From Store to D-day

Ever wondered if the lehenga you brought would look ok on D-day? Was it a right purchase??

Here are things to do while going shopping for the main function outfits :

1. Put on some makeup.

2. Have your hair neat and tidy, and if you can, then tie it in a way you would want to on the function day.

3. Don't have a distracting nailpaint on. Clean nails or if you already know the color you want then that.

4. If your jewelry is decided then keep that in mind.

5. Once you are doing a trial, step as far away from the mirror and then see yourself.


And remember pictures on your camera phone don't really look the same as the professional pictures.

During trial I had the same jewelry with me in my bag, so could see how the look would be.

Wedding Event 6.2 : The Big Fat Indian Wedding Part 2

Although its not necessary to read part one to understand Part 2, but none the less check it out at http://www.crazyindianwedding.com/2013/01/wedding-event-5-big-fat-indian-wedding.html

BARAT

I was ready by the time the barat came and was eagerly waiting, so much so that I kept peaking out to look at the firecrackers from the barat! If that wasn't enough I figured out a window from where I could see the whole baraat and took all my sisters and friends with me. So there was a group of girls peeking from a jaroka two floors up hidden in the darkness..

My Brothers picked up 'the boy' on their shoulders from his raat upto where my mom was standing at the gate ready with an aarti ki thali.

He was then welcomed onto the stage by bangra and rajisthani group dancers dancing in front of him all the way and then ofcourse neither him nor the rest of the baraat could resist joining in the dance ;)

MY ENTRY

I had been debating since forever how to make my entry 'different' but somehow till the end it was difficult to come up with a solution, I didn't want any palki or to appear on a moon like brides do these days.

So I opted for something traditional...

I walked in on the Instrumental of Jashney Bahara from Jodha Akhar, under a phoolo ki chaddar decorated with kalireys held by my brothers, with my sisters carrying diya lit thali's and my friends behind me.

VARMALA

The boy came to receive me at the stairs, which was followed by varmala and a shower of rose petals. The rose petals would just not stop! They kept on pouring and pouring till it felt like we were standing in a pool of roses.

Bloopers :

Having double chunni looks super pretty its just everytime I tried to sit down somebody had to help me pull it up and arrange it properly.

My hair and my bindi's did'nt quite agree with each other and by the end I had quite a few bindi's that had fallen off.

PHOTOGRAPHER

Although the Barat was on time we had a LOT of people waiting to get pictures clicked with us, which left us with no time in the end to get our 'couple' pictures clicked and photographer from both sides fighting did'nt help either. In the end I am glad that we both had time to get our individual pictures clicked earlier on and have enough candid pictures to keep us going.

Dinner

I guess I am one of the few Brides that can say I eat a LOT on my wedding day! By the end everyone was asking me to hurry up as I had to change for phera's and we were getting late!

By the end these 'katorie' were out and more new katorie's with different dishes replaced them, plus I had a slice of Domino's pizza. We did'nt have a lot of time left for dessert so I just had the ones that had chocolate in it ;P which were quite a lot! loved the chocolate tart!

Phera's

I changed for the phera's and wore a lehenga saree.

There were kambal and chhadar all around, when I entered everyone was tucked in and the mandap was in center , it looked like a huge slumber party!

Everyone was soo sleepy during kanyadan! specialy me and my father! We were about to call for coffee in between, my mother scolded us and said we cant and asked us to concentrate, this is the most important part of the wedding!

Joota churai and Vidaai

I wasn't present when the negotiation happened but I found out later that 'the boy' had given my sisters chocolates along with shagun for the 'joota' which I found extremely sweet.

I changed into a magenta saree from the groom side for vidaai.

Blooper : I had so much stuff in my hand during vidai that when I had to throw the rice back I ended up throwing it on my own head!

CLOTHES

I changed thrice that day and had all solah shinghar.

Main Lehengha from Fountier Bazaar, Karol Bagh

Phera ki Saree : Lehengha Saree, Sabyasachi design

Vidaii ki Saree, from Chabra 555, karol bagh

HAIR

At the end I decided for a long choti with parandi and gajra's for my hair.

MAKEUP

I used the same makeup artist through out and was very happy with her work!

start of the event

At the end, makeup remained pretty much the same though out, my lipstick faded a bit but in all fairness I  eat a lot and my nath kept rubbing it off so won't really blame the MUA for it.

I left for my 'sasural' by 4am and the wedding day ended in as a successful event. In the end I can say that even though I expected somethings to go wrong they did not and I ended up with a dream wedding which I didn't even know I had dreamt off....

Really want to know what I was thinking and going through the whole time?! Read The Emotional Journey of how it felt to be a bride http://www.crazyindianwedding.com/2013/02/how-it-felt-to-be-bride-word-by-word.html

Wedding Event 6.1 : The Big Fat Indian Wedding part 1

Since this event was huge it is hard to put it in just one post..so sit down relax and enjoy reading..

