East meets West help !!X X X X

HI i'm new to this, unsure if im writting in the correct place !!!

Im English and my fiance is Hindu. We are getting Married July 2010. Our venue is booked, were having a civil ceremony. I have lots of ideas in my head but finding it hard to pin them down. I plan on wearing a white wedding dress for the ceremony and a saree in the evening. I would love to to hear if anyone has any reception decoration, table decoration, flowers etc ideas, tips, hints !!!

Thanx
x

Hi claireabella82

Welcome to the forum.

We got married in May and had a church wedding with sit down meal reception one week and a Sikh wedding with buffet reception the following one.

We had a combination of English and Indian food both weeks. For the sit down main course we served roast chicken, veg and gravy and chicken tikka, rice and mint sauce. And the following week it was a buffet with sandwiches, sausage rolls, curry, samosa's etc. We had a DJ play a mix of English and Indian music and he did a brilliant job.
As for decorations etc we didn't try to combine styles but went for things we liked and most importantly didn't cost a lot. We had village halls both weeks for the receptions. On the tables we had mirror plates (ikea) with a stem vase (homebase) with three artificial gerberas (ikea) and stones in. We then had battery tealights (e-bay) in glass holders (ikea) on the mirrors.

On the walls we got rolls of floriists spider web fabric (e-bay) and hung it in lengths down the walls. We put battery fairy light (e-bay) behind them. There wasn't really a theme, just lots of bright colours.

Good luck with the planning.
LP

Hi Little Princess,

Hope your enjoying married life. Your ideas sound great, Thanx !! I'm going to go to Ikea and have a look around.
Thanx
x x

For our wedding we took a fairly simple approach to mixing in aspects of the two cultures.

We had a very english venue, a cathedral style heritage building. The food was all indian. The name cards were simple butterfly shapes. The favours were old fashioned sweets (jelly beans, pear drops etc) put into a little bag with indian embroidery on them. We also did the usual mix of english and indian music, and of course our guests were a mixture of english and indian people!

As a lot of other people will tell you - don't worry too much about themes, go for what you both like and that will always be a winner.

Good luck.

Hi,

I know a very good photographer who does indian/hindu and more western photography who might be suitable.

he is based in the midlands but he travels all over the place have a look at his website www.anishmistry.info he did my cousins wedding he is quiet young and all his pics are modern and creative.

he is reasonable on price and designs albums too!

Hope that helps

Seema x

Thanx Guys all of your ideas help.

Meeting with the caterers this week, so will have a better idea of how it will all be then.

x x x