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Scenes from SVT – A Magical Vintage Tour of Southern Vintage Table’s Studio

Ready for a magical stroll through the main room of Southern Vintage Table’s studio? There’s lots to see!

Here’s your first look past the front space – two tables, one rectangular and round, which clients use to design their vintage tablescapes. To the right of the door is this beautiful display of colored glass, vintage floral artwork, and two vintage chairs. We love this view1

Hidden in the corner at the front is a door to a secret little closet. Now filled with bins of teacups and saucers, tiered stands, creamers and sugars, this small space holds a lot of cool stuff.

Across the vintage colored glass shelves is this sweet vintage desk. It belonged to my brother and we love its presence here. Poised on top is a wonderful vintage typewriter, aluminum hammered tray, and desk rack holding magazines in which you’ll find us mentioned!

On the side walls our vintage colored goblets glow and twinkle under fairy lights. Our inventory is quite extensive!

Moving to the back of the room are shelves and shelves of vintage plates, clear goblets, teapots, and teacups. Our vintage plate collection includes blue and white, white stoneware, gold on cream/white, red and white, bold florals and browns, retro, wildflower stoneware, and delicate botanicals in greens, pinks, purples, yellows, and blues.

On the top shelves we have vintage blue decor, various sizes of white pitchers, dessert and cake stands, punch bowls, decanters, pitchers, and coffee pots, some of which you can see here.

Our stroll is over for the main room. We’ve accomplished a lot with Sarah and Elizabeth’s help and the organizational fun continues here in the main room as well as the linen and decor rooms. Hosting an Open House is the goal and hoping by late winter or early spring we’ll be ready!

Come see us by completing the Contact form and we’ll set an appointment date for you to browse our vintage collections. It’s truly magical in here!

Scenes from SVT – Four Couples, Four Fabulous Vintage Tablescape Designs

Today we have four great vintage designs from four clients! The first couple styled a wonderful take on the classic blue and white. Notice the layout – mostly blue dinner and mostly white salad in the center and then mostly white paired with a colorful floral salad on either side. Vintage blue, orange, and amber goblets and mixed napkin patterns enhance this colorful tablescape. Finally, their vintage table decor will include brass candleholders with peg votives, vintage books, and table numbers in vintage frames. Jenny and Andy’s spectacular wedding is set for this October at the Parlour at Mann’s Chapel.

Our next couple, Anna and Garrick, have another unique take on vintage. They have combined vintage retro green dinner plates with crisp white and gold china plates, a mix of gold and stainless flatware, and vintage brown and dusky blue goblets. Both love vintage and will be incorporating a bunch of cool decor items – a vintage sewing machine and a pair of scissors (Anna is a seamstress!), telephone, bird cages, black-framed mirror and window panes, brass candleholders, and brass vases. We look forward to their wedding next March in Madison, NC!

Here are Anna and Matt and their design demonstrates that vintage can be elegant, quiet, and beautiful. They have chosen vintage white stoneware, clear salad plates, and clear patterned goblets. The silverplated flatware completes this lovely tablescape. (Their venue, Lavendar Oaks, will be providing wooden chargers so we used our wooden plates to imagine how everything will look on a white tablecloth, just in case you wondered.) These two will be married next June!

Another colorful splash of vintage will be coming to Savannah and Andrew’s wedding next October at the Carriage House of Chapel Hill. Their vintage look includes a mix of brown patterned plates with large florals. Amber, pink, green, and purple goblets and mixed patterned napkins add more fabulousness to their reception tables. We love how much these two loved their final design!

Four couples with four vintage designs getting married at four venues – your vision, creativeness, and imaginativeness continue to inspire us!

Scenes from SVT – Creative Client Vintage Tablescape Designs

The fall wedding season is here and our latest visitors have had fun visualizing their reception tables. Everyone loved the vintage colored goblets and you’ll see them in each of the following designs; however, each has their own unique combination. Here are 5 happy, smiling clients with their vintage tablescapes!

Let’s start with Amy and Nathan who will be getting married this month at the beautiful Carolina Grove. This fun couple set their table with a mix of floral china patterns and added a set of cool colored vintage goblets. With a mix of green napkins, their tables will dazzle their guests!

Edna, who will marry Douglas this month at The Cloth Mill, was looking to create a peaceful feeling for her tables. With help from her planner, Lorne of Carter Creations, the design emerged. The vintage plates are a mix of white stoneware and white/cream plates with gold. The vintage goblets will be a mix of dusky blue, light blue, and clear. Green napkins will enhance the peaceful feeling. This combination of blue and green is one of our favorites!

Lily visited the studio with her mother to create a romantic look for her wedding to Caden at The Cornealius Properties in Goldsboro next March. She chose vintage plates from our gold white/cream collection and then layered them with colorful salad plates. The array of vintage colored goblets are beautiful with the place settings. This romantic, sweet tablescape will be stunning!

Joined by her mother, Sydney wanted to design a fall-themed tablescape for her wedding to Kayden next month at the Barn of Valhalla. Vintage brown and white plates along with amber goblets are classic fall colors and mixed in are lovely vintage plates featuring green. This design will look stunning with brass candleholders with clear peg votives along with a vignette of petite brass vases on each table. We think this will be amazing!

