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I realize I haven’t shown y’all my sad attempt at making my own veil, so here it is. Look real fast and then move on ’cause it’s uuuggggggllllyyyy!

Yeah that was one of my first DIY projects—my veil. Well after finishing it, I promptly decided that I hated it. Welcome to my indecisive world!

And thus began the search for the perfect veil. I decided to steer clear of the DIY veil again and just spring for an already assembled veil instead.

I still wanted a birdcage-style veil. At least I haven’t changed my mind on that matter. So I headed over to the ever-faithful Etsy. I almost immediately found this veil and fell in love.

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It’s freakin’ perfect! It’s the same material as the bottom part of my dress, and it really goes with the 1940s feel of my dress. The only thing I struggled with was the price.

Luckily I had already tried my hand at the DIY veil and knew it wasn’t good, so I took the plunge and added it to my shopping cart. And here’s where the fun begins!

I waited anxiously for my veil to arrive, and after two weeks it still hadn’t arrived. Sad face. I sent the shop owner an e-mail to see what was going on, and she said the veil got returned to her the day before. The box had been marked undeliverable. What?!

We verified my address, and she sent it again. Another two weeks later and still no veil. So I e-mailed again, and again it had been returned. What the heck?!

Thankfully (and randomly) the shop owner lives in Austin and offered to allow me to come to her house to pick it up. Yay!!! So without further ado, here’s my awesome, perfect, wonderful veil on me:

Please excuse the double chin and the hand/camera in face.

Are you wearing a veil on your wedding day? Where did you go for veil inspiration?

(RANDOM SIDE NOTE: The seller’s neighbors had about ten peacocks living in their front yard…only in Austin.)