Southern Vintage Table has made much progress this year! At the start of 2017 moving into a studio seemed a faraway dream and yet it became our greatest accomplishment. We have several goals in mind for 2018, but perhaps another unexpected milestone is on the horizon!
Happy new year! Let’s all be ready for the wonderful unforeseen gifts ahead!
Yes, we do adore pretty vintage china and goblets; however, we also have a pretty cool collection of vintage decor. This weekend some of our vintage treasures went on their first assignment to a corporate party designed and coordinated by RSVP-Events. The theme? An illicit speakeasy from the prohibition period.
Secretly located in blind alleys or basements, these establishments illegally served alcohol and patrons were told to “speak easy” when asking for a drink, using code names like coffin varnish, white mule, panther sweat, or rot gut. The speakeasies were not just for getting “tarantula juice;” they were full scaled parties with jazz musicians and dancing flappers. Sounds fun, huh?
So, this is where our fabulous vintage decor comes in. Tammy, Lindsey, and Sharon from RSVP Events came “shopping” at our studio to pick out items for the back alley leading up to their corporate “speakeasy” party. Our seasoned galvanized buckets, crates, metal stand, teal fan, and assorted “junk” were selected to set this look.
They also needed authentic decor for the party atmosphere inside. We packed up four banged up trumpets, banjo cases, a record player, wooden boxes and cake stands, a game board, several suitcases, and other assorted items.
Some vintage pretties were included to dress up the tables and bar – mirrored dresser trays, decanters, and glass candle holders. Remember those cigar boxes we decoupaged with authentic vintage cigar box images? They were used to hold flower arrangements. Super cool!
We helped deliver to the event site and piled up our treasures in this huge empty warehouse. Can’t wait to see how RSVP-Events transforms this space into a roaring party at a speakeasy!
Source: The History of the Roaring Twenties: Prohibition and the Speakeasies
What a tremendous weekend! Our vintage wares were delivered to two weddings – one at The Parlour at Mann’s Chapel in Chapel Hill and the other at The Cadillac Service Garage in Greensboro. Our beautiful tea cups will be enjoyed at a tea party in Raleigh, and if that wasn’t fun enough, we are collaborating with Elizabeth Vest in a King of Thrones themed photo shoot at The Longhouse in Stokesdale. Whew! You can bet we’ll be sharing photos from all of these!
So, we hope you understand why today’s blog is a bit brief – we are catching our breath so we can be ready for another exciting week ahead!
We are currently booking events for the holidays and for 2018. Contact us if you’d like to come visit and see our vintage inventory!
We get so excited when wedding photos come in and today’s are courtesy of Christy Clewis Photography and Stephanie Shaul Events. Angela and Jason’s July wedding took place in the beautiful country venue, The Parlour at Mann’s Chapel, a perfect match for our vintage china and goblets.
Get the details and see more lovely photographs about this intimate family wedding on Stephanie’s blog, Angela and Jason’s Chapel Hill Wedding.
Congrats and best wishes, Angela and Jason!
Vendors:
Photographer – Christy Clewis Photography
Wedding planning, design, styling – Stephanie Shaul Events
Venue – The Parlour at Manns Chapel
Florist – Serendipity Designs
DJ – Bunn DJ Co
Rentals – Cottage Luxe CE Rental Southern Vintage Table
Cake – Simply Cakes
Cookie favors – Southern Sugar Bakery
Paper goods + signage – Haylily
Invitations – Minted
