I’ve known since the very beginning what I want in a veil. I knew what I wanted for a veil before I even had any CLUE about what I was doing for a dress!
For my ultimate veil-inspiration, keep reading after the jump! If you are my lovely and handsome fiancé, you can’t keep reading after the jump. This’ll have to be a surprise.
Ok, he’s gone!
This, this, this lovely image from Our Labor of Love contains my idea of the ultimate veil.
Long, plain, swishy, and magical. I don’t know what came first, the want of a long veil or this photo, but it doesn’t matter. I still get butterflies in my throat just looking at it. I want THAT. That right there. I want to get a metallic sharpie and draw hearts all over the picture. “I <3 veil.” “LRR + VEIL = BFFs 4 LYFE.”
Ok, point made. So, here’s my deal. A few weeks ago, after I went dress shopping with Kristen, we went to visit my dress at the bridal salon. For those of you that haven’t seen my dress, here it be.
After visiting my dress, we went into the veil room to play around. I found a few long veils, and they were fairly plain, but there really wasn’t much to them. A few hundred dollars for tulle attached to a hair comb? It seems ridiculous. It may seem cheap (or ignorant) for me to say that, but it just doesn’t make any sense. I thought, “Oh! I can probably make that!” (This is coming from a girl who was told by a teacher in the 4th grade never to pick up a needle and thread again. I obeyed).
I mentioned my hair-brained idea to a few people, all of whom gave me the shifty-eyed “Yeeeeaaahhhhmmm…” face/noise. I began to lose hope in being able to DIY this long, plain, magical veil.
Today, my hope for a DIY veil was restored! While looking through my Google Reader for “long veil,” I found a post by Heather of we met in a bar. She was a DIY veil bride!
Her mother made hers for $40, complete with a blusher! I’m back in the game! Now I just need to get a bolt of tulle, a hair comby thing, and then puppy-dog-eye a friend or family member with a sewing machine. Good plan.
Did you have some crazy-clear ideas about certain aspects of your wedding that you were determined to DIY? Anybody else a DIY veil-er with delicious tips for me? Is this an awesome idea or a pretty bad idea?
by Lauren
show hide 7 comments