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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Most brides to-be dream of sunshine and garden parties, but Bride Club ME fan, Louise Sleightholme wanted freezing temperatures, fur shrugs, and roaring fires. Christmas is Louise and her husband’s favourite time of the year, so they wanted the wedding date to be as close to Christmas as possible. This allowed a quick honeymoon before flying back to the UK, to enjoy the festivities with their families. Here, Dubai based expat Louise, talks us through her wedding,…
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Dubai residents Kate Harris (from Australia) and Pete Tavener (from the UK) sent us these beautiful images by Simon Charlton Photography, from their intimate wedding in Kenya, and blessing in Dubai. As many engaged expats know, wedding planning can be testing and legal matters can be confusing in the UAE. Kate takes us through her wedding planning process; leading up to her spectacular weddings in two parts of the world, and offers words of advice for brides…
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