Weddingbee Blog

It never really occurred to me to wear a veil for our wedding. Maybe this is obvious—as I’ve mentioned before, I’m wearing my wedding dress for the reception only. I’ll be wearing a sari for the ceremony. And although I could pull the pallu (loose end) of my sari over my head to keep covered during the ceremony, I’m not sure I feel comfortable doing that. I mean, I just got used to wearing a sari with the pallu over my shoulder. It’s better not to jinx things, right?

Since my hair will be uncovered, I thought it would be nice to dress it up a little bit. Surprise, surprise: when I bought my dress, I noticed that the bridal salon had a large selection of hair accessories. (A bridal salon selling bridal hair accessories? Who knew??) I filed that away for future reference and started to look online while waiting for my dress to come in.

Originally I thought I might like a headband of some sort.

Something like this:

Petite Crystal and Satin Headwrap by Jennifer Behr

Or this:

Tiara Headband ANS-A7620 by Hair Comes the Bride

Then I thought I might want something a little more dramatic (and in our wedding colors!):

Turquoise Mist by Twigs & Honey

Or maybe something like this?

Flourish by Twigs & Honey

But I’m pretty petite and had a nagging fear that I’d look like a flower swallowed my head.

So clearly I had to go to the opposite extreme and look for really small hair accessories like so:

I Do by thebitsybean

Crystal Wing by Jennifer Behr

In a fit of horrible indecisiveness (read: my default state), I thought I’d try making a hair flower myself. Something like this:

Awesome DIY Hair Flower by Mrs. Pineapple

But I already have one or two (or possibly three or four…) DIY projects that haven’t gotten done yet. And what do I know about making hair flowers?

And then I got a call, the call, that my dress was in. So I made an appointment, tried on the dress, and asked the consultant to bring me a bunch of hair accessories to try on with it.

The second one she brought me was perfect. Success!

Want to see it?

First, the bag shot:

How excited am I? Check out that really unsteady camera work!

And, voila: the perfect hair accessory!

What do you think?

Are you wearing a hair accessory for the big day? Where did you get it from? And did it take you a long time to pick it out?