Happy Mother’s Day!
To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.
David Viscott
Love you forever, Christine.
Vintage Feature – Happy Mother’s Day!
Tag: Vintage Rentals
Southern Vintage Table Event – Three Terrific Takeaways from Rose Hill Styled Shoot
Recently I received the most exciting invitation! Stacy Newburg, event planner and owner of Events by Memory Lane, was organizing her first styled shoot and asked if we would like to participate. Recalling our wonderful collaboration at Anna & Anthony’s wedding last summer, I said “yes!” and that was even before she revealed her blue & white vintage Southern elegant theme, a look I absolutely love.
After selecting the vintage table settings, linens, and decor pieces together one afternoon, Stacy then invited me to help on the day of the shoot. Intrigued to see the behind-the-scenes of a photo shoot, I just couldn’t pass this up. Even though we have provided items for many styled shoots and have appreciated the beautiful photographs from them, I haven’t actually seen the entire process at work and this was my chance!
Well, let me say, the day of the styled shoot was busy, busy, busy, and pretty darn awesome! The weather was gorgeous at this breathtaking historic venue, the vendors organized, models dressed and styled, and photographers on the go. Stacy planned everything, from the table settings to the boutonnieres to the enthusiastic and beautiful models. Breakfast and lunch were served, and a detailed plan set for all to follow. It was quite impressive to see the day play out.
Here are three takeaways from this marvelous day!
One – It requires a lot of coordination to pull off a styled shoot. As you can appreciate below, a full lineup of vendors is needed to create a mockup wedding day. Many, many kudos to Stacy for selecting such a terrific group of wedding professionals, and for her passion and joy.
Two – It’s all in the details. The teamwork of Stacy and Tiffany was phenomenal. When the professional photos are ready, you’ll see exactly what I mean!
Three – Being a professional photographer takes technical skill, an artistic eye, and endless energy. As I watched Tiffany and Aaron throughout the day, they were busy practically the entire time, taking photos of every tiny detail, encouraging and prompting the models on every shot, and making absolutely certain they captured that perfect photo. Although I have long appreciated the fine work of professional photographers, seeing these two in action took my admiration to an even higher level.
More photos coming soon! I want to sincerely thank everyone who took part in this day. I loved meeting each and every one of you and look forward to the next time we meet!
Styled Shoot Wedding Professionals
Event Planner: Events by Memory Lane
-Contact: Stacy Newburg -Phone: 814-880-0621
-Email: hello@eventsbymemorylane.com
-Website: www.eventsbymemorylane.com
*Social Media: Instagram (eventsbymemorylane) Facebook: Events by Memory Lane
Photographer: Jackson Signature Photography
-Contact: Tiffany Jackson
-Email: info@jacksonsignaturephotography.com
-Website: http://www.jacksonsignaturephotography.com/
*Social Media : Instagram (jacksonsignaturephotography) Facebook (Jackson Signature Photography)
Venue: Rose Hill Plantation
-Contact: Nicole Marion
-Email: nicolemarion@visitrosehill.com
-Website: http://www.visitrosehill.com/
*Social Media: Instagram: (Rose Hill Plantation) Facebook (Rose Hill Plantation)
Rentals: Hobnob Occasions
-Contact: Trish Koslowsky
-Email: trish@hobnoboccasions.com
-Website: http://www.hobnoboccasions.com/
*Social Media: Instagram: (Hobnoboccasions) Facebook (Hobnob Occasions)
Vintage Tableware & Decor: Southern Vintage Table
-Contact: Shelly Heath
-Email: shelly@southernvintagetable.com
-Website: https://southernvintagetable.com/
Social Media: Instagram: (southernvintagetable2) Facebook (Southern Vintage Table- Vintage China Rental)
Bakery: Edible Art Bakery
-Contact: Todd Mozingo
-Email: toddmozingo@gmail.com
-Website: http://www.edibleartnc.com/
*Social Media: Instagram (Can’t Find) Facebook: (Edible Art of Raleigh)
Hair Stylist: Wedding Hair by Liz
-Contact: Liz Perniciaro -Phone Number: 919.902.8242
-Email: liz@weddinghairbyliz.com
-Website:www.weddinghairbyliz.com
*Social Media: Instagram: (weddinghairbyliz) Facebook: (Wedding Hair by Liz)
Makeup Artist: Kristi from Wink Hair & Makeup
-Contact: Kristi
-Email: info@winkhairandmakeup.com
-Website: www.winkhairandmakeup.com
*Social Media: Instagram (winkhairandmakeup) Facebook: (Wink Hair + Makeup)
Custom Plates: Behrenberg Glass Co.
