“To accessorize or not to accessorize?” that seems to be a big question for brides this season.  Not to mention that once you decide to take the plunge, the next question is feather, flower, something sparkly?  My answer is, do what you want, and own it!  If you’ve always dreamed of wearing that sparkly princess tiara, then rock it girl.  There’s no other day that you get to make such a bold fashion statement as your wedding day.

The other question is where to find “the one” accessory that matches that fuzzy, perfect vision you have floating in your head.  Many of my brides have had great luck using etsy.com, also a personal fav.  What’s great about etsy, is you can find a lot of designers that are willing to customize that perfect piece to suit your needs.  These accessories from the etsy shop PowderBlueBijoux below made me smile.  Soft, elegant, fun, but not overstated, these pieces tie into the look effortlessly.

Now I’ll leave you with a  few pieces of advice from personal experience.  First, be careful that your veil and accessory don’t compete with one another.  If you want an intricately laced, cathedral style veil, then go with a very simple accessory if any.  Or you can always opt to ditch the veil after the ceremony and wear a flirty flower at the reception.  Vice versa, if you’re rockin a bold accessory, go with a more subtle veil, if one at all.  Second, be careful when using live flowers.  Your florist can tend to charge you an arm and a leg for a hair piece that tends to be too bulky to work in the hair, and the fastening that they come with can be impossible to work with.  Also many flowers lose their spunk quickly and the wow statement can get lost in translation.  Research flowers beforehand:  are they in season, are they the right size, shape, are they durable?  A few flowers that I love to work with are peonies (on left), cymbidiums (center), and dahlias (on right).

When choosing that perfect accessory, let it make a statement about yourself: the beautiful, quirky, one and only you.  What I mean is if you’re an understated kind of girl, go with something small and elegant, or if you like the bling, go glam all the way.  I say this because I can’t tell you how many brides I’ve worked with that have agonized over finding that oh-so-perfect accessory, only to ditch it on the wedding day, because it doesn’t feel right. There’s no other way to feel more beautiful, than to be your uncompromised self.