I first discovered Franz Collection in a vintage shop in Los Angeles, and immediately bought the cream & sugar set you see pictured above for my mother (who collects cream & sugar sets, as well as teacups) for Christmas. Shortly thereafter, I discovered the teapot in a store in Ogunquit (where we were married), and realized that Franz is not some obscure, defunct company, but is rather quite well-known and available in shops across the country. No matter: I love it. Is it crazily over-the-top and campy? Oh, yeah…but that’s why I think it’s so exquisite. Some of my favorite lines are their “Herbs” and their “Flitters.” 

I’d kind of like to start my own teacup collection, now that I have the space for it, and think that some of these might be a lovely starting point. 

The teacup off to the left is from a different set: I found it at the 39th Street Flea Market and gave it to my mom as a Christmas present last year. Also pictured is a photo of me at age 2 (?) with my grandma and grandpa (on my dad’s side), as well as a letter that Dad received from Eleanor Roosevelt (signed by the lady herself) after he wrote her in ‘61. Oh, and a bottle of Patron that has been sitting in my parents’ dining room for…maybe eight years? 

A little wedding money-saving tip to start your Thursday…

For our save-the-date cards, Kendrick and I picked up a ton of inexpensive postcards (like the one pictured above) from the town where we were getting married (Ogunquit, ME). You can also scour eBay for vintage postcards of your locale - they’re often sold in bulk.

We then went to a custom stamp-making store and for $25 created a stamp with our names, the date of the wedding, and the location of the wedding…all in my handwriting, which I thought was a nice, personal touch. We stamped each postcard with the info, and sent them out. Super-easy, and super-inexpensive.

Some custom-stamp websites are here, here, and here.