Wednesday, 21 November 2012

Mangal Sutra Ceremony; Pre Wedding tradition


The mangal sutra ceremony is a tradition before the wedding, it is about the acceptance of both bride and groom into each others family. 
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Kavita and James exchange flower garlands. This symbolises the unification of their hearts.



A sair in maroon with gold is given to Kavita by James mother, Sue, in acceptance of her entering their family. This Gharchoru is draped around Kavita by James's sisters.


























Monday, 12 November 2012

Halloween Alice In Wonderland Party

For my friends 21st birthday I attempted to re-create the Mad Hatters tea party from Alice in Wonderland. Held on halloween night, I incorporated decorations you might typically have at a halloween party. A lot of my inspiration is from Pinterest (http://pinterest.com/), a fantastic website that I spend way too long looking at, I'm sure I have planned out my future house on there! For those of you that don't know, Pinterest is like google image search but with a creative, desirable or artistic images. 
For the event I was, obviously, dressed as the Mad Hatter.


                      



The table;


The birthday cake;
I sandwiched two chocolate cakes together, one on top of the other. Then, I scooped out a section in the middles to create a bathtub shape. I placed the Barbie in and covered the top with marshmallows as bubble bath. The plastic champagne candle holders were an idea my godmother had done for me earlier in the year. I think the whole cake was a perfect depiction of my lovely friend.








Lemon Drizzle cake with a twist;
Mini-cupcakes infused with lemon and made with green food colouring in the middle (which you can't see in this photo), a creation made by myself and a friend.








Favourite food idea inspired directly from Pinterest.
This dessert is orange sprinkles, peach/vanilla yoghurt and crushed oreos. layer them up to creative a visually interesting dessert.


Chocolate mousse;
I individually wrote out R's, I's and P's. To fit with the halloween theme I also took an idea from Pinterest and combined with food that was easy to find/cheap.
Digestive biscuits can be used to scoop up the mousse to eat. 










Monday, 5 November 2012

Grease; The musical

I am a huge fan of musicals, at the weekend I watched Grease at the Grand Opera House in York. Rhydian Roberts, starring as 'Teen Angel', stole the show in the 5 minutes he had on stage. He got the loudest applause at the end and by far the best voice. Rhydian has a solo tour this year and I believe he will be appearing next as Rocky in The Rocky Horror show.