Welcome to the Resource Planning Toolkit! We’ve created a curated Indian wedding resources toolkit to help plan your wedding. The Indian wedding resources toolkit is complete with all of our favorites. Enjoy!
SHOPPING FAVORITES
Amazon
- Organza Bags
: Mini bags to put wedding favors in
- Small Zip Plastic Bags
- Gift Bags
- Indian Decor: There are some great options for at-home events or additional touches.
- Wedding Booth Props: Indian-wedding themed props or more generic photo booth props.
- Mason Jars: For your DIY projects
- Mr. & Mrs. Luggage Tags: Fun for the honeymoon! Find luggage tags, passport holders, matching hats (all in a set) or individually.
- Rhinestone Jewelry
Wedding Paper Divas: If you’re planning to send out save the dates, this site is wonderful! It’s now part of Shutterly but still has great options. I chose save the date magnets but other brides I know have chosen the postcard or card option. Plus, the site offers stationery options like personalized thank you cards. Overall, it’s a really cool site and if you find a coupon code, prices are very reasonable.
eBay: – Like Big Lots, you might not think of eBay either as a place to find items for your wedding. But you’d be surprised! There is some nice costume jewelry here – even some better pricing than in Edison New Jersey & Devon Street in Chicago. There are many sellers from the US, so it doesn’t take as long to receive your order versus selecting a vendor from India. Our recommendation is to restrict your search to North America (or even the US) so you don’t have to deal with long lead times.
Try these filters when searching:
Search Indian Jewelry -> North America–> US Only -> Buy it Now
(Or, you can select US, Canada, UK – where you’re located)
Etsy: – Etsy is great because you can support artisans and their work. Many of these artisans will custom make items for you, which is more than you can do yourself sometimes. Warning – Etsy can get a bit like Pinterest in terms of a time suck! Set time limits and dates for when you want to buy certain items (sounds dumb but it works).. or else you’ll keep looking… and looking… and looking and never make a decision. Another word of caution: If you’re ordering on Etsy, order items in advance….way advance! Whatever the lead time the item’s listing says – add a few weeks on top of that as a buffer. You don’t want to be left hanging when your items don’t arrive on time. Know where the vendor is located. Often, vendors in China and India have amazing items listed, but sometimes take 1-2 months to receive. For my wedding, I ordered a robe (to get ready in) from a vendor in India – she said it would take 3-4 weeks, and it ended up taking over 8 weeks..
Things to find on Etsy:
Favors
Bridemaids robes
Bride Robe
Bridal Party gifts
Gifts for Parents
Customized gift for groom
Gift Bags
Signs (for the yard, the entrance of your venue, and more)
Jewelry
Custom luggage tag (Honeymoon)
Passport Holder (Honeymoon)
INDIAN CLOTHES AND ACCESSORIES
Coming soon..
WEDDING PLANNING TOOLS
Before you start meeting with vendors, make a wedding organizer binder to keep all of your valuable ideas and information with you. And of course, keep your master document online @ Google Docs. Or Start with a simple notebook or get a personalized binder to make it pretty.
Reception Layout Tool: The site Linen Table Cloth has a free tool you can use to play around with for your reception layout, but I’d leave the actual finagling to your venue team.
HELPFUL KNOWLEDGE BOOSTERS and HOW TO’s
Glossary of Indian Wedding Terms: Indian weddings come with many different cultural and religious words that you may or may not have heard of. Check out this super helpful glossary to help you along your way, so you know what you’re talking about.
How to Drape a Sari: Straightforward tutorial for bridesmaids to guests.
Hindu Wedding Guide: Read this guide if you’re planning a Hindu wedding ceremony. Not Hindu? No worries – this site has other Indian wedding guides that explain the ceremonies and traditions in detail.
WEDDING FAVORS
The best part about ordering online is that you can order these in advance, and have them shipped to your house. That’s one thing off of your To-Do list! And don’t forget to google coupon codes – you’ll usually find at least a free shipping coupon of 10% off.
