In the end we did something very simple, just a small ceremony at our local town hall with close relatives, followed by a lunch at a pub we like in the area. My parents came over from Brazil, so that was nice! I used the wedding as an excuse to splurge on all the things I had always wanted to own but couldn’t justify the cost, like a 1930s dress, fancy 3D manicure and those vintage-y looking cakes I always post about on Instagram 😂 You are welcome to appreciate my fancy mani on my adjustable ring product photos!

Feira do Bixiga is an antiques market in São Paulo, Brazil, where I’m from, and it happens every Sunday at the Bixiga neighborhood. Bixiga is the neighborhood where traditionally a lot of Italian families lived when they first moved to São Paulo, and it’s the neighborhood my dad was born and grew up in. We’d very often go to the antiques market together, so it was really special for me to be wearing beads from there for my wedding 😊

The beads I used from them were the faceted green and pink ones you can see in the picture, a type of bead called Atlas beads. These beads were produced between the 1930s and 1980s, but the more modern ones are machine-cut - still beautiful, just not literally handmade anymore. These two necklaces I got probably dated from the 1960s, given their style and bead finishes (aurora borealis, in the green one, was only patented in 1956).

If you have a wedding, anniversary, birthday party or any sort of special occasion coming up, feel free to hit me up in my Commissions page to get your very own custom design, made only for you! I can say, from experience, that knowing that what you are wearing is truly special and one of a kind really adds to the whole event 💝 I’d love to help make your dream necklace or earrings come true ✨

You can also see everything I have made using vintage beads over at the Shop!