Kyle and I are the proud new owners of a 1920 Underwood typewriter. It’s beautiful, rusty, it smells, and we love it.

It’s so fun to think about the life this machine had before we found it. I mean, 1920 is a long time ago! This thing was shiny and probably finding its way into an office somewhere, or maybe onto the desk of an aspiring writer. Who knows! That’s what is so fun about it! By the time it came to us (for $100 on Craigslist), it was a little broken down, didn’t work too well, and needed a new typewriter ribbon. Thankfully, my future husband has that crazy ability to fix anything you put in front of him, so he shined it up, got new ribbon, and greased the wheels. It works like a charm now.

We had decided early on that we love vintage typewriters and definitely wanted one at our wedding. We want to use it as a guest book, so guests can type us a message and leave it with a Polaroid photo of themselves.

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But it was Kyle’s bright idea that we use this typewriter for all sorts of other things! We both have bad handwriting, so why not type out all of the addresses for save the dates and invites?

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Kyle even went so far as to type up the entire letter to the person we are asking to be our officiant! We’re having way too much fun with this thing.

There are all sorts of places we can use our typewriter, and we are excited for all of them. We just love that SMACK it makes when the key hits the paper!

 
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Do you have plans to use a typewriter in your wedding, or for anything else? Do you too love the nostalgic elegance of a vintage typewriter?

Vintage typewriter font has this awkwardness about it that I adore. Nothing is in a straight line, and you have to “x” out your mistakes. They’re a fun throwback to a time of better spellers and more thoughtful letter writers.

With well over half of our guests traveling to our wedding (from out of state AND out of country), it’s important that our guests receive a sincere welcome and know how much we appreciate them for making the trip to Arizona as soon as they reach their hotel.  While it’s impossible to personally greet each guest as he/she arrives, the Welcome Bag, aka the Out-of-Town or OOT Bag is the next best thing.  I have an idea of what we’ll put in the bags but just recently started imagining what I’d like the actual bags to look like.  I really like all of the examples below but they are just not in our budget.  We’ll probably go with some cute paper bags instead but I will still lust after these for a while longer.

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To spruce up the bags, I really like the idea of creating welcome tags to either tie on to the handles or possibly convert in to a sticker to stick on the the front of the bag. I think both of these are sweet.

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To add another personal touch for those staying at a hotel, I absolutely love these door hangers.

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A welcome booklet or itinerary is a must and I’ll be using the below examples as inspiration. We have a super detailed website but I think it will be nice for guests to have hard copies of important info too.

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The actual assembly of our bags wont happen until late next month but I’ll be sure to share the process and finished products with you when they’re done :)

PS: I couldn’t help but laugh when I saw this…I hope none of our guests are feeling this way!

The best part of my day is getting the chance to chat it up with brides who are full of inspiration and excitement over their big day. After a fabulous chat with a bride, Ashlynn, she sent over her Pinterest board of inspiration and boy did it inspire me! Her inspiration is an apple orcahard-esque theme filled with fab DIYing and a bit of homemade glory. I thought this would be a fabulous opportunity to inspire those of you who are planning a late-summer wedding filled with homemade love.

I love these dish towel save the dates! In fact, I want to get a few for myself to remember our wedding day. :) Apple butter on vintage pieces are so awesome. Similar to jam, these are great favors that guests will love and will love to eat.

Source: Apple butter, dish towels, barn

Don’t you just wish there were more red barns around? I sure do. I don’t think I have found one in all of my searches, so if you are in a place that has one, I highly envy you! And, yarn letters are definitely becoming a favorite of mine at the moment.

Source: Table Number, Centerpiece, Invite

Source: Love, Lemonade, Cans, Orchard, Cake, Flatware

Source: Flowers, Tablescape, Ceremony