The catalog: Yes,
it's disorderly but we wanted to get everything listed ASAP. We will organize by
category later. Thanks for looking, ~Kathy, Leoni, & Christian, the Borrowed
Bridal team.
~Email~
New items!! We have a few items we have not
been able to photograph for various reasons but want to let you konw that they
are (or will soon be) available. Off the top of my head, theses are the new
donations: white crenoline (poofy underskirt thing for under your wedding dress)
street size 6, Center pieces!! 12 square sided acrylic vases stuffed with a
neutral color moss then filled with sparkly gold and silver grasses/twigs some
with baubbles, giant stalks of gold/silver grasses bundled (about 6ft long),
isle runner with stylized floral pattern, and a white vinyl isle runner (good
for outdoor weddings with a possibility of damp grass). Pics comming
soon....hopefully.
Lighted wedding arch:
This is a white, metal-tubing, garden arch. This arch is perfect indoor or
outdoor and can be decorated to match any style or theme. Requires some sort of anchoring to keep upright (flower pot?). The image
above is just a suggestion. The arch will come to you with only the lights
attached ready for you to decorate to match your theme. The lights can be
removed (please let us know ahead of time and we will do this for you).
(15+) Ivy
bowls: You’ve seen these before! These are the little glass bowls with a ruffled
edge. Tie a ribbon around the neck of the bowl, add sparkling stones or flowers
to the bottom fill with water and add a floating candle. Really the
possibilities are endless. Make nice centerpieces for small to medium sized
tables. We're getting more of these all the time so if need a large quantity,
let us know how soon.
(8) Cornucopia baskets: We have two tones of natural wicker (they are all brown shades) baskets in the shape of cornucopias. Stuff with fruit or veggies for a fall theme. Looks nice and your guests can eat the contents!
Plants and flowers: We also have several bunches
of varying orange hues of marigolds and mums, several bunches of *economy* calla
lilies ~ these were from a mock funeral for a 30th birthday party but they
could make nice reception decor as well . We have just received a bunch of white/off white bouquets with
ivy and other green filler as well as quite a few garlands in the same scheme.
They are in the process of being repaired/rebuilt/re-shaped/and refluffed. These
should be available for your summer weddings (maybe sooner if we can convince
some crafty people to help with this project).
The tiny red rose garland in the upper
right are a recent donation. There are 17 strands of this and each one is about
5 feet long. Very realistic looking!
(2) Economy chaffing dishes: *These are not pretty* You may have seen this type of party chaffing dish around. It is a wire frame, a large aluminum tray for water, four half-size aluminum trays for food (only holds two at a time). Sorry, these no longer come with plastic serving utensils, they have been lost. DO NOT THROW AWAY THE LARGE WATER TRAYS. If your helpers toss them out, please replace them (party city) or help us out with the $4 per tray. We have replaced these 3 times already.
(100) Plates: We bought
out the stock and now have 100 off-white round (heavy
earthenware) dinner plates about 10”. (pick up only, we cannot deliver
these to you no mater how close you are. We are just killing ourselves lifting
these things).
(96 piece) matched set includes 24
dinner plates, 24 desert plates, 24 coffee cups, and 24 saucers
(24) matching dinner
forks, (24) matching table knives ...you're still on your own for
spoons.
WOOT! We now have 100
small wine glasses, stretch your beverage service with these
"slightly-smaller-than-standard " wine glasses. Actually we're just saying that
because we don't know the fl. oz. yet. Glasses are ready to travel in industrial
dishwashing racks.
(24) larger
(regular sized) wine glasses they are the same pattern as the small wine glasses
(pictured above left) but they hold more liquid. These come ready to travel
in an industrial dishwashing rack.
(24) smoothe textured wine glasses (above right). Large bowl
makes this look like a red wine glass. No fancy rack here. These come to
you in a cardboard box.
We recently acquired
(4) water pitchers. We haven't checked the oz. yet but estimate it to be about a
half gallon.
(1) matching cake
serving set ~plastic handles~ (knife and ...lifty thing).
(2) matching
serving forks and (2) matching serving spoons ~plastic handles~.
