5 Reasons Why You Should Hire Vintage Crockery and Tableware For Your Wedding.
The planning of a creative wedding takes a lot of decision making. Probably one of the first decisions you should make is choosing the type of ceremony that’s right for you as a couple, for example whether it’s a blessing, a humanist ceremony or registrar lead. These choices will then lead to the type of venue you decide to book, its so exciting that there is such a huge choice when it comes to wedding venues. A rustic barn, an outdoor ceremony in a magical woodland or a huge Tipi in the middle of a field. Most of these types of venues are dry hire. Dry hire means that the wedding venue you hire does not come with any extra features such as catering, furniture or venue decoration. This means that you are hiring an amazing blank canvas to do with as you wish and that you get to choose the wedding suppliers that you want to work with to make your day unique to you!
Whether you are deciding on a buffet, an afternoon tea or a three course sit down meal chances are you will be feeding your guests so you will need to hire something for them to eat from and with. I discus a few of the reasons why hiring beautiful authentic vintage crockery for you wedding might be the right choice for you.
You are planning an eco conscious wedding.
If you are looking to make eco conscious choices for your wedding, one of the things you should consider is what your food is going to be served on and eaten with. By choosing to hire in your crockery, tableware and glassware from a local supplier you can have a plastic free wedding and reduce waste by not using disposable plates, serving platters and plastic cutlery.
Hiring authentic vintage crockery and vintage tableware is the perfect eco-friendly choice, it has been used, reused and enjoyed for over 50 years. Most of my collection has been carefully collected from many a careful rummage through charity shops, car boot sales and house clearances across Sussex.
It is true what they that that one mans trash is another man’s treasure, especially beautiful mismatched vintage crockery that has potentially been saved from land fill and given a new lease of life.
You are looking for budget friendly options.
In most cases it’s cheaper to hire vintage crockery, cutlery and glassware for your wedding than it is to buy it yourself. A vintage trio, which consists of a teacup, sauce and side plate can be hired for around £1.50 but if you were to head over to eBay the prices vary greatly from £4.99 up to £8.99 and that’s not including the postage costs.
Not only is vintage crockery functional it can also double up as vintage wedding décor. The statement pieces such as teapots and three-tiered cake stands, included in any vintage tea party crockery hire package are just so beautiful! Often decorated with delicate floral designs these unique vintage pieces bring colour and add height to your wedding tables. This helps to create interest and drawing the eye in with out the need for huge and often costly table centrepieces.
You don’t have the spare time to source unique vintage tableware.
Is most of your time taken up by your full-time job, your busy career, your kids? Life gets busy and planning a creative vintage wedding can take a lot of time. If you are in love the idea of having wedding tables filled with colourful vintage crockery but you struggle to fit in the time to hunt down those vintage treasures, hiring a vintage crockery package from a local supplier is the answer.
My vintage crockery collection has been lovingly sourced and carefully curated over the last 5 years. Many hours have been spent hunting for authentic vintage pieces that are not only in perfect condition but that have china patterns, designs and colours that will complement my extensive collection.
I also take the time to ensure that your vintage crockery hire order is carefully packaged and will deliver it all to your wedding venue whenever is convenient and collect it the day after. I will even wash it all up for you!
For the aesthetic.
Pretty floral vintage china and crockery is a key piece of vintage wedding décor. It instantly adds colour and brings character to your wedding tables. Vintage cut glassware and silver-plated cutlery will sparkle and catch candlelight beautifully.
Your guests may be sat at the tables for a while so why not give them something beautiful to look at and a create a talking point. Vintage crockery also adds a real sense of occasion to your day, your guests will love having the chance to pouring tea out of vintage tea pots, to drink from dainty teacups, and to serve themselves or each other from the three-tiered cake stands.
My vintage crockery hire collection consists entirely of floral and botanical designs. Made from English bone china all the trios in my collection are matching sets and edged in gold gilt. So you have the option to choose your vintage crockery to be all mismatching or in matching sets. I can even work with you to provide a colour theme to your vintage crockery hire package so that it ties in with the look
For the romance!
If you are uninspired by mass produced, plain table ware and are looking to add a touch of charm to your wedding tables, then authentic hiring vintage crockery is for you. Every piece of vintage crockery has a story vintage behind it, bringing a sense of nostalgia.
Around the mid-20th century couples were often given elegant china tea sets as engagement or wedding gifts. At the time they were seen to be too special to use every day and were put on display in cabinets or were packed away and kept for best. This is probably why a lot of vintage crockery is still here today, but it really does seem a shame to not enjoy using such beautiful gifts.
I love to think that vintage crockery has been liberated from their boxes and newspaper wrapping to be enjoyed at a vintage wedding. To me the sound of laughter, excited chatter and clinking crockery is one of the best!
I hope you find this useful. If you have any questions about how hiring vintage crockery from me works or If you are thinking of hiring an afternoon tea vintage crockey package get in touch I'd love to hear from you!
Images captured by NDavies Photography and Sarah Williams Photography