Lastly, here’s Sydney. She’s selecting teacups and coordinating salad plates for her own birthday tea party. Isn’t that amazing! She gifted herself a tea party to celebrate with close friends on her 21st birthday. We heard it was totally fun!

Five clients and 5 different looks with vintage tableware. The process is always fun and we totally love seeing their smiles when their tablescape design is realized. But, we have more to share – next week we’ll have 4 more clients to showcase!

Scenes from SVT – Our Clients Adore Vintage!

It’s true! Our visitors are kindred spirits when it come to appreciating the beautify of vintage tableware and everything else. Some have shared that they feel at home amongst all of our treasures. Their enthusiasm for our collections makes our hearts sing!

Today we’d like to introduce you to a delightful cadre of visitors and their creative vintage tablescapes. First up is Allie and Cameron – these two sweethearts who met in 4th grade are getting ready for their November wedding. They didn’t date until after college, but their shared childhood memories played an important role in their finding each other again.

This mother/daughters’ meeting was really fun! Although deliberation is continuing, Camille is considering different vintage colored-themed tables for her July wedding. Her sister Renee also started looking at possibilities for her September wedding. It’s going to be a busy few months for this family!

Cleveland and Lauren are making final plans for their November wedding. With her mother’s help, their design includes florals, colored goblets, and possibly peg votives on brass candleholders. We truly enjoyed meeting these folks!

We are so excited about Helen and Christian’s wedding scheduled for next year. Helen’s mother has a unique collection of vintage kitchen tablecloths that will be used as toppers for the tables. Here are three examples – mostly purples/pinks, blues/pinks, and yellow/greens. This is going to be totally fun!

Macie and Byron’s wedding is coming up this September. It’s an intimate affair with lots of color and special touches. They will be using colored Whitehall glasses paired with a colored wine glass. Initially, they set the table with two looks – one side with browns and the other with white stoneware. The final decision is to use vintage white stoneware with the colored pair of vintage goblets. It’s going to be a treat for their guests!

We’ve had the immense pleasure to meet Rebecca who owns Events by Rebs. Vivacious, super friendly, and full of energy, she planned a styled shoot at The Honeysuckle Teahouse using our vintage wares. We chose vintage kitchen tablecloths, a mix of complementary plates, napkins, tumblers, flatware, and natural chargers. Vintage suitcases, lanterns, and an assortment of other vintage decor also went out the door for this special shoot.

Six visitors with their own vintage flair and all personal to them. Looking forward to helping you with your wedding and seeing photos from the Rebs’ photo shoot!

Scenes from SVT – The Beauty of Vintage Colored Glass

We finally did it! The beautiful vintage colored glass pieces are now all lit up! Without an outlet close by, the former location just didn’t work. Now, they dazzle under the lights. This transformation has been on the to-do list for at least a year and, with Sarah’s help, we’ve crossed this one off.

This isn’t all we’ve been working on but those projects aren’t ready for their reveal. Stay tuned!

Scenes from SVT – Recent Vintage Arrivals!

We’ve added a little something something to our already full vintage inventory, but we think you’ll agree that these are all great additions. When a vintage colored goblet comes up for sale, we can’t resist! The vintage pink ones above were found on marketplace and the vintage teal and light green were online purchases. Remarkably, the vintage yellow ones were found at a local thrift store – what a thrill to find them! All are on the shelves at Southern Vintage Table’s studio for folks to see and select for their guests.

The next set of vintage pretties are ready for a tea party! These small dishes can be filled with lemons, bonbons, tea sachets, or any petite sweet. We have a great collection of these vintage mini dishes that look terrific on your guest tables.

This sweet vintage teapot is now one of our favorites! Looking forward to packing her for our tea parties coming up.

Is it a pitcher or a vase? Obviously, this vintage floral pitcher is both! Spring bouquets will look fabulous in this vessel. (No dissing our fake arrangement, please. 🙂 )

Now, we have the perfect vintage prop that pays homage to jazz or actually any kind of music – a vintage saxophone. You might remember the trumpet and other vintage decor that were used at a speakeasy corporate party. You’ll enjoy looking back at this event, Speakeasy Party Photos are in. Wish we had that saxophone then!

Vintage Trumpet — Photo by Martha Manning

Lastly, we have new business cards!

Now, back to the Super Bowl commercials… Have a fun week!

Scenes from SVT – Vintage Inspired Tablescapes

Here in North Carolina we have two primary wedding seasons – spring and fall. Both are beautiful times of the year and we enjoyed helping many clients plan their reception tables. Most of these clients will be getting married next year in the spring, hence the light spring colors, but the final set of photos is for a gathering this month and don’t we all love ambers and greens in the mix for this time of year! Today you’ll see how six clients have created six distinctive, beautiful vintage tablescapes.

A kaleidoscope of color is on this client’s wishlist for her reception tables. She asked us to mix it up when we select her vintage pieces which we are so happy to do!

