Home is Where the Heart Is: Getting Pretty

When I arrived at my hair appointment I realized that the only camera I had brought with me had a dead battery.  What as a bride to do?  I whipped out my cell phone and my MOH took photos with my camera phone.  They are not the best but at least they are something.  I love how my hair and make-up turned out.  It was almost exactly how I imagined it.

A head above the rest

What to wear in my hair has been a dilemma for a while. Every time I see a bride with a short dress I look to see what she is wearing in her hair. I have been browsing Weddingbee and Etsy in search of inspiration. With our 100 day make rapidly approaching (like THIS week) I need to make a decision.

I have crossed the "big flower" off my list. I am only having sunflowers in my bouquet and centerpieces, so it would be odd to have some other white flower in my hair. I was also having a hard time finding them without feathers or bling.

For a while I liked the look of a headband. Check out these ones from etsy

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The middle two would match my gown since I am wearing Champagne not white or ivory. The last one with the sapphire blue Swarovski crystals would have been the perfect compliment with all the other blue accents in mine and Mr. B's attire.

In the end I decided I did want to wear a veil. I know that traditionally an encore bride is not supposed to wear a veil, but I have been bucking tradition for a while with this wedding, so I am fine with throwing out that "rule" as well.

I turned again to etsy to look for the perfect birdcage veil. I did not want a lot of poof, I did not want any flowers or feathers, and I wanted it to just barely fall above my eyes. It would bug me to no end to have something covering my eyes. I would also love to spend less than $25. Here are a few I found that met my requirements:

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The last one is definitely my favorite. It is not covering her eyes, the ends are perfectly finished (I saw some that had hard straight edges) The netting is not too big, not too small. It is only attached to a metal comb (although this seller does make fascinators as well. Best part? It is $22.99! Woo Hoo! Under budget!

You will have to wait and see how it looks on me untill I have my hair trial.

What are you wearing in your hair?

Hair Inspiration

I am not a hair person, and usually I just leave it up to my stylist Tammy to do what she thinks will look best. I have had various styles over the past 4 years she has been doing my hair, as well as multiple different hair colors and highlights.

At my hair and makeup appointment for our engagement pictures she asked me what I had it mind and I just said "natural." She used the round brush and added volume to the top, but I was a little disappoint in the ends of my hair. If felt a little too straight and didn't have mu body or movement. In the pictures it looks great though so I am not gonna complain directly to her.

I have decide that I want to have some hair inspiration for when we do have the trial for my wedding day hair style.

Katherine Heigl
{from a wedding bee board post}


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This is my favorite by far. When I saw it on Today's Weddingbee Gallery Photo of the Day I knew that I was taking the picture to my hair stylist.

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I *heart* etsy

really, doesn't everyone??

My gals over at Sweet Shoppe Designs (a digital scrapbooking community & store) were having a discussion about their fav finds on etsy, and I got sucked in last night by all the wonderful finds. I never posted my favs in the thread because it got too late. I decided to come here and share my finds with you all instead :)

First up is Traci Sims Designs I actually know her from the digital scrapbooking community, but she is hanging up that hat and has been focusing on her jewelry designs on etsy. Now I am not having bridesmaids (more on that later) but if I was I would get them these adorable earrings:

{Vintage Blue Earrings}

They are on clearance right now for $5! I would buy them for myself but my holes have closed up and I am too chicken to go have them opened up by a professional.

I love this set as well, and it is only $17.00

{Vintage Style Necklace & Earrings}

She also does custom photo pendants and with them starting at $8.00 they wouldn't break the bank if you needed to have multiple memorial charms made for your bouquet.

Next up is All of You. She is marked in my favorites for her garters. This is the specific one I have in my fav's

{sunflower garter}

I want to convo with her and swap out the brown for blue. Still at $19.00 for the set it is well within budget.

Next one my list of favorites is Go Against The Grain for her custom maps.

{Event Map}

I need to have one in our invitations but I am not confident I can make a cute one on my own. For $25 she does amazing work ... don't you think? She also does invites, thank you cards, monograms and more.

Last up in my favorites for right now is this birdcage veil by Pish Posh

{simple birdcage veil}

It is under my $25 max I have set for myself and it does not have any flowers or feathers. I still need to talk to Tammy (my hair stylist) to see if the double bobby pins will work. She originally told me to find one on a comb so it would stay in my hair better.


What are your favorite etsy finds? Have you found any good deals?