Tips for Planning a Beautiful Wedding on a Reasonable Budget

The Asian weddings are known for their spectacle and greatness. Also, it has now become the norm for brides to contribute to their wedding fund. Putting two together, couples today have to host a grand wedding event with 1000 odd guests and pay for it. Here are some tips to make this work without drilling a major hole in your pocket,

Prioritize Your Wedding List

Make a list of key wedding elements that are really important to you. With your partner, discuss the list and eliminate items that you could do without. The point is that, it is your wedding day, and you will be too busy smiling for photographs and greeting guests and feeling too squiggly to be bothered about that orchid centerpiece that turned out to be blush-pink instead of baby-pink. Invest in a good photographer who will capture moments that make for memories, or a great makeup artist who can make you look like a princess in those memories. Once you have revised your list, set a budget and stick to it.

Plan Your Wedding During Off-Peak Times

Now this is a trick that will work if you don’t have important family members living abroad as the wedding season coincides with the holiday season .You can save a lot of money by opting to tie the knot on a summer’s day in April, or a breezy beautiful afternoon in October.

Rethink Your Guest List

It almost hurt even thinking about it. But then, since you’re out to save some money a smaller guest list is the best way to go. The bigger picture here is that it’s more important to have a few people who truly care about you on your wedding day as compared to a large crowd of strangers- as is the case for most of the weddings. Did you know that you are charged per plate for the reception? And did you know that there are folks who drop by just to pry, socialize, and of course, eat? Give it a thought.

Go Tech-Savvy

Call in a web designer friend or an acquaintance who knows a Photoshop trick or two, and create your save-the date/engagement announcement card online. This will save you guys a lot of cash considering how much postal services cost these days. Your guests will even appreciate the effort that went into customizing and creating your little online space just for them.

Seek Help From Family & Friends

It can be trying to have a tonne of family to entertain at your wedding and the days preceding it. Make the most of this situation and have them roped in to do little tasks. Your Martha Stewart enthusiast aunt would be flattered to bake your wedding cake, and your girl-cousins can catch up on all the gossip while sewing flowers for garlands. Give your list of favorite tracks to your little cousin brothers and ask them to make a mixed CD.

Personalize Your Wedding Venue & Service

Fore-go hotels as they come with plenty of hidden costs and taxes, particularly for weddings. Instead, use your community hall, wedding hall or the backyard of your home, and trust a decorator to deck it up into a beautiful venue for your big day. Also, this allows you to use your own caterer- which is by far a better option than cold hotel food that has always disappointed. Most family run catering services have an incredible reputation and charge a reasonable rate.

If you want to personalize your wedding just give a call to Vismaya, they will help you to make your dreams come true with an affordable budget.

Vismaya Events & Entertainment

Web: www.vismaya.lk

Mail : info@vismaya.lk

Wedding Settee backs

Wedding settee back is the decoration for where the couple would be seated during the Wedding Ceremony.Every bridal couple wish to have unique and a beautiful Settee Back Design for their dream wedding day. Array of beauty talks volumes from the decoration of the unique settee that carry the weight and the solemn nature of marriage to hold the newlyweds forever for a lifetime.

This beauty that lacks the right description for its grandeur will portray the solemnity and beauty of your wedding combined. You definitely want to have a great start to your marriage life. You have all you need right here. Fall in love with any of the displayed stages and settees and declare it yours and you shall have it. The design and the decoration of the settee are determined by the bride and groom according to their budget and wedding ideas.
As a wedding décor specialist Vismaya Events & Entertainment can provide a unique and a beautiful Settee Back Design for your Dream Day. Here you can see some of them,

If you want to Rent their Beautiful Settee-Backs for your weddings,receptions or engagements, you can reach them in Sri Lanka:

Vismaya Events & Entertainment

Wellawatta.

Srilanka.

Hotline : +94 779218011

 Mail     : info@vismaya.lk

Web    : www.vismaya.lk

Typical Srilankan Tamil Wedding Day

The main wedding day is like a typical Srilankan Tamil wedding and almost closer to the South-Indian Tamil weddings. The Bride wears a bright-red 'koorai' sari with heavily pleated pattern and a blouse embroidered in gold. The veil is put over her head and wrapped around her shoulders in such a way that her face is not hidden. The 'koorai' sari is the most elaborate attire the bride will wear. The Groom wears a traditional pattu vaetti and a white silk shirt with a turban. As a custom, the bride's younger brother will be the mappillai-tholan.He is like an escort for both Bride & Groom in the occasion of the marriage.

