Our Wedding Part 1 :: The Accessories

I am so beyond excited to share our wedding photos with you. I thought that I would share little details of the wedding separately so that I could talk more about everything! I love accessories so I thought that I would start there. Here we go!

I had the plan to make hair pieces for myself and my bridesmaids but with everything else that I had taken on, I realized that I wasn't going to have time for that project. I am so happy with my decision to "outsource" the job to the lovely Kaelah. Kaelah whipped up these pieces for me and the ladies so quickly and got them in the mail *just* before the mail strike! Phew! We were all so happy to wear a little Hive & Honey on the wedding day.

Kaelah was sweet enough to gift me my headpiece. I love that girl! I knew I wanted a birdcage style veil so I attached some netting to a hair comb and added the lovely fascinator. I was so happy with the way it turned out!

The bridesmaids had slightly smaller pieces and I love the way the yellow looked with their pretty blue dresses.

I didn't wear much jewelry for the wedding, but I really wanted to wear this necklace. It is a simple diamond necklace that Ivan bought for me one Christmas near the beginning of our relationship. I love it.

I made Ivan's boutineer and all of the boys' ties. I love the look of handmade boutineers so I knew I wanted to go that way. I absolutely love the way it turned out!
I decided to make the ties because we couldn't find exactly what we were looking for in any stores. We wanted thin, non-shiny ties so I scouted out some fabric and tried my hand at tie making. I think they turned out super cute!

The bouquets were one of my favourite things about the wedding. I made them out of white fabric, 3 different types for my bouquet and 2 for the bridesmaids. I made mine a bit larger and a little more detailed by adding buttons in the centre of some of the flowers. 

The night before the wedding we had a nail painting party so that all of the girls could paint their nails yellow. I thought yellow nails would look really cute with the blue dresses. I think the combo is really lovely.

I wish I could say that these sweet little gloves were my idea but I must give credit to the lovely lady in the photo above. I love the way they look and they added a cute retro touch.

Oh, I love shoe photos! I originally wanted yellow shoes and finally found some via UrbanOg thanks to my sweet pal cb. I ordered these blue ones as a "backup" because I thought the yellow ones might have been too big. When I tried both pairs on with my dress and saw that the blue was an EXACT match with the bridesmaid dresses, I decided that I had to go with these ones.

I told the bridesmaids to wear whatever shoes they wanted but to try to stick with grey, nude or white. I think it looks really cute that the girls are wearing different shoes. Great choices ladies!

As soon as we started to plan the wedding I requested that Ivan and the boys wear Converse. I personally love my Chucks and I think they look awesome for weddings!

Oh my gosh! This post turned out super long...and it's just accessories! I hope you guys enjoyed and I can't wait to share more with you!

♥elycia

EDIT: I forgot to mention...all photos are by our lovely photographer Kara Lodder!