Things To Wear On Your Head When You Wed: The Simple Edition

So. Recently, I’ve been getting a little anxious about my OUTFIT, and my ACCESSORIES, which is a whole other post. But, some of my anxiety has revolved around wanting a fabulous hair piece (other than my homemade veil, which I’m starting to love). Anyway, I was reading back over Things To Wear On Your Head When You Wed, and looking at amazing handmade hairpieces and getting stressed. And then I remembered that ages ago, I’d decided to wear a real flower in my hair. Ahhhhh, yes. Real flowers. It seems so obvious when you think about it. And the cost? Free.

The one time I was a flower girl (something I had aspired to be since I realized you could get such a job) I was a little disappointed that A) My dress was not spin-ny B) They gave me flowers in a stupid basket and not a gorgeous big-girl bouquet and C) That I didn’t get to wear flowers in my hair. So the next day, when I got dressed for church, I *insisted* that my mom French braid in all of my flower girl blooms into my hair.

But this time, I’m in charge*. So blush Dahlias it will be. It may not be fabulous and feathery, but I suspect no one will be *too* focused on my hair. (And actually, it will be fabulous).

*And you better believe that my dress will be spin-ny and my flowers will not be in a stupid basket.

*Our* Photographers

So I’ve never come out and said this, but about a year ago now, right after we’d booked our venue, the very first wedding elves* we booked were Heather & Jon from One Love Photo. I can give you a million reasons as to why: that I cared about photos from the bottom of my heart, their amazing work, their use of multiple kinds of cameras, or the way Heather was a straight shooter and kept saying, “I could do that, but I just don’t like to rip people off.” I could tell you how we were lucky booking them when we did, and how we can’t possibly pay them what they are worth.

But really, why bother? This picture says it all.

*We only have two sets of wedding elves, in the end: photographers and caterers. The rest is friends and family, or really, love-love-love.