An Indian Wedding: Sheetal & Jason Part 4

Here it is! The final ballroom set. I can't wait to share all of the pro pics when they come in. Glam, Bling and Flowers everywhere - just what Sheetal wanted!

Congratulations Jason & Sheetal. Thank you for letting me be a part of your amazing wedding. I wish you many years of love and happiness!

An Indian Wedding: Sheetal & Jason Part 3

Saturday morning we were at Our Lady of Snows Catholic Church for Jason & Sheetal's christian ceremony. Sheetal wore a beautiful A line wedding gown with custom crystal and bead work on the side. She was stunning!

After the ceremony we headed over the the Hyatt Wind Watch for the reception. There was so much going on it was amazing. Major decor installation in the ballroom, cherry blossom trees lining the foyer hallway, ice bar installation, glow bar installation are just a few of the major items that were going on.

Here's a few of the before pictures that I snapped during set up. I was honestly a tiny bit concerned that we weren't going to finish on time, but as always, it magically comes together with time to spare.

Sorry for the blurry photos - they were snapped on my iphone and it's not the best camera as you can see...but you get the idea.

Tomorrow - the completed reception!

An Indian Wedding: Sheetal & Jason Part 2

After the first ceremony, we tore down the beautifully modern pink mandap and made room for the second, more traditional mandap for the actual wedding ceremony. This mandap was red, white a gold - traditional Indian colors.

There was a beautiful red runner lined with red and white rose petals, as well as a custom monogram made from red and white flowers. It was so beautiful! We had closer to 400 guests in attendance for the second ceremony. The groom arrived and remained outside until the bride's family greeted him - this is known as a Baraat. A more traditional Baraat would have had him arrive at the ceremony on a horse or similar animal. Jason didn't want to do this, so his white limo was just a good!

I couldn't believe how beautiful the saris were that the women wore. Sheetal's was so gorgeous in a deep red and gold...and the jewelery...oh my! I was feeling very under dressed!

The Wedding Ceremony Mandap

The Program

Guests are arriving!

Here comes the groom!

A groomsman and bridesmaid. I just love the pink & white!

Here comes the bride!

An Indian Wedding: Sheetal & Jason Part 1

As you may have seen I jetted off to NYC last week for my very first Indian Wedding experience. What a fantastic time I had to Preeti & her team! I'll be sharing images all week of the various parts of the weekend.

First up is the Sathak ceremony. I understand that typically this ceremony takes place in the home of the bride. This was not possible with over 350 guests in attendance for Sheetal's ceremony. Instead, we were at the Chateau Briand in Long Island.

Preeti & her team created a modern, glitzy mandap for this first ceremony. Sheetal loves flowers and crystals and wanted something on the modern side for this ceremony. I have to apologize for the blurry photo but it's the only one I snapped and didn't realize it until much later. Preeti has promised to send the pro pics once she gets them back from the photographers. I'll definitely share this with you as well so you can get a real feel for what she created.