This was such a wonderful opportunity to do a traditional Hindu

wedding here in the heart of Texas for such genuinely amazing people, separated only by great distance and culture, but now one  joyous, international family!  The bride and groom live in New York,

the ranch was in Texas, the bride’s mom in India, so I worked nearly solely with the groom’s talented mother here in Fredericksburg as we readied their family ranch site for the celebration.  I brought in a series of 5 tents to better fit the site.  With oriental rugs on the ground,  great bursts of deep colors and fragrances

of rose, orchids, lilies and hydrangea,  we set the spaces of ceremony, Raj bar, dining and hexagonal ballroom tent in fragrant color and ambient drum shade and tent spot lighting.

We made the ceremonial mandap based on a picture the bride

loved with strands of crystal that were laced with rose petals the day of the wedding.

Here their elaborate wedding

garlands lie on ottomans

prior to the service.