This couple has embraced color which we adore! They will be setting tables in themes of green, orange, and yellow for their winter wedding. From the closeup to the long view, this will be dazzling!

This tablescape features not only colored goblets, but also napkins in the same color. The couple explored several options and landed on the place settings being a mix of cream and gold. It’s going to be quite lovely!

Vintage colored goblets add sparkle and so do the clear peg votives atop of the brass candleholders. The vintage plates fall under the bolder category, which means more even more color for guests to enjoy at their spring wedding.

Ahhh, classic blue and white suits any season but this wedding will be this spring. The bride and her friend are so excited for this day!

Green, amber, and gold are quintessential for a fall gathering. The colored peg votives and eclectic mix of brass candleholders will add a special spark to the tablescapes.

To us, it’s remarkable and wonderful that all of these clients have created their own unique, personal design. We are booking for next year and if you are interested in our services, please fill out the contact form and we’ll set up your consultation!

Southern Vintage Table Events- An Eclectic Vibrant, Vintage Wedding

Oh my goodness! Gab and Tucker’s wedding was a fabulous gala affair! These two professional planners had a colorful, personal vision for their celebration and the final vibrant result was absolutely magnificent!

We first met with Gab and Tucker in January to begin planning for our part in their wedding day. When they described their eclectic, radical ideas with us, we almost did a happy dance – mixing every possible element on the reception tables has always been a fantasy and now it was going to be realized.

As you can see, they chose pieces from every collection – vintage plates, water and wine goblets, flatware, napkins, dessert bowls, tumblers, and champagne coupes. Getting these pieces together took us over a week and we were very excited to set the tables.

The couple grew their flowers and prepared the many wine bottles. Note the shelves of vases below – guests were asked to chose their bouquet, take it to their table, and then take it home. Such a wonderful touch!

Gab and Tucker, it was an absolute pleasure working with you. Your wacky, crazy idea was stunning and we absolutely loved it! May every day be as loving and fun as your wedding day.

Stop deliberating and book Southern Vintage Table now!
We loved our experience working with Southern Vintage Table for our place-settings and glassware for our wedding. Shelly’s collection of vintage dishes, napkins, glassware and more is unmatched and stunning. My husband and I are global event producers and we give top marks and our highest professional recommendation to Southern Vintage Table. Stop deliberating and book Southern Vintage Table now!

Venue – Carolina Grove
Day of Coordinator – La Fete
Photographer – Indie Bird
Videographer – Jon Warlick Media
Caterer – Snap Pea
Catering Rentals – American Party Rentals
Custom Rentals – Cottage Luxe
Lighting – Get Lit
Stage and AV – Total Production Services, Inc.
Band – A Sign of The Times of the Carolinas
Ceremony Yoga – G’s House of Yoga
Tableware and Napkins – Southern Vintage Table
Floral and Table Decor – Couple

Thank you, Taylors, for making this such a fun day!

Scenes from SVT – Our Clients’ Vintage Creativeness

One thing is certain – vintage has many flavors, colors, and designs and our clients prove this time and time again. Today we are showcasing some of the most recent designs by our clients.

Recently, we consulted with photographer Rae Marshall about her upcoming photo shoot at the Matthews and we both loved the final result. The shoot, also designed by Sophie Johnson, will celebrate the LGBTQ+ community as well as include some of the many inclusive vendors. Add the florals and this will be a feast for the eyes!

Both Chelsea and Jessie love color, vintage, and mismatched china. The spring-colored vintage goblets accompanied by a mix of vintage plates will wow their friends next spring at Windy Hill Farm.

Purple, pink, and amber are adorning Lisa and David’s reception tables with vintage goblets and plates that coordinate with these colors. The vintage orange goblets they are holding are for their sweetheart table. We always enjoy seeing our wedding planning friends, and Stephanie of Beauty and the Budget introduced us and helped them make their selections.

Baby showers are fun to plan and attend! Since the parents are farmers, this “cabbage patch” theme promises to honor their family as well as provide many memorable, adorable moments.

Did you know that we also provide centerpieces and speciality items? Hayli and Karel wanted color! They used our vintage colored goblets and glass dessert serving pieces that perfectly expressed who they are. Cori and Nolan came to us for their centerpieces that will include dried floral arrangements we will create. Finally, our most recent visitor wanted vintage vases for her reception restaurant tables as well as dessert serving pieces for the 800 cookies on their wedding cookie table!

Whether it’s color, patterns, plates, centerpieces, or a combination of everything, we love providing our services and vintage wares to our clients. One thing is certain – it’s loads of fun, too!

Scenes from SVT – Vintage All Lit Up!

“In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.”
Aaron Rose

Vintage colored glassware lit up with twinkle lights creates a rainbow of beauty. Not quite sure if they would make any difference with the shelves filled with plates and teacups, Taylor strung the lights across the back walls. Well, you can see for yourself how magical and enchanting everything appears.

This week we were working on an upcoming wedding, and after stacking the tall vintage coupes in wired racks and putting them out of the way in the back of the studio, we were struck by their beauty against the twinkle lights tucked in the shelving.

On the shelf or in front, these lights emanate the irresistible, extraordinary beauty of everything vintage.