One little thing can make you feel very "bridal"

When we started looking at wedding dresses, I didn't know what I will end up with. I also didn't know if I will get a veil. I was so focused on finding THE dress and nothing in my budget made me feel like it was THE one. Well, during one of my many times of visiting bridal boutiques, one of the sales ladies in Burlingame store asked if I wanted to try a veil. I told her that I thought about a birdcage veil. She asked me to try some on...and swoon...I was very "bridal". Oh My!

Here are some shots of me trying on different head pieces...(forgive the blurriness of some of these pictures)











I remember saying: "you know, I wasn't even thinking about veils. I thought I would go all bare". And the sales lady for the veils gasped and said, "then how are you going to be different from any other person or feel like a bride". I thought she was just pulling my chain. Now that I'm looking at these pictures, I do look oh so very hot in these veils.

And it was just about two weeks ago, I remembered that I had to get a veil. Oops. Taking NCLEX and all these DIY projects got me side tracked. But before then, I was looking to see how much it'd be to buy a birdcage veil. The ones I liked on etsy were $80+. And some were $150+. Um...huh? No thanks. You can keep it. Oh, I should also add that a fascinator was sometimes included and sometimes not.

And I thought I would just want some flower on my hair. So, I created some hair pieces. Although I liked them while I was creating them, I knew I wanted something else. I kept drooling over various fascinator and knew that I didn't want to spend that much money on them either.

Well, since I don't want to spend that lots of money on a veil or a fascinator, it meant I have to DIM (Do-it-myself) of course. The fascinator I created did not cost me that much. I bought a flower from Joann's while they were having a floral sale. Then, I went through my jewlery box to see what I can use there. There I had a "pearl" necklace I had bought from a flea market. I must have paid like $2-$5 or something. It was fake but very pretty. And I originally wanted to toss it away after inspecting it carefully to see that the coating of the pearls were coming off. BUT I'm glad I didn't.

Anyhoo, I cut up that pearl necklace and use the nice pearls to construct my fascinator. I know this is kind of cheesy but there are nine small pearls -- one for each year that we've been together and a big pearl in the middle -- to represent the big step we're taking. Ha ha. Okay, here are some pictures.


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After realizing I bought the wrong veiling materials from JoAnn's a while back, I decided to use that lace on my fascinator.


What do you think? You likey? Maybe I'm biased but me likely lots! =)

And the other day, I created my veil. Even though it took a whole afternoon to figure out how I wanted the veil, it seems simple now. Ha ha. You'll see it soon in action!

So, the sales lady was right: this little piece of fabric does make you feel very bridal. Swooning my veil and fascinator....