-Contact: Donna Behrenberg
-Email: info@behrenbergglass.com
-Website: www.behrenbergglass.com
*Social Media: Instagram (none) Facebook: (Behrenberg Glass Co.)
Wardrobe: Savvi Formal Wear
-Contact: Ashleigh Powers
-Email:Ashleigh@savvinc.com
-Website: savvincgowns.com
*Social Media : Instagram (savviformalwearandbridal) Facebook: (Savvi Formalwear)
Jewelry: Moon and Lola
-Contact: Camellia Provost
-Email: kubanc10@gmail.com
-Website: http://www.moonandlola.com/
*Social Media: Instagram (moonandlola) Facebook: (Moon and Lola)
Invitations & Paper Goods: Holly Meyer Design
-Contact: Holly Meyer
-Email: hello@hollymeyerdesign.com
-Website: hollymeyerdesign.com
*Social Media: Instagram (hollymeyerdesign) Facebook: (Holly Meyer)
Models:
Groom: Chris Niesluchowski
Bride: Sydney Hooks
Best Man: Jerry Newburg
Maid of Honor: Ashley Fernandez
-Website: www.thebelleinaveil.com
-Email: amcarden2@gmail.com
*Social Media: Instagram (thebelleinaveil)
Vintage Feature – Our 3 Reasons to Host a Family-Style Reception!
Plated, buffet, family style – how will your guests enjoy that delicious meal at your party or reception? There isn’t a right or wrong answer, of course, but let us share three reasons you should consider family-style!
Reason 1 – Family-style dinners can feel more intimate.
A lovely memory most of us share is sitting down to a family meal. Home-cooked food, presented on platters and in bowls, are passed down the table as everyone fills their plate. Conversation flows and folks feel connected. This sense of communion is the first great reason to consider a family style dinner!
Reason 2 – Family-style dining is casual yet elegant.
With family-style dining, guests are all seated rather than standing in line at the buffet table, and eating at the same time. But, in contrast to a plated dinner, your guests can make their own selections and portions. You might also consider a combination plated/family-style dinner by plating the dinner salad or first course, and then serving the remaining menu items family style. Be sure to consult with your caterer about how the menu fits the type of reception dinner.
Reason 3 – Southern Vintage Table has a great inventory of vintage serving dishes!
Presentation is part of the dining experience and our vintage bowls will definitely add flair to any meal. We have more than 120 vintage bowls and platters (china, ceramic, & glass) in our inventory, not including our 12 deviled egg trays and we know how important that is on a southern menu!
Give us a call or send an email – we’re ready to help you plan your family-style dinner!
After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relatives.
-Oscar Wilde
Southern Vintage Table Event – A Babies’ Shower!
Delicious food, pretty decorations, fun games, colorfully wrapped gifts, and two beautiful pregnant cousins – yep, it’s a babies’ shower! This past weekend the Heath women and friends all gathered at Tonya’s lovely home to celebrate the upcoming arrival of two babies – Allison & Steven’s baby boy in May and Sarah & Alex’s little girl in June . How wonderful!
With theme colors of teal, pink, and gray, the banners were hung, tulips arranged in vintage white stoneware pitchers, mixed and matched vintage gray & white dishes stacked, and drinks chilled in our sweet pink enameled baby tub. The yummy food and Caroline’s adorable cupcakes were presented on our vintage serving dishes and the party commenced.
In traditional baby shower fashion, we ate, chatted, and laughed – a bunch! We also loved playing Amanda’s party games – Baby Bottle Scratch-Offs, Price is Right Baby Shopping List, and Don’t Say Baby – before ooohing and ahhhing over the darling baby gifts. Needless to say, a good time was had by all.
