Yesterday, I couldn’t keep my eyes open. I was exhausted from wedding week. Last week was filled with 6am-3pm work hours so I could get off work and focus on wedding. I sewed, hot-glued, thrift store shopped and rummaged through friends/family of the brides stuff. Saturday I showed up at the venue at 7am and didn’t leave until 11:30pm after it was all cleaned up. Thank goodness it was a golf club and had locker rooms for me to get ready. Today I want to show you the goal and outcome and in the weeks to come (with some house rehab posts mixed in between) I will show you how I did it all.
The Theme: Vintage Wedding on a serious budget
Needs to accomplish:
- furniture ( all types of vintage furniture)
- old trinkets, vintage books
- tables
- tablecloths
- Flowers
- Mason Jars
- Serving platters for sweets table and cupcake table
- Table Runners
- Dance Floor on a budget
- Candles
- Mood lighting
- old doors
- Photo booth (DIY)
Our little community is great. I borrowed tables from a local camp,her brother built stuff, sewed stuff, borrowed mason jars from the brides friend (who just got married), her aunt volunteered to pick wild flowers, I used left over flowers the florist had from the bouquets and corsage, we collected and borrowed old doors, I hot glued, spray painted, and moved a ton of furniture…all in a matter of three days. This is how it all turned out…
The reception was indoors and outdoors. Here is the outside part:
The Dance Floor Area was a DIY project.
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These were the tables in the pool area
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Here are some up Close Centerpieces. I will blog about how I did these soon. I used all sorts of antiques:
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Here is the Photo Booth Area
Here is the photobooth back drop that her brother made her:
I had little vignettes of vintage furniture everywhere:
Do you recognize the chair?
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Here is the entrance to the reception:
Here is the inside part of the reception:
Here is the Cupcake Table:
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Here is the sweets table
Here is the bride and groom in action:
It was a lot of work, a lot of fun, and I couldn’t have done it without the help of some friends. You might think this wedding was super expensive. Nope, it was all done on a serious budget. I will share how I did it in posts to come
Thanks for reading,
Jennifer
You did AMAZING!!! Everything looked so great! I just wanted to take pictures of everything for future reference. I am loving keeping up with your creative projects on your blog. Love it!!
Thanks Mary Kay!
i still can’t believe rebecca is old enough to get married… wasn’t she just in diaper deal??!
I know what you mean Rachel. It DOES seem like she was 7 years old, the age when I first met her. She has become and amazing woman and Kevin (her new hubbie) is a very lucky guy.
oh, and you did a FABULOUS job! love every detail!
so i’ve kind of been stalking your blog. i’m with rachel, is she really old enough? and if i ever find that man, i’m calling you b/c i will either do a serious budget wedding or elope! hope you’re well reens! you did a fantastic job!
I would love to help you with your wedding Froba…keep me updated on that for sure….you will find him, I know it!