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Features – Four Vintage Weddings and a Tea Party

Numbers don’t lie; it was a busy weekend for Southern Vintage Table! Our vintage wares traveled to Raleigh, Pittsboro, Cedar Grove, and Chapel Hill to delight our clients and their 300+ guests.

Note: The photo collage shows examples of the vintage pieces selected by the clients and the circles are the packed items.

Event 1 – Tea Party at the Westroom in Raleigh

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15 Vintage Tiered Stands
40 VintageTeacups

Event 2 – Wedding at Fearrington House

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80 Blue and White Dinner Plates
60+ Blue and White Decor

Event 3 – Wedding at the Chapel Hill Carriage House

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100 Amber, Blue, Green, Brown Goblets
100 Stoneware Dinner Plates
150 Stoneware Dessert/Salad
100 Sets of Stainless Flatware

Event 4 – Wedding at The Parlour at Manns Chapel

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55 Pink, Blue, Clear Goblets
34 Champagne Coupes, Tumblers
12 Sets of Gold Flatware
20 Dessert Plates
5 Pink Candleholders, 6 Votives

Event 5 – Wedding at Windy Hill

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156 Floral Dinner Plates
156 Pink, Green, Blue, Yellow, Peach, Amber, Teal Goblets
156 White Dessert Plates
128 Champagne Coupes
156 Sets of Silverplate Flatware
95 Brass Candleholders with Clear Peg Votives

Southern Vintage Table Events – A Wedding in a Majestic Chateau

Hidden away in the small community of Barclayville, is a grand home – a majestic, old world-style chateau. Once known as Barclay Villa, the Chateau des Fleures is an impressive venue that’s the perfect backdrop for a storybook wedding.

Gabrielle and David’s wedding marked the beginning of the new year for us. As you can see, the beauty of the chateau is amazing, but there were details that these two also brought to create a unique, personal wedding reception. Notice the small trees in the center – these original pieces were crafted from metal by a family friend. Aren’t they marvelous? With their beautiful iridescence and our vintage colored goblets and place settings, the tables glowed with color.

Bravo, Gabi and David! We loved working with you two and wish you the best of everything! And, by the way, you win the prize for the best couple photo ever!

Features – The Elegance of Candlelight in Vintage Peg Votives

Romance, intimacy, and magical joy – feelings evoked by the beauty of candlelight, deeming it as an essential detail for any wedding reception table. Whether you use tapers or votives, the soft glow creates the ambience every couple wants for their wedding day.

At many venues, open flames are not allowed; therefore, tapers must be enclosed with a glass chimney. Votives, because they are inside a glass votive holder, are allowed and sit low on the table. Together, they provide a beautiful, soft light, high and low.

Did you know there’s a third way to have candle light using candleholders and peg votives? Peg votives have a “peg” that sits inside the candleholder. Pop in a tea light, light the wick, and that magical mood is kindled.

We’ve been pulling brass candleholders and clear peg votives for an upcoming wedding. The couple will be lighting 95 of these on their reception tables. Surely, everyone will be enjoying a most memorable evening in their glow!

In addition to clear votives, vibrance can be added with colored glass votives, as you can see here. How beautiful they are!

Psst – Here’s a behind-the-scenes photo of Sarah getting the candleholders and peg votives ready to pack. She’s almost finished!

Southern Vintage Table Event – Annual Hometown Heroes Luncheon

Last month Southern Vintage Table was invited to help set the tables at a popular local event – the annual Hometown Heroes’ Luncheon. Recognizing local folks who have made a difference in our community is sponsored by 97.9 The Hill and Chapelboro.com. These local heroes have included high school students, local business owners, volunteers, teachers, professors, and leaders in our community who have made contributions in a significant way.

We appreciate Jada Jarillo for inviting us to provide our vintage tableware, and all of this past year’s hometown heroes! Our community is better because of you and your contributions. For more information about this unique event, go to Hometown Heroes Luncheon: Celebrating our 2023 Heroes.

Sponsors – 97.9 The Hill and Chapelboro.com and Hendrick Southpoint Auto Mall
Poetry Reading – NC Piedmont Laureate Steven Petrow
Keynote Speaker – Hathaway Pendergrass, District Court Judge

Venue – Blue Hill Event Center at Extraordinary Ventures
Florals – Blawesome Farm
Decor – Balloons and Tunes
Caterer – Breadmen’s
Tableware Rentals – Southern Vintage Table
Music – Griffanzo and Danny Grewen
Photos – Chapelboro Staff Photographers

Features – Crafting Vintage Tiered Stands

Tea parties, which have been around since 1662, had their start with this historical event:

“… the first tea party was hosted in England. In 1662 Catherine of Braganza, the wife of King Charles II, hosted the first ever tea party on record following the marriage of her and the king. Queen Catherine was originally a Portuguese princess, born into the noble house of Braganza by her father, King John IV of Portugal. As a wedding gift to King Charles II and Queen Catherine, the Portuguese royal family gave her a casket full of tea.” Hackberry Tea

That’s fun to know, right? Well, 362 years later, tea parties have become quite the thing here and we have all the niceties to help you, including a tea party essential, tiered stands. Coming up in the next few weeks we have several parties booked and we need lots of them, so we are crafting a few.

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We are well on our way – just 3-4 more to fashion. After we coordinate the stand with a teapot, tea cups, small plates, creamer and sugar, and platter, we’ll be ready for our clients’ tea party!

Feature – A Tulip-Inspired Purple Tablescape

Tulips are a favorite flower for many folks, including us! We knew that their beautiful shape and range of colors would provide the inspiration for our new tablescape featuring the regal color of purple.