Now we wait for the babies to arrive and we are all so excited to meet them.
Congratulations to Sarah & Alex and Allison & Steven!
People who say they sleep like a baby usually don’t have one.
— Leo J. Burke
Vintage Feature – Making Progress on our Linen Inventories!
We’ve been quite focused on our vintage linen collection and can proudly announce that 5 inventory slide shows are now available under our Vintage Linens tab. Yay!
Vintage Lace & Crocheted Tablecloth Inventory
Vintage Table Topper Inventory
Vintage Napkin Inventory
Vintage Doilies & Runners Inventory
Vintage White/Cream Tablecloth Inventory
An interesting thing happened along the way of our sorting, counting, and measuring – we discovered that we have amassed a very nice collection of vintage table toppers! These are small tablecloths or large doilies usually placed over a base cloth in the center of the table as an accent. Embellished with embroidery, lace, and/or colorful designs, these toppers add a dash of style to your table design!
Most are square but we also have a few round and rectangular ones. As an alternative to our vintage lace overlays, you may want to consider these lovelies as a backdrop for your table’s centerpiece.
There’s much more to add to our linen inventory – colored tablecloths, printed tablecloths, and placemats – so stay posted. We look forward to sharing these with you soon!
Vintage Feature – 6 Things You Want to Know About Napkins!
We’ve been sorting, counting, and photographing napkins this week and though we have made progress, we still have more to do. In the meantime, we did a little research about this seemingly ordinary household staple, but like everything, the napkin story is very interesting.
~ Here are 6 things we thought you’d like to know about napkins! ~
1 – The first “napkin” was not made of cloth but were nuggets of bread. The ancient Greeks used soft bread inside the crust to clean their fingers during a meal.
2 – Cloth napkins date back to the 14th century while paper tea napkins were invented by the Chinese in the 2nd century BC.
3 – Scott Paper was the first US company to sell paper napkins and, although they were produced in the 1930s, they didn’t become popular until the 1950s.
4 – Napkins come in different sizes, colors, patterns, and styles. The rule of thumb as far as the size of the napkin is this – the more food being served, the larger the napkin.
5 – Yes, napkin etiquette does exist. If you have good napkin manners you know when to pick up your napkin, how to place it in your nap, and where to put it when you’re finished the meal. You also know what not to do with a napkin.
6 – According to some sources, the expression “to make ends meet” is a reference to the use of a napkin. The origin of this phrase actually has many theories but this is our favorite. In the French court of 1729 men wore shirts that had stiff, ruffled collars. As the story goes, to protect their clothing, napkins were tucked in the neckline and around the neck so as “to make ends meet.”
There’s so much more to share but we’ve got to get back to our napkin task.
Have a nice week!
Sources:
Napkin Folding Guide
Clise Etiquette
Wikipedia – Napkin
Food Reference
Vintage Feature – 1 – 2 – 3 Reasons to Be Grateful this Week
This first week of February has been notable because we have
three reasons to celebrate!
~ ONE ~
We finished ONE inventory slide show under our Vintage Linens Collection!
Take a look at our wonderful collection of vintage doilies and runners.
~ TWO ~
Our Facebook page received TWO new “Likes” this week.
As a small business, every single “Like” is so very much appreciated!
(Update – we received one more yesterday – yippee!)
~ THREE ~
We have THREE new clients for upcoming weddings
and our calendar is filling in for the 2016 wedding season!
Now, this really makes us smile!
So, these are 1 – 2 – 3 reasons we are grateful this week!
Vintage Feature – Progress on our 2016 Goals!
Here in North Carolina many of us love snow! This weekend, with a mixture of snow and sleet, our landscape is now bedecked in white. In between watching the endless snow reports on tv and cat-napping on the couch, we are pleased to share that progress has been made on our 2016 goals!
First, as displayed above, we created a wonderful photographic splash of some of our vintage stoneware patterns. We pulled these cool dinner plates for a couple as they plan their barn wedding coming up in the fall. More to be done – organize, count, and photograph – but it’s a start in our quest to showcase the sub-collections of our vintage dinnerware.
