How to spend just a few pennies to transform a modern day home back into a retro time-machine?  The answer is simple, raid your grandmother's cupboards to make use of things that are free!  Add some flowers, great internet finds, and voila!  Your mood is set for a fantastic bridal shower with family and friends.

A personal favorite in planning the event of Caroline’s Bridal Shower to become Mrs. May was creating the décor.   My concept was simple – retro.  How hard could it be?  But, the challenge was to find out how to turn a modern day home into a beautiful retro home on a small budget.  Because, let’s face it, we sure aren’t going to keep most of this around the house for day-to-day use.

In my penny-pinching mentality, why waste a few dollars buying new items that I already knew my grandmothers had tucked away in their cupboards?  So step one became raiding my grandmother’s cupboards, particularly the back or highest shelves to find unique items that they’ve had forever.    I counted on anything that you could no longer buy at a common store to add some retro style.