If you want some to
keep, check your local Big Lots store. We found these there $4 for the cacke
service and $2 each piece for the serving forks and spoons.
Cake serving set with etched glass
handles (above on right).
(1) Coffee pot: 30 cup
capacity dispenser/percolator. Can also be used for hot water
only if tea/cocoa service is preferred to coffee.
Hot plates:
various sizes. Stay tuned as we alter the trim on these with heat-resistant
paint to make them less 1970's and more wedding friendly. For the time being
however, they are as pictured. Five different trays available each one uglier
than the last! We now have the
high-temp paint in a dull silver color and plan to spray all of the hot trays
sometime in March so that they will all be the same shade of ugly...I mean, so
that they will match and not distract from your decor.
(31) rounded bottom
ice blue tinted glasses, three sizes. Perhaps not enough to use for beverages
but plenty for flowers,candles, or other decorations.
Just added, about 24 mix-n-match
stemware pieces. These were used clustered around centerpieces and filled with
water/jelly crystals and candles for a rich sparkling effect. I saw pictures of
how they were used and it was stunning. Unfortunately I spent a long time
setting up a pretty shot of these glasses outside on my patio only to have the
camera die on the previous shot of a new isle runner :( You should
have seen it, it was pretty....
(1) White "swirly
heart" pattern isle runner. It is about 3 feet wide and still has the rope
handle for easy unrolling. Length unknown.
(1) White "daisy" pattern isle runner. About 3 feet wide and
still has rope handle. Camera died as we were photographing this. We hope to
have pics soon.
This heart-shaped
stand is about 8" across at it's widest point really pretty.
The picture on
the right is supposed to be detail of the heart-shaped feet on this stand but it
turned out icky (we'll try to get a better one).
We have a clear glass,
heart-shaped bowl/candy dish that looks nice with the stand above. It's
not quite as large so it looks cute on top. This is not blue, it's clear.
Having a hard time getting a decent pic since it's all glass and
reflective. If someone knows a trick to this, please email me
:)
This is a really cute
idea for a spring wedding two punch cups have been glued together at their bases
(handles in opposite directions) with a ribon tied around the seam. Coordinate
your own ribbon/candles. Sure you can borrow ours, we have 3, or you can
DIY. Look for punch cups at local thrift stores and ask for the appropriate glue
for glass (needs to be somewhat heat resistant once dry) at your local hardware
store.
(3) Chip/dip
bowls: heavy-duty clear plastic bowls have a ring for nibbles and
a center bowl for dips or sauces. One piece construction. Sorry about the
fingers but these are so shiny that I had to hold it funny to reduce the
glare.
(2) Clear oval bowl/trays (see the red trays near the bottom of
this page, the clear ones are the exact shape as the red ovals
pictured).
(4) Huge round black
catering trays. We haven't measured these yet but guess 20-24" across
(4) Smaller oval
shaped silver-plated appitizer trays. Three of these are still in new condition,
One shows some wear and spots. However, since most trays get covered in leaf
lettuce or doilies, it really doesn't matter.
(4) Sets string
lights: red lights on white wire (looks amazing under tulle).
One
hundred lights per set.
(4) Sets string
lights: White lights on white wire.
(1) string of white on
green wire rice lights (these are the super tiny bulbs)
(2) grape pattern punch bowls, 2 ladels, one set of cups..?
(1) Punch bowl:
Complete set consists of bowl, stand, ladle, hooks, and cups. Very
pretty, heavy glass. Check back for update on capacity (guess about 6
quarts). Bowl and stand seperate and can be used as large bowl and small bowl
seperately when the stand is inverted.
Books: Once the
wedding is over, what happens to all the wedding planning guides? Some of these
books are for you to keep. Please mouse over the image, to see
which ones can stay with you forever.
Miscellaneous items:
(6-1lbs. bags)
Flat-back decorator marbles in a pink-peach (closer to peach than
pink) color. Round shape
(7)lbs Flat-back
decorator marbles in clear/opalescent. Oval shape.
Enough loose white
tulle to decorate the wedding arch listed above and two spools
of tulle for your other details. We have also recently acquired a bunch of
lime green tulle (festive spring wedding/luau?).
