Everyday, SJ is honored to be part of some of the most important moments in people’s lives. Whether it’s a teenager purchasing a promise ring for his first girlfriend, or a wedding proposal – we never forget that we’re providing jewelry that signifies the love between two people, and that will carry the memories of a lifetime.
Planning is in high gear for those of you taking that walk down the aisle this spring or early summer – so we want to give you a little help in the way of inspiration!
Remember when finding the perfect dress meant finding the right pattern? No? Neither do I… but I wish I did! In the 1950’s the average wedding with a full reception and 150 guests cost $6,400. Compare that to the average 2015 cost, which is roughly $28,000, and it’s easy to see why even those of us who weren’t around back then are a little nostalgic for the mid-twentieth century!
This week’s throwback is inspired by warm mid-century hues! We can’t turn back the clock for you, but we can help you to pull together a fabulous wedding with ideas for thrifty finds. Take a look at these tastefully attired bridal parties wearing mix-matched dresses.
Weddings of the past often didn’t have the matchy-matchy fashion of modern weddings. In fact, bridesmaids were often told to wear their Sunday best for the big event. You can intentionally stage a modern vintage theme by giving your bridesmaids a bit more freedom in their choice of dress. You just want to stay within a coordinating color pallet to avoid clashing. Remember, the more flattering their dresses – the better your pictures will turn out.
Our next tip? RECYCLE, RECYCLE, RECYCLE! Just because something is old, doesn’t mean it isn’t beautiful. If you have time before the big day, head out to thrift stores and yard sales, and think outside of the box. Turn old cake pedestals into amazing holders for flower arrangements, and if Pinterest is to be believed, mason jars are practically magic in their ability to be transformed.
Also, it’s fine to borrow! Entire families used to pitch in to help cook the food and decorate the venue. Trust me, the folks who pitch in now, will be thrilled when you return the favor. Besides, chances are, you’ll never find another use for that many containers and decorations – so ask mom and grandma if you can go through the attic. There’s no rule that says each table has to be identical – so just have fun with it. A wedding is supposed to be a joyous celebration… not an arduous chore.
SJ has the perfect accessories to pull it all together. We love helping soon-to-be brides and grooms find the perfect gifts for their bridal party! After all, what better memento than a beautiful piece of jewelry that they’ll always cherish?
I selected a few of my favorite gemstone jewelry pieces to add color and sparkle to a modern – vintage wedding. You won’t believe the price on our 8 Carat Oval Lemon Quartz Ring in Sterling Silver! This happy, yellow quartz ring will show your bridal party how much you appreciate their participation in your special day. For something a bit more subtle in color, I adore the blush of these 12 Carat Rose Quartz Pear Drop Earrings. Finally, if the neckline of their dresses allow it, this gorgeous 2 3/4 Carat Oval Green Amethyst Necklace is the perfect shade of spring green.
Of course, it could be fun in keeping with the mix-match theme to make each bridesmaid feel special and choose a unique item just for her!
Let SJ help to make yours a SUPER wedding day!
106 comments
OMGEEE I love these!
Love the colors you picked for this blog. Great for any wedding.
i LOVE the ring!!!
Neat post…love the vintage themed ideas…brilliant!
I, love the sun faded look of the colors. They look so pretty!
looks great / saves on expenses / everyone could be happy = epic wedding
Love the Pieces! Just Beautiful!
I LOVE THAT BLUE GREEN COLOR
I love anything vintage! My mother was married in 1955 & wore a handmade white vintage ballerina length dress. She still has it and although it is dull from years of hanging in the closet in a garment bag, it is still as beautiful as she is.
Great ideas for a shower or wedding theme. Love the old patterns that can be used in dozens of ways.
love retro
Thank you for this,my Grandaughter is planning a BIG wedding,so I need all the advice I can get!! Great Ideas!! Sooooo much has changed since I planned a wedding 😉
Great Colors–beautiful jewelry!
Thanks for posting all the great ideas. I have always wanted to have a nice wedding but when we were younger we couldn’t afford it. Now we are planning our 15th Anniversary and we are going to have a nice celebration with family and friends. I absolutely love your jewelry!! And I love the idea of the using the cake pedestals for flower arrangement holders. I have a few friends that bake and have those and they said I can borrow them!! So excited!!!
