A New Venture with Vintage Bridal

If you follow my blog you know by now how much I love collecting vintage bridal & wedding things! I especially love the vintage florist bride's baskets. This summer I purchased back many vintage items I had sold to a bridal shop that were used for displays. With the economy downturn the bridal shop didn't make it. That is when I decided to try a new venture myself.
I decided my collection of vintage bridal could earn its keep while also making a bride's special day extra special using pieces of my collection for decoration & props for wedding portraits.

I will be doing this venture in my local area for now. I will offer embellished mirrors ( for reflecting those special moments). Would you belive alot of my wedding pictures were taken though a mirror because there wasn't room for the photographer to get in front of us. Gorgeous wicker bride's baskets & vases, reception chairs for the bride embellished with ribbons & roses , candle in vintage glass with lace & pearls for the tables, ribbons, roses, pearls & the list goes on & on! I hope these pieces will add a element of beauty & romance to the wedding & reception or even a special bridal shower or tea.

This will only gives me more reasons to look for more vintage pieces to add to my collection for business of course! I hope to be adding vintage bridal dresses & veils for the bride to be who might want a real vintage romantic wedding!

I will still be selling vintage bridal, mirrors, antiques & other things at my website All Bliss Be Thine! I will also be doing vintage embellished frames for bridal portraits for a romantic keepsake of the special day!

Here are pictures of some of my collection I will be offering for my new venture.

New Bliss Finds 1920's Wicker Table & Wicker Reception Chair & Bliss Baskets

Bedroom Bliss Pink Saturday

Welcome to Pink Saturday hosted by Beverly of How Sweet the Sound!

Please check out all of the other bloggers & their Pink Saturday bliss here.



This are some pictures of my bedroom which shows my love for pink! I am going to be painting my walls pink in the fall as I am tired of the off white walls & I think pink will brighten it up quite a bit. The fun part will be deciding which pink to go with as there are so many to choose from.



I will be keeping the pink roses comforter, drapes, pillows, etc so I will find a pink that compliments my fabrics.



I will feature this room in a Pink Saturday in the fall with my newly painted walls & show you the rest of the bedroom. I have a five piece mahogany satinwood bedroom suite from the 1920's & you can see the bed, nightstand & vanity. The dresser & chest on chest are at the other end of this long bedroom. I love this satinwood furniture with the pink rose fabrics.

My newest love is the vintage pink glass vases & bowl on the vanity. It was made in the 1940's by Fenton Glass & is called Rose Overlay.

Have a great Pink Bliss Saturday!

Bliss Basket Pink & White Ribbons Roses Pearls

New Creations For My Website

Pink Saturday In My Pink Dining Room

Welcome to Pink Saturday hosted by Beverly at her blog How Sweet The Sound! This is my second time to join in for this weekly event. This is some of the pink around my cottage dining room! Please join Beverly for links to other pink bliss around blogland!

Please note ***I have deleted my original Pink Saturday post for today because of trouble with enlarging my pics once you click on them. I am even having trouble going into other blogs this morning for some reason!

A Special Goodbye & A Celebration of Life & Marriage

Today was a day of goodbyes & a day of celebration!

Hubby & me traveled about an hour away today to the beautiful New River Valley area to say goodbye to a special great aunt who passed away Sunday at 93 years old. Mable was the last of 10 children & a woman full of grace & faith. She inspired all who knew her because of her gentle nature & her love for everyone. We said goodbye but we also celebrated her life! Mable you will forever be in our hearts!

After leaving the funeral hubby & me went to Red Robin for lunch & to celebrate our 36th wedding anniversary which was yesterday (9th)! We love Red Robin's gourmet burgers & fries!

We knew we wanted to end the day antiquing in the New River Valley as they have some really nice antique malls. I was also hoping to find something special for remembrance of this special day of celebrations!

After seeing so many things I would love to have purchased for my website I decided to just look for something for me. At the third & last antique mall there it was hanging upstairs all the way in the back in the corner. In fact it was hanging up so high I had to get someone from the antique mall to help me get it down for a closer look & of course to see the price tag.

Well it was all I could do to contain myself when I flipped the price tag over on this old vintage brides basket! Anyone who knows me knows I just adore vintage flower baskets or brides baskets especially with the old barbola. Ten dollars! Yes ten dollars!

I was so proud of myself because alot of times I forget to look up at things hanging from the ceiling at the antique malls. I could have easily missed this one since I was getting tired, it was hot in the upstairs & I knew we needed to get going on down the road home. Still I just felt I was going to find something special. Its as though Mable was helping to guide me to find my special treasure that would be my memory of this special day to celebrate her life. I say that because I actually wasn't going to stop at this last place but something kept telling me I needed to stop at this one last place!

Hubby waited in the truck at this last place to rest his tired feet. When I came out with my treasured basket he knew by the look on my face I was glad I stopped. I was so excited when I told him the price letting out a loud scream of delight. I looked at his face & he said Vicki its just a basket! Just a basket I ask? LOL !!! No this is not just any basket but a special basket with a history of which I know not but now my basket is a token of remembrance of this special day!