Kudos can provide you with stunning LED venue mood lighting in london.

Provide a stunning enhancement to your venue with mood lighting and up-lighters creating the perfect atmosphere for your special day

We can select a vast numbers of colours to complement your exciting colour scheme transforming your venue with a warm atmosphere.

The vast majority of your wedding day will be spent at your chosen venue. Our LED venue lighting service will enhance the plain walls with rich, vibrant shades to complement your colour scheme.

The operator has full control of the lighting units and so you can have them as bright or as soft as you wish. If you change your mind about the colours being used they can be altered at the touch of a button.

Traditionally during the wedding reception the house lights will be dimmed and the DJ or band will provide lighting to fill the dance floor area.

Kudos can integrate our venue lighting with our Wedding DJ or band so that the entire room is filled with light. It is also possible to have the walls change colour along with the beat of the music

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ADVANTAGES TO LED UPLIGHTING:

• Lighting can be set to a single static colour or to chase through various different colours at variable speeds and fade times between each colour.
• Each light is made up from many LED’s that are super bright and don’t get as hot as conventional uplighting.
• Each light consumes less than 30w of power, so a room full of uplighting will require less power to run than conventional uplighting.
• The uplighting will help create the mood and the ambience you require can easily be set to match your events colour schemes and style.

Designer Wedding Mandaps in London

For many modern couples the mandap is a fashion statement in itself and a very integral part of the wedding decorations. However, traditionally, the mandap is the focal point of the Hindu wedding where the ceremony is conducted around the sacred fire. The four pillars of the structure represent the Vedas and each stand for Dharma, Artha, Kama, and Moksha. They also represent the four parents of the couple. Mandaps have greatly evolved over the years and are nowadays also used by Muslims and Sikhs. A mandap is the focal point of the wedding and creates a sacred and decorative atmosphere for the couple to exchange their vows. Whether the mandap holds religious or artistic significance for you it will serve as the central spotlight during your wedding.

To get you started we have handpicked our most popular mandaps for you to browse at your leisure:

• Crystal covered mandap
• Royal fabric drapes mandap
• Waterfall Mandap

Types of Mandaps

Traditional mandap designs include colored paintwork (sankheda), bandhani, mirror work and the use of fabrics. Contemporary designs combine western elements and designs. Popular designs include the round top, chandeliers, wooden carved mandaps, roman pillars, iron domes, fresh flowers, and the use of ornate drapes. A mandap should be as unique as the couple it is for. It should reflect their individuality and allow them to express themselves. Mandaps are accented with plants, flowers, candles, backdrops, lighting, statues, water fountains, and several other accessories. A good wedding decorator will go out of their way in order to ensure that the mandap not only suits the couple but coordinates all the accessories with the wedding theme and colors.

Browse through our extensive mandaps in London collection to find your perfect Wedding Mandap >>

Wall and ceiling venue draping can dramatically transform your venue

Do you have a wedding venue or corporate event in London?

Is the venue a little run down and in need of a facelift? Why not let Kudos help with Venue Draping to transform your location. We can provide  drapes for walls and ceilings and a wide range of colours and fabrics to co-incide with your wedding theming and colour scheme.

• Venue Draping in London
• Venue Drapes for Weddings
• Wedding & Corporate Event Venue Draping
• Party Draping & Theming

Along with providing the perfect Wedding DJ, Kudos provide the perfectVenue styling to make your special day look stunning and be talked about for years.

Working in and around the London area, Kudos provide Venue Draping in London and also nationwide.

Kudos offer decorative ceiling draping and specialist lighting effects, in order to create the perfect atmosphere in any venue.

We look after every detail so that you can get on with enjoying every minute of your perfect wedding occasion, corporate event or party.

We will install the draping systems and remove it after the event for a complete hasslefree service. Whatever the purpose of the drapes whether it’s just to decorate an area, or to create a fresh new venue transformation, our expertise and input will make that happen

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What is a Baraat – Kudos Wedding Theming & Design

A Baraat is a bridegroom’s wedding procession in North India and Pakistan. In North Indian communities, it is customary for the bridegroom to travel to the wedding venue (often the bride’s house) on a mare or horse, accompanied by his family members.

