Music: Strike up the band! Along with the regular wedding play list, mix in a liberal dose of Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, and Dorris Day.
Decorations: Incorporate framed photos of your ancestors wedding days. You could set up a display by the guest book. Be sure to indicate who the people pictured are.
Flowers: A simple bouquet of spray roses is the perfect shabby-chic bouquet for your vintage wedding.
Cake Topper: Top your cake with a traditional looking cake topper such as the one pictured here. For more cake topper ideas read the post
Top That: Cake Topper Ideas.
Getaway Car: Forget the stretch hummer and get away in vintage style - look into renting a Rolls Royce or even a Model T! Tie some cans to the back and you will be set.
Nail Polish: Nail polish, whether on fingernails or toenails is a great subtle way to incorporate the color blue. Add to that blue manicures and pedicures are proving to be quite trendy as of late, making you a lucky and stylish bride. Amp up the blue by asking your bridesmaids to follow suit.
Bouquet: Some of my favorite flowers for wedding bouquets (and in general) are hydrangeas, especially when they're blue! Granted as this touch of blue is a little more front and center you'll want to make sure that it complements the rest of your color palette. To add even more blue as your florist to wrap a blue ribbon around the stem of your bouquet.
Petticoat: The word petticoat never fails to make me think of the red petticoat Rhett buys for Mammy in Gone with the Wind. Take a page out of Mammy's book by wearing a blue petticoat under your dress as opposed to the traditional white. With each rustling step you take down the aisle, only you will know that it is made by a petticoat in the lucky color blue.
If you've ever felt that you were born a few decades, or centuries, too early, a vintage wedding could be for you. The good news: you can pull off a vintage themed wedding without making your guests feel like they have been transported back in time (AKA no period costumes etc.). Here are some vintage touches that you can incorporate into your big day to give it that old Hollywood-type glamour.
Decorations: Incorporate framed photos of your ancestors wedding days. You could set up a display by the guest book. Be sure to indicate who the people pictured are.
Cake Topper: Top your cake with a traditional looking cake topper such as the one pictured here. For more cake topper ideas read the post Top That: Cake Topper Ideas.
According to The Knot the tradition of carrying something old comes from an old English rhyme: “Something Olde, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue, and a Sixpence in your Shoe.” Specifically, carrying something old represents a bridge between the past and the future. Here is a “something old” idea:
Paraphernalia from the beginning of your relationship: when our friend Jen got married to her high school sweetheart she put us in charge of coming up with her “something old, something new…” As we had all been friends since high school, we dug out an old school newspaper in which she and her fiancé had been interviewed about their relationship. We cut it out rolled it up like a scroll and stuck it in her bouquet. The same idea can be applied to a number of things from the start of your relationship: ticket stubs, a love note, a matchbook from the first restaurant you went to, etc.
