1950's Archives

April 28th, 2012 I married the man of my dreams in a romantic and fun 1940s/50s swing dancing themed wedding. It was an amazing day filled with lots of amazing memories with friends and family. So Happy One Year Anniversary to Us!

Here are some pics from that day (not all just a high level overview). Enjoy!

Photo of a modern day bride in 1950s style with her groom on her wedding day - The Vintage Inn Blog. — Source: RIZWANDARPHOTOGRAPHY@GMAIL.COM

My Vintage Brooch Bouquet and Irregular Choice Scottie Dog Shoes.

Modern Day Bride's 1950s Wedding Style-Brooch Bouquet and Irregular Choice Blue & Red Scottie Dog Shoes. — Source: RIZWANDARPHOTOGRAPHY@GMAIL.COM

We did the “see me moment” at the hotel before our wedding photos and it turned out so well with family and friends being there. Doesn’t my husband look so good?? ahhhh…

My 1950s style wedding dress was purchased in NYC and custom fitted for me. The designer was called “Fancy Bridal NY”. They were amazing and so wonderful to work with.

Modern Wedding featuring a 1950s Vintage Theme. Photo of the Bride Reveal. Bride is dressed in 1950s /Early 1960s Wedding Dress and the groom is in a Kilt. The Vintage Inn Blog. — Source: RIZWANDARPHOTOGRAPHY@GMAIL.COM

Wedding Photos were taken at the Historic Distillery District in Toronto. Look at those handsome groomsmen in their kilts (the tall guy on the right is my brother).

Wedding at the Distillery District featuring a 1950s Style Wedding. Brides is in 1950s Style Wedding Dress and the Groomsmen are in Kilts. — Source: RIZWANDARPHOTOGRAPHY@GMAIL.COM

Wedding at the Distillery District featuring a 1950s Style Wedding. Brides is in 1950s Style Wedding Dress and the Groomsmen are in Kilts. Bridesmaids are in 1950s style dresses from Mod Cloth — Source: RIZWANDARPHOTOGRAPHY@GMAIL.COM

The Wedding and Reception was held at the BEAUTIFUL St. Lawrence Hall in downtown Toronto.

Wedding at St. Lawrence Hall toronto — Source: RIZWANDARPHOTOGRAPHY@GMAIL.COM

1950s wedding St. Lawrence Hall Toronto featuring the bride and groom. — Source: RIZWANDARPHOTOGRAPHY@GMAIL.COM

After the Wedding we had a cocktail reception where you could type well wishes on a vintage typewriter and then look for your table from the Pinups board.

1950s wedding St. Lawrence Hall Toronto featuring a vintage typewriter that you could type well wishes on. — Source: RIZWANDARPHOTOGRAPHY@GMAIL.COM

The table assignments were pinup illustrations.

1950s wedding St. Lawrence Hall Toronto featuring Pinup Tables Assignments. DIY Wedding idea. — Source: RIZWANDARPHOTOGRAPHY@GMAIL.COM

My giant wedding cupcake with Shrek and Fiona (my husband nickname was Shrek).

wedding cupcakes featuring Shrek and Fiona Cake topper.

The seat assignments on the tables were vintage sewing pattern illustrations from the 1940s and 1950s that I cut out myself for 120 people and then glued them onto place cards. DIY Wedding indeed!

vintage wedding escort cards featuring vintage sewing pattern illustrations from the 1940s and 1950s. DIY Wedding Idea!

The Party was alot of fun! We had great DJ’d music all night and a photo booth that was busy all night long 🙂 My mother law is the one shaking her shaker in the wheel chair.

vintage wedding at the St. Lawerence Hall Toronto Canada

Photo Booth Fun at the St. Lawrence Hall Toronto.

After it was all done, we came back to our hotel room (much later in the night. We all ended up at a Jazz club at 1am for some swing dancing ) to see this. LOL! Those crazy friends and family 🙂

wedding fun — This was our room when we got back lol! It was all covered in toilet paper 🙂

What a great time 🙂 Happy anniversary to anyone else sharing the same date as well 🙂

FURTHER READING:

Liz

The Bunny Hop Dance History / Videos & Photos

Ahhhh the Bunny Hop a social dance that originated in the 1952 at Balboa High School in San Francisco. The dance is a variation on a conga line. Participants dance in a line, holding on to the hips of the person in front of them. They tap the floor two times with their right foot, then with their left foot, then they hop forwards, backwards, and finally three hops forward to finish the sequence, which continues throughout the tune. The first person in the line leads the group around the floor (Wikipedia).

Ray Anthony the bunny Hop — Photo courtesy of “Shelly’s Vintage Sheet Music“

The Bunny Hop Song:

The original song that everyone dances the Bunny Hop to was done by Ray Anthony’s big band recording, heard below.

See the Bunny Hop in Action:

Ray Anthony & his orchestra perform the 1950s dance sensation known as “The Bunny Hop” on this 1953 episode of The Ray Anthony Show (video link).

I think the Bunny Hop is too cute for words and no 1950’s party should be without a hop hop hop around the dance floor with your friends (try a vintage cocktail or two to help if doing this sober is not your thing lol).