The baraat can become a large procession, with its own band, dancers, and budget. The groom and his horse are covered in finery and do not usually take part in the dancing and singing; that is left to the “baraatis” or people accompanying the procession. The groom usually carries a sword. The term baraati is also more generically used to describe any invitee from the groom’s side. Traditionally, baraatis are attended to as guests of the bride’s family.

The baraat, headed by a display of fireworks and accompanied by the rhythm of the dhol player, reaches the meeting point, where the elders of both the families meet. In Hindu weddings, the groom is greeted with garlands and aarti. In traditional North Indian and Pakistani weddings, baraats are welcomed at the wedding venue with the sound of shehnais, which are considered auspicious at weddings by Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs alike.

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Punjabi baraat

Both men and women participate in the procession of a Punjabi baraat. Close male relatives of both the bride and groom always wear turbans, which indicates honor. When the baraat arrives at the wedding venue, a ceremony known as the milni (literally, meeting or merger) is carried out, in which equivalent relatives from the groom and bride’s sides greet each other.

This usually begins with the two fathers, followed by the two mothers, then the siblings, uncles, aunts and cousins; even distant relatives are included in the milni, which symbolizes the unification of the two clans.

Rajput baraat

A Rajput baraat consists entirely of male members. The bridegroom is usually dressed in a gold achkan, with an orange turban and a churidar or jodhpurs with jootis. The baraat members also must wear achkans or sherwanis with jodhpurs and safas (colorful turbans). The procession to the bride’s house looks rather regal as there is absolutely no dancing on the streets by the baraatis. In fact, all members, including the groom who rides an elephant or a horse, carry swords. The horse is important for the Rajputs.

Kudos can help theme and design your perfect wedding day. With our world renowned team let us help create your special day.

Fabulous wedding theme ideas from Kudos

Great ideas for a stylish wedding theme to impress your guests

A wedding or party ‘theme’ is simply a certain style choice for your day that you then reflect in your choice of invitations, dress code, decorations, and music… in fact any or all aspects of your day!

Check out the Kudos Wedding Theming page for more ideas >>

If you fancy choosing a theme, here are some ideas for you…

Chocolate Wedding Theming

Because who doesn’t like it?! You could really go to town with this theme and have chocolate coloured invites, chocolate favours, a chocolate fountain at the reception, brown ribbons adorning you dress, tables, and flowers, chocolate cupcakes or a truly indulgent chocolate cake as your wedding cake! (We are starting to feel fat just thinking about it!)

Football

This is definitely one for the grooms, but you could easily base the colour of your bridesmaid’s dresses, flowers, table decorations and venue décor around the colour, even strip of your favourite football team’s colours. The invitations could be designed to look like a football programme or ticket, the cake decorated in the chosen colours and you could give mini chocolate footballs as favours. Imagine how chuffed would you husband-to-be would feel…

Fairy tale Wedding Theming

If you manage to persuade your groom against a football theme, you could always opt for a fairy tale theme and convince him it is your day to feel like a princess after all! You could have prince and princess caricatures on your invites, fairy cakes instead of a big wedding cake, candlelight or fairy lights at the reception venue and you could sprinkle pretty table confetti to add extra magic.

By the seaside Wedding Theming

This theme works particularly well if you’re getting married near the coast. Use seashells to decorate your invites and tables, seagull-shaped table number holders would look cute and favours could be a tiny keepsake bottle of sand, a place name tied around a shell, or pieces of rock. Ask your cake designer to decorate your cake with sugar-seashells and seaside-inspired bits and pieces.

Black and white Wedding Theming

For sheer elegance, nothing beats black and white. You could get sophisticated table accessories, stunning gift boxes and chic monochrome decorations to create your theme and give black and white chocolate dice as favours! Bring even more fun to the table with black and white party poppers and black and white ribbon favour boxes, then for a sophisticated and elegant look, use a black felt table runner on a white table cloth and sprinkle silver and black mini metallic dots over the table for extra glamour. You could even extend the theme by asking your guests to wear black tie!

Other ideas include a guide to holding a Christmas theme or eco-themed wedding for your big day that you can have a look through and once you’ve chosen your theme, you’ll then find ideas for everything from glasses to centerpieces and place names to sparklers in the buyers guide on our site. Also see:

• Arabian
• Bollywood
• Hollywood / Oscars
• Mehfil And Sangeet
• Oriental / Chinese
• Winter Wonderland

Let Kudos help you with a whole variety of wedding theming and ideas for your big day >>