• The Date is set- check
• The Venue is booked – check
• The Wedding card is picked – check
• The outfits are picked- check

NOW comes the fun part- choosing the reception decor. We all dream about  our wedding and want it to be magical and memorable.  What better way to make the night last in you and your guests memories than with fabulous wedding decorations.

Picking the right colours to match or coordinate with your outfit is key to making an impact and in creating a theme and flow. A handy tip when meeting with your decorator would be to take a piece of your outfit like the lengha, dupatta, or your blouse. Countless times I have met the bride and groom to finalize everything and a few weeks later the outfit from India arrives-its not the right shade-eight out of ten times the Bride and Groom always change their colours.

You don’t have to match with the decorations but take into consideration having splashes of the colour throughout or pick colours that will compliment the colours of your outfit. This will make you stand out and shine!

This is a picture from my wedding.  Whenever I went to weddings I always noticed the groom’s side always matched with Burgundy and Gold and the brides side would be left with wearing boring colours like Cream and Gold. When picking my lengha colours I kept in mind that my husband side was going to wear Burgundy and I didn’t want to be left with the basic Creams and Gold for my wedding party and family. I added Orange and Aqua stones in the embroidery of my Red lengha and used those colours for my side of the family for the ceremony.

My younger brothers wore  Orange and the older guys wore Gold kurta’s accesoried with  Aqua duputta’s and a Orange boutonniere.  This helped tie in the colours of my Lengha with the Wedding party

My three sisters wore elegant Aqua Salwar Kameez suits with Orange embroidery, another great tie in!

My little beautiful flower girl wore the same colour as me with Orange crystals on her suit. I would  have loved for her to wear a mini version of my lengha but she was too small at the time.

Our wedding party was outstanding troopers. It was 8 degrees the day of our wedding and a night  after a big snow storm. With no jackets and sandals we took some great pictures outside in a fresh snowfall.   As you can see all the men wore kurtas with Gold and Burgundy dupattas and my bride’s maids were wearing Gold with Aqua dupattas trimmed  Orange and Gold fabric matching my lengha.

The Reception Outfit

My wedding reception lengha was a unique combination of Ice blue, Pink and Lavender. Our wedding theme was Winter Wonderland (Ice blue, Silver and White) My husband wore a Grey suit as I thought black would be too dark with my outfit. His tie was Lavender matching only my outfit and nothing else. Something to keep in mind is YOUR not the decoration. So when your picking the colours for the hall make sure everything matches with the colours you picked for the hall not your outfits. I was wearing three different colours but they were not all used in my backdrop or hall décor, i only picked a few key colours.  As a decorator you could imagine I wanted to do everything under the sun and have everything ever invented at my wedding.  Not possible so-I made a little rule for myself- when I was shopping for decoration supplies and accessories my rule was: If it’s not Silver, Ice blue or White I can’t buy it. So whenever I picked up something to buy, I said this line over and over…if it fit my criteria I was allowed to buy it.

Pictures of the wedding décor: