When Bride Club ME vendor club members Goldfish Photography & Video sent us this real wedding submission earlier in the month, and mentioned that the bride loved Take That and incorporated the famous 90s’ boy band into her wedding, we knew we had to feature it! For those of you who don’t know who Take That are, click hereThe super-relaxed bride Melissa and her groom Simon are both originally from the UK and married at the gorgeous Montgomerie Hotel…
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A Wedding Planner-Turned-Bride’s Dreamy Wedding We always beam a huge smile when a BCME reader sends us their REAL wedding submission, and you can imagine how our faces lit up when we realised that this wedding was sent in by a wedding planner – the stunning Mennat, over at Cloud Nine Events. Keep scrolling to see some gorgeous photos (captured by Celeste Van Rooyen Photography) of a fairytale wedding in Abu Dhabi, featuring pale hues and…
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A Dubai Wedding At The Desert Palm We are back again, with another stunning wedding held at the Desert Palm hotel, Dubai. Astrid (the bride) is originally from Switzerland and her husband, David, hails from the UK. Given where they are both from, it makes complete sense that they chose the lush green, expansive landscapes of the Desert Palm as their dream venue in Dubai. Both David and Astrid live in the UAE and we…
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A Thunder Storm Wedding in Dubai – {The Video} To round off my ‘Real Wedding’ features, I am posting my wedding highlight video, filmed by the rather brilliant Morning Jacket Films. The talented duo at Morning Jacket films filmed and edited our wedding highlight video and were an absolute delight to work with. I would highly recommend them to other engaged couples searching for a creative team to film and document their special day. We loved being part…
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A Thunder Storm Wedding in Dubai | {Part Two} Following on from part one of a thunderstorm wedding in Dubai, I am now going to talk you through the second part of our special day, captured in images by Goldfish Photography and Video. Once our Ceremony was over, during our cocktail hour, Adam and I headed down to the polo field opposite the hotel. While the grass was wet, it wasn’t full of muddy puddles (due to…
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A Classic & Elegant Wedding in Magic Malta Dubai-based British couple; Phioro Jewelry designer and founder Clare Pardoe tied the knot with her handsome beau James Elliot-Square during a week-long (destination) wedding extravaganza in Malta. The talented and creative Clare, designed hers and her bridesmaids jewelry, and designed her own master piece; her wedding gown. Below, Clare talks us through her special day, which combined classic elegance with modern twists. Vision for the day: We both…
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A Gorgeous, Fun-Filled, DIY Wedding This month’s REAL wedding, comes from Bride Club ME fan and reader, expat, Omaya Shanti (Palestinian/ British – born in the UK). Team Bride Club ME, spotted Omaya’s wedding pictures taken at the Magnolia Garden, Al Qasr hotel, Dubai, on the Ugly Duckling Photography Facebook page and our hearts jumped a little. Omaya and her fiancé Aryeah’ s wedding brought together traditions from Iranian, Arabic and Western cultures. Bright, colourful…
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A ‘Purple’ wedding with a dash of Scottish & Arabic Charm The lovely team over at Goldfish photography and video, sent us these heart-warming images from the downright adorable ‘purple’ inspired wedding of Dubai residents Suzanne (from London) and Stewart (from Scotland.) Suzanne has so many wise words of wisdom, that we are considering offering her a role as BCME agony aunt (we’re serious). Enjoy! The proposal… Our wedding journey began in a hot air balloon…
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According to newly wedded Lebanese/Canadian bride, Nathalie and groom Omar from Palestine, their wedding had three very important elements, great music, great food and the company of close family and friends. It was an intimate, romantic, and laughter-filled day and night with thoughtful personal touches, including the genius concept of having a camera installed into the brides bouquet. Here, expat bride Nathalie, talks us through her planning process and leaves us with some words of…
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A Four Day Indian Wedding Extravaganza Tanya and Jai (originally from India) always wanted their Wedding outside of their home country, and not in Dubai. They wanted an exotic location, where everybody could be together in one place, enjoy the festivities and feel like they were on a magical holiday. They looked at a number of places for their wedding and weighed up the pros and cons of each. After deciding Thailand was the best…
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