Comments on: {A Lovely Rant} Vintage is not dead.

By: Wedding Creativo

Wedding Creativo — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:07:04 +0000

Absolutely, there is so much from the past to borrow from. Vintage will be around forever!

By: Betsy

Betsy — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:20:06 +0000

Thank you for this rant! I just recently discovered your blog but I do remember reading that article and being crushed! (I didn’t change a thing about my upcoming wedding, it actually made me love my wedding “theme” even more for being “me” but still-ick what a terrible article) You hit it right on the head-us newly-engaged didn’t pay attention to the wedding stuff before, don’t make us feel bad!

By: Shaelene

Shaelene — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:36:35 +0000

Thank you I think vintage is beautiful, and it can be inexpensive. Were on a tight budget and it is so much simpler and more meaningful to use things that my grandmother and great-grandmother used, then trying to buy the new “trendy” decor.

By: Shanna | Nostalgia Film

Shanna | Nostalgia Film — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:41:49 +0000

Thanks for that! I've seen a lot of jaded wedding bloggers and vendors lately, and it kind of makes me sad. I can understand that it may all start to look the same to people who see it every weekend, but that's no reason for grumpy rants and stomping on bride's ideas.

I am weary, too, of getting lumped in since I make wedding films on Super 8mm film (and HD). It's seen as a vintage medium (and, well, I do shoot on cameras from the '70s!), but it transcends any one type of bride or wedding since it's a beautiful and timeless medium. I say to each their own... The author rants against nostalgia like it's a terrible thing, and I find it way off-base. Each bride's ideas are the things that I enjoy about this industry, whether it's a part of a "trend" or not. So help me, if I ever get that jaded, maybe it would be time to find a new career!

And, I got married last year, and totally had hand-painted mason jars and the photos of
"the couple in the field holding hands two feet apart, back lit by the sun"--and I loved both, and I will love that photo for years and years!

By: melissabushway

melissabushway — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 01:09:43 +0000

I will be using mason jars at my August 2012 wedding not because they are trendy or are no longer trendy, but because I preserve food and I have a billion of them (especially since they will be all empty from the previous year and ready for the sept. can session).

I get annoyed with all these wedding blog posts I see with these perfectly put together "rustic" weddings when you know half the bride didn't know what burlap or mason jars were!