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Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 10:38 pm by Ambaa Choate

Wedding Inspiration 2015-03-13T22:38:11-04:00 Ambaa Choate

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Time to get started on wedding planning for my interfaith/intercultural Hindu and Scottish wedding! It’s going to be… interesting.

The first step, I think, is to get inspiration and ideas. To see how my thoughts can integrate into a cohesive whole.

Here are a few great finds from the comments on my wedding announcement post of non-Indian Hindu weddings! I said I hadn’t ever seen a Hindu wedding where neither the bride nor the groom was non-Indian and our friends pipped up with a couple of examples…

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150539628117149.376493.633132148&type=3&l=70b02e191f

http://srisomesvara.smugmug.com/Ceremonies/2011-Ceremonies/Vedic-Wedding/18076566_qV9df8#!i=1386478132&k=hzfPS9m

Now, of course, my wedding is not purely Hindu. It would be simple enough, I suppose, to get a priest and do what he told us. But we’re an interfaith couple and we’re going to reflect elements from both as well as elements of our cultural heritage. (Although, there are more developments happening on the officiant side, so I’ll be giving you a post about that in the future).

Here are some images from an interfaith wedding where the bharat is non-Indian:

http://www.indianweddingsite.com/photogallerydetail/141/interfaith-wedding/410/nonindian-wedding-baraat/

And an interfaith Jewish/Hindu wedding:

http://www.theknot.com/weddings/album/laurie-and-anil-an-interfaith-wedding-in-malibu-ca-45922

How about some Buddhist and Hindu weddings at my favorite site: A Practical Wedding? (I am so submitting my wedding for a wedding graduate post there!)

http://apracticalwedding.com/?s=hindu

Inspiration and Information about Hindu ceremonies:

http://aprendizdetodo.com/wedding/

http://www.hinduwedding.info/index.html

http://www.weddingsutra.com/

Planning Resources for Indian Brides:

http://shaadi-bazaar.com/

http://www.maharaniweddings.com/

http://indianweddingsite.com/

http://www.weddingcardshoppe.com/Hindu_Wedding_Ceremony.htm

http://www.vivaaha.org/the.htm

Video: Initial thoughts at the start of the wedding planning process. Not the most flattering video of me ever. Next time I’ll put on makeup. And not hold the camera so close 🙂

Check out my Pinterest page for wedding ideas too!

Bridal Bootcamp

I have 25 pounds to lose before I can order the sample of the wedding dress I want (there will be a post to show off that beauty!). The truth is, I still see myself at a particular weight that I consider to be my normal, but I haven’t been that weight in about three years. Which isn’t too long. And I’m only 25 pounds off. So I want to be back to normal. I’m going to let you follow along with my progress on getting in shape. Why? Because it’s part of wedding stuff and also because every thing that I do in my life is based in my spirituality, even the mundane and every day things! Plus I don’t have another good place to show it.

So here is my start photo!

You can’t see the writing on the shirt here, unfortunately. It says Future Mrs. on it! (Yes, that would be Lord Shiva over my left shoulder!)

Here is what I’ve done so far this week:

Sunday

Weight watchers meeting

Gym: elliptical machine for 45 min

Monday

Walk the dog: 30 min

Biggest Loser DVD

Abs workout: 10 min

Eating on ww plan

Tuesday

Gym: 30 min

Eating on ww plan

Planned for the rest of the week:

Wednesday

Gym: 40 min elliptical or swimming 30 min

Abs workout: 10 min

Biggest Loser DVD

Eating on ww plan

Thursday

Gym: 30 min elliptical

Abs workout: 10 min

Eating on ww plan

Friday

Rollerskating: 30 min

Abs workout 10 min

Biggest Loser DVD

Eating on ww plan

Saturday

Gym: 45 min elliptical

Abs workout 10 min

Biggest Loser DVD

Eating on ww plan

So yeah, wedding planning is in full swing and I’m excited to share all the details with you. Some posts coming up on Wednesdays will be:

The lengha
The ceremony
Officient
Flowers
Cake
Music
Sangeet
Mendhi
Honoring loved ones who have died

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