Did you know tulips once grew wild in Central Asia? About 1000 AD Turkey began cultivating them and named them tulips which is Turkish for turban. Once they were brought to Europe in the 1500s, their ever-increasing popularity was sealed – everyone adored these delightful blooms and that love continues today. – Bloom and Wild

We gathered a vintage floral topper, grass chargers, napkins, gold flatware, vintage plates featuring purple, and vintage purple goblets. In a variety of purple vases the tulips were arranged. Lastly, we selected petite art pieces and vintage postcards, green and purple candles, clear and green peg votives, and brass candleholders. Our plan was to leave the basic place setting and florals in place and switch out the decor to see what impact they would have on the overall design.

In this series of photos, you’ll note the purple candles and vintage post cards.

In each of the photos below, we switched out a few decor details to see which we liked best.
Top left – green peg votives; top right – purple candles; lower left – clear peg votives; lower right – green candles. Also, note each setting has its own lovely petite art piece to enjoy!

In the end, the tablescape with the purple candleholders and vintage postcards was our favorite; however, we also believe that isn’t a wrong choice!

Features – Daffodil Inspired Vintage Tablescapes

A harbinger of spring is the arrival of these sunny, happy flowers – daffodils! Their rich yellow color invites us to smile and get ready to greet warmer weather filled with bird songs and the fresh green of nature.

These daffodils, provided by Fernrock Farm, inspired us to design two vintage tablescapes that embraced their golden color. In the first, we filled blue and yellow vases with the flowers, set the table with blue and white vintage plates, yellow goblets, gold flatware, and different napkin patterns. Petite art pieces were placed with each setting to add to the eclectic look.

Notice the round grass chargers? They are new to our offerings, available up to 65 guests. Their lighter hue is quite lovely with these two spring tablescapes.

Now to a quick change-over to a green vintage tablescape. This design featured four different vintage plate patterns, vintage green goblets, green vases filled with the same daffodils, vintage green votive-topped candleholders, and four different napkin patterns. The vintage gold flatware and grass chargers remained on the table.

Thank you, Fernrock Farm, for providing the sweet daffodil focus for these two vintage tablescapes and for today’s blog! We look forward to a new floral inspiration as the growing season opens up. Happy Spring, everyone!

Features – Vintage, You Look Good in Green!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! It’s the perfect day to feature Green as a styling color for tablescapes and decor. This primary color of nature brings a sense of calmness, healthfulness, and optimism, and shows up quite often in our vintage inventory. Enjoy the green of vintage in our photo galleries showcasing a variety of items, from vintage goblets, to vintage plates, and decor.

News – More Clients, More Designs

We have been meeting with some amazingly creative clients who are planning their weddings, showers, tea parties, and dinners. Looking forward to seeing how their designs unfold at each of their happy celebrations!

Features – Sometimes It’s The Little Things That Count : Vintage Petite Dishes

Petite vintage serving dishes – lemon nappies, platters, bowls – can be the perfect dish for the tea table, filled with lemon slices, cheese straws, and chocolates. Although meant for a small delicious treat, they also can be used to hold jewelry, small soaps, or trinkets. Such versatility!

We first came across these small handled dishes at a thrift store. The owner explained that they were lemon dishes and were part of a client’s collection who had decided to downsize. Instantly falling in love with them, we left with several and still continue to find them here and there. Our collection is now over 20 and we won’t be able to resist adding more.

Below are petite vintage dishes that include small platters, bowls, dishes, and spoon rests which are perfect for the treats served at the tea party table. We also can see them enticing your guests with small bites set along the dinner table for your guests to enjoy along with the main meal.

Petite Dishes Slide Show

Vintage Orange Lemon Dish

Vintage Floral Lemon Dish

Vintage Lemon Lemon Dish

Vintage Gold Blue Green Lemon Dish

Vintage Green Leaf Lemon Dish

Vintage Azalea Lemon Dish

Vintage Leaf Blue Pink Lemon Dish

Vintage Purple Green Lemon Dish

Vintage Berry Lemon Dish

Vintage Scalloped Pink Green Lemon Dish

Vintage Yellow Rose Lemon Dish

Vintage Pink Gold Lemon Dish

Vintage Purple Floral Lemon Dish

Vintage Yellow Roses Lemon Dish

Vintage Blue Floral Dish

Vintage Dish Blue Pink Shell

Vintage Floral Green Lemon Dish

Vintage Gold Cream Lemon Dish

Vintage Blue Lemon Dish

Vintage Green Pancies Lemon Dish

Vintage Petite Oval Floral Platter

Vintage Petite Oval Pink Rim Berries Dish

Vintage Petite Blue Yellow Floral Dish

Vintage Petite Blue Floral Platter

Vintage Blue White Petite Platter

Vintage Pair Petite Green and White Platters

Vintage Peitite Gold Floral Handled Bowl

Vintage Peitite GOld White Handled Bowl

Vintage Petite Purple Floral Dish

Vintage Petite Pink Floral Spoon Rest 2

Vintage Petite Blue Green Spoon Rest 2

Vintage Petite Leaf Florald Plate

Vintage Petite Leaf Floral Rose Plate

Vintage Petite Leaf Floral Plates 3

Vintage Petite Violets Leaf Plate

Vintage Pink Purple Bowl

Vintage Peitite Lobed Roses Dish

Vintage Peitite Dark Blue Orange Basket

We couldn’t find much about these adorable dishes except they probably emerged during the late 1800s and lasted until the mid 1900s. They were made in a variety of countries, such as Germany, England, Japan, and the United States. Such beautiful, petite works of art!