The Veil Dilemma

To have a veil or to not have a veil, that is the question. At least, thats the question I have on my mind right now (other than my current wet basement woes. But this is my wedding blog, my place to escape everyday life!)

When I was trying on wedding dresses I tried a couple of different veils and I wasn't overly crazy about them. They add to the wedding look, but for me a veil wasn't something that I desperately wanted. I was on the fence, thinking that I would probably get one (or more accurately have my mom make one) just to add the bridal look.

Browsing Etsy I came across this bit of bling for my hair:

Here I found a different picture of a similar style on an actual human head:

I love the look of this jeweled headband in combination with some of these hair styles that I've pinned on Pinterest:

Now I'm wondering if I should just go sans veil and just have the headband. The headband does look good with the veil in the picture above but again, a veil is just something that I'm not in love with.

Is a veil a must have? I'm not hung up on wedding traditions and I'm all about going your own way if thats what you choose. I'm just wondering if I nix the veil if I would feel like there is something missing?

I think I'll be purchasing the headband and trying it on with my wedding ensemble and seeing how it looks. See if there is just that one thing that is missing.

Save the Dates

Some people like Save the Date cards, some people could take em or leave em, some people get them and wonder "but where is the invite?". Being a graphic designer, of course I wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to design yet another fun aspect of the wedding. Plus since we are getting married on New Year's Eve we thought we'd give everyone plenty of time to plan so we included hotel information on the back of the card.

I figured since Save the Date cards have been sent I could post it on here (details were changed for web viewing). Mark and I came up with the snowmen idea a while back. We definitely are not going the winter wonderland route for our wedding decor/theme. But we thought a cute bride and groom snow-couple would be a fun quirky addition to our save the dates. Plus I kind of giggled at the thought of sending the snow-couple cards out in July, coincidentally days before the Humigeddon of July started. Just a little reminder to the Minnesota friends and family as to what is around the corner.

After a couple of postponements, Mark and I jumped at the chance when the temps reached 50° one March afternoon and trekked out to one of Owatonna's parks and make our snow-couple. Thank goodness we did them when we did. It was a perfect white snow and the snow quickly disappeared after that.

Front

Back

We had the two sided 5x7 card printed at White House Custom Color from their Boutique card collection, and thanks to my sister for her Photoshop skills on the photo! :)

Now time to start planning the invitations!

6 Months To Go

We've hit the 6 month mark. Our wedding is now less than 6 months away. Eeep!

Let's check and see what the experts say I should be doing right about now:

• Select and purchase invitations. Sill in the designing phase, it's all up here *taps noggin*.
• Start planning a honeymoon. Mark and I will meet with a travel agent in the next couple of months to price out honeymoon options. Any suggestions on where to go? We are thinking Mexico but not sure where yet.
• Shop for bridesmaids' dresses. Done and ordered months ago.
• Meet with the officiant. Also done months ago, we should look through the information and start building our ceremony.
• Send save the date cards. Cards are printed and will be in the mail within the week. Hopefully.
• Reserve structural and electrical necessities. I'm thinking ceremony audio falls in this category, I do have to email our DJ and ask them about this.
• Book a florist. Done! Check out the new vendor link in the sidebar, La Petite Fleur. Her stuff is beautiful. I can't wait to see our flowers.
• Arrange transpiration. No need. Mark and I knew from the beginning that it would be smart to find a venue that could accommodate the ceremony and the reception to avoid any travel issues. This venue has an added bonus, skyway access to our hotel!
• Start composing day-of timeline. I've been going through this in my head for a few months already. I think we have it figured all out.

Whew, looks like we are right where we should be. Wonder what they say we should be doing in the coming months:

• Book the rehearsal-dinner venues.
• Check on the wedding invitations.
• Select and order the cake.
• Purchase wedding shoes and start dress fittings.
• Schedule hair and makeup artists.
• Choose your music.

Well that doesn't look too bad. I'll have to also start the DIY projects that I have planned if I have any hope of getting it all done in time.