Indian Wedding Planning Tip, Tricks, Tools & Resources to Stay Organized
Planning out your Indian wedding hairstyles should be super easy – just pick out your photos and go, right? I’m sure you have Pinterest pins with ideas, or you’re putting it off until the hair trial (or you’re putting it off until your stylist asks you what you want…at the wedding!). With everything else going on during wedding planning, it’s easy to miss… Read More
These 10 Indian wedding planning tips are essentially what I would want to tell any bride who’s planning her wedding right now and thinking “what should I know?” As I went into wedding planning, I felt like I could conquer the world. Ok, well not exactly but I was confident enough to get stuff done. Despite that, I learned lessons… Read More
We’ve all been there. That feeling of overwhelm – how will I manage to get everything organized before the big day? On top of that, you probably have a day job so you feel like you don’t have enough time to get anything done. Indian wedding planning isn’t easy.The instant fix, an Indian wedding planner? Why not, they plan weddings…… Read More
Updated 2024 With Indians living all over the world, it’s no surprise that fusion weddings are becoming increasingly popular. We’re all trying to make our own wedding unique, but fusion weddings have an extra element of challenge to not only “fuse” two (or more) cultures, traditions and/or religions, but also attempting to please both sides of families. How many events will… Read More
I’m a creative person by nature, so I too, LOVED the idea of DIYing parts of my wedding. Why buy stuff when you can make it for half the cost, right? You think it’s easy and cheap, so why not? Well, not exactly. There are creative ways to enhance your wedding without spending hours and hours trying to glue gun… Read More
When you close your eyes and think about your upcoming wedding (or even when you’re daydreaming), you’re probably imagining yourself walking down the aisle, flowers all around, candles lit along the walkway and a nicely decorated mandap or altar. You smell the air full of flowers and happiness. You’ve waited a long time for this day…. But what if those candles… Read More
Take yourself back to when you were a kid, say 7 to 10 years old. How many Indian weddings did you attend? Weddings where you didn’t know anyone (except your annoying older brother) and didn’t understand what was going on. I remember a lot of family and family friends’ weddings (including the one where my brother and I locked the… Read More
The Indian wedding reception. A seemingly easy part of wedding planning. It seems that it shouldn’t be one of the most important elements to consider for an Indian wedding reception, so couples don’t put too much focus on it until the end. Despite that, the reception layout is a big part of it, and it intertwines with more decisions than you think. … Read More
You’re engaged! YAY!!! Now you have to decide if you want a bridal party, and then if you do, you have to pick the bridal party (ugh!). Picking Indian wedding bridesmaids should be a fun process but if you don’t take the right steps, it can be a stressful process. There are a bunch of decisions to make in choosing… Read More
Indian brides are inundated with information, ads, products, ideas, inspiration, Pinterest mania and just stuff on websites, and you’re always looking for Indian wedding resources. It’s hard to retain information and know what’s useful. And it’s so annoying when you get an irrelevant ad – hey, why I am getting a Verizon FIOS ad right now?! I don’t care about cable… Read More
With social media (especially Pinterest), there are waaay too many trends to follow with weddings – especially if you’re planning a wedding in the US (or any other “western” country). It’s confusing to know what to include. The challenging part is trying to create a timeless Indian wedding that you can look back on in 30 years and have your… Read More
Choosing an Indian wedding cake is one of the most fun parts of the wedding planning process. (But what’s “breathtaking” is your personal choice). Some couples opt not to have a cake (and substitute it with a cupcake tower or other desserts) while other couples opt for a grandeur style cake that gets the ooh’s and aah’s. If you decide on a cake,… Read More
Growing up in the US, I’ve made many non-Indian friends. So it was important for me to help my friends understand wedding traditions and rituals, and know what to expect at an Indian wedding. The best part was that all of them were so excited to be a part of the celebrations and they wanted to learn and understand the… Read More
It’s tempting to use any and every possible wedding technology “thing” to enhance your wedding events. But with most tech “things” comes the setup and execution. Don’t get sucked into the hype of it all – choose what makes sense for you, and pick a few things that could make your wedding weekend experience more fun for your guests (and… Read More
Indian weddings are all about family and getting everyone together to celebrate an “auspicious” occasion from both sides of the family. Indian families do a great job of hosting on a normal basis, and usually follow through pretty well when it comes to weddings. Let’s face it, as a guest, they all just wanna have fun. Nothing else to it!… Read More
Most brides (including myself) don’t think to look up Indian bridal mehndi tips online. Even if you try, it’s not an easy thing to find. When it comes to mehndi application – when, how, where, and 101’s – brides sometimes assume they know the basics, and there’s not much to do. Think again! There are actually lots of questions that… Read More
The Indian Groom. We know he gets overlooked. Nobody gives a crap about you sometimes because it’s all about your princess, the Indian bride (the only exception is if we’re talking about your baraat vehicle). Look, I was an Indian bride – and even today, I usually say…at “my wedding” we did blah and blah, and then I stand corrected by… Read More
Indian wedding planning (or any wedding planning) comes with its unique challenges – those that are different than just “normal” wedding planning. If you’re planning your own wedding, it’s important to know what to expect before getting into it. Here are a few things you didn’t know about Indian wedding planning: 1) Everyone will have an opinion, including your Mom’s Auntie friend’s… Read More
Let’s face it, the Indian wedding menu is probably one of the most challenging parts of Indian wedding planning. Not because you can’t decide on the food, but because nobody can agree on the food. You want one type of cuisine, your parents want Gujarati food, and your mother-in-law wants Jain Vegetarian food only. And don’t forget, NO MEAT (or so… Read More
There’s lots of copycatting with Indian wedding ideas, and it’s hard to stand out of the crowd with a truly unique wedding. Once a “trend” gets used a few times, it feels old. The one thing that never gets old is an Indian wedding monogram otherwise called an Indian wedding monogram- it’s an easy way to make your wedding instantly… Read More