Graet colors and styles- you can make my wedding sparkle any day 🙂
everything is so beautiful
Everything looks so beautiful!
I love the beautiful colors, the whole vintage idea – beautiful for weddings 2015. Beautiful post.
I made my bridesmaid dress for a coworkers wedding. It was a McCalls pattern. Funny I was thinking about that this morning.
Vintage is such a great idea, I love all your pieces. I especially love the ring in lemon and ear drops in rose quartz.
I love all of your ideas for a wedding. I’m going to keep them in mind when my grandkids are old enough to get married or suggest to friends if one of their kids are getting married.
I love all the jewelry but my favorite is the necklace with the green stone. Thank you for giving us the chance to win one of them !!
love the vintage color inspiration photo – my son & future daughter will be married on 3-14-15 and her colors are mint & coral – these pieces definitely go well with her bridal party – love the lemon quartz ring, the rose quartz earrings, & the green amethyst necklace 🙂 beautiful choices
I Love the colors!!!!!
My grandmother made my mother’s wedding dress and I wore it for my wedding. I made a new veil and had to let the side seams out 1/2″, but it fit beautifully. Knowing my grandmother sewed it, made it all the more special.
I LOVE Vintage style!! I have a teacup collection & your pretty pics are right up my alley. Also, I love all the jewelry pieces from this week too. :o)
I love the ring.
Diana C
THE COLORS ARE AWESOME…….
I went to my nephews wedding 3 or 4 years ago, and they had many things off pinterest. the mason jars hanging from a tree with candles in them was my favorite, and the old books stacked on the tables along with old tea cups and saucers…all from goodwill. i love the ring, earrings, and necklace you’ve picked!!! all gorgeous pieces. i wanted to order the ring but it was only available in a size 5 1/2.
gorgeous colors
Love the Necklace- Love the Ring a little more! Ha! 😉
Nice,I would so do my wedding different if I could go back.maybe my 20 anniversary,renew the vows.That oval cut is gorgeous!!
beautful dress patterns
ah, memories
I love these colors
I love the vintage look!
I really like your ideas and themes. I prefer pastels and simple to overly gregarious.
The pastel colors are just lovely, it is so elegant!
Love the vintage look
I would have a hard time picking between the necklace and the ring. Both are beautiful.
Great spring colors, and the ring, and earrings are fabulousl.
Love the ideas and the jewelry
Awesome jewelry. Beautiful colors!
That lemon quartz ring is perfect for Spring!!! So vibrant and fun!
The green amethyst necklace is gorgeous.
lovely
This is a great blog, especially for someone like me who is getting married soon xx
Love ALL the pieces you chose, especially that Green Amethyst!!
I so love the necklace-very romantic and the colour is amazing.
Love the great colors! And the lemon quartz ring <3
I agree – keep the costs down. Too many brides and grooms start out their married lives with debts from extravagant weddings and honeymoons.
That’s how I had my wedding just 5 years ago (it was a second marriage) – got married in a small community centre. Had friends and family make the food, we all got together the day before and decorated the hall and then had a party that night at my parents house. I used seashells that I got from the beach on the tables (we were married down east) and got most of my decorations at yard sales and on ebay. It was a wedding on a budget and it turned out great! So much fun!
I love the pieces you selected! The colors are beautiful and the vintage theme is so inspiring!
What great ideas you are always coming up with !
It makes me feel old to see these styles
Love the earrings…growing up in the early 60’s, my mom made most of my clothes, i remember shopping for patterns, it was fun pucking which ones I wanted
Love the earrings…growing up in the early 60’s, my mom made most of my clothes, i remember shopping for patterns, it was fun picking which ones I wanted
Loved when my mom and i would go pattern shopping, she made most of my clothes in my early years…love the earrings
Love the green amethyst necklace. Perfect for spring!
I like the mix-matched look. So glad I only have sons and don’t have to spend that sort of money on a wedding.
the necklace is so pretty. lovely color!
nice ideas for recycle & reuse, love the jewelery picks too!
I totally agree that weddings don’t need to be over the top extravagant,same for jewelery too!
So beautiful!
lol i remember patterns all over the place i had 6 sisters
I love the lemon quartz ring, also like the teacup idea!
Pastels are always perfect for a wedding!
