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With Thanksgiving around the corner, everyone maybe thinking more of the pumpkin-versus-pecan debate than work, so in order to make this Monday a little more of a  fun-day I have just about the sweetest the featured wedding for all of you. I know that we all get caught up in the details and décor, but at root a wedding, especially an Indian wedding, is all about family and fun.  This next featured wedding illustrates this point perfectly.  Vibha and Shorab’s wedding wedding was shot by the talented crew over at Bleu Cotton Photography, and the laughter and happiness jumps out of the photographs.  Take a look:

 

 
 
   
Back tomorrow with more MUST SEE ideas and images from this wedding coordinated by Pink Rock Events.  Toodles!

I am a total sucker for all things girly, all things graceful, and all things enchanting. One of the best parts about my job is I get to see all the artistic photographs of brides primping for their big days.  They are often my favorite shots….the clothes, the ladies, and of course, the jewelry.  I am fairly certain that Parul’s pre-wedding shots are one of my all time favorites, and I just can’t stop staring at her mother’s necklace.

 
Many, many, many more details coming up, so stay put.  It’s Friday after all!

Seriously people, how beautiful are these shots by Anne Kuperberg?

I have been waiting all week to show off this wedding.  Not only are the wedding details stunning and the couple adorable, the bride happens to be one of the sweetest people I know. She is the type of lady who would do anything for her friends, and someone I would have fought hard to have as my little sis in my sorority!

Anar and Dan, known playfully as Danar amongst their friends, got married last July in a Bollywood meets wine country extravaganza that was truly a one of a kind experience.

 
 
 
images by Bel Inizio 

From the lovely bride : Wedding took place in a venue that just opened up to private events called Richard's Grove in Saralee Vineyards. They usually do corporate wine events, but now focus on weddings.  It is basically a big grassy grove filled with flowers and trees, surrounded by vineyards in Sonoma County.  Dan is very outdoorsy and fell in love with the place.  It was also perfect because we got engaged in wine country. The best part, is with venues like this, it is a blank canvas that you can design.  We rented EVERYTHING... lots of work but each detail was our very own.

Even though Dan isn’t Indian, I convinced him to arrive to the ceremony in style, on a white horse of course! Him and his groomsmen had a small baraat that made its way through the vineyard to the ceremony aisle entrance. Everyone got out of their seats to get a view of Dan galloping in on a horse with dhol beats! It was classic.

The mandap was bright, simple, and elegant. We didn't want to take away from the beautiful giant tree and vineyard views we were getting married under. We found an amazing reverend "Reverend Blaine" who was able to mix Christian and Hindu ceremony aspects into one ceremony.  He was lively and worked in the garlands, seven steps, and pheras well! We didn't want our guests to sit through two ceremonies, so we got creative and blended them together! (We found him online, he was on TLC's a Wedding Story")

images by Bel Inizio 

I especially love these jai malas.  They are so festive and bright.  Anar is guest blogging over at R A N I S this morning talking about her DIY project that you won't wanna miss.  Make sure you go over there and check out some more great details from this bride.

SO, SO, SO, much more to come, so stay put, it's Friday after all!

Traditionally, close family friends and family will have the newlyweds over for dinner in the months following the wedding.  I think that this is a fantastic tradition because the only thing more fun than the big day, is recapping the big day over and over!

I love wearing saris, and I am head over heels for some of the fabulous new designs from Trends of India.  They are perfect for the many dinner soirees you will have to attend as the new Mrs. 

Just a reminder : this is the last weekend to enter your ULTIMATE Indian bridal style inspiration board.  Submissions end promptly at noon PST on Monday, so make sure that you get your dream board in to us.  With all the beautiful submissions and creative indian wedding ideas, I am super thankful that I am off the hook in picking a winner.  Our readers will judge half the contest, and Jaime, from It’s a Jaime Thing, will judge the other half. Good luck!

All week we have been featuring the Indian wedding extravaganza of Ritu and Rishi. After their dazzling Mehndi and Sangeet, their wedding did not disappoint. I absolutely LOVE this bridesmaid sari and am over the moon about these adorable Indian ring bearers.  Super duper cute.

A big e-THANK YOU to  Angie & Ashley at One Thousand Words Photography for sharing these lovely images with us.

Stay tuned…more glittering details coming up in just a bit!