Comments on: In Defense of Using Thrift Store Dishes/Silverware At Your Wedding, by Cassie

By: janine

janine — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:42:43 +0000

yes yes yes great idea…we are having a pirate wedding and our seating area will be filled with tables covered in black burgundy and gold satin,,all from op shops and i have managed to find 60 goblets as well all for under $50..it will look awesome!! gotta love a bargain…i also told the op shops to expect that they would receive the items back after we finish with them as a donation to a good cause!!

By: Tessa

Tessa — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:28:17 +0000

Who washed the dishes after the evening? We are going totally DIY and I would like to minimize/eliminate any work to be done that night. Your thought and experience is greatly appreciated!

By: Helen

Helen — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 21:04:52 +0000

I just thought of this today, and searched the web to see if anyone had done it before. Its great to see i'm not mad and there are other doing it too.
Does anyone have any images of a table set with mixed plates, cups saucers?
this would be a great help

By: Brooke A

Brooke A — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 20:10:07 +0000

My caterer is going to scrape them clean and rebox them. Then they will be disbursed to various cleaning committees at the end of the night.

By: Brooke A

Brooke A — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 19:50:50 +0000

I just got done collecting 130 Dinner Plates, Salad/dessert Plates and cups and saucers. Plus loads of other stuff by thrifting various thrifty shops. It was a blast and an awesome way to justify hitting a thrift store everytime I saw one.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 02:43:43 +0000

Totally forgot about freecycle! Joining my local group right now.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 02:28:50 +0000

I've wondered this too! So far, my best solution is … well, just pitch in with family the day after and clean up together. We're just going to have cute buckets out for guests to toss their dirty things in as they're done (next to trash cans).

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 02:25:58 +0000

I agree … the traditional thrift stores (Goodwill, Salvation Army) seem to be getting more expensive. My best luck seems to be at garage sales, rummage sales, flea markets, but only if the people selling them are unaware of how desirable the vintage/mismatched look is these days!

By: taia

taia — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 00:15:12 +0000

Whew, glad that I'm not the only one cackling insanely in thrift store parking lots. I am using my collection of vintage mid century modern dishes and milk glass in my wedding, it's all mismatched and gorgeous, and so us!

By: Erika

Erika — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 17:13:55 +0000

Love it! We are doing something similar. We have been collecting coffee mugs for our wedding in September. We are going to do wooden strips with hooks or nails in them and hang them so people can pick whichever one they want for their coffee or tea. Some of the ones we found are really awesome too. For wine we are using jelly jars and for all other beverages (beer,iced tea,water,etc.) we are using half quart canning jars. The nice part is that between my aunt and grandfather most of the jars were donated for us to use and when we are done we can give them back and they can be reused for jelly and canning. I'm an environmentalist and the idea of bags and bags of paper and plastic cups ending up in some landfill made me a little crazy!

Now we are figuring out the whole plate thing. We are doing a heavy hors d'oeurves event and want smaller plates that people can walk around with so we are thinking of renting them. Still have to figure this one out!