Grand Dholki - Personal Touches

My Dholki was hosted in my hometown in Alberta a month before the wedding. We rented part of a Pakistani restaurant and made this into a grand event for those friends and relatives who were unable to make it to the wedding in Lahore.

Since the city I lived in had barely any Pakistani events, all the decor were DIY.

Personal touches for the event:

·      Create a wedding hashtag and have all your friends/bridesmaids write your wedding hashtag in their mehndi

·      Utilize a guestbook for all your events. Just having it on one event won’t cover everyone and not everyone will remember to sign. Create a separate space and table with a sign for this.

·      Create personalized welcome signs and place them all over the hall

·      I used digital art to create my dress of the event and pasted it on my welcome posters for the day of

·      Have a photobooth setup with props (can be easily printed on cardstock paper and cut out)

·      My friend made me special gajrays (as they are not available in Canada) with fresh roses and white flowers with a wire bought from the dollar store

·      Gol guppa fountain at dholki event set-up by the restaurant

·      Corsages for the girls

·      Bride team sash for my friends