Right, now I know this is a wedding blog, and I know that I’m supposed to be talking about weddings, posting about weddings and generally having weddings coming out the wazoo. But when I stumble across something so utterly fabulous that has NOTHING to do with weddings, I’m gonna post it, and you can’t stop me

Leopard Metallica Motorcycle Vest, $175 from Toxic Vision

Skeleton Coffin Sparkle Capri Pants, $59 by Toxic Vision

After reading about this heavy metal wedding on blabbermouth, I thought I might do a post about decent metal weddings songs. You know, appropriately sappy songs that don’t scare the grandparents. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but it might give you a few ideas (or at the very least, introduce you to a few new bands!)

Yaaarrrrr!

I might have mentioned this before, but I thought I’d better do a whole post on the topic. Just in time for Etsy Day, Wedding Skulls now has an Etsy shop! You can buy both wedding planner ebooks there – as well as my writing ebooks, and copywriting / marketing writing packages for Etsy shops.

But that’s not the best part. A good friend of mine – Amy Beales – has come on board as well. She’s selling her beautiful line of gothic clothing and accessories, including wedding garters, favor bags, rosaries, coats, corsets, bags and more. Every one of her creations is custom made to your exact measurements, so you can change the colours/fabrics if you desire. Her pride and joy is the Nevermore coat – a stunning red floor-length gothic coat with handmade fastenings.

For those of you who have NO IDEA what I’m rambling on about, Etsy is a network for people to buy and sell handcrafted goods. You can sign up for a free account and browse away till your eyes are sore. So many talented, wonderful people sell and shop on Etsy, and Wedding Skulls is honoured to now be counted amongst them.

Wedding Skulls are also proud members of Etsy Dark Side street team. You can find us on their website, forum and blog. If you search ‘etsydarkteam’ in tags, you’ll find all the delightful gothicky items.

We’re adding new items every day, and we’ve got TONS to add. So keep checking back. We have a special section just for – well – specials, and we’re active in the Etsy forums.

Also, don’t forget that you have only FIVE MORE DAYS of the Wedding Planner Promotion – %50 off both wedding planners when you enter the discount code mmmdonuts or buy through the Etsy shop. Get yours today!

One favor idea that’s totally punk rock or heavy metal is customized wedding temporary tattoos.

Steff and CDH outside the Freaky Forest, Spookers, Kingseat Hospital, Auckland

A new feature here on Wedding Skulls is the ‘Skully Wedding of the Week’ – this won’t happen every week, but as often as I can manage. The Skully Wedding will be a feature-length blog post about a unique real-life wedding that draws it’s inspiration from all the Wedding Skulls adores – gothic, punk, skulls and roses, heavy metal, rockabilly, dark elegance, and more. To kick off the series, I thought it might be appropriate to tell you about my recent wedding:

WHO BE YOU?

We be Steff and CDH, from Auckland, New Zealand.

WHAT MAKES YOUR DAY A ‘SKULLY WEDDING’?

We decided on the theme ‘heavy metal’ which encapsulates everything we love – music, medieval and viking history, swords, horror films, gothic literature, skulls, and having fun with our friends – and the rest of the details fell into place. Our wedding venue was Spookers, an abandoned metal asylum turned haunted attraction. Our candlelit ceremony took place inside a multi-coloured circus tent, and we ate our banquet inside a blood-red hall, before we all romped through the haunted house!

The owner of Spookers made this hearse himself!

The ‘Bogan’ table in the banquet hall

An ‘uninvited’ guest

TELL US ABOUT YOUR FAVOURITE WEDDING DETAILS:

My dress – from Dress Of Your Dreams – which cost only $500 and I felt like a fairy queen. CDH’s sword and cloakpin from Wulflund, the groomsmens’ velvet cloaks, make by my mum, our awesome cake (made by a friend) lego cake-topper, the bridesmaids’ lanterns and our Battleaxe registry pen.

MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT:

When I walked down the aisle to meet CDH, he looked like a fierce warrior with his cloak sweeping at his feet. He took my hands and his face lit up in this HUGE smile and tears rolled down his cheeks – I fell in love all over again

ANY ADVICE FOR WEDDING SKULLS?:

A wedding is two things and two things only – a ritual to mark your union, and a celebration. Don’t let yourself get caught up in anything else. It should NOT be stressful or a chore or debt-inducing – it should be FUN.

For more photos see my full write-up on my website and my flickr steam. More photos and inside information buried within the pages of the Halloween Wedding Ebook!