Teeny hat! Blue neo-Victorian dress! Swooning!

Can't wait until I have more to share with y'all about the wedding of OBT member Monika and her husband Carter. I'm positively gurgling with glee over Monika's teeny top hat and blue neo-Victorian wedding gown. For now, we'll just have to be make do with the slideshow:
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Author of Offbeat Bride: Creative Alternatives for Independent Brides, Ariel acts as the publisher of all the Offbeat Empire websites. She lives, loves, and dorks out hard in Seattle, WA.







Courtenay said
yeah, this wedding was beautiful. I have Mad Bridal Envy. AND do not get me started on her CUSTOM FLUEVOG BOOTS!
Lurve you Monika!
Squish said
Hat Lust. I has it.
The Sari-Clad Bride said
Can't wait to see more!
Monika Awerbuch said
More soon, I promise.
JJG said
OMG, you look so beautiful Monika. And I was jealous the moment I laid eyes on those Fluevog boots, even before I see these photos. You're just gorgeous.
Tatiana said
I didn't think Fluevog made custom boots!! LEMME SEE!
Felicia said
unmistakably Fluevogs!
Sarah said
wow you look gorgeous, thats a fab dress!
Kirsty said
Boot envy AND hat envy!
Monika Awerbuch said
Tatiana, John Fluevog does NOT make custom boots; John made them for me as my wedding gift. I have worked for Fluevog for almost 9 years….
Jennifer said
1. The custom John Fluevog boots ARE awesome.
2. I love a blue wedding dress (mine was blue).
3. The cherry blossom centerpieces are divine.
Monika Awerbuch said
thanks Jennifer! I spent the better part of three weeks making those cherry blossoms! I just donated all of them but one bushel.
karintha said
Lovely, lovely, lovely. Hooray for gorgeous blue corsetted dresses! I had one, too =)
Fanny said
Hi Monika, I love your dress and all the beautiful details! Did you have your wedding at Hakone Gardens? If so, wonderful choice of location. =) Take care.
Monika said
I did Fanny. Hakone Gardens is amazing. They gave us a year membership so we will go back and have picnic lunches once in a while and visit the koi and Coco the chicken
Monika Awerbuch said
Fanny, you have a good eye. The wedding was at Hakone
I just love it there and couldn't have imagined our wedding anywhere else. We received a year membership with our wedding rental, so we plan on going back and having a picnic with the koi and Coco the chicken
Evita said
Monika, this is some serious swoon indeed! EVERYTHING is so beautiful. Congrats.
Diann said
I WANT THAT HAT I WANT THAT HAT I GOTTA HAVE THAT HAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Monika said
Diann you can have that hat…if you go to my OBB profile , it has my vendors on it! Kat is really reasonable, the hats are around $160 bucks, for all hand made hats
Dalaurya said
The entire wedding pretty much told all other weddings to bring it.