Re: Silver jewellery gold plated
my teeka and jhoomar are like that with kundan and green emeralds. they use real stones and real silver and then gold plate it. you absolutely cannot tell unless you look really closely. and some of the sets are just as much $ as a real gold set. most of them though are less. i didn't want mom spending a lot on teeka and jhoomar cos i likely won't wear them again. mom's gulubund and chooriyan and chandan haar are all real anyway, and thats enough for me! :) my dad's fussy about these things though- he doesn't like fake, but i think when he realised how much the whole wedding is gonna cost him, he also realised it didn't make sense to spend on something i wouldn't use again.
for my mehendi, i'm making my own jewellery using gold plated silver and real turqoise and swarovski's. but thats mainly cos i haven't been able to find a nice ready-made set that i want to wear.
wow! your jewellery idea sounds great!!:biggthumb do post some pics when u get them