By Carey, IW Bride Blogger

My hair piece was from the wildly talented Whichgoose. I found her through etsy, and actually ended up buying two hair pieces from her because I couldn’t decide which would be best with my dress without trying them both on. The other hair piece I decided not to wear on our wedding day got some use at the Ren Faire earlier this summer, though. Her pieces run between $30-$50 for the most part, and are beautiful!

My necklace was also from etsy artist Luxe Deluxe. This was one of the first accessories purchases I made for the wedding, and felt so happy with my decision. I don’t normally wear a lot of necklaces, and might not have otherwise, but Nathan really loves when I do. I thought this necklace was delicate enough (the leaves are vintage brass from the 1950s) and the pearls were a perfect touch to accent my hair piece.

My ring is a simple 2mm 18k gold band that we ordered from believe-it-or-not weddingbands.com.

I really depended on etsy and some amazing do-it-yourself-ers to bring this wedding together. And, I really have to highlight Kelly of KellyBowBelly! She has the cutest shop of little kid accessories from neckties to bowties to skirts, and beyond that is so nice to work with!! She was above and beyond helpful, and considerate to my order – cute matching ties for my handsome nephews Jacob and Griffin.

I highly recommend her!

This week we’ll be featuring some of the highlights from IW Bride Blogger Carey’s intimate wedding in New Hampshire. Take it away Carey!

By Carey, IW Bride Blogger

I bought my wedding dress before we were officially engaged. It came out of a box some random morning at work (Anthropologie), and I gasped. That is it! I have loved it ever since. And it waited so patiently in a box inside my closet for me to finally wear it on our wedding day. When it finally went on sale, I bought a second dress which also waited patiently for me to finally have someone make a bolero out of the skirt for me. The friday night before we left for New Hampshire my dear partner Abigail and I cut the lace, pinned the pattern, and sewed a perfect little cover for my arms.

Really, I love that dress. And, I will probably wear it again at a party someday. Why not?

My shoes were also from Anthropologie and designed by Sam Edelman.

We’re getting ready for a fun time tomorrow night! Keeping my fingers crossed that the rain will stay away. I’m looking forward to lots of loot – for the kids of course. (Okay, so I can’t wait to raid the candy bags when the kids are sleeping.) Meantime, here are some photos of from a Halloween wedding where the guests and the bridal party were all in costume. Even the dogs were in costume.

Andra & Ramiro’s ceremony was held in Audubon Park at the Tree of Life, a huge oak that was planted over 200 years ago for the wedding of New Orleans Mayor Jean Etienne de Bore.

Photos by Michael Caswell 

Sugar skulls? What the heck are those? Maybe it’s because I’m Canadian. Maybe it’s because I’ve never been to Mexico. Whatever the reason, I had never seen or heard of Mexican sugar skulls. That is, until a couple of weeks ago when I was surfing for kid’s halloween costumes and then came across this site for Mexican sugar skulls. How enchanting! These would make fabulous favors for a Halloween wedding!

Mexican sugar skulls or calaveras de azúcar are used to adorn altars on The Day of the Dead.

Then I found this tutorial on how to make sugar skulls. And this one too. And this one.

I will definitely be making these for halloween next  year!

Photo One: Tofu and Cupcakes; Photo Two: About.com; Photo Three: Rosemary on the TV