Wedding Blog

I’m technically on wedding planning hiatus right now as I’ve got some other oh-so-fun stuff to take care of. I can’t seem to keep myself away, though. I had a few appointments set up before I decided to take this break, and I somehow ended up surfing online all last night for bridesmaids dresses instead of taking care of that other stuff.

Last weekend, I visited a lady who makes custom veils and sells them from home. Each veil is custom made, and she has samples of various styles, lengths, and decorative details for you to try. Best of all, her prices are slightly better than veilshop.com or Occansey Designs.

Being the crazyhead I am, I decided to take my dress with me to get the full effect. I’ve especially been struggling with what length I like, and I wanted it to relate to my dress’ length. Please excuse the horrible photos, but it’s the best I could do while backlit and using a mirror.

I’ll be doing a drop veil. We’ll [as in a MOH, BM, or my mom] attach it so that the blusher is about elbow length.

The veil lady and I initially decided a custom cathedral length (just short of my full train length) worked well. However, after sleeping on it, I realized that this klutzy potato would most definitely catch it on something while taking pre-ceremony photos. Our second favorite length for the back was the following:

I believe it’s fingertip length, but on shorty me, it’s a little longer than that.

The final verdict: I’ll have a 75″ overall length drop veil, cut edge, slightly oval shape cut so it’s fuller in back than front, elbow length blusher, slightly-longer-than-fingertip length back.

I’ll post a full review and contact information once I get the final product in about a week or two.