Life has a funny way of working itself out, which is exactly the case for Sara Powell, owner of Something Vintage.
Powell, an environmental scientist by day and maker of specialty bouquets on the side, stumbled upon this hobby-turned-business in an unlikely way. Powell made a button and brooch bouquet for her upcoming nuptials. However, that wedding never took place. After the shock wore off, Powell’s friends and family encouraged her to try selling her unique bouquets.
“In coming up with the name, I kept coming back to the saying ‘Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue,’ and then I said ‘Something vintage,'” Powell says. “I feel like it incorporates all of these into one! I've even started using blue thread so each bride will have her blue. I want to provide the bride with not only a wedding day bouquet but a keepsake.”
Powell started Something Vintage in 2011 as a part-time business, but she says she would love to grow it into a full-time business. Her home base is in Springdale, but she ships anywhere. Each bouquet is a custom creation that’s tailored to each bride.
“I'm a hopeless romantic and to be involved in the such a special day, well, that's just icing on the cake,” Powell says.
Something Vintage offers brides an option for handcrafted bouquets that will never wilt and die. These bouquets become a decoration that can serve as a reminder of their big day. Powell typically requests three months to make one bouquet.
“It doesn't take that long, but in case they have unusual colors or brooch requests, I want to have enough time to make it perfect,” she says.
Powell uses buttons, brooches, pearls, costume jewelry, handmade satin roses and other fabrics to create the bouquets.
“When a bride's mom texts me to say the bride teared up when she saw the finished bouquet, it melts my heart and I know I've created something she'll treasure as much as I'll treasure the experience of creating it,” Powell says.
Powell’s created a number of specialty bouquets but one of her favorites include one she made for a friend of hers from high school.
“[My friend] reached out to me and wanted me to not only make her bouquet, but her maid of honor's bouquet, too,” Powell says. “I had just started Something Vintage not long before this. I was so thrilled and honored. They turned out so gorgeous.”
“Another one of my brides wedding colors were purple and silver,” Powell says. “I have to be honest, at first I was a little skeptical as to how this would look. But as I started gathering brooches in different shades of purple and assembling them with purple calla lilies and hydrangeas, it soon became my favorite.”
For more information on these beautiful bouquets, you can contact Powell via her website or Facebook page. Check out more of her designs on her Instagram page here.
