antiQue/vintage florist pro?

Re: antiQue/vintage florist pro?

• Shazzie116 member

  

  January 2011 edited December 2011

  I'm sure they could help with maybe the vessels that the flowers are displayed in, but as far as props, the feeling I get is that it's the brides going out and finding these things. I follow a lot of blogs and know exactly the look you're talking about. My best advice is to start going to yard sales, flea markets and antique shops as soon as you can and start collecting stuff that you think will add to the look your going for. Get your florist involved in the styling by bringing some of the stuff to them.

  
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• jkepros member

  

  January 2011 edited December 2011

  I'm with Shazzie...I think a lot of people do what you say & search & find things on their own.  You probably don't have to purchase everything--you might ask friends or family (esp older relatives) if they have anything, or if you can rummage through their basement or attic.
  
  For our wedding I got a vintage typewriter on craigslist for $20 (worked perfect & used it for our typewriter guestbook).  I borrowed a vintage chicken wire dress-stand from my mother-in-law to display my grandmother's vintage gown at our reception.  I bought some vintage-looking picture frames to use for our photo booth wall for ~$10-20 each on ebay & craigslist, and we used vintage inspired fabric as the "wallpaper" background.  My "something old, borrowed, & blue" was my grandmother's garter from 1950.  I got a wrought-iron frame stand at TJMaxx to display framed instructions for our guestbook for like $10.  And the best vintage piece we bought was a Schwinn Bicycle Built for Two--we attached a wicker basket to the front & used the basket as our card box (and we took photos on the bike).
  
  Homegoods & TJMaxx have a lot of vintage-y stuff too (like the old-style lanterns, oval mirrors, bird cages and stuff like that).
  
  And of course scour ebay, craigslist, yard sales, and trash to treasure boards!

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  January 2011 edited December 2011

  oh, and I forgot...ask all of your vendors.  I know some photographers, florists, even cake bakers may have various things that they've used.  Share your ideas & ask around!  You never know who might have something you can borrow.

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