Handmade Weddings: Vintage-Inspired Place Settings with Poppytalk

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Published on May 08, 2009 in Shop

Photo by Cynthia Warren

Welcome back to Jan of Poppytalk! We’re happy to have her for another installment in the Handmade Weddings series. She’s full of good ideas — using vintage postcards as your RSVPs, for instance! Today, she brings us her picks for vintage and retro handmade items to create that lovely old-timey look with your wedding decor.

I recently came across the beautiful work of illustrator Cynthia Warren*, who creates the most authentic vintage-style paper goods. From wedding invitations to party favours, I was instantly smitten and inspired to dream up a vintage-themed wedding article. The marriage of her calligraphy, illustrations and typography create a sense of romance and draw one into another era and time. Ideas of banners or pennants floating about, with table favours such as candy and cake boxes, lace, vintage silverware — you get the idea. And so I set off to find pieces here that would compliment the idea of a vintage-inspired wedding setting.

(*Noteworthy – I found Cynthia Warren via a Canadian blog, Cafe Cartolina)
Ornamental large frames- brights


First stop is the shop of Ormolu who creates these very special ornamental frames. You could use these as frames for the photo booth strips of your guests, or as shown here, banner-style. By ormolu, $5.

Calligraphy Samples

 
Laura Cooper of LHCalligraphy makes hand drawn custom wedding invitations, menus, maps, placecards and even compasses. Her work is impeccable, and she also offers couture letterpress as well as digital offset designs. By LHCalligraphy, $10.


Vintage Sterling Teaspoon 1898 Glasgow British marked -Ester-

  
There’s nothing more beautiful than a sterling silver table setting. Granted, people don’t usually own a place setting for 100, but if it’s a small wedding, obviously renting is an alternative. If you’re having your wedding in a hotel, silverware usually comes with the banquet. But if you’re doing things on a budge,t we found some really reasonable pieces here at Etsy just by searching silverware in the Vintage Category. Look at this beautiful Vintage Sterling Teaspoon circa 1898! One could easily outfit at least the bridal party table with these (and then they become part of your collection afterward). By oldthings, $10.

100 Custom Stamped Initial Wedding Favor Bags


There are so many ideas one can do with wedding favors, like candy bags like these from susanschrock, personalized with an initial. By susanschrock, $35.

Cameo box -set of 4

 
Wrap some special chocolates or cake in these cameo boxes from thesecretG. By thesecretG, $3.40.

Right On Escutcheon Gift Tags


Or tag some goodies up. By KisforCalligraphy, $5.50.

EMMA TABLE NUMBER

For easy yet romantic ideas for decor, we’re looking at these beautiful Table Number Cards which embellishedbytiffany also makes in other font styles and colors. Byembellishedbytiffany, $3.

Paris Burlap Banner

And we love the idea of bunting banners draped criss-cross along the ceiling or swooped along the side of a fence or from tree to tree if the wedding is outdoors. funkyshique is offering up some sweet burlap ones. By funkyshique, $12.

Vintage girls, cotton and lace bunting

  Or ColetteC has some extra special ones with vintage lace! By ColetteC, $24.

Linen and Lace

I didn’t realize Etsy Vintage has all these awesome linens and things! I found this beautiful vintage tablecloth, which would be awesome for the cake table. Or find a few and drape them along the head table. From thevintagethread, $75.

CLAYCRAFT by DECO – Ivory Peony Cake Flowers (set of 3 flowers)
And to top things off, these clay flowered cakes are amazing (and a great keepsake). By dkdesignshawaii, $140.

Have fun exploring Etsy Vintage and try searching for handmade wedding items with vintage elements. Your guests will be transported!

Check Poppytalk’s previous wedding post here. Looking for more wedding content? Try these links:

Handmade Weddings | Weddings Category | Weddings Showcase | Curated Items for your Wedding

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