Filed under: Bridal Party, Bridesmaids, Effects of planning, Hindu Wedding in Canada, Wedding Shopping!
Yes I do….
Shhhh ;)
We are less than a month away from our wedding day & I’m sooooo freaking excited!
I can’t believe it now! The last minute things have started to creep up but I’m staying pretty calm (for the most part) so I’m sure they’ll get done.
Biggest stress of my life has been relieved…the BRIDESMAIDS saris have come in and they are fabulous!!!
The are EXACTLY the colour I wanted and within the price range (okay well the highest I was willing to go) but they are perfect. I also picked up churiyan and pretty earrings to match. The girls will just have to bring their shoes and we’ll be all set!
Filed under: Bridal Party, Culture, Effects of planning, Hindu Wedding in Canada, Wedding Planning
I figured it was time to update my blog with some of the planning we’ve been working on. Our wedding is officially less then 100 days away! Now the time will fly by!
– My sister who is my MOH (in conjunction with my BMs and mom) are putting together the bridal shower. I love the theme! I bought a gorgeous dress and I’m wearing my choos to match ;) They plan on sending out the invitations in a week
– Ordered the Jai malas, bouquets and boutonnieres
– Registry is complete (please no more discontinued items…please!)
– My FMIL has given me a list of make up items. I am to provide her details of those items so she can purchase them. This is a very traditional custom whereby the grooms side (mainly the women) provide the bride with all the jewelry, makeup and clothes for her to wear after the wedding. In India, the bride would receive tons of saris and ghanas (gold and jewels). Obviously this tradition has become westernized whereby they are giving me make up among other things (just things that I would actually use – see next point)
– I’ve also been given a budget for which I am to buy clothes. I’ve already gone with my mom and FMIL to pick some desi outfits. But now I’m going to look for western clothes (dresses and or a business suit) because these will be the clothes I wear after I get married (But it would be funny to show up to work in a sari!)
– FH and I have started looking into our evening entertainment. We wanted some professional entertainment. We got some vendor names from out DOC and are looking into services and prices right now.
– I’ve picked up a few other outfits for the other events happening at my parents house (Puja, haldi & mendhi)
– I had my hair trial with my makeup/hair stylist. I love the style they put on me.
– Bridesmaid saris are still not working out for me. We asked a lady to get them for us in India, but she came back saying they are all a little different in colour (WTF!)
This seems like a lot but I’m sure I can create a list of things that we still need to do that is double this size!
Filed under: Bridal Party, Bridesmaids, Dear Diary, Emotional, Etiquette, Password Required
A few weeks ago I received the items from our online orders.
We purchased our favour boxes. They are small square tins with clear window lids from beau-coup.com. We’ll be filling them with mints and tying a ribbon around them with a label saying thank you, our names and our wedding date.
We also received the bridesmaid and bride tanks that I ordered from theknot.com. They are really cute American Apparel tanks but they DEFINITELY run a size small. I read all the reviews and decided instead of a medium I’d go with a large. The large is snug, but I think it would’ve been better if I went with an x-large. If you are bustier then you’ll definitely want to go a size up. Three of my Bridesmaids and myself are bustier so I would’ve gone a size up. I personally think it’s better to wait for them to go on sale. I got these for 10 USD after the discount. With shipping it came to 17 USD, anything more I wouldn’t think they are worth it. If you in Canada (like me) the site does not ship to a Canadian Address (thankfully one of my BM’s lives and works in the States).
Both orders shipped in a reasonable time frame. Especially the beau-coup order. I’ve also read that beau-coup has great customer service.
Filed under: Bridal Party, Bridesmaids, Flower girl, Maid of Honour, Ring boy
Indian weddings don’t really have a place for groomsmen, bridesmaids, flower girls or ring boys – there are a few important people in the wedding none-the-less. However being born in North America and growing up watching a TLC’s Wedding Story (is that even airing anymore?) I’ve learned a lot about the western wedding party and really felt it was important to include this my Indian wedding. Above all these roles, Indian weddings have important roles for brothers (plays a part in helping the bride during the ceremony as well as the groom when he arrives), a young boy close to the groom (called a sarbala who rides with groom and stays by his side during the wedding) and of course the parents on both sides.
I never really went into details about how I asked my Bridesmaids to be my Bridesmaids. But essentially I created a card for them from a plastic picture holder (can hold 2 pictures back and front) that I got from Michael’s (Art’s & Craft store). I wrote a poem – which was personalized to each of them, and included (at minimum) 5 reasons to be my Bridesmaid. Both the poems / reasons were sweet yet comical and were catered towards my personality and the relationship I shared with my friend. I placed the poem, pictures and the question “Will you be my Bridesmaid?” on the card. They looked something like this:
This is the card I created for my Maid of Honour.
I then took each girl out for lunch or coffee and asked them there :) They were all happy to receive the gesture and it was a great experience.
As for my flower girl, I bought a basket put some ribbon on it to create a handle. Filled it with chocolate and fake flower petals. I also wrote a poem, catered towards an Indian wedding and then gave her the gift in front of my parents, her parents and her brother. Her parents understood what it was and were very thrilled, she didn’t fully understand until we explained it to her. The great thing about this was that she has a few months to practice how to lay the flowers down – plus it gets her excited for her important role on the wedding day. Her gift looked like this:
For the Groomsmen …there were asked either over the phone or by email (haha ohhh FH!) and for the Ring boy I asked his mom – who in turn asked him on my behalf. Overall, a great experience – I hope all the roles fit together at the ceremony *knock wood*. I’m sure I’ll post about how it turns out :)
Diary of an Indian Bride 