When I started this blog, I really wanted to use it to document all the amazing, wonderful experiences of being engaged and planning a wedding. As much fun as that is, taking time to document it seems to take me out of it. I am so much happier living in the moment. For example...
Last weekend Devon and I spent time with my parents. It was really wonderful. I often have a strained relationship with my family, so to have a good time is a refreshing change to some of the times we have spent together. It's especially important now because my grandmother was recently diagnosed with lung cancer and well, that sort of thing really tends to make you think.
While visiting them, we spent some time in Old Town Spring. We browsed vintage shops and picked up a few brooches. (I have roughly thirty now)
In one particular shop, I came across some really lovely vintage china. I don't normally think about that sort of thing but since the wedding, I have become really interested in it. It was a little pricey, but since it was Mother's day weekend, the shop owner was giving a discount. Long story short, my parents decided to get it for Devon and I as a wedding gift. It's so lovely.
I have been researching it and unfortunately since the company is out of business, it's hard to get information about it. But what I have garnered is that it is from between 1925 to 1940. I have around 50 pieces and I hope to collect the few missing ones as time goes on. I know that one day when I pass it down to our children, I can tell them the story of spending the day with my parents and what a wonderful time we had finding the china and the wonderful memory of it all.
I am really excited to get married in a few months...but I am also excited to be growing into the kind of family that I always wanted ...
