Monday, December 19, 2011

Meet Our Vendors: Accessories!


When it comes to your special day, adding special accessories to you, your groom's or your bridesmaids' outfits is one of the ways you can truly personalize your wedding. Handmade accessories provide brides with the opportunity to customize their day in a way that reflects their personality while supporting small, local businesses. At Wed By Hand in 2012, we'll have a variety of vendors on hand to help you accessorize yourself, and we're excited to introduce you to each of them!
Magneties

While most of the wedding hype gets focused on the bride, we simply cannot forget about all the tie-wearing folk! Combining a love for drawing with screen-printing, Magneties offers a spin on a traditional wedding accessory. Each design created by artist Annabel Dubuc, finishes with an “elegant yet hip necktie”. Custom orders for entire wedding parties are available, where clients choose from a variety of designs, inks, and tie colours. The images used can be drawings or photos (that are then photoshopped), combined with water based inks (good for the environment, hello!) and quality soft microfiber, resulting in a truly unique accessory for members of your wedding party as well as special friends and family members.

chelsy anne jewelry

A self-taught mother of two, chelsy anne offers simple, eco-modern, silver jewelry made with semi-precious stones and fresh water pearls. Her delightfully intricate pieces offer a wide range of accessories, from hairpieces to earrings, and a bridal specific jewelry line. Her number one tip for the bride is not to “let the dress compete with the jewelry. If you have tons of detail at the top of the dress do statement earrings over a statement necklace.” Having finally found her niche as a jewelry artist, seeing her pieces you can tell that she is influenced by love – and what would be more appropriate as an adornment for a bride?

Flights of Fancy - Photo By foodiePrints

A bridal bouquet that can be dismantled and transformed into hair pieces or wardrobe enhancers!? What? Oh that’s just a creative option possible from Flights of Fancy – creations and custom hair accessories from Kate Arnold. Using everything from reclaimed vintage buttons, jewelry, sparkles, feathers, and more. With an emphasis on the affordable, Flights of Fancy hopes that a custom piece can be found to suit any individual in your wedding party; mothers of the groom, a boutonniere for the dashing gents, bridesmaids, and beyond. The one-of-a-kind pieces range in all sizes as well, from “tiny flights for glower girls to large statement pieces for very bold brides!” Consultations are recommended so that flights can be created with the bride’s vision of her special day in mind. And with any luck, the gorgeous custom pieces can be worn again!

Higashi Design

Pulling inspiration from bridal gowns, a bride’s personality, the shape or colour of a crystal, or even a tight deadline, Higashi Design produces individually tailored and personalized jewelry and headpieces. Melonie got her start making wedding jewelry after a friend asked for a handmade tiara. She made the crossover from the world of high tech to full-time jewelry making and has “been riding a great wedding referral wave” ever since. Using semi-precious stones, Swarovski crystal and freshwater pearls set in either sterling silver or 14K gold-filled; Higashi Design offers pieces blending the simplicity and harmony of her Japanese heritage and some intricately detailed designs. Taking into account each bride’s personal taste and budget, she even provides complimentary gift-wrapping – one less thing to worry about!

Bel Bridal

Bel Bridal offers variety of handmade bridal accessories that range from vintage glamour to modern chic and a combination of the two. Owner Isobel's selection of accessories are designed to change any outfit into something special. Each of Bel Bridal's designs are created by hand with loving care and all are unique and special.

urbanite jewelry

Owner and designer Krista Leben designs jewelry that’s fresh and modern. urbanite jewelry's simple, modern and sophisticated designs are perfect for the bride who wants something unique for her and her bridesmaids. Urbanite’s pieces are designed with the philosophy that simplicity is the ultimate form of sophistication in mind, and Krista’s styles appeal to a wide range of women—from brides to junior bridesmaids to the mother of the bride.


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