China Cabinet Reveal [+Giveaway Winner!]

I'm so excited to share the china cabinet reveal with y'all this morning! If you follow me on Instagram, you got a sneak peek last night. After sitting in our garage for months, Cameron finally gave me a deadline of getting it done by Mother's Day since we were having everyone over for brunch. Deadlines give me motivation.
It turned out 10x better than I expected it to!

 Before                                            During                                                  During

 After!

 Dining Room View on Mother's Day

 My Grandma Anna and Cameron's Rara - The two wonderful women who passed down their china to us as wedding presents. Would you believe that they had the EXACT same china? And it was passed down to them, too! Talk about meant to be. :)

 

Knob pulls - Anthropologie
Drawer pulls - Original
Exterior color - Behr Cotton Knit
Interior color - Discontinued Sherwin Williams that we got color matched. Sorry.
Glass shelves and interior light - Installed by Cameron.

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Congratulations to Heather for winning the Tailgate Queen giveaway!

 

Wedding Wednesday: Mom's Wedding Dress & China.

A few weeks ago, while Cameron and I were at my parents' house, I decided it would be fun to try on my mom's wedding dress! I was also nervous that it wouldn't come past my thighs because of how tiny she was when she got married (Mom - you're still tiny, but you know what I'm saying..).  Well, I got it on, but it's definitely not zipped in the back. :)

While I don't plan on using her dress in my wedding day, I do plan on using part of her lace veil. Maybe wrapped around my bouquet?

And then on Monday, while I'm reading through the usual blogs, I see that Megan tried on her mom's dress, too, and was surprised at how similar they looked! Go to her post to see!

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Before we got engaged, Cameron and I went over to his grandmother's (Rara) house to help her move some furniture. When we were done, she took us over to her china cabinet saying that she wanting to show us something. There was a stack of the most beautiful gold & ivory china. She reached inside one of the cups and took out a small piece of paper. On it read, "Cameron wants this"  and the date that she wrote the note -- he was like 10! I got butterflies in my stomach thinking that maybe one day, we'd be owning that beautiful china as a married couple! My man has great taste! :)

Then, the evening of Cameron's birthday, we went over to his parent's house for dinner. When his mom brought dessert out, guess what the peach cobbler was served on!!

Isn't it gorgeous?!? This china is atleast 100 years old and I am honored that the next family it will be in is ours! Rara didn't have any of the large dinner size plates so we'll have to find and register for some of those that will look good paired with these. Suggestions?

 

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Did you incorporate your mother's wedding dress or veil in your wedding? If so, how?

What china pattern did you register for?