Six Decisions To Share With Your Fiancé When Planning Your Dubai Wedding So many newly engaged women look forward to planning their dream wedding only to discover that rather than being a magical time, it can often be a source of stress and leave them feeling overwhelmed. The amount of support you have from your partner, and how you both feel about ‘sharing the load’ can be crucial. Some women are happy to take control,…
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Real Dubai Bride Maja Lunsjo: Brighton Bachelorettes & Brutal Workouts – 6 Weeks To Go! As we well and truly enter October, our real Dubai bride Maja Lunsjo’s wedding is fast approaching. Thankfully, our cool, calm and collected bridal diary contributor seems to have everything under control! This month, learn about Maja and her fiancé Chris’s respective bachelorette and bachelor parties, as well as their final push to look and feel their very best on…
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Real Dubai Bride Maja Lunsjo: To Hire A Wedding Videographer Or Not?…That Is The Question. After describing how she decided to create her own wedding invites in her post last month, our real Dubai bride Maja Lunsjo returns with her latest diary entry as her big day draws ever closer. This month, Maja addresses the issue of whether to spend money on a videographer to capture her special day, and how to go about finding…
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Six Ways To Maintain Peace With Your In-Laws During Wedding Planning If you’ve looked at our Q&A page recently, you may have noticed that we have recently introduced some new expert panel members in order to answer your questions and help you to have a smooth journey towards your big day. Amongst the new faces is Nicola Beer, an internationally renowned expert in relationship transformations who has been featured on sites such as Huffington Post…
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Top 10 Things To Consider When Planning Your First Dance Back in July, our vendor club members Dance For You, revealed their top 5 most requested first dance songs by Dubai couples. The songs were a wonderful reflection of the multicultural city that we call home. One thing that all couples need when they begin thinking about their first dance is some guidance on the kind of issues that only the experts will be aware…
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Vanessa & Dylan: A Personalised Dubai Wedding With Video & Images By Goldfish Photography & Video Today we are thrilled to feature the wedding video of Vanessa and Dylan, which was submitted to us by our vendors Goldfish Photography & Video. With so many personal elements created by the couple, we thought we’d get in touch with Vanessa in order to ask her some questions about her big day. Vanessa and Dylan, who both currently…
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Wedding DIY: Flower Crowns We are thrilled to introduce our brand new Expert Panelist, DIY Queen, Meredith Huston! Meredith is the Founder and Principal of Turquoise Boutique Studio, a creative arts company with a mission to make it easy for people of all ages to be creative in their everyday life and during special occasions. Through DIY event activities, workshops, team building sessions, DIY kits and online tutorials, Meredith and her team are on a mission to help the UAE…
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Jasmine & Jassem: A Pretty & Intimate Abu Dhabi Wedding If you’re looking for pretty, intimate wedding inspiration, then today you’re in for a treat, as we showcase Jasmine and Jassem’s beautiful Abu Dhabi wedding. With images captured by the talented Maria Sundin, this gorgeous occasion took place in January of this year at Yas Links. Both Jasmine and Jassem have lived in the UAE for a long time. In fact, Jassem is half American…
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Be Our Guest ~ Our DIY Wedding Invites Unless you’re in the lucky position of having an unlimited budget, you may well be finding that planning a wedding involves spending money on the areas that are important to you and compromising on the rest. This is something that our real Dubai bride Maja Lunsjo discovered when it came to creating her wedding invites. In her latest month, Maja explains why she opted to create her…
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It may seem counter-intuitive to visit a hot yoga studio during Dubai’s already far-too-hot summer months, but bear with us! DRYP is one of the newest (and hottest) Yoga spots in Dubai Marina, so our Assistant Editor Rachael went along to try out a class, from the point of view of a bride-to-be who wants to get fit for her wedding in a calm, relaxing environment. My invitation to try a class at DRYP came…
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