How many times have you asked yourself this question? How would you answer if you were asked this about your wedding day? Would you still have seated your bestie next to his worst-ie, maybe you would have scrapped the scandalous speeches, ran away to a tropical paradise and eloped, or poured more money into the bar and less on the DJ? Because as it turns out, what was the best day of your life could…
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Staycation Equals ‘Plancation’ With her wedding now only a couple of months away, our real Dubai bride, Anna Lucas, has made great progress since we last heard from her. Using a staycation as a way to get things done and organised in a relaxing, neutral environment away from day to day distractions is a great idea, and has proved to be most fruitful for our Anna. Read on to hear about all of the ‘to…
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Time To Get Things Sorted As 2017 is now well and truly upon us, our real Dubai bride Anna Lucas is making it her mission to get things done this January. After a busy December and festive season, Anna’s upcoming wedding now appears to be scarily close, and it seems that there’s still plenty to organise. Read on to find out how Anna is coping with ‘The List of Doom’, and how she intends to…
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Mum In Town Means Things Really Get Done Planning a wedding in the UAE means we are often put in the sometimes lonely position of dealing with a lot of the organisation ourselves, since close friends and family are often many miles away. Luckily, our real Bride, Anna Lucas, had a recent visit from her Mum, meaning that she was able to tick lots of boxes in the run up to her Spring wedding. Find…
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The Wedding Venue is Booked…In Dubai! As always, it has been a busy month for our real bride contributor, Anna Lucas. However, her hard work is beginning to pay off, because despite a dislocated shoulder getting in the way (ouch!), Anna and her fiancé have now chosen and booked their wedding venue! As you may recall, Anna previously planned on having her big day in St. Tropez, and told us all about her venue hunting…
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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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Diary Of A Real Bride – The Week Before The Wedding It’s a bittersweet post for us today, as our regular real bride diary contributor, Barbaranne Heaton, talks about what she has learnt throughout the wedding planning process, in what will be her final diary entry. During the past year we have read all about B’s surprise engagement in Thailand, empathised as she struggled with ‘wedmin’, heard her thoughts about bridesmaids dresses and recently found…
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Escaping ‘Wedmin’ in Sri Lanka Planning your wedding can be one of the most stressful times of your life, particularly as the day draws closer. This month, our gorgeous real bride diary contributor, Barbaranne Heaton (who also happens to be one of our talented BCME vendor club members, over at House Of Moirai), has managed to get some much needed rest and relaxation on her Hen Do in Sri Lanka. As B’s wedding day is…
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Maid to match? Not necessarily! Our real bride contributor Barbaranne is back this month with some top tips on dressing your bridal party. After all, not only is she a bride-to-be, she is also one of Dubai’s most sought after bridal gown and bridesmaid dress designers over at House of Moirai. Over to you, B! There’s so much to think about when you’re planning a wedding, but one of the most important elements (after your…
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Diary of a Real Bride This month, our real bride diary contributor Barbaranne Heaton has found a little gem – Riley & Grey’s custom-made wedding websites. Read on to find out more … It has been full on wedding planning crazy in the ‘Heatham’ household this last month. Ha! If you believe that you’ll believe anything. I’m beginning to think I could possibly be in the running for lamest bride ever! The wedding season in…
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