I's Engaged Now...

I've been ghost here recently and I wanted to let you know that it's not without reason.  I got engaged on April 10, and I've been caught up in a whirlwind ever since.  We have set an aggressive timeline for the actual ceremony (October), so I have to get on the ball.  A million things ran through my mind when I was thinking about my big day, but as you can imagine, one of the first things I thought about was..my hair.  What style could I have that wouldn't require me to sell my soul to be fierce?  First thing I thought about was some type of curly updo.  I really like curls and think that this won't be too difficult to pull off.  When I searched the net however, I didn't really come up with much, but this:

  So what about a sleek look, simple but elegant.  This is what I found:

My gripe is this though: why when you search for updos or wedding hairstyles, all the ones featuring African-American women are hard or weave down the back?  Where is the creativity?  Can anyone hook me up with some other styling ideas?