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Almost a week out from Shannon and Michael’s amazing wedding last weekend and I’m still not over how beautifully the details came together. A year’s worth of planning surely pays off when you have a beautiful vision and the right vendor team on your side! 💖
📸 captured the details and shared this sneak peek with us!! And wait till I show you the teaser from 🤩 I was crying reliving the sweet moments celebrating The Murphy’s, and with Shannon’s dad officiating their ceremony there likely wasn’t a dry eye in the house!!! 🥹💗
Thank you to the crew that pulled together their beautiful wedding weekend!!!

💕 And congratulations to our amazing newlyweds!!!! 💕
THE MURPHY’s!!! & 💖🫶🥂

Please join me in congratulating Hailey and Brennon on their engagement! 🥂So happy for these two!!! 💖💍 Now time to plan the wedding!!! 🥰💗
📸 captured the surprise proposal!!

There’s so much that I have come to love about the traditions and practices for Hindu wedding ceremonies, but this was the first time I was able to be a part of a couple’s Manglik Prasang, as well as the Haldi!
💚 This event is a series of religious ceremonies that includes a prayer to Lord Ganesha, a hindu deity known as the remover of obstacles. 🙏 I just love that!! 🥰
💜 Sidd also took part in a Traditional Haldi Ceremony. Haldi rasam is a pre-wedding ceremony performed a day or two before the wedding. Family members and friends playfully slather the bride and groom in a paste of turmeric, oil, and milk. It is believed that haldi rasam is done in order to prevent evil spirits from harming the to-be-wed couple.
💛 In Indian customs, turmeric’s bright yellow color is highly auspicious. The couple, who are beginning their new life together, is blessed with prosperity thanks to the good fortune of this element and its colour. For this reason, the groom and bride wear yellow attire for their wedding haldi ceremony.
🩵 In addition to its ability to beautify, purify, and detoxify, haldi is also thought to lessen some of the anxiety that the bride and groom experience. Turmeric contains an antioxidant called curcumin, which has been shown to have mild antidepressant and headache-relieving properties.
📸: These amazing photos by captured some of the fun from Sidd & Mandy’s Friday ceremonies!