Re: MEHNDI DECORATION!! help@!!
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how about vertical layers/panels of chiffon? say you use dark red chiffon for some drama, and then you know how you get christmas lights? the little string lights? if you hang a whole row of them, but so they fall vertically, behind the chiffon panels, then it would look really pretty all lit up but softened with the colored chiffon. you can also get strings of clear, sparkly crystals and hang those vertically but in front of the chiffon panels for some more oomph. this would work best, i think, with white or ivory chiffon but if the whole room were done up in shades of red, it would be very pretty.
you can have lots of candles too, but place them in large, tall, circular glass vases- the big ones that sit on the floor and hold the taller pillar candles? those are also safe cos theres less chance of them being knocked over like with little votives. you can arrange a number of them, in varying heights on either side of the stage maybe, or to form your aisle up to the stage. scatter mixed rose petals at their base in reds and pinks and yellows.
i also really like the idea of using a "takht" instead of a swing or a sofa on the stage. those are slightly lower and you can arrange really nice floor cushions all around them so for photo op's it looks more intimate and like a big group of people who actually know/like each other, as opposed to some of the pics where it looks like a bunch of random, disconnected strangers are sitting sort of far apart from each other but on the same stage. there needs to be more closeness in these stage-set wedding and mehendi pics, i think.