pearlicious!

Now that you have seen my lacy dress, it's time to unveil the jewelry that shall adorn my body in May!  Topher has bought me quite a few pieces of pearl jewelry from his adventures in China, where the pearl market allows for quality pearls at lower prices.  I had always planned on wearing one of these necklaces for our wedding...until my sweetheart-strapless-necklined dress proved underwhelming with the single strand of pearls (I am trying so hard to avoid the term "pearl necklace" in this post as it makes me giggle every.single.time.  Yes, I'm twelve.)

I still wanted to don pearls on my wedding day so I began the search for the perfect pearl adornments. Of course, I envisioned a glorious hair flower with pearl accents, like these from some awesome Etsy sellers:

by Etsy artisan VirginiaGeigerJewels

by Etsy artisan portobello

by Etsy artisan Emicibridal

Then I decided to wear my hair half up instead of in a side bun, and the hair flower didn't seem as practical.  I flipped my lid when I found these from Etsy seller Belles and Crystals:

These Swarovski ivory pearl flowers with champagne crystals will work perfectly with my curly/soft/half up  hair do I'm envisioning.  I received six of them and they contrast well against my brown hair.  I was struggling with how to incorporate this look into my other jewelry until I found THIS!

A gorgeous Swarovski pearl and crystal bracelet, custom made to my wrist's measurements from Etsy artist JurgitaHandmade!  Topher decided to get me this for Christmas, as well as my necklace and earrings so that he would still be the one who gave me my wedding jewelry. In return, I bought him a sweet new diver's watch to wear on our wedding day too!  The bracelet arrived in this gorgeous packaging:

Finding a necklace and earring proved to be the most difficult.  After searching Etsy and Macy's with no luck, we decided to simply search around malls and jewelry stores until we found something.  We were looking for a longer necklace, so that I could double it if I wanted, or a multi strand necklace that wasn't overwhelming. Needless to say, it was hard to find these things in a reasonable price.

Not one week later we were in North Carolina for Thanksgiving and we found a little boutique with the perfect pearls!  It is longer, around 24 inches, with varying sizes of pearls and it's clasp is actually ivory ribbon- perfect for the ivory ribbon in my dress!  With some matching simple pearl earrings, it was complete!

I think these simple studs will work best with my hair being down, as I think longer earrings will get lost in my hair.  I have two sets of earring holes, so I'm thinking these green posts to go with my green flip flops and bouquet:

**all photos personal unless otherwise noted**

What is your wedding jewelry going to be?  How did you choose it?