Very pretty jewelry
I especially love the necklace, but the other pieces are beautiful, too! Interesting article… especially how much it costs and even how much it cost back then to have a wedding… how does anyone afford it? I certainly haven’t been able to… 🙁 And we probably never will… still like to daydream about it sometimes, but other things are more important now,
like getting a house and medical care and such. I think I’d better start saving for any future kids’ weddings now! :O I love the colors and style of the photos you shared. Lovely stuff! It might be fun to be a wedding planner, but I’m not that organized, LOL.
love the colors!
I love Vintage looks and colors, and this stuff is gorgeous! We made just about everything for our wedding, and my bridesmaids didn’t have to go buy an expensive dress…I let them pick any dress they already had, and told them I just wanted them to feel pretty and comfortable in it. We got a lot of compliments on our beautiful, but simple wedding, and we had NO debt when we were done, which was the best part! The jewelry pieces you’ve chosen are all amazing!! Thank you for the giveaway!
I adore your many magical pictures and images. LOVE the vintage 50s patterns and dresses. So romantic classic and simple lovely!!1
Once again an awesome and inspiring blog. That green amethyst necklace is stunning and I also really, really want those dress patterns as well.
So nice!
Love the vintage theme. We bought matching bracelets as Bridemaid’s gifts for my son and DIL wedding last summer. They loved them by the way.
wow fab do like them
Pretty colours – just right for a wedding!
absolutely fabulous!
Your picks would be great for anything. Very special.
very pretty jewelry
I loved picking out patterns with my mom. We would spend an afternoon looking for the perfect pattern and fabric.
THE RAINBOW STYLE IS BACK AND IN ACTION………..
Love the colours
I’m loving these ideas!
Love the dresses (I used to sew a long long time ago) don’t have a wedding but have been thinking of making my daughter a formal gown for her high school homecoming dance and prom. Wish me luck!
It’s difficult to imagine the eclectic charm of mixing vintage, colorful, and recycled knick-knacks all together to create a beautiful tablescape but the pictures you pinned are beautiful! I can see where every aspect of your inspiration came from! I also know where that ring would look great 😛 hehe
great thoughts on way to make old things new again
I love classic (never go wrong) pieces; they never go out of style.
beautiful earrings
Just Perfect for My Daughters Wedding, her dress is Satan, Lace & Jewels…Loving the Vintage look, Just what I want for her Special Day!! Inspiring, Ty Kindly
I love the ring and the tea cups and saucers. I have a vintage teapot collection.
I love the vintage look. The ideas of the old pattern s. The faded like colors. The Ring now that is something else. The Lemon color. When I got married I made all my decorations and had Winn Dixie make me a three tier cake and it was good.This was our second marriage between us and now its 28 years later. I am glad people are willing to share their ideas now. Its not the cost its the thought behind each item.
So elegant and beautiful. You don’t have to spend a lot to be classy. 🙂
A walk down memory lane. Beautiful and elegant.
Love the Oval Green Amethyst Necklace.
Yes! I love the 50s style!
great colors…
Lovin the colours & vintage style
Thank u for the pictures of the patterns. I’m only 49 and I remember my mom going to the store, looking thru a catalog and then going up to the counter and telling the woman the number of the pattern she wanted.That certainly brought back wonderful memories for me. All three pieces of jewelry are beautiful especially the ring.
Hi, What is more perfect then the lovely colors of Vintage! The jewelry is amazingly beautiful!
I like vintage things. Cloths and other products were better made in the past.The vintage weddings are so pretty.
just loved the 2 3/4 Carat Oval Green Amethyst Necklace
Everything is so pretty. I just love it all.
All of the pieces are beautiful and very suitable for a spring wedding, but I particularly love the green amethyst necklace. It’s so unique! So glad it’s coming into its own, it hasn’t been in the spotlight for very long.
Omg!!!! I love this and the information blog is wonderful!
Thanks for sharing with all of uswho Love this type of jewelry!
these would be so perfect for either one of my daughters for their weddings since I lost all my old jewelry from my grandparents when my home burnt down. It would be nice for her to pass to my granddaughter. Start a new tradition.
VINTIAGE IS ALWAYS THE WAY TO GO IT’S WONDERFUL STYLE, FASHION,JEWELS THW WHOLE ONSOMEBLE IS JUST AWESOME I LOVE THE LOOK I WOULD RATHER HAVE A VINTAGE WEDDING THEN TRADITIONAL BLESSED BE SUPER JEWELER