well lets see, you're going to need:
Long yards of flow-y fabric. Preferably the colors should match your mehndi ka dress. So green, orange, little touches of red with splashes of yellow here and there. Too much yellow will make you fade into the background so be careful where you place the yellow.
Also, Try and get a swing. You know, the type they have outdoors. A 2 seater should be awesome. It doesnt have to be fancy at all. The reason a swing works well for do-it-yourself-ers is that a swing has a frame already and so you can attach flowers to the frame as u please. So covering the swing in fabric and flowers would really look beautiful.
If you can't get a swing, get a 2 seater sofa. Get 2 free standing poles/rods/PVC pipes. PVC pipes work best. Attach the pipes at the bottom to the sofa legs with good rope. Then cover the pipes with Gainday kay phool. Swirl the strings of flowers rond and round until you cant see the pipes anymore. Then string flowers across from one pipe to the other forming a back drop of flowers. Once done, you can play around with it and attach more flowers of different colors.
Also, for a more full affect, place 4 poles in a square formation. Either attach them to something very heavy or bolt them to the ground. MAK SURE THEY ARE VERY VERY SECURE. Then string flowers and fabric across all 4 corners making it a canopy of flowers and fabric.
Use lots of candles (be safe), gold/silver ribbons, mirrors, lose flowers, rose petals etc.
I'm not sure if this is clear enough.. let me know if you have Qs.
hey your president that was awesome thank you so much those are such great ideas!!! I was actually think of getting yellow and green dupattas, but now that you mentioned the dress not blending that sounds great: What do you think of the combination of red and orange than instead of green and orange?
I was thinking about how to make like one of those flowerly overhead things so the pipes are a fantastic idea. Also, the thing is my sofa is a leather sofa so I was thinking would it be weird attaching that to a sofa, is there anyway to attach them to a floor or anything I can do with the leather sofa (like put some kind of fabric on it)?
Also, ive heard some people hear talking about floating shelves or floating rose petals in water, etc? how do you go about doing that?
Also, what about some ideas for holding the matti in or the henna in?
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Make sure you get pipes that will hold the weight of the flowers. strong PVC pipes are great. They are hollow but sturdy.
Seems like your wont be able to attach the pipes to the leather sofas. And again, I cant emphasize enough that they need to be secure. You dont want them falling over!
If you do want to incorporate the sofas for extra seating, cover them with the fabric you've bought. It doesnt have to fit like a glove, just flow-y and colorful.
Thats actually quite simple. Get plates that are deep - That will hold water. Then for henna, candles and flowers get a few kinds, Some deep, almost bowl-like, some wider but still deep, some very small bowls and any other shape that you like. Fill the deep ones with water. Others, you will use for decoration. (put water in at the end - first set them up) Take a large plate or small tray. Put flowers on the outer rim. Put a deep bowl/cup/etc in the center. Fill with water and sprinkle rose petals. Now inside that bowl put the smallest cup/holder with a candle in it.
If you dont get any of this, let me know.
Use lots of different colors, ribbons, candles, sizes. You can replace the flowers on the outer rim with henna with candles embedded in it for a different effect. You can also, sprinkle glitter all over the flowers once you set them up.
PS: For tips on securing poles, you have to tell me where the mehndi is? Indoors, outdoors. Do you have a solid concrete ceiling or hardwood floors? Again, where is makhram?
PS: you can get all these plates, bowls, ribbons, flowers etc etc from the dollar store.
They also sell gold chargers that would work excellent as base for the henna/water things.
a gold charger plate is the larger plate that is set on the table for decoration. your dinner plate goes on top of it. this way the tables have more color or decoration on them before dinner is served, as desi weddings are almost always served buffet style rather than a plated dinner.
I don't think I need to start a new thread -- I'm doing a surprise dholki for my cousin next weekend. I want it to have a mehndi/mayun sort of feel to it. I've asked everyone to get dressed up, and we'll do the usual singing. Any other ideas for entertainment/activities?