Cardiff Wedding Exhibition 2010...The days shenanigans!

  Cardiff International Arena, or better known as the CIA (Mary Ann Street, Cardiff) held their annual wedding exhibition last Sunday 19th September. I joined forces with Cardiff's up and coming wedding and corporate events management company; Arora Events (visit their website at http://www.aroraevents.co.uk/) where we dished out free henna tattoos for all! After getting through a 'thumb numbing' amount of happy customers and muses, we happily declared the day a success! These amazing pictures below were taken by Jaffrin Khan, a keen and hugely talented freelance photographer, a big thank you to you Jaff (you will be seeing more of her work on my blog as she has kindly agreed to be my personal photographer for all the work i carry out...i don't think she realises that she has now quite literally signed away the next 12 months weekends away to me! Teehee!).
  You will see a very distinct flower design which you will find to be quite prominent in all the henna tattoos i applied throughout the day. This specific design is that of a lotus flower which is used extensively and effectively through bridal henna. The lotus flower symbolises the sun, recreation and rebirth...'beauty arising from watery chaos'...perfect description of the wedding process and the hoo-ha that surrounds the very days leading up to the big day i would say! (Tip: When adding shade to the tip of the lotus flower petals, start from one corner of the petal gently squeezing and releasing tiny amounts of henna and pull towards you using the tip of the henna cone. Do this to all tips of the petals to add a shadow effect to any design. You will see a significant difference in the overall design!)  
  So scroll down and take a look at some of the days' work..let me know what you think/where i could improve and so on, will appreciate it! Thanks for reading, ciao for now guys! Bip xx        



Hard at work...

The lovely Murium, my muse for the day!