I had a refreshing 10 day break in the Ooty area which has inspired me with so many fresh ideas especially with flowers. When decorating entryways , we typically build arches with standard gerbera /roses and greens on a cloth backdrop. Other options are to make arches with balloons on an iron frame or to construct a plywood arch with rainbows/ theme related cartoon figures / stars etc.Another new option could be to fabricate , say a globe - decked with flowers of all colours or a flower rainbow or a 10 foot iron basket decorated fully with flowers. In fact, in the Botanical Gardens , the flower decorators had outdone themselves by constructing an Eiffel Tower replica( 15 foot high) covered with flowers . Such flower decked structures would look especially stunning in an outdoor party setting- say in Jalavihar glass house area or the lawns in the Taj Hotels or in Sanjeevaiah Park .
Another new idea , from the Mysore Palace - is a palace theme for a wedding - with baroque style backdrop - grand stained glass panels - pillars with gold leaf work -murals of wedding rituals - antique mandap - the darbar throne replica inside the mandap for the ceremony-- if we are ambitious then the grand archway for the entryway.This would be spectacular again in an outdoor environment.
Another idea for an outdoor wedding decoration would be complete with lush greenery , a waterfall , a few bells and chimes , the mandap decorated with spring flower bowers , a swing decorated with flowers for the couple to sit during the ceremony , the fire kund surrounded by terracotta figurines - this would make for a very ethnic and close to nature sort of an ambience refreshingly different from the standard closed mandaps.
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