Happy Valentine’s Day! 
Ahhh, the sweet elegance of vintage postcards. Aren’t these just wonderful?
Love is not just a sentiment.
Love is the ultimate truth at the heart of creation.
~ Deepak Chopra
Category: Features
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!
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We finished ONE inventory slide show under our Vintage Linens Collection!
Take a look at our wonderful collection of vintage doilies and runners.
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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. ~
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!
Vintage Feature – Happy New Year!
Vintage Feature – Presenting our freshly pressed FAQ page!
Excitement is in the air for all the newly engaged couples and we are feeling it here at Southern Vintage Table. The upcoming weeks will be filled with planning the details of your wedding day and we’d love to help!
We are currently booking our vintage collections for 2016 and believe our new FAQ page (under the “More” menu item) will help with questions and details about our rental process. We look forward to hearing from you. Congratulations!
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Vintage Feature – Happy Holiday Greetings!
‘Tis the Season to be Jolly…
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Vintage Feature – The Tools Behind Many Family Memories
As I worked on photos this week, this arrangement of our vintage kitchen tools finally materialized. Before I snapped this picture I had tried many different looks – taking things out, putting things back in, changing the background – and, after I had picked up each utensil several times, I paused to reflect upon each one and the women who once used them to create meals for their family.
Then I had that ah-ha moment – these simple kitchen tools, along with their modern-day replacements, are behind many of the family traditions we love. Their mashing, beating, and rolling produced delicious meals indeed, but even more importantly, they brought us lasting memories of laughter, fun, and love.
Here’s our salute to vintage kitchen tools and the memories they helped create at the family dinner table. Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving.
“After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations.”
― Oscar Wilde
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Vintage Feature – Vintage Girl Planters are Irresistible!
We have a new infatuation – vintage girl flower vases and planters. With their simple lines and faces, the six in our collection are oddly adorable. They have this quaint vintage look that we love!
The only vase with any identification is the one below. She was made in Czechoslovakia and her story is very interesting! Here’s an excerpt from Kovels regarding her mark, Erphilia.
Erphila is a mark found on Czechoslovakian and other pottery and porcelain made after 1920. This mark was used on items imported by Ebeling & Reuss of Philadelphia, a giftware firm that was founded in 1866 and out of business sometime after 2002. The mark is a combination of the letters E and R (Ebeling & Reuss) and the first letters of the city, Phila(delphia). Erphila is one of many marks used by American importers. Many whimsical figural pitchers and creamers, figurines, platters, and other giftwares carry this mark.
The rest do not have any identifying marks and after hours of researching, their origins remain a mystery. With the exception of the one from Czechoslovakia, our educated guess is that the others were made during the 1940s-60s, probably in the USA. There were many pottery and china companies during that time in America, many of which are no longer operational. We did pick up a few names of companies that made figurines and planters – NAPCO, Royal Copley, Treasure Craft, Shawnee Pottery, Hull – but we really have no clue as to who made these specific cutie-pies.
These mysterious lovelies, as well as our other vintage vases, are available for your guests to also adore!
PS – Still updating and revising our inventory pages – newly added is our Vintage Suitcases & Such. Here’s your invitation to take a look!
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Vintage Feature – More Inventory To Share!
~ Happy November! ~
Today’s post is short and sweet but it’s been a productive week.
Check out our two additions under the Inventory tab – Vintage Silver-Plate Inventory and Vintage Vases Inventory. We are also revising and adding to our previously published inventory pages – for example, we added four charming teapots and our love for yellow is certainly showing up!
We are busy, busy, busy as we continue to showcase our wonderful vintage collections for you!
Here’s our goal for the week ahead and our wish for yours –
“… blur the line between work and play.” Arnold J. Toynbee
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