Bridal Hair Accessories for Every Budget

Not every bride wants to have a floral garland and full veil on her wedding day, beautiful though they are. If you're planning a winter wedding, you might well want to encapsulate the magic of the season with a sparkling, frosted tiara or headdress. I have fallen in love with this Renee Bridal Headdress (featured at the top of this article) by Corrine Smith Design; imagine how exquisite that would look on a snowy wedding day.

Or if you're getting married in the summer, you might be worried that the flowers might make the headdress too heavy and that you'll be too conscious of it throughout the proceedings.

And if it's a really hot day (although not necessarily a given during a typical English summer!) the flowers might suffer a little and that could be a disaster, especially for the photos!

If you are going to be dancing the night away, you won't want to remove the floral headpiece only to discover that you're suffering from 'garland hair'!

So I've taken the liberty of finding a selection of beautiful beaded, paper and fabric bridal hair accessories that you might like to consider instead. As ever with all things in the wedding world, the prices vary considerably, so think carefully about where your priorities lie, the overall effect you are trying to achieve, and what really matters to you.

And if you REALLY want to make an impact with your bridal hair accessory, you won't go wrong with something like this Vintage Beaded Band by Donna Crain - stunning!

And of course, the added bonus of bridal hair accessories like those above is that, unlike a real floral headdress, they will be easy to store as a wonderful momento of your Wedding Day. Just wrap it in some acid-free tissue paper (choose the colour to match your bridesmaids dresses as an extra reminder of your special day) and pop it away in a pretty but sturdy box, until it's needed for Dressing Up purposes - or a glam festival!