Decoration and Caterer

We sat down with the decorator and Caterer more than 6 months before the wedding. Having the whole family there had its advantages. With all of us present to discuss what kind of decoration we wanted and what kind of event we expected it was a pleasant surprise when we found out we had a common vision.

And seeing that vision being brought to life was probably the best wedding gift...

None of us had expected it to be so huge, even when we discussed what we wanted we just told our decorator our wildest dream wedding, the whole big fat Indian wedding package, all royal and Indian-y.

He sent us drawings of how the stage and entrance would look, after going through it all we thought "this is probably how it will feel like, he will construct something similar." Because to create what he had sent us on an empty field was something next to impossible.

As for food the caterer is an old family friend and had catered at most of our family event before, his paneer is to die for! so when he gave us the menu we just told him to do what he wants.

Everything else from how the tree's would be decorated, what should be placed where, every details was discussed in details till the last day!

2 days before the wedding I remember calling up the caterer and telling him that I wanted cotton candy at the wedding and if it wasn't to much trouble and he made that possible too.

Wedding is an extensive project on its own and needs to be followed up till the last day!

The day of the wedding we reached around noon at the venue and to our surprise we could see our dream turn to reality...

Entertainment

My dad was very clear that the wedding should be a reflection of our culture and should keep the guest entertained at all time. After all only few people are actually interested in the bride and groom the rest are just there for the food and because social etiquette demands them to be. I know it sounds bad to the bride who demands all attention on her D-day but its true.

Our Wedding took place in a mandir complex and hence recorded 'filmy' songs weren't aloud, so no DJ. This infact started as a road block but ended up being a advantage because it intrigued our imagination and forced us to think.

We called in a Bangra troop, Rajisthani dancers and shahanai players.

When people entered the wedding they were greeted by Live Shahanai players, as they entered the main wedding area there was a jugal bandi going on between Rajisthani dancers and bangra troop. In between there was a dhol wala playing in the grounds.

There was a fire show, a rajisthani dancer dancing with matki's on her head, a khulhad ki chai wala roaming around.

Pagdi wala

We called in a pagdi wala to tie padgdi for all men of the house. So before the baraat came everyone had matching padgi.

Read about the rest at :

Wedding Event 5 : The Big Fat Indian Wedding Part 2

How it Felt to be a Bride: Word by Word, Moment by Moment

Wedding File 3 : Tilak

We were late! Very late! 

Everything was in line, we were ready and perfectly scheduled. There was a tiny pooja in the morning something we thought would be over within an hour max.

How wrong we were....

Apparently pooja of the lagan patrika is suppose to be VERY important and it didn't help that the panditji was a very senior one and he wouldn't take any shortcut! 

The pooja put our schedule back an hour. My makeup artist had to wait and when I finally got time to get ready for the evening her son's school called 

 "he has been in a fight.......hurt his head....hospital.....6 stitches!"

That is all I heard, That is all I needed to hear! 

Although I was ofcourse worried about that 12 year old boy but the thought of having to manage on my own for such an event made me tremble.

While my makeup artist tried to sort things out, my lehengha was being draped and OMG such a heavy lehenga it was! Somehow we tied it but it wasn't as perfect as the salesman at Frontier tied it.

Things do have a way of sorting themselves out in the end....

The groom side was late as well so we actually arrived a couple of minutes before them! 

My makeup artist (hats off to her) after a glass of cold water calmed down, got her father to take care of her son. Did my makeup perfectly made sure I was completely happy with my drape before she left.

That doesn't mean bloopers of the day ended there, everyone did forget me in the car....

 Lehenga :

Lehenga was from Frontier Bazaar, Karol Bagh. In the range of 70k on sale, otherwise its around 90k.

The major challenge with this lehenga was that it had to follow the one I wore at my engagement and I would be wearing my bridal one just 2 days after this. So it had to be better than engagement and not similar to the bridal one. It had to be noticeable in a big gathering, the event was so planned that we would be among guests instead of on the stage so it had to be striking even at a distance...people should be able to identify the bride after all....

 Makeup and Hair:

Hair for me was not perfect, it was too high. However my makeup artist justified that she had to for the maata patti...well since everyone else liked it I guess I am ok with it them, just I had a different picture in mind....

Dance :

My surprise dance performance was a shock for all! including the boy..haha...I don't really dance a lot in front of family and had secretly been practicing with my sisters. The look of the boys face was priceless!!

Songs : Chalka Chalka re, Dheemey Dheemey Gaon and chudi bhi zid pay aayi hai

And then the boy pulled me up for a song as well...

Jewelry :

Necklace and earring were from Tanishq, one of the last jewelry we picked and the only colored gold I liked.

Hair accessories were brought randomly while searching for latkans for my blouses.

Matta Patti from the only artificial jewellry shop I liked Om Sons at Lajpat.

Bangles from Babu churi wala at M block GK

Photography :

Anjalis Noida

We did considered a few candid photographers but somehow stuck to anjalis.....even if you don't have a famous candid photographer it doesn't mean you can't get 'candid' pictures!