Nick and I are celebrating our 8th wedding anniversary. If you are doing the math we are both 27, so 27 – 8 = barely legal. I am sorry to say I only have 2 digital wedding pictures (and they are terrible/worst pictures ever not good), but here you go.
It’s okay to laugh. It won’t hurt my feelings. This is my family and new husband on May 22, 2004. So this year to be traditional we thought we’d celebrate with a bronze anniversary gift. I saw this gift guide last year by Nicole (who oddly enough shares our wedding date) and haven’t stopped thinking about bronze/gold/nontraditional flatware.
This flatware from Anthropologie is by far my favorite on the gift guide. It calls to me, but it’s $36 per place setting. I would want 12 settings, so $432 before tax + shipping. Despite the fact that’s is way more than I want to spend, it’s sold out.
There is also this option from west elm. I know it’s not bronze. It’s gold, but let’s get crazy and skew a little from tradition. It’s $29 per setting, so cheaper at $348 but still more than I want to spend. Can you tell I was stuck on getting flatware? I googled and searched and came upon this…
One Kings Lane had 8 place setting for $99. It is very similar to the west elm flatware. We bought it because it’s beautiful. Although technically not bronze (neither was the anthropologie one), it’s what we wanted. I ordered it before the sale ended for a total of $213.95 for 16 settings. Yes that’s 4 more settings than I wanted, but it’s still less than my other options and things tend to disappear around here anyway. (Also can you believe the luck of a flash site having EXACTLY what I was searching for available at the time I was searching for it?? Never happens.)
Look at this amazing wedding table with similar flatware from the every girl. Also take note the chairs are bentwoods. Fitting don’t you think?
Just to make this post about our anniversary gift even longer, we also bought this brass (again not technically bronze but according to wikipedia there is a historically “unclear boundary” between bronze and brass…yes I did just wikipedia that) trinket box at an antique store in McKinney for $12. I thought it would be a good accessory to style with. Gold and brass are really trending in home decor now (sounds like a trend watch post).
Mother’s Day 2012 at my parents
Amazing what a difference 8 years makes. We are celebrating it 50th wedding anniversary style with gold flatware. I promise to throw a party when it’s our real 50th anniversary and use my gold flatware (so only 16 of you are invited).
In case you’re wondering what we’re doing tonight, we plan on keeping it pretty low key. My wonderful mother is coming over to watch Ramona, and we’re going to have some pizza at Cane Rosso in Dallas. We’ve been jones-ing for more good neopolitan style pizza since our amazing meal at apizza scholls in Portland. Plus it’s really close to west elm (What? A leopard doesn’t change its spots).
Happy Anniversary! Love the wedding picture…look how little your younger siblings were! And you’ll be glad you got 16 place settings of that great flatware as the family keeps growing. Have a great pizza and a lovely visit at West Elm.
Thanks! It makes me laugh when I look at Cody and Apryle then I think geez I’m really getting old! It doesn’t feel like that long ago, but I guess it was! Eventually I am sure 16 won’t be enough since there are 4 kids in my generation, but I won’t be using such fancy flatware if I am entertaining that many people. I will have to be real classy with plastic forks. I have my limits!
Happy Anniversary!!! I remember that day
Hard to believe it has been 8 yrs! I like your trinket box and the flatware is very cool.
Thanks! Krissy, you know this means we are getting old. I wish I had a digital picture of us. Guess you will just have to make your way to Arlington and look through the hard copies with me and reminisce. I will get out my nice flatware for you!