Oriental Trading Co: In addition to crafts, party supplies and decorations, this site has a wedding sections where you can find trinkets and other items in bulk. It’s also a good place to buy things to a kids area (if you’re having one).
Beau Coup: I love the variety Beau Coup offers. If you’re looking for welcome bag items, you can find customized labels, packaging, cute favors, etc. The site is nicely designed so it’s easy to navigate around to find what you’re looking for.
Bags & Bows: If you’re looking for any kind of gift packaging, including boxes, gift bags and bows, this is the site for you. I like their unique boxes. They’re great for
My Wedding Favors: Great site for favors – they even have a section specifically for Indian Wedding favors
Little Things Favors: Another great site that also has a section for Indian Wedding favors
Personalized M&Ms: A cute idea for favors, a welcome/gift bag, or even to keep around at your events
10 REVEALING PLACES INDIAN BRIDES FORGET TO LOOK FOR HELP
Check out this post to get relevant Indian wedding resources you probably forget about or didn’t know.
FOOD AND DRINK IDEAS
Roaming Hunger Food Truck Locator: Foods trucks are the new thing at weddings – check this site to see if there are trucks near you that cater to events.
How to Create the Perfect Menu: Indian weddings are different than most – food is at the forefront for your guests. Find out how to create the perfect menu for your wedding.
Create a Unique Signature Cocktail Menu: It’s not just about picking a drink and slapping a name on it. Find out what it takes to make a unique signature cocktail that stands out from the crowd.
WEDDING VENUE DIRECTORIES
Eventective: Find venues near you; search results show everything from nearest hotel to the exact rooms and capacities. Great detailed info to start your venue search.
EventUp: Good site to get a start with searching for venues; Provides more high-level info, including photos of the event spaces
HONEYMOON INSPIRATION
The best part of the Indian wedding planning process! Don’t know where to start with honeymoon planning? Check out these sites to start brainstorming.
Top Honeymoon Destinations: Curious where other couple go on their honeymoon? Check out list.
Honeymoons.com: Overall guide to planning your honeymoon
Honeymoon Planning 101: Don’t know where to start? This site provides a high-level timeline of when to start planning and what to book when.
Hotels.com: Although there are a ton of hotel aggregator sites out there, Hotels.com offers 1 free night after a 10 nights stay. Perfect for your honeymoon! If you’re taking a shorter honeymoon, no problem, continue to get points and use it another time.
PRINTING STATIONERY
There are many ways you can tie together a theme or your wedding colors. You can easily create stationery to add that special personalized touch – menu cards, name cards, food labels, cocktail menus, welcome bag tags, programs, the list goes on. The added bonus is that it’s pretty simple to create logos/monograms whether you get someone to (inexpensively) make it or DIY it. Once you’ve done that, all you need to do it print!
UPS Store: Each UPS store is a little different in terms of services, but most of them offer pretty inexpensive printing services. Since more stores are franchises, the service tends to be pretty good too. The good thing is that these stores are in most areas and easily accessible, which makes your ‘planning’ life easier!
Minted: If you prefer an online option, minted has a nice selection of wedding stationery. Designs are created by artists, and then you can customize it to your liking. Indian designs are mixed in, and lots of modern designs to choose from.
MUSIC & DANCE
Shaadi Shop Song Finder: Don’t know where to start with finding the right songs throughout your wedding. Use this song finder search through decades of Bollywood songs.
List of 100 Best Bollywood Wedding Songs: Need some song ideas? Use this list to find songs for every part of the wedding.
OTHER
Top 12 Tips For Being a Good Indian Daughter-in-Law: Funny take on being a part of an Indian family and what it means to be an Indian daughter-in-law.
Jord Watches: Looking for the perfect bride or groom gift? Check out this unique brand of wood watches with trendy styles. Exclusive 15% off for our readers.
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