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I shared with you in my first post the mister’s and my desire to infuse our wedding with some mid-century style, but until now I haven’t shared any of our decor plans. One of my favorite ways that we are incorporating our mid-century aesthetic into our wedding is with some of our current home-décor accessories. Our house is sprinkled with a large number of thrifted and inherited collections—pieces that I hope to cart with us for our reception and cocktail décor.

First is Mr. CC’s collection of vintage cameras. I’m thinking of using these to decorate our cocktail tables instead of fresh flowers.

Mr. Cotton Candy and I are both huge readers and have amassed a small collection of vintage books. Some of the books in our collection are over a hundred years old.

The two pieces I’m most excited about are Mr. Cotton Candy’s late dad’s sewing machine and his mom’s Tiffany blue typewriter.

The typewriter was a gift to his mom from his grandma when they first emigrated from Mexico to the US. The mister’s grandma wanted his mom to land a job in an office and gave her a typewriter as a way for her to learn to type. The sewing machine also has a special meaning to Mr. CC and his family. It was originally purchased by Mr. CC’s father at a yard sale and was used by his dad to sew and mend his clothing.

Last is our Depression-glass cake knife.

I purchased the knife one day when we were window shopping in downtown Pomona. The owner had it labeled as a butter-and-cheese knife, but I really didn’t care; it was so cute and vintage-y that size didn’t matter. We’re not planning to have a large formal cake, so I’m confident that our little knife will be able to do the job.

I’m super excited to infuse our wedding with a little bit of our personal items. It also makes me happy to know that once our wedding is over with these items will sit in our home and serve as a reminder of the day we became man and wife.

Are you bringing in any of your current personal belongings to decorate your reception?