Make it Mondays: Birdcage Veils

One of my close friends is getting married in a year & we spent this past weekend looking at headpieces, beads, & lace deciding on how she would like her headpiece.  Her main color is deep plumb & her dress is pure white. She is a very understated person in her jewelry & doesn't plan on wearing much. She is only going to wear her engagement ring & some of her grandmother's jewelry.  This simple & understated style is going through all of her wedding attire.  She's opted for a simple headpiece instead of a veil & her dress is super sleek.

To incorporate something blue into her wedding, she's decided on subtle blue beading on her headpiece.  All Saturday we looked at beads, lace, flowers, pearls, & etsy for some inspiration.  This is what I am looking at to incorporate into her headpiece:

flowers like this

tutorial on Make it Do

or these (miniature of course) 

from Martha Stewart

I like the bead on this one

the beads will be the something blue

from Simply Vintage Girl

look at these assorted flowers from Cosa Verde

This blue is the color of the beads

though I think these paper flowers would be perfect as part of her headpiece!

from Paper Valise

source

a little bit of this going on...

since she doesn't want a full out veil, I asked her if I could incorporate

a little bit of a traditional veil with some birdcage lace (is that what it's called??)

from Angela Lace

and look at this great vintage lace. 

I don't think she'd like to see too much of this....but I have some.

we'll see what happens.

this image is from a great tutorial here about decorated bird cages

I think those birdcages would look great as wedding decor!

I am super excited to embark on this adventure with her!  I am also slowly trying to convince her to let me do some center pieces & save the date cards.  I love weddings :)

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