5 Mar
I’ve had a tough decision to make.
Over the last few months, my life has got hectic. I have a new blog which I love with a fiery passion, a larger house and garden to look after, more freelance work, a demanding job, a novel awaiting publication, and a husband and friends to spend time with. I’ve got back into painting in a big way, and have opened a new Steff Metal etsy shop, and am doing a couple of local craft fairs this year (I do custom wedding portraits! Call me!). We’re moving to Germany in 2011, so I’m also trying to learn zee Deutch and prepare all our affairs for that. I love my wonderful, busy life, but something – actually, a lot of things – have... »View More
5 Mar
For your viewing pleasure, I give you another collection of fine wedding cakes of epicness.
ghost halloween wedding cake
Wow, an amazing pumpkin wedding cake
The World's Cutest Bat Halloween Cake!
I love the modernist design of this. It looks like it should belong in an art gallery.
ghosts, ghosts, everywhere!
Alternative Wedding Cakes is now a regular feature here on wedding skulls. Looking at delicious, crazy, and weird wedding cakes is one of the best parts of being a wedding blogger. I just wish I get to eat them, too.
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3 Mar
I have never been a huge fan of wedding veils, personally. It’s just not my style. My sister had a cute little one, just popped in underneath her bun, with a beautiful headpiece and birdcase pinned into her hair. It was so understaed and beautiful. On her. On me, veils just never seemed to work.
I wanted a circlet, and I looked everywhere for the perfect one. I found it, for $1000. Eeep.
I kept looking, but I didn’t find my gorgeous circlet until I discovered Dress of Your Dreams, the site from which I brought my amazing dress. I happened to glance at their accessories section, and there she was.
No one commented on my lack of a veil. They were too busy ooohing over our clothing and... »View More
26 Feb
I am a sucker for a heavy metal wedding. Ann and Vinnie knocked my multi-colored socks off with their Slayer, Heavy Metal, Viking wedding. Check out their kick ass day, and their hilarious photoshoot. I think this would have to be one of the most fun weddings ever!
a kiss on the rune stones
Who be you?
Ann Verleg Bulloch – Corrupter of the elderly (I sell gambling tours to seniors) and Vinny Bulloch: Kitchen Manager at the Ramada Inn Kamloops
What made your day a Skully Wedding?
Our quest was to make our wedding, fun, heartfelt, and slightly over the top. We wanted to make all of the weird and wonderful things in our imagination come to life.
We decided on a Viking wedding because
1.... »View More
24 Feb
Seasons of the Earth originally began as a herbal shop, but they’ve branched out into medieval and renaissance costuming, and we’re mighty glad they did.
Gothic Renaissance dress, $230, by Seasons of the Earth
Kim Cresson is the style maiden behind Seasons of the Earth and their new clothing line. All corsets are handsewn using quality boning and exquisite fabrics. Kim also sells a collection of goddess necklaces, altar candles and other magikal miscelleny. Kim’s goal is to help women of all ages and magical abilities to find and embrace the goddess within.
This gothic-inspired dress comes in five pieces – a black satine skirt, dark red celtic cross brocade and taffeta... »View More
19 Feb
Nowadays, we all need to be conscious about the amount of waste we produce. Huge events like weddings contribute rubbish to landfills and pollution. But your wedding doesn’t have to. Here are a few ideas to not only save the environment with your wedding, but to save yourself some money, too.
Cut back on the paper consumables
A wedding with 100 guests might include save-the-date cards, multi-page invitations with maps, registry cards, RSVP cards, dress codes and information guides for out-of-towners, programs, seating cards, menus, guestbook pages, napkins, placecards, favor tags, favor boxes, cake boxes, thank you cards, thank you postcards, change of address cards and “go to the photographers... »View More
17 Feb
I often find links to wonderful, wacky and amazing weddings and wedding goodies around the web, and I try to compile them into a handy list of inspiration for you. So here goes:
I love Bret and Louise’s quirky Australian wedding. This dress is so pretty, and I don’t like white dresses.
Bowie Bride. Best new wedding blog. The title says it all.
Steampunk meets anthropologie. An amazing aesthetic wedding shoot from Christine Farah. Wow.
Ariel from offbeat bride gives us all something to ponder in Fear-Mongering and You’ll seeeeee
Objects in the Mirror: Another interesting look at the fashion industry, though the eyes of reality TV.
A Practical Wedding wrote an incredibly kind and well-thought... »View More
12 Feb
Spooky Kitten Couture offers a range of handmade “costumes”, which are more elaborate than they sound. Spooky Kitten Couture is the shop of a Californian costume designer and she says:
“if you have an idea, or twelve, we can moosh them together into your dream wedding gown.”
The use of the word “moosh” has me sold
She’s got Victorian gowns, medieval gowns, Southern Belle costumes, and more. She uses quality fabrics and embellishments, and – although these are relatively simplistic gowns - the attention to detail shows.
Spooky Kitten Couture’s costumes would make excellent bridesmaid dresses, or even bridal or mother-of-the-bride outfits.... »View More
10 Feb
Dear Wedding Skulls
We’re having a smallish (80) people wedding in our backyard. The theme is Gothic pagan fairy tale. We have a folk band playing and its gonna be heaps of fun.
Should we have a wedding registry? My mum says we have to and without one no one will know what to buy us, but I’m not sure. What do you think?
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Wedding registries. Ick. I hates them.
Generally speaking, people accept that a wedding is an occasion to bring a gift. they expect it, they plan for it as soon as they get the invite in the mail.
However, it’s impolite to imply, especially ON the invitation, that gifts are to be expected. And that’s just what those little registry cards the stores... »View More
5 Feb
Medieval weddings have a certain magic, a touch of faerie in the air. So many of our notions of medieval matrimony are tied up in the tales of Auther and Guinivere, knights and chivelry and fantasy novels.
The starting point for anyone planning a medieval (or other historical period) wedding is the source material and history books. A little reading would reveal the reality of medieval marriage is much different to the fantasy.
The Church performed marriages, and any marriage had to be sanctioned by them. In 1076, the Council of Westminster decreed that a man could not marry his daughters or sisters without the blessing of the Church. However, it wasn’t until the 16th century that a marriage... »View More
