Ok girls I need your help and QUICK. I’ve been assigned the task of throwing a surprise dholki/mehndi for a friend who at the last minute decided to forgo the nikkah and just have a rukhsathi.. so she’s gonna be leaving for the UK at the start of February… I’ve basically got 3 weeks time to get this thing organized…
I know nothing about planning a wedding (other than what ive seen here)… we’re getting her mehndi jora so the decorations and background will obviously be matched according to all that… me and my friends were just talking and we’re thinking light purple/lilac with ivory and hot pink borders sprinkled with gold kaam throughout the kameez a hot pink shalwar… in my mind I see it working, but I dont know what kind of suit to make it… anyone have recommendations?
Oh and songs list I need major help on… I have no idea what songs are outdated and whats appropriate for a mehndi these days.
Food and stuff someone else is in charge of… but im open to ideas here anyway so I could share them with her as well
We’re getting her the clothes cuz its gonna be a surprise mehndi… oh gosh I hope it works out ok… do you think its a good idea to make it a surprise mehndi or do you think itll not turn out so great that way?
I think u shud tell her for sure! Surprise dholki's are alright but mehndi's no no! How about pretty pinks and yellows for the outfit? Keep lots of fresh flowers.. and flower jewellery..
Riya - Are you getting a mehndi jora stitched from scratch? I feel it’s safer to look around and find one that looks nice and has been designed already. Generating one from your imagination is risky, if you don’t have a tailor that has a sense of design, etc.
Also, why a surprise mehndi? She’s not expecting to have a mehndi?
I think yellow and some other color would be nice – unless you think she’s averse to yellow? It could look nice with pink, orange, olive, emerald green, turqoise, teal, red, maroon, etc. Or some combo of these other colors would be good too.
At the surprise dholki for my cousin I did in October, we had lots of yellow, orange, green, and red decorations. She thought it was an Eid party, so she was dressed up. I made a stage area with lots of orange and pink dupattas. Around the stage were white chaddars for all the girls to sit and sing and gather around the bride. I printed the song packets in bright colors. We had colorful cushions and things to make it festive. We didn’t get a chance to practice any dances for it, but that’s another idea. I added artificial and real flowers to the decor, etc. I also made a platter of desserts and fruits to feed her. And necklaces and bracelets of fresh flowers. Her wedding was in Pak, so I wanted this to be like a mehndi/mayon function for all the people who couldn’t attend.
For mehndi day...Im thinking wearing a churidar pajama and peshwaz. Im going all out and dressing up even though it will be a small function. Mine will be a moss green because I adore that color. But for mehndi day...usually you have a green and/or yellow outfit right?
Also, you should arrange for fresh mithai, trays/thaals to serve it in, decorations for the trays, some paan leaves for the mehndi, trays for the mehndi, the overall theme you want for the mehndi, stage decor, flowers, flowers, flowers!!!!!!!!
I LOVE churidaars for mehndis as well. I wore an angharka with a churidaar for my valima, so I wore a chunri sharara on my mehndi, but I do think the churidaar pajama look is great. With a paranda/chutla and everything. So cute!
It would be a good idea to get a playlist together of some classic and some modern shadi songs, to have playing in the background throughout the evening (except if/when there is singing).
dont do a lot of matching of her dress n decorations......candles will help in decor u can use balloons in decoration too oh yeah and theres this site for dholki songs: shadisongs.com ;) ...... make invitation cards....u guys can also make wedding favours oh yeah and arrange for a photographer
For mehndi day...Im thinking wearing a churidar pajama and peshwaz. Im going all out and dressing up even though it will be a small function. Mine will .
This is all I can think of now...
heyy am wearing a peshwaz and chooridaar too ;) on my mehendi
choose a song on which u will bring her and select a song for ludi :P ...prepare a dance maybe and if u r in pakistan u can call those dhol wallas....arrange for gajray for the girls n guests
anyhow there’s a new cd called go jhoom full of great recent and older hits from yash chopra family films here’s a link to a website to download that for free
recently i threw my friend’s mendhi party we chose a color scape and made mendhi posters, mind you she’s gujurati and the only ppl at her mendhi were young girls no aunties but we had mendhi cones, designs galore for ppl to do mendhi with or show the artist, and lots of yum arabic food bc that was our theme. this stuff can work for a dholki easily!
@sahar02....i know u prob gettin sick of this but I thot il ask nicely...with cherry on top:D
errrrmmmm can i have those songs too......pleaseeeeee:):):)
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