To Veil or Not to Veil?

I have a confession to make.  And it's a doozy.  I hope you're all sitting down.  Here goes...



I never really imagined or had any details planned for my future wedding day before.. well, before now.  I know, shocker, right?  All I hear from all of these vendors is that we should make this the day that I've been dreaming about since I was 5.  Umm, no.  Thanks though.

So this confession brings us to my question.  To veil or not to veil?  Since I've never really imagined myself as a bride, I can't really even picture myself in a dress.  Even the pictures of me in dresses don't really help.  I know, I'm weird. 

I know I don't want anything like this: 

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The whole veil covering my face thing is just not me.  It kind reminds me of a burka, which isn't an image I want to be conjuring up on my wedding day. 

I've also seen a lot of brides who are looking for these long cathedral veils, like this:

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Well, as gorgeous as this is on this bride, and many others I've seen, it's also not really me.  So if I do go the veil route, I probably won't be wearing a very long veil.

Of course, this is all going to depend on how I wear my hair.  And seeing as I'm still in the hairspiration stage and not really ready for a full trial, it could be awhile til this matter is resolved. 

I think I know why I'm having such an issue with this.  You want to hear my theory?  Well, I'm really not good at being the center of attention.  I feel awkward about it.  This whole center of everyone's attention thing for a whole day scares the bejeezus out of me.  And the whole white dress and veil thing just makes me stand out even more.  I know it's my one time to have everyone fawn over me but you know, I'm just not the "pay attention to me" type. 

In the interest of full disclosure, I did already buy a veil.  But I'm having second thoughts about wearing it.  Because I just love the simplicity of pictures like this:

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What do you guys think?  What did you or are you planning to wear in your hair?  

My first etsy purchase!

All over these messageboards over at the bee I saw people talking all about Etsy and how great it was.  So I did a quick search and realized, it is pretty great!  There are a TON of people who make things by hand and sell them for reasonable prices.  It's nice because you're supporting an artisan instead of some giant corporation.  All in all, a win-win. 

I've checked out all kinds of stuff on this site and found a lot of stuff I love, but I've been lurking for awhile without actually buying.  I FINALLY decided to bite the bullet and buy some cool accessories for the wedding.  I think I'm completely and totally hooked!  I ordered two things, they both came really quickly, were packaged really nicely, and were exactly what I expected.  No surprises.  So, I know you're asking, what did I buy?

First thing I purchased was a hair accessory.  I've seen a ton of pictures of girls in their wedding dresses with these beautiful flowers in their hair and I decided I just had to have one.  It took awhile to decide if I wanted just an accent piece like this one: 

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Or a flower like this one: 

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Or maybe this one:

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Really, the options are limitless!  In addition to choosing a flower or hair comb that is already made, you can request custom items and the sellers will make something of your design.  I was in a complete sea of indecisiveness.  After seeing pictures like these:

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 I decided I loved the flower idea and quickly set my sights on finding the perfect flower for my hair.  I wanted something that wasn't too big that it would take over my head, like so.

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And not too small that it looked like... well, like lice.  Or dandruff.  Or like my hair is growing a garden.  Neither of which I wanted to look like on my wedding day. 



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 *Shudder*

 
  Finally, after weeks of going back and forth and saving flower after flower in my favorites, I decided on one!  I ordered it from misunbridal and it came in just a few days later.  I eagerly opened the box and found a cute little bag with a tag on it that said "Best Wishes and leave + feedback!" which I thought was cute and nice touch.  So here it is!

 In the tissue paper:

In my hair:  (Excuse the messy hair!) 

So, I'm officially an etsy addict.  What do you think of my purchase??