Thrift Store Finds: Wedding Edition

I want to thank everyone for your wonderfully kind comments about my dress. The fit threw me off big time, and I'm going to go ahead and get alterations done now, just for peace of mind. Thank you a million times for making me feel so much better about it!

Friday I had to get my oil change and my tires rotated. Woohoo, super exciting! Not really, but there is a great thrift store right behind the oil change place. So I dropped my car off and headed over to see what they had.

There was an entire box of aisle decorations.



A pile of wedding dress sewing patterns.



Ryan and I got a lot of our milk glass here. We're done shopping for it, but how amazing would these look for a grass green wedding (maybe with some white flowers in them)? Miss Pugs and Em, I'm looking at you! I will go and buy these for you and ship them to you. They cost under a dollar a piece!


And the best find of the day, a record of organ wedding music. Hell yes!



I ended up buying some material for my mom (she makes blankets out of vintage double knit material), a record for a friend and 2 sewing patterns for myself (one of a ruffled wrap dress and another with a cute skirt). Grand total was $3.75. I love thrift stores. And with me working reduced hours at work, it's the only shopping I am doing right now!

Have you been to a thrift store lately? Did you find anything good?

Thrifting the Day Away

My mom, my sister Alli and I went antiquing at a colossal antique mall last weekend. This mall is in St. Mary's, MO, population 377, and the focal point of the town is this antique mall with over 600 dealers. This place goes on, and on, and it wears you out! I saw inspiration everywhere I wanted to share with you all, like these invitations to a bachelor party:


They were very manly looking, and I love the way the look.



Blue mason jars, so gorgeous. These are popular right now, and they are so easy to find. I saw at least a dozen in this one antique mall alone. They usually go for $3-$8 in this part of the country, not too bad at all.



Um, a ball of Christmas?
This is a birdhouse. For a birdhouse themed wedding, maybe?


Dream stove, so so gorgeous. I want it. I love kitchens from the 20's-50's.



This reminded me of the flower covered initials I see people putting on church or reception doors. I think it'd be easy to DIY, don't you?


Vintage hankies. I've seen people on the internet set up a basket of these at the front of the ceremony location, as an alternative to tissues. I think it is such a great idea, and they make a neat little keep sake too. If we were having a smaller wedding I would want to do this, but at $2-5 a per handkerchief, it is too pricey for me.


I love the colors in this one.


There's some of my milk glass! It's substantially more expensive at an antique mall like this. The junk stores fit my budget more when it comes to large quantities.


This veil was pretty spectacular.

Anyway, we had a blast, and I get so much inspiration from these places. My whole house is furnished in finds from antique malls like this, and now my wedding is chock full of them too! So if you aren't an antique or thrift store fan, go try one on for size. The prices are typically much cheaper than anything you can buy new, and everyone will wonder where you got your stuff!

Do you draw lots of inspiration from one place?

Vera Wang on Rue La La

I don't know if any of you all are Rue La La members, but it's basically like a cheaper Gilt Group. Anyway, today they have Vera Wang by Wedgwood. The items they have would make great gifts, and some of the stuff could be used at a reception or something.

These Love Knots frames are only $25 and $45 on Rue La La, and full price they start at $60.

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This vanity tray is $25 on Rue La La, and it's $40 full price.

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The 5 piece set of this gorgeous Blue Duchesse fine china is $139 full price, but only $79 on Rue La La.

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Click this link to join, if you're interested. If you join before Christmas Eve via that invitation, you get a $10 credit!