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After reading
Rajee Sood's blog the other day it reminded me about my Bollywood birthday party. I was not blogging then, so I thought I would share it with you now. Here goes my epic, I hope you enjoy !!
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All my invites, table settings & menus were custom designed by
The Linen Paperie. I just had to keep them they are done so beautifully; they always come up with a unique design.
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This gorgeous fabric is from a little shop in Brisbane called
Rani Creations. It is from a sari I purchased. Sari's are around 9 yards in length. If you want to know how to wear a sari, have a look on
Sari Safari; it has some nice info if you are interested.
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I decided to have a go at making some outfits for some of my family & friends. We did have a lot of fun wearing them. We performed a bollywood-styles dance, which I choreographed as a suprise for all of my guests. Now that was really good fun! Shame we didn't video it as I could have put it on you tube. I think my performing harem girls were glad of that, as they are not quite the exhibitionist that I am; HEE!
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I just love this sari. It's what I would love to own! Maybe in my dreams & if only I was 20 years younger!! If you want the real thing you can always purchase one of these gorgeous saris from a great website in India called
homeindia .com. They are simply stunning. You would certainly make a statement.
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These stunning jewels were kindly modelled for me by my niece Rebbeca, who looked absolutly stunning in them.
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You can really stand out from the crowd with these. You can purchase them from
fusion Jewels. Some of their gems are just wow!! I want to go to India, I just love the exotic colours; and Bollywood is just so happy and vivacious; maybe its the performer in me?
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My garden was the spot for our exotic location. I had some of my family & my dear friend Allison to help with putting it all together. I couldn't have done it with out them; thank you guy's. What a night :) The catering was by
The Spice Avenue. It was fantastic; it is the best Balti in Queensland. I am just so upset we never got a picture of the party in full swing, I was too busy parading around in my costume!
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I know I was lucky to have my marquee & I loved how it was put together, but this one from
Sangeeta International. is so opulant. It would be great to do up; got me thinking for my next significant birthday.
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The table flowers were a wash of bright gerberas which added to the viberant bollywood colours, which I so love.
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I found most of these fake flowers, to put on the drinks table, in a shop called Loot. So glad they were not real, as they are now sitting lovely in a glass vase, with hundreds of shells around them, in my family bathroom. I will always remember my best birthday ever, well they say life begins at 40!!
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I wanted to give a little keep sake to my guests, so I made these little draw string bags. I embroidered the bollywood writing on them; each bag had a naturel soap inside, mine is in my bed side table making my clothes smell fresh still!!
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If you didn't have the time or oppertunity to make the little bags, I found these delightful clay candel diyas from
Indian gifts Portal. They are adorned with Kundan beads & filled with sparkle wax.
Hope you enjoyed my bollywood birthday...I did!!!
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