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Miss Peacock, Chicago Age and Occupation: 26, PhD Student Fiance's Age and Occupation: 29, Internet Whiz Engagement Date: December 5, 2006 Wedding Date: September, 2008 Blogging Since: December 13, 2007 Venue: St. Clement Church, Cafe Brauer (or a big church wedding and a fancy party at a cafe in Lincoln Park. About Me: I am a grad student with a secret obsession for all things wedding related. I also love to read, travel, drink champagne and go for walks with our dog, Maisy, and Mr. Peacock. We are planning our very vintage wedding in the greatest city in the world, our hometown of Chicago. I am so proud to be a Bee!
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Fascinating Fascinators

February 7th, 2008 @ 2:36 pm by Mrs. Peacock

I found this beautiful post on wedlog on fascinators, and I am fascinated. I love their vintage look and the fact that they aren’t a tiara. I’m not a tiara kind of girl, but that doesn’t mean I don’t want something pretty and sparkly in my hair. I am also thinking about making a cathedral length veil for the ceremony and I am not interested in wearing that crazy thing all night. It would be fun to take that off but put something equally bridal in its place.

I started looking around this morning for something that I might be able to knock off and I have found a lot online. My favorite since before I was engaged is Jennifer Behr. I bought one of her headbands from Anthropologie and I love it. I don’t know if those huge, beautiful silk peonies are “fascinators” per se, because they don’t have feathers, but she does have other feathery items and some gorgeous beaded headbands.


Absolutely Gorgeous also features this little number-

Myrakim on Etsy shows off some color


I don’t think the flower is as pretty as the Jennifer Behr peony, but I love the feathers. Maybe my mom and I will have to do a little DIY. Silk flowers are a pretty foreign concept to me. I walk into Michaels and make a beeline past the fake flowers. I have found some really beautiful silk roses which sit on my kitchen counter much to Mr. Peacock’s dismay (story for another day), but I bought those at a little boutique in California. I wasn’t sure if I could find something so beautiful that I would want it to be stuck to my head all day and look at the photos for the rest of my life.

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e (message)  70 posts, Worker bee

i just bought one from myrakim on etsy and i LOVE IT. she is so easy to work with (mine was custom designed to match my reception dress) and made it and mailed it all in a week~! i highly recommend her. she can make it any color(s) you want it to be as well as changing the size (i asked for a slightly smaller size) you can tell her that eveylee recommended her if you decide to get one. i’m trying to think of an excuse to get another one now… :)

 
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ONE LOVE PHOTO

I love the big flower at the nape of the neck. I also think cage veils can be so much fun in photographs. Here is link to a gal in Seattle that makes custom veils, very cool!

http://www.apriledesign.com/

 
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Miss Sundae (message)  198 posts, Blushing bee

That peony is fantastic. I am wearing a long veil during the ceremony too, and plan to take it off for the reception. Love the idea of putting something else in it’s place!

 
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karebearlbc

I just bought something similar from Advantage Bridal http://www.advantagebridal.com/envohaflfl1.html
I love it! I’m doing a touch of feathers for the theme of the wedding so this fit perfect.
I’ve found a lot on etsy too but nothing that was exactly right. I guess I can always have them make one too!

 
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Weddingmuse (message)  75 posts, Worker bee

It sounds like a wonderful DIY project, if you can find the right flowers. You will probably want to look at millinery flowers, as opposed to the flowers you pass by at Michael’s.

Not sure where you can find these in Chicago, though.

 
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KateStyles

Another website you might try for both brides and flower girls is http://www.andreasbeau.com. They have a great assortment of flower clips, headbands, bunrings, and other special occasion hair ornaments. Beautiful quality!

 
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baderin

Fascinators are everywhere in England - my stepmother-in-law (who is British) wore one for our wedding last summer. She spent the week before the wedding debating whether or not to wear it because nobody here had ever heard of anything like it, but wore it and looked beautiful and got a lot of comments on it.

All that to say that maybe you could try some English online shops? They might have some options.

 


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