Mappilai Tholan escorts the groom to the hall in his wedding attire and is seated throughout the wedding ceremony. The bride is brought in after the “Rakshabhandanam” of the groom. This is when the veil plays its part; the bride and groom are not supposed to see each other during the ceremony until the bride goes in to change her “koorai”, which is handed by the groom himself to her. The ceremony is always held at the girl’s side because the groom comes over to the bride’s place to marry her in front of relatives and friends and ceremoniously takes her away. He sits, passes the “koorai” to her, telling her to tie the sari which he has gifted and when she comes back to the manavarai, he stands, respecting her and giving her the status of a wife, by tying the kodi and Thirumangalyam around her neck. This is when the veil is removed and he sees his glowing bride, now his wife. She then stands, and garlands her husband, in a symbol of respect and he while seated, garlands her to symbolize unity.

Hindu marriage symbolizes not only the wedding bond between a man and a woman, but it also symbolizes mutual love, care, affection, understanding, commitment, sacrifice, companionship, dedication and surrender by both the partners. Each and every ritual associated with the marriage has a meaning. One of such ritual is tying of "mangalyam" The groom ties the "mangalyam" around the bride’s neck with three knots, each knot representing three different aspects – the first knot represents her respect towards her husband; the second knot represents the respect towards his parents and her parents; and the third knot represents the respect to the God. It is not only the yellow thread or the gold chain that has the significance, but also the bond between two hearts and the protection assured by each other. Thaali contain Sivalingam on one side and Soolam with Thiruneeru on other side, but for Amman thali it contains Amman Logo. On either side of the Thaali, there are two coins with Goddess Lakshmi engraved on it, but nowadays old type of English coin is used for it.

Legend says that thaali was actually a tiger tooth that was tied around the bride’s neck by the bridegroom as a gift. The bridegroom himself defeats the tiger without any weapon and brings the tooth to tie in his girl’s neck as a token of bravery and courage, symbolizing that he can protect his wife throughout his lifetime from evils. Mangalyam holds a special place for married women, especially in the Tamil culture. When it is tied around her neck, it promotes her as a wife who looks after the welfare of a family. It is considered as one of the most important ornaments in a married woman’s life, which remains in her neck throughout her lifetime. All married women worship their mangalyam by keeping kumkum (holy red powder) on it and perform “Sumangali Poojai” for the long-life of their husbands. At the end of the evening, a procession escorts the couple to the wedding car and throws flower petals on the couple.

Manavarai (The Hindu Wedding Platform)

The Hindu wedding setting is quite unique, and most of the wedding the centre stage called Manavarai (the Hindu Wedding stage).Manavarai, where the bride and groom sites during the rituals. In the marriage ceremony, the bride and groom represent the Goddess Parvathi and the Lord Shiva, so they sit on the Manavarai which is elevated above the guests. The ceremonial area is holy ground; marriage is a step in the spiritual evolution of the human soul and for this ceremony heavenly hosts Shiva, Parvathi, Agni (the sacred fire) and the spirits of the ancestors are invoked as witnesses and sponsors. These Manavarai’s are comes in different shapes and styles but they represent the Hindu culture and traditions.

Here you can see some of the beautiful Manavarais from Vismaya Events & Entertainment.

If you want to Book their Beautiful  Manavarai, you can reach them in Srilanka:

Vismaya Events & Entertainment

Wellawatta.

Srilanka.

Hotline : +94 779218011

Mail      : info@vismaya.lk

Web     : www.vismaya.lk

Wedding Planner

A wedding planner is a professional who assists with the design, planning and management of a client's wedding. Weddings are significant events in people's lives and as such, couples are often willing to spend considerable sums of money to ensure that their weddings are well-organized. Wedding planners are often used by couples who work long hours and have little spare time available for sourcing and managing wedding venues and wedding suppliers.Professional wedding planners are based worldwide but the industry is largest in the USA, the UK and Western Europe. Various wedding planning courses are available to those who wish to pursue the career. Planners generally charge either a percentage of the total wedding cost or a flat fee.

Planners are also popular with couples planning a destination wedding, where the documentation and paperwork can be complicated. Any country where a wedding is held requires different procedures depending on the nationality of each the bride and the groom. Some countries instead have agreements and the couple can get their No Impediment forms from their local registrar and have it translated by the consulate in the country of the wedding. A local wedding planner can take care of the different procedures.

The services of a wedding planner can include:

Interviewing the couple and the parents to identify their needs.

Budget preparation.

Planning detailed checklist (from about a year in advance to a few days after the wedding).

Attendee list preparation.

Identification of event venues (hotels, wedding manor etc.)

Identifying and hiring of wedding professionals and service providers (caterers, photographers, videographers, beautician, florists, bakers etc.), and preparation and execution of contracts.

Procurement of customized decorations such as a journey map

Coordination of deliveries/services on the wedding day.

Have a back-up plan in the event of a disaster.

Assist and prepare legal documentation and translations - especially for destination weddings.

Many planners also run their own wedding blog to help provide inspiration and creativity.In order to become a successful wedding planner, one must be highly self-motivated since it is their responsibility to build a client list and contact people to make a name in the market as well as beat competition. It is also important to make people comfortable and being able to reassure them that they have put the planning of their life’s biggest day in safe hands.