Diary of a Real Bride, Anna Lucas: The Summer Lull This month, our real bride Anna is experiencing something that we can all relate to, both in terms of wedding planning and general day to day life in the UAE. There comes a point when you simply need to take a break, relax and sit back for a month or so, ready to start again with a bit more energy. The summer is the perfect…
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‘The Chandelier Tree’|A styled shoot by The Pretty Pineapple Back in May, we featured an absolutely stunning styled shoot from Wedding and Event Planners, The Pretty Pineapple. Well, we’re thrilled to say that once again, The Pretty Pineapple have completely wowed us with their latest shoot, based upon the idea of an art installation called ‘The Chandelier Tree’. This enchanting shoot, which once again saw these relatively new event planners team up with photographer Joem…
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Get To Know The Wedding Pro Each week, we shine the spotlight on Bride Club ME vendor club members, allowing you, our reader, to get up close and personal with some of the best wedding vendors in town. Here, you can learn more about the people behind some of the businesses you may be using to make your wedding day perfect! This week, we have the privilege of showcasing Ayzo Yodgarova, Event Coordinator at Platinum Heritage….
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‘You had me at Aloha’ Receiving submissions from both real brides and vendors always gets us feeling excited and inspired, but when we saw this captivating styled shoot from relatively new wedding and event planners The Pretty Pineapple, we were well and truly in awe. Finding the words to describe these enchanting and unique images is incredibly difficult, and choosing just one or two elements to focus on is nigh on impossible. To begin with, the…
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2 months down and 18 to go… Back this month with her second diary entry, our ‘real bride’ guest blogger Anna Lucas has thrown herself into planning her Summer 2017 wedding in St. Tropez, France. Following on from last month, Anna has begun to think about her ‘wedding transformation’, as well as venues and finances. Read on to find out more… So, after the commotion of getting engaged came the awesome parties…one held in Dubai…
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The Paperwork: Ensuring your UAE marriage is legal If you’ve lived in the UAE for some time, you’ll be all too aware of the various paperwork that is required to make your stay legal; medicals, residency visas and Emirates ID cards are just some of the things that you will have obtained during your first few months here. But what about marriage? How can you ensure that your wedding in the UAE is legally binding,…
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Styled Engagement Shoot by The Purple Chair Here at BCME, we love receiving submissions that show something a little different to the pretty beach and desert settings that are such a well loved part of weddings in the UAE. Today, Dubai based boutique wedding company, The Purple Chair, are sharing with us this unique ‘arabian woodland’ styled shoot, designed with all of you engaged couples in mind! Honestly, we really don’t know where to start…
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How To Stick To Your Wedding Budget The proposed budget for your wedding can be one of the most problematical areas once you have said ‘yes’ and begun planning your big day. You and your fiancé or family might have different ideas about how much you are willing to spend on this special occasion, and even if you have already set a budget, disagreements might still ensue once you start making bookings and putting down…
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Finding The Perfect Wedding Dress It’s one of the most exciting yet possibly most stressful elements of planning your wedding. Indeed, as soon as you announce your engagement, one of the things you’ll be asked most after “have you set a date yet?” will be about THE DRESS. Everybody will have an opinion, and almost immediately you’ll enter the minefield of designers, necklines and silhouettes! Thankfully, our new BCME expert panel member Kelly Lundberg, founder…
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Enchanted Garden – Styled Shoot Valentine’s day is approaching, and we really can’t think of a better way to inspire our brides to be than with this romantic ‘enchanted garden’ styled shoot. This gorgeous shoot was put together by the creative Zeina and Katia over at Jive Events. Featuring deep reds, peach tones and hints of gold, Zeina and Katia brought together some of the wedding industry’s most talented people and highly sought after companies,…
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