Santa Ynez, CA Fusion Wedding by Bogdan Weddings
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Today’s gorgeous Maharani is a familiar face to all of you today. A finalist in our Maharani of the Month contest, and a favorite around our office, we are thrilled to share Amy’s Washington DC fusion Indian wedding on Maharani today. If Barbie was going to have an Indian wedding, she would look just like our bride. Beaming, blonde, and with loads of Bollywood style!
Images by Love Life Images
More of this bombshell fusion Indian wedding coming right up! Stay where you are!
It’s will come as no biggie when you hear me say that we love a gorgeous Indian fusion wedding around here. Seeing a bride and groom embrace each other’s traditions is truly the most wonderful part of starting a marriage. And, when you pull it off with impeccable style, well, we can’t be more thrilled. There is just so much love and affection going on in this wedding and Love Life Images was there to document it all – beautifully. And, what we really, really loved was the modern florals and mandap by Partyland Flowers & Event Décor. Oh so stunning!
From the Bride, Amy :
I guess to start you could say that my husband and I are modern minimalist when it comes to style and decoration. Recognizing veryearly on that this style could conflict with traditional Indianweddings (which can be very ornate and over-the-top) it was importantthat our wedding reflected our style. This was particularly true fora mandapas we didn't want anything that looked like it was out of a temple and wanted a very simple setup (much like a Jewish huppah).
I also wanted to incorporate elements of my background into thewedding so I was excited when my wedding planner told me about the possibility of an elephant ice luge (a favorite Minnesota past time in my college days). We also served a mix of Indian and American food toappease our guests. During our Christian wedding, many elements of my background from Minnesota were also reflected such as the table numbers being made from birch trees and serving poppyseed kolache (a Czech dish from my grandmother) for dessert.
The other factors guiding our style is that I look horrible in red and decided that my wedding outfits would be variations of pink instead of red. I found my reception lengha with my mother in law in rani pink early on at Aza in Mumbai and absolutely loved it! I only decided later on and much closer to the wedding that I wanted to wear a sarifor the actual ceremony. Scouring Mumbai for a wedding sari with Jay's aunt turned up nothing but my problem was solved when Jay's grandmother offered to let me wear her sari. What a special way to honor her and solve my problem at once!
My eyes are blue so I decided the reception colors should be rani pink and turquoise- sea blue. Since none of my bridesmaids were Indian I thought Lenghas would be easier for them to wear than saris and had those custom made in Mumbai. My favorite flower has always been hydrangeas- so I used those as centerpieces for the reception decoralong with lanterns that gave it an Indian, but modern Indian feel.
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I just can’t stop staring at this beautiful bride. Seriously, I have never seen ANYONE rock a tikka like she did for her wedding, and she looks stylish and comfortable. Go Amy! With a dream team of DC Indian wedding vendors, Partyland Events and Décor, Working Brides, and Love Life Images, it is no surprise this Indian fusion wedding was totally, utterly, perfectly, delightful. All the Indian details were creatively calculated to bring the bride and groom’s signature look to their unique Indian wedding. From start to finish, this one's darling!
From today’s Maharani, Amy :
Our table numbers at the reception were actually table cities of all the cities my husband and I travelled to. He took all the pictures, so we used his photography for the decor. The invitation design was important to my husband and he had one his groomsmen custom design our logos and invitations in Rani Pink. The wedding stationary is Indian looking but has two dachshunds (representing out two dogs) as well as other symbols meaningful to us hidden in the design. My best friend Jenna Marfori of the blog Eat, Drink, Pretty designed my dessert table. The only thing I told herwas that I was inspired by peacocks (another beautiful elements). My in-laws planned the Sangeet decor so that was more or less a surprise to me. It turned out wonderful. One of the best parts of the wedding(in addition to marrying my husband of course!) was that my bridesmaids performed an Indian dance at my Sangeet. What wonderful memories!
Congratulations to the gorgeous couple! See you tomorrow!
