Choosing Your Bridal Party! Are you agonising over which friends and/or relatives to ask to be your bridesmaids and maid/matron of honour? Selecting the bridal party can be difficult for even the most blunt and straightforward bride-to-be. Consider these factors before making your choices: Above: Image above via idealbridemagazine.co.uk How many? Are you a bride with a few close friends, or are you a social butterfly? Do you have a large family unit of female cousins…
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Introducing the Engage Academy Earlier last month on 4 July, I launched the very first Engage Academy workshop for wedding entrepreneurs, in partnership with my business-savvy friend Shikkha over at The Fashset.com. Since launching www.brideclubme.com nearly two years ago, I’ve met with many established wedding professionals as well as those who are new to the market. The talent in the UAE is outstanding, and I am so proud to be part of a growing wedding…
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Wedding Favours In The UAE Are you looking for something slightly different as your wedding giveaway? Tired of the traditional sugared almond? Check out our list of unique wedding favours available right here in the UAE. Personalised matchboxes Having a box of matches around the home always comes in handy. Some people even collect matches from around the word when travelling. We love these purple personalised matchbox wedding favours by Dubai-based stationery designer Ritu at…
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The Diary of a Real BCME Bride Hello Fellow Brides! I’m currently in the thick of wedding planning and following my first post, I am back with even more to divulge, in my second BCME real bride diary entry. Today, it’s all about THE GOWN! As I sat in the passenger seat of our 1990s Mercedes, the smell of gardenia wafting through the air, I felt the sun’s warmth on my face. For the first time in…
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8 Table Number Ideas for Your Wedding Table numbers are popular as décor pieces of their own at weddings these days, and can complement surrounding table decorations and the theme of your wedding nicely. Here, we feature eight of our favourite wedding table number ideas – many of which can easily be DIY projects. Balloons Make a big statement with these bold, gold helium number balloons. Above: Images via Ruffledblog.com Frame it We love these botanical-inspired…
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How To Pick Your Wedding Photographer As many of our readers know, we often call on the experts for wedding planning tips and advice. Today, our BCME expert panel member in the area of photography, Maria Sundin, offers her top tips on choosing your wedding photographer. Hello BCME brides! You’re almost there. Beautiful dress – check. Awesome husband-to-be – check. Wedding date – check. Venue – check. Once you’ve started planning your wedding, and have…
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A Guide to Wedding Flowers We posed a question to our readers a while back on our Instagram page. What features would YOU like to see on Bride Club ME? By popular demand, a guide to wedding flowers was one of the top requested feature ideas. We can understand why too. When I was engaged, deciding which flowers I wanted was quite a task. Not all of us are botanists and know what blooms work…
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A Guide To Wedding Flowers | Part 2 We posed a question to our readers a while back on our Instagram page. What features would YOU like to see on Bride Club ME? By popular demand, a guide to wedding flowers was one of the top requested feature ideas. Following on from part 1 of our guide to wedding flowers, floral designer and founder of Flowers.ae, Martin O’Gara, continues to offer advice on popular wedding flowers and their seasons….
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The Diary Of A Real BCME Bride Back in April 2014, the gorgeous Salwa Chamsi-Pasha visited us at the BCME stand at BRIDE Dubai, and excitedly told us she was engaged to marry her beau this October in Jordan. Having a natural passion for event management and a desire to document her planning process, Salwa suggested writing for Bride Club ME. We loved the idea and are delighted to introduce Salwa’s first bridal diary feature on Bride Club ME, we are also honoured to…
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Saving Money as a Wedding Guest Being a guest at a Dubai Wedding is always exciting. As fun as these celebrations are are, paying for them can make otherwise joyous occasions stressful. The average Dubai wedding guest, for instance, will spend $600 minimum for each wedding they attend; this sum includes transportation costs, new outfits, hotel stays, and travel food. Still, there are plenty of ways to save money as a wedding guest. If you’ll…
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