We're not sure what
these are...but we have 40 of them! It looks like decoration for Champagne
bottles. Sadly there is no Champagne at home to try it on. I tried it on the
largest wine bottle we had and these were still too big. These hand made ribbon
decorations are about 5" in diameter. Some are white ribbon which reads "Wedding
wishes" and the other is a slightly less bright white without wording. We are
now thinking that these may have been on vases. We did try them on the ivy bowls
but the didn't fit.
Chocolate topiary?
These were donated by a borrowing bride who had these gracing her cake table. We
have two of them. Ribbons of chocolate, chocolate covered strawberries, piped
icing, and heart shaped bon-bons mixed with the flowers of the strawberry plant
make this decoration convincingly realistic.
You can't really tell
from the pictures but the basket on the left is huge ~about a foot across~.
The center basket has a satin wrapped handle with pearl beaded accent and is
about 10 inches across. Basket on the right is a flowergirl basket about 5
inches across. Flowers can be removed or changed, please leave the
satin.
Raffia...lots of natural color raffia. This came from a luau
themed birthday but could add a tropical, far-away feel to your
not-so-far-away wedding.
(3) Black table cloths
- Goth wedding perhaps?
(can be used as a backdrop for photos)
These are rectangular with rounded ends and were originally designed for meeting
room conference tables. *measures 90" x 156"* These are huge!!
(2)
Black arch 6' tall - there's that Goth wedding again. These are, like the white
arch, made from aluminum tube sections which are snapped together. requires some
sort of anchoring to keep upright (flower pot?)
(still sorting) Red
plastic transparent trays of multiple shapes and sizes these all match
and have little flecks of glitter in them. If your accent color
is red these make a nice set. We will be itemizing so we can
describe each piece in detail and taking pictures for you
soon.
Apparel: Yes, we do accept clothing donations. These are
some of the items we have available.
This dress is very simple. It has some
fabric flowers on the back that are easily removed. The tailoring on this
dress is not the best we have seen as there is a fabric match
issue with panels that were inserted at some point in this dress's life. The
panels are not of the same smooth satin as the rest of the dress.
It needs a cleaning and has some seam strain about the waist
line. We think this dress could be perfect if you take the flowers off
the back and get a sash to coordinate with your colors (the sash would
cover up most of the flaws too)!
Fits street size 18 5'4" with a 2-3"
heel.
We have two identical bridesmaid's/MOB dresses in Navy blue. These
are both plus sizes. We hope to have pictures and more detailed
information up soon.
Consumables (single use/disposable
items.)
Candles:
(12) creamy-white taper candles in box
(4) Tall
tube candles (aka 7 day candles) red wax in clear glass(6)
Heart-shaped, pink, rose-scented, floating candle (These are super
cute)
Paper goods/tabletop:(about 100) dinner
napkins, lime green
(1)
rectangular plastic table cloth, lime green.
(1) off white
plastic table skirtCrepe paper streamers one lage spool of pale pink
and one large spool of white.
Favor making:
(1) Pack of small
paper doilies. (1) Pack of large paper doilies. We have not counted these but
guess about 20 each package.
(1) Package of about 20 off-white tulle
circles.
(16) small metal
baskets ~super cute~
Clear
plastic champagne glass favors (forgot to count them...only about 10)
with white ribbon and silver plastic charms tied fast. Some have a
pair of rings and some have a pair of champagne flutes.
Gads and gads of ribbon. Different
widths/textures in white, off white, and deep burgundy. There is even a
spool of cream colored "pearl" beads.
one sandwich bag sized package of little ribbon roses. off white
with green "leaves".
Best of all…information. Information is not lent, it is given freely. Since we throw big ol’ theme parties 2-3 times a year, we are constantly looking for new supplies, vendors, venus and ideas. So, if there is something you are looking for that we don’t have yet, chances are good that we either know where to get it (cheap) or know someone who does. We know musicians, singers, photographers, caterers, and grunt laborers who practically work for peanuts. We also know of a few local places to hold your small event inexpensively and without much hassle.
More items are being added as the word spreads so if you don’t see it listed, ask.
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