Our style for tackling tasks is to work on several projects at a time. So, we also unpacked our collection of vintage doilies for our Linen Inventory page. We now have stacks of petite, medium, large, and grand vintage doilies. Tablecloths, overlays, and placemats are next on the list. Here’s our stack of 50 petite vintage doilies!
Our biggest accomplishment is the recently pressed Vintage Planters Inventory page. We love these planters that come in all colors, materials, and shapes! With a gorgeous bouquet or small plant tucked inside, they will add drama and color to any table.
That’s our week! The snow will soon melt, which is why we love it in NC, and we’ll continue focusing on our goals in the upcoming weeks. Robert Collier perfectly captured this week’s progress with this quote…
~ Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out. ~
Southern Vintage Table Event – Styled Shoot Featured in StyleMePretty!
Get ready for some incredibly beautiful photographs from this breath-taking styled shoot recently featured in the prestigious StyleMePretty Wedding Blog. Equestrian Meets French Wedding Inspiration was designed by Kaitlin Holland, owner of The School of Styling, and photographed by Katelyn James.
Many different vendors contributed to this lovely undertaking and we provided the vintage white dinner plates, silver-plated flatware, napkins, and pink goblets. Aren’t they stunning on the table? We particularly love the table shots, as you can see, but there are so many more for you to enjoy – bouquets, invitations, bride & groom, decor – so, take a look and be inspired! You’ll certainly agree, c’est magnifique!!
Photography: Katelyn James Photography
Event Design & Styling: Kaitlin Holland (School Of Styling)
Floral Design: Amanda Veronee
Wedding Dress: Jim Hjelm Couture
Calligraphy: Lydia Robins Hendrix
Venue: Big Spring Farm
Furniture Rentals: Paisley And Jade
Model: Brittany Anderson
Photography – Assistance: Jillian Michelle Photography
Ribbon: Adorn
Vintage Tableware & Linen Rentals: Southern Vintage Table
Vintage Feature – One Down & Two to Go for 2016!
It’s the annual ritual most of us follow – setting goals at the start of the new year. To help motivate and keep us focused, we are officially, and in print, announcing Southern Vintage Table’s top 3 goals for 2016. Here they are!
√ Goal 1 – Participate in a bridal show.
Okay, we might have cheated on this one because it was this past weekend, but it was just inside the new year calendar! (When you see our second goal you’ll understand why we wanted to have one checked off – it’s a doozy.)
Several months ago, Lauren, the event coordinator for 1870 Farm, a lovely Chapel Hill family & wedding venue, asked if we would set the sweetheart table at their booth. It was for the annual Forever Bridal show in Raleigh, an event many newly engaged couples attend to plan for their upcoming wedding. We set the table with our vintage china, goblets, silverware, candle holders, and linens while Filled & Flooded Creative Solutions provided the Mr. & Mrs. signs on the chairs. With the wonderful photograph of the venue in the background (isn’t that red hen so sweet!), the booth looked terrific. We are grateful to David, the owner of 1870 Farm, and Lauren for inviting us to play a part!
Goal 2 – Continue creating inventory slideshows.
Now, as we hinted, this one takes grit, commitment, and persistence. We have made much progress but we still have many lovely treasures to show you – notably our linens and lace overlays, colorful ceramic planters, chic ice buckets, and sub collections of our dinner plates. Whew! This one will definitely keep us busy.
Goal 3 – Create a logo.
We have been playing around with this for a while and just haven’t experienced that ah-ha-we-love-it moment. The one above is our first draft but it still needs tweaking. We have found a couple of apps that may help us but our antennas are up and ready to receive that perfect message of inspiration. One thing is certain; we have a sincere appreciation for the creative talents of graphic designers!
So, that’s our list! Got one checked off (te-hee) and only two more to go.
Have a terrific week and year ahead!
PS – Thanks to all for the kind words and congratulations regarding our Wedding Wire Couples’ Choice Award for 2016! We are both grateful and excited to be recognized! Now, that was the perfect start to our new year!
