mendhi plates/trays

**ambar** · Apr 24th, 2007, 05:51 AM

Ideas for making home made mendhi plates please??? for the girls family to take to the boy's mendhi.. also other ideas of things they can carry like fruit, mithai, etc... any different ideas..???

**somegroovychick** · Apr 24th, 2007, 08:02 AM

yes please! i need help on this too!

**MaHaM NadeeM** · Apr 24th, 2007, 08:54 AM

On my friends brother's wedding, we made a huge mehndi tray....First, we had a huge plank of wood and cut it in the shape of a big flower with 6 petals...then we decorated the outline with real red roses and then we tied yellow flowers all around the tray (like frills...they were quite long)...and inside we decorated it with small diyas and mehndi and roses....It was just beautiful and 6 girls carried it...each holding 1 petal!
I hope my explanation was clear...it was hard to describe...I wish I had a picture of it.

**MaHaM NadeeM** · Apr 24th, 2007, 08:55 AM

you can get some pictures from this thread:
http://www.paklinks.com/gs/showthread.php?t=238328

**ambar** · Apr 24th, 2007, 08:56 AM

wow that sounds amazing! where did you get such a big plank of wood and how did you cut into it??

**MaHaM NadeeM** · Apr 24th, 2007, 08:58 AM

We arranged it from some shop and also paid them for cutting it according to our given design.

**chanel1122** · Apr 24th, 2007, 09:04 AM

http://www.paklinks.com/gsmedia/files/prototype/fl1.jpg
nice one

**chanel1122** · Apr 24th, 2007, 09:05 AM

http://www.paklinks.com/gsmedia/file...pe/4017scd.jpg
Nice Idea.... But for this arrangement 1 must have swimming pool in the venue.

**chanel1122** · Apr 24th, 2007, 09:10 AM

Scented ,Beads studded candles ,churiyan,bangles mad up of real flowers
alot of roses,glitters & coloured rice to sprinkle on mehndi tray i remember we arranged on my cousins mehndi ,antique pots......there will be alot of new things ...........

Hmmm nice arrangement ......i m just lovin it...
http://www.paklinks.com/gsmedia/file...pe/1badscd.jpg

**ambar** · Apr 24th, 2007, 09:34 AM

coloured rice? where would one get coloured rice? or do you boil it and colour it yourself???

**somegroovychick** · Apr 24th, 2007, 11:59 AM

Originally Posted by chanel1122

http://www.paklinks.com/gsmedia/files/prototype/fl1.jpg
nice one

this is gorgeous! i definitely want to do low, round tables at mine!

**chanel1122** · Apr 24th, 2007, 02:30 PM

[quote=ambar;4966205]coloured rice? where would one get coloured rice? or do you boil it and colour it yourself???[/q

The rice shud not be boiled.
We got it done from a dyer in many colors like green,blue ,red ,puprle,yellow.U will find the dyer everywhere in Pakistan ,one who can dye ur dupatass particulary.

Really the Mehndi trays were looking awesum yet the idea was different too.

**somegroovychick** · Apr 24th, 2007, 03:44 PM

plus you can stick incense sticks into rice... hrm... it could have the whole place smelling really good!

**ambar** · Apr 25th, 2007, 03:46 AM

The rice shud not be boiled.
We got it done from a dyer in many colors like green,blue ,red ,puprle,yellow.U will find the dyer everywhere in Pakistan ,one who can dye ur dupatass particulary.

Really the Mehndi trays were looking awesum yet the idea was different too.

Oh.. but i'm not in pakistan i'm in the uk!! is there anyway of dying the rice myself?? what if just put it in cold water with the dye will that work? or will that make the rice all soft. or could i just buy lots of cheap dye and soak the rice in it?

**Lusi** · Apr 25th, 2007, 03:59 AM

Well just use regular acrylic paints. Leave the rice in the color for some time, then drain them (make sure you drain the color in another pot so it can be reused) and spread them on a tray to dry. You can use lentils or maccroni (small shapes) aswell.

Some more tips...

Take your disposable plates, cover them with aluminum foil
Make some sort of design on the border, brush glue, and sprinkle the colored rice. You can use beads and stuff too. Once you are done, just sprinkle glitter on top.
Instead of regular candles, use tea candle on the mehndi, they look really pretty.

**Lusi** · Apr 25th, 2007, 04:10 AM

Originally Posted by ambar

wow that sounds amazing! where did you get such a big plank of wood and how did you cut into it??

You can also use a sheet of styrofoam, cut it into the desired shape and then either paint it with a thick paint or cover it with some glazed paper, etc.

**chanel1122** · Apr 25th, 2007, 04:25 AM

Originally Posted by ambar

Oh.. but i'm not in pakistan i'm in the uk!! is there anyway of dying the rice myself?? what if just put it in cold water with the dye will that work? or will that make the rice all soft. or could i just buy lots of cheap dye and soak the rice in it?

yeahh amber it will help u for sure.... also check how lusi assist u to dye rice..........

**chanel1122** · Apr 25th, 2007, 04:30 AM

Originally Posted by Lusi

You can also use a sheet of styrofoam, cut it into the desired shape and then either paint it with a thick paint or cover it with some glazed paper, etc.

As we did so .......and we covered it up with glazed paper and put mehndi on and decorated with beads,candles and glitter etc etc hmm lot of stuff

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