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Ban.do or Don't?

Feb18

 

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I ordered my dress this past week and I’m so excited I don’t know how to contain myself. I also ordered my shoes. So that’s a check to attire, shoes (see the picture), and veil.

I’m really struggling with my “headpiece” and I seriously hate that word. It reminds me of those metal head brace retainers that you saw on nerds on 80’s and early 90’s TV sitcoms (think Family Matters). Or the kid Willy Wonka used to be (if you saw the new one).

I’m thinking something similar to a ban.do, but not a band.do. I don’t want a massive flower on the side of my head or a weird feather thing (a la Carrie Bradshaw because that was hideous). But I do want something chic and lovely and unique.

Something like a headband, but orange and with maybe a smaller flower. Or just a very pretty vintage ribbon headband tastefully adorned with …. well with something.

This is what I would really like. Something simple, lovely and unique. But in orange.

Help me dear ones? What should I get, where do I get something this pretty and unique?

In other news, I am about to send out my Save the Dates. Since our wedding is close to Christmas I thought this would be a nice gesture. I made mine myself.  I’ll share them with you next week!


posted by
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 11:14am

I've been trying to figure out what to wear on my head as well. I'm not a big fan of veils for myself, but I'm thinking of a tiara of some kind. Your mention of bando got me thinking of something in particular that I found on Etsy. It's not orange but here is the link to what I was thinking:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_gallery_18&listing_id=117215...


posted by ban.do
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 11:25am

hi from ban.do! we would love to help create a custom piece for you. we don't just do big flowers and weird feather things . . .we promise! we just started carrying headbands, too and have a really beautiful orange/coral color. oh, and we have tons of vintage ribbon, too. feel free to email us, or check back with the site in a couple of weeks. we are relaunching and adding several new styles.
best, jen & jamie


posted by Amy Brock
Thu, 02/19/2009 - 9:20am

Hi MandaZ! I completely hear you. I mean, as I write this I am working on my post for next week's OWD real bride... and I am still completely flumoxed on "head piece" ideas. I did contact ban.do though. We shall see. I think that is very pretty. Are you having a Renaissance wedding. Those always strike me as the height of romance... maybe that's the history major in me.


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