As you know, I had a lot of DIY projects so now I want to show them off! Remember me talking about making my veil?

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If you’ve spent any time on the wedding blogosphere, there is one look you can’t get away from…braids! I absolutely love braids so am happy they are making a comeback.

This beautiful braid from the blog Love Maegan is absolutely stunning!  The link includes a tutorial to show you how to do it yourself and trust me, you can! I just tried it out and it was a success!  With a few more tries and a little bit of patience, I could have the “perfect” side braid updo.

Don’t believe me? Let me show you!

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I recently had my trial run at Shear Envy in North Canton. I picked my “hair place” by stylist as opposed to salon.

My stylist is Laura, we met through my sister’s wedding and she was working at another salon at the time. She asked what my plans were for hair for my wedding and I confessed that if I had things my way, I would have someone come out to the church and do my hair and my bridesmaids’ hair. She smiled and said, “If you wanted, I could do that.”

{Personal Photo}

So over the past couple of months we discussed logistics of getting my hair, 4 bridesmaids and 2 moms styled at the church on the day of my wedding. Laura and another stylist, Julie, will arrive at the church at 9 a.m. and start making us lovely.

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Back in October I purchased an awesome handmade fascinator at the Renaissance Faire here in North Carolina. I’m really excited to rock it on my wedding day and have started thinking about my wedding day style. So, I’ve created this inspiration board full of super cute, yes, super cute, wedding-day-dos featuring fascinators.

Fascinators are often used with a birdcage veil, which as you may remember I was hoping to wear instead of a traditional veil. Unfortunately, the birdcage didn’t look right with my chosen dress, but I think any of these updos will look great sans veil.

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I stumbled upon this headpiece on Etsy a while ago, and I’ve pretty much shaped the entire wedding around this one piece. I bookmarked it, and decided to go back and purchase it closer to the wedding date (I was worried I would wear it before the wedding if I got it too soon!). But then, heartbreak: I went back to drool over it’s beauty and uniqueness, and was met by a word that brought me up short: Sold. Exhibit A:

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Garden, I have a confession to make. While I was away from you, I cut my hair. Drastically. When Dahlia Dude and I got engaged, I started growing my hair out. And I HATED it. I’m a self-proclaimed comfort cootie, and I love the ease of short hair. But brides-to-be are supposed to grow their hair out, right? Well, not this one. So I’ll give you an idea of what I did. This was my hair in March. I cut it in October, but this is the most recent picture of me that shows all my hair. Just add about…five inches of length to the picture. So, old hair:

Please excuse the awful, cheesy, kissing picture. It’s all I had.

And…this is the picture I took after my hair was all hacked off:

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Lately I feel like I am so far behind… like I am forgetting so many things.  I am not sure if it is just because we are only two and a half months away, or if it is because I am really forgetting stuff.  One thing that did keep slipping my mind was hair and makeup…yeah I know, how on earth could that be something I forget!? I received quite a few recommendations from vendors down in the Keys, but I think I am going to go with Hair in the Tropics who was recommended by our wedding planner, Charlene Lopez.  Now that’s the easy part.  I made the phone call and of course was not prepared at all for the loads of questions, all of which I should have expected and been prepared to answer.  Do I want to come to the salon, or do I want them to come to me? Well, that depends on the cost.  What type of hair do I have? Have I taken into account my hair style and texture when looking at images? Um…not really. What time do you need to be ready? Um… I think around 4:30 ish… WOW I am so unorganized!!

EveryDayFairytale on Etsy

So I ended the call, promising the stylist I would send her pictures of hair and makeup that I thought I wanted.  I have been collecting pictures, and although I have done a post about this before, I now know exactly what I am doing as far as hair accessories so I am having to rethink my original hair thoughts.  Actually the picture above is the exact flower I will be wearing (but in white) sans veil. Below are my choices for hair…please help me choose!!

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With only 109 days until I say “I do” I am suddenly found struggling with finding the perfect hair color. When I was a little girl my hair was the perfect shade of blonde. But as I got older, the perfect shade of blonde became a distant memory. In high school I dreadfully began highlighting my hair. The time, maintenance, and cost always drove me crazy. After moving to NYC I asked my new stylist how to create the same look with less maintenance. He suggested I do a single process and just get the highlights every few months. This new routine was working wonderful for quite a few years….well up until 110 days before my wedding.

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Now that my dress has been found, I have moved onto the beauty and fitness portion of the show! Well, more like just the beauty, I am still trying to get myself up and motivated to work out but it’s not going well!  I have started to browse the vast internet in search of the perfect hairstyle for my wedding.  I realized when searching, the most important thing is to take note of the models hair texture.  You may LOVE the style, but is your hair long enough, thick enough, etc. to make it happen.

Kate Hudson from Bride Wars

Just like with your wedding gown, you hair can take on a style of its own.  From my research, I have narrowed the field down to three categories which I think most styles fall under: Classic, Glamorous and Beachy/Bohemian.

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Since getting engaged, I had always thought I knew exactly what I wanted to do for my hairstyle. However, as the day draw closers I find myself more indecisive than ever! As noted in an earlier entry, I will be having two dresses that day….the formal wedding gown and the party dress for some dancing later on in the night. I know that I want to change up my hair for each of these dresses so that one will be with an updo and the other being down. What I can’t decide is which one should go with what style. Even before I decided on having a second dress, I had thought that I would be going with a half down do with curls for the big day. Then, I tried my hair up one day and many of my friends said they liked that look better.  What’s your opinion? Here are examples of updos and downdos that I’m leaning towards. I want to do both, but just don’t know which to wear for what.

UPDOS

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