An Intimate Home bound Wedding Today’s real bride – Charlotte, British, is quite the ‘take-charge’ bride. She handled all of the planning, decorating and designing of the wedding from the set-up and invitations to the decor and flower arrangements, in little over a month! Her love story with Omar, Emirati, is sure to make you believe in destiny! The couple chose to get married during an intimate ceremony at the groom’s family home in Abu Dhabi, with…
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Glitterati wedding at Magnolia, Al Qasr We’re starting the week with this gorgeous video capturing the wedding of Dubai based couple Mark and Angela, who chose to get married at the elegant Magnolia, Al Qasr, in February 2015. Filmed by BCME vendors The Studio, the video includes a touching speech by the groom, recalling exactly when the couple first met! Mark and Angela’s wedding was full of glitter and sparkle, and we particularly love the…
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Engagement Shoot: American Love in Dubai Today’s super-sweet engagement shoot comes to us courtesy of Dubai-based photographer Liz of LIZJvR Photography. Stephanie, the bride-to-be, and her fiancé Alex are both from Detroit, Michigan, and chose to hold their engagement shoot in Dubai as this was where Alex proposed while on a business trip. Featuring the iconic Burj Al Arab and the cutest photo op idea – imprinted hands in sand and the all-important engagement ring…
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An Intimate Garden Wedding In Dubai Yay, we love it when one of our BCME vendor club family members gets hitched! Today, we share these gorgeous pictures by Liz JvR Photography of super stunning bride Dee, one half of Make-Up By Dee & Dal. Dee and her twin sister Dal have made-over many a Bride Club ME reader since we launched and we are delighted to feature Dee’s intimate ‘at home’ wedding in Dubai. I am…
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   A Grace Kelly-Inspired Styled Shoot in Cannes Coming all the way from Cannes in the South of France, today’s post takes us back to the era of the classics. Inspired by film icon and former princess of Monaco Grace Kelly, this shoot exudes class and sophistication.  Featuring gorgeous gowns by Elie Saab and Vera Wang and stunning views, the shoot is packed full of ‘pretty’. Photographer Nora Mancini hopes these images will inspire UAE…
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Nigerian Wedding at the Ritz Carlton Abu Dhabi Today’s real wedding comes from our friends Bindi and Bernie over at Bernard Richardson Photography. We love the bright and colourful garments the guests are wearing at this exquisite Nigerian wedding, hosted at the Ritz Carlton Abu Dhabi. We also adore the genuine warmth and love emanating from the gorgeous couple, Chi and Ola (from the UK) – their wedding video, produced by Dubai-based videographers Morning Jacket…
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Pre-Wedding Shoot At Bab Al Shams Today’s post leaves me breathless: how utterly gorgeous is that red dress? UAE-based photographer Joem Aldea submitted this beauty to BCME last month and we fell in love at first site. The couple, Jen and Ashley, both expats in Dubai, are marrying this month in Melbourne, Australia. Their love story started on one of the UAE’s favourite social media platforms, Instagram, how awesome is that? They went into the…
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 Sophisticated White Wedding In Dubai  Sophisticated and timeless, with some fun touches thrown in for good measure, this Dubai wedding will make you smile this Monday morning. Gorgeous newly wed bride Vicky chose the luscious grounds of the Polo & Equestrian Club to say her ‘I DOs’ to her sweetheart Steve, and called upon the wedding planning services of our expert panel member and BCME vendor Clare Ebbs, of The Perfect Moment Dubai, to make…
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A Magical Dubai Wedding Movie Today’s post features the wedding of Yara and Mohamad, both from Lebanon. The couple met in 2012, when Mohamad, who was living in Rome, was on a business trip to Dubai; they immediately bonded over their love for travel and adventure, and struck up a long-distance relationship. A whirlwind year later, Mohamad proposed to Yara and, soon after, the loved-up couple wed during a beautiful ceremony on the grounds of The…
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A French shabby-chic-style wedding in Abu Dhabi Oh my, today’s real wedding post is simply stunning – but, then again, we expect nothing less when the images come from fine art wedding photographer Melissa Beattie. Newly wedded Mr and Mrs Tarabout are originally from southern Germany and the south of France, yet chose to recite their ‘I dos’ in Abu Dhabi at St. Andrew’s Church, followed by a beautiful reception at the Ritz Carlton Hotel…
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