Miskabelle Wedding Style

With Spring comes wedding season, and there's nothing we love more than a vintage themed wedding (have you seen the photos from Amanda's soiree?  Maybe we'll finally show "Part 2" this week?  I guess we somehow forgot...).  Here a couple inspirations followed by ideas for looks for the bride, bridesmaid and a guest.

1970's 

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1970s wedding dress with lace neckline, 1970s floral maxi dress, 

1990s tank dress, 1980s geometric peep toes, 1980s scalloped edge purse

1950's / 1960's

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1960s beaded column dress, 1950s paisley cocktail dress, 

1990s little black dress, patent clutch, 1950s black suede heels 

I have to say, part of me is glad that I was out of the internet loop when I planned my wedding (6 years ago!) because the amount of beautiful inspiration out there is pretty intimidating!  Though my wedding was pretty plain/generic (but a lovely and perfect day!) and it might've been fun use some of these vintage inspirations...  All items shown here are available in the SHOP!

xo
Jayme

Guest Post: Brenda of The Funky Junkie

We're excited to have another fashionable, thrifty blogger writing for the blog this week!  Meet our friend Brenda, who has lovingly deemed herself "The Funky Junkie." We asked her to share some of her favorite thrifted treasures with us. She's also getting married this summer and working with a DIY/vintage aesthetic--can't wait to see how it turns out!  She could not be more adorable.

My name is Brenda, and I’m a bargain addict.
When I was a kid, much to my mortification my dad used to drag me to auctions, into the Goodwill store, and even worse, antique shops. I hated the way the stores smelled, and was grossed out by the used hats, plates, bras, and jewelry haphazardly laying around. What if someone from school saw us poking around in someone else’s junk? However, I realized that my dad got some kind of thrill out of searching through this so-called ‘junk’ to find great things at a cheap price.

I don’t remember when exactly my fascination with those ‘junky shops’ began. I’ve always wanted to have a unique style, and in high school I started shopping at Goodwill because I realized that I could buy clothes there that I knew no one else would have. I discovered the vintage shop in our small town and became addicted to the outlandish and funky jewelry. I started to find the same thrill in going to antique shops as my dad, experiencing the rush of finding gems among junk. Soon, people began to notice my knack for finding the cutest clothes at Goodwill and wanted me to take them shopping!

Now, I am a full-fledged bargain addict and thrive on decorating my life in unique (and super cheap!) pieces. And to prove it, I want to share with you some of my favorite thrifting finds!

Not only is most of my jewelry thrifted, but I also found this fantastic cookie stand at a garage sale that I use to display it all!

This is one of my favorite fall coats. I found it at the State College Goodwill a couple years ago, and just days after I bought it, I saw Sarah Jessica Parker wearing almost the exact same thing in an issue of Glamour. I'm willing to bet she paid a little more for hers than I did for mine.

Not only can you thrift great clothes and jewelry, you can also find fun ways to decorate your home! My mom found this at an antique store for me, and it's hanging in my apartment kitchen. Too cute.

I love, love, love this 70's maxi dress. I found it (and the earrings!) at Something Old, Something New, a FABULOUS vintage shop in Kill Devil Hills, NC. It was also the dress I was wearing when I got engaged in September. :-)















And speaking of weddings...I got a great deal on a wedding dress...

HA! Just kidding!

All you need is a couple bucks, some creativity, and a whole lot of patience. Happy thrifting everyone!


Thanks so much for sharing, Bren!  Check out Brenda's awesome little blog here.

Q&A's Vintage/DIY Wedding Celebration, Part I

I can't believe it's been over a week since we had both our families and friends in our backyard on the most gorgeous fall day to celebrate (finally!) our marriage. After months and months of planning, of course, the time flew by. Not everything went exactly as planned (does it ever?), but for Q and me, it was the perfect day.

I'm a writer (I know, sometimes it's hard to tell from this blog, but I don't get as much practice in as I used to! And fiction is my first love anyway) and so is Q, although we work "real" jobs on the side. We love books and words and we have a little nerdy streak, so part of our theme (besides vintage) was language-related--we're Q&A, so how could we resist?

 

 I couldn't sleep, so I got up at 5am, made some coffee, and put together these boutonnieres with some flowers and vintage fabric.

 Our sign-in/welcome table

 The schedule for the evening, all typed up for our guests

 The Guestbook Tree, hand-drawn by Jayme

 Little vintage touches in unexpected places

 The table, with handmade place cards/holders

 Eclectic vintage items made up the centerpieces

 Card and "DJ" station

 I had to create an ampersand Scrabble tile on a blank...is that blasphemous?

 The cake and candy station...my mom, Jayme and I made all the cupcakes/cake and Jayme and I made the sign to hang on the table.

 Q and I as Lego people...and candy Legos for a whimsical touch!

 mmmm....the hor d'oeuvres table, courtesy of Mom and Dad

 View of the beverage station/patio (and the handsome bro-in-law's shoes and trousers!)

The view once the sun went down

 A shadowbox made by Q with his woodcutting skills

There are about a bazillion pictures (there really were people there too!), but I'll be back with Part II to share more details of our awesome day.  In the meantime, I'm planning another big vintage-inspired shindig:  Jayme's Baby Shower!  It's so much less stressful (and more fun!) to be doing it all for someone else.  Even though I enjoyed the planning process, I had a few admittedly control-freak moments that probably made Q slightly question our union...although, like the amazing husband he is, he would never admit it.

Until next time--thanks for reading. 

A