Bridal Jewelry

I found some great stuff at various far too expensive websites but I want to recreate one for less money either in Sri Lanka/India or through a family friend.

Our favorite is this first necklace from Jacob the Jeweler. If I got this one made, we couldn't do the giant rocks of diamonds and instead would do a cluster of smaller ones. It didn't have a matching earring but we think we can design something to go along with it. Cartier Necklace and earrings are also beautiful


Random necklace I saw somewhere but I tend to like this teardrop shape. Only thing is that I don't think I'd want a colored stone and I think thats sort of what makes this style necklace work.

Bridal Outfits

Singhalese brides generally wear white or cream (taken from the British) to the wedding and wear a red outfit when they are leaving the wedding. Indian brides often wear red, although it differs depending on the region. We are still trying to decide if we should combine the ceremonies (so I'd only wear one outfit - the Singhalese sari) or do them seperately.

I am inspired by these lace wedding gowns by Monique Lhuillier. I'd really love to do a cream lace sari with embellished bead work and a scalloped lace cap sleeve blouse to sort of mimick my mom's sari on her wedding day.

I'm not sure if I'll get something designed from scratch or buy off the rack when I go to India and Sri Lanka in December. Here are some designers I like and am thinking about visiting in India:

Maria B:

Manish Malhotra:

Satya Paul:

Tarun Tahilani

Moodboards

I found these moodboards which are a collection of images/inspirations that can set the theme and tone of your wedding. Some I liked the colors and others I just liked individual images. I am collecting the ones I like and hopefully I'll create my own moodboard sometime soon.

Potential Place Cards and random cute knickknacks

I really love some of these trinkets for placecards or some other sort of design element. They are from the website French General. They are random, but I think they are cute inspiration pieces for something during the wedding.