Meet Shreya & Nikhil
"When I left Bangalore in 2012, I knew I had left a piece of me behind. The foundation of every great relationship is friendship and it couldn't be truer for us. We kicked off this relationship as friends which later went on to progress into love. It was so amazing to the extent that we had Mr. Non-believer of long distance relationships here, working it across seven seas with me. :)" explains Shreya.
The Mehendi
The Wedding
From The Bride:
Our wedding was everything we could have dreamt of from the time we actually began dating. All we really wanted was to have our friends and family together having a great time, dancing and enjoying the best kind of hospitality. Most importantly, we wanted to be amongst them and not sitting in a secluded corner as Indian weddings tend to do. The entire span of two weeks interspersed with all the parties across North and the south (that's how our functions were too, the wedding was Punjabi and the reception was South-Indian) were full of equally special moments.
Our photographers , the amazing team at Fotowalle , had the hardest time finding us not laughing (a little too hard) at almost every moment and the pictures reflect that (including the pheras). I wanted the decor to be fun and chic but most importantly not over the top and the decor team at Tivoli did just that for me. Our sangeet and cocktails were largely in a yellow and hot pink theme (including a wooden bar in yellow and pink) with the largest emphasis on marigold floral arrangements. The highlight of the wedding was that it was between these vintage trains that were decorated with fairy lights and I especially love the floral wall that we got ourselves on the stage with chandeliers on each side that lent it the perfect look.
I had the toughest time finding a wedding lehenga because I was very clear in my head as to how I did not want it to look. That made it easier to eliminate. I did not want to wear anything too traditional or overbearing or far detached from my personality. So when I finally saw a version of this Payal Singhal lehenga which I eventually got customised, it was love at first sight. I did not want to do a traditional two dupatta look cause it would cover the interesting details of the lehenga. The jewelry and the makeup was again a mish-mash of traditional and modern with the navratan choker and the elaborate mathapatti.
