Embarking on the magical journey towards your dream wedding in the UAE is an exciting adventure, filled with love, joy, and, yes, a bit of planning prowess. We get it—the thought of budgeting can be a tad overwhelming, casting a shadow on what should be a sun-filled journey to your big day. Fear not, for we’ve put together a comprehensive guide to help you navigate the financial waters of wedding planning with ease. Say goodbye…
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Childcare Options During A Wedding After a small break following the birth of her baby (A big congrats from us!), we are super excited to welcome back BCME expert panel member and founder of Cloud 9 Weddings & Events, Mennat Al Hammami. This month, Mennat discusses a topic that can often be controversial when deciding upon your guest list: the inclusion of children. However, it needn’t be this way. Using her recent experience, as well…
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What would newlyweds in the UAE have done differently on their wedding day? When you’re planning your wedding, people will always be on hand to offer their own experiences and advice about what worked well and what they might have done differently, not only on the day itself, but throughout the entire planning process. Perhaps you even have your own opinions about what to do and what not to do after attending various weddings as…
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Getting Organised! Regardless of the number of years they’ve spent dreaming about their wedding day, or the amount of (perhaps secret) Pinterest boards crafted over this time to offer inspiration, many new brides-to-be often find that as soon as they become engaged, what they thought they wanted goes out of the window. It seems to be the case that once marriage is a reality and plans need to be made, there are so many things…
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2015 | Bride Club ME’s Favourite Features Now entering the fourth year since our website went live, and beginning a new chapter with the year ahead, Bride Club ME reflects and takes a look back at our most popular and favourite features of 2015. From organising our most recent ‘festive’ styled photoshoot with very little time to play with, and following the wedding planning journey of our gorgeous real bride contributor Barbaranne Heaton, who got married earlier this…
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Seven Things Wedding Photographers Love And Why In the midst of planning your wedding, you’re likely to have several people tell you how the day goes by so fast, with hours passing like minutes on one of the most important events of your life. Photographs are a beautiful reminder of this special day, which, believe us, will become a bit of a blur when you look back on it once it’s all over. For this…
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Preserve Your Cake And Eat It Too! When elaborate three-tiered wedding cakes became popular in the late 19th century, the bottom tier was served during the reception, the middle tier was given to guests to place under their pillows (to promote fertility), and the top tier was often left over. This gave rise to the idea of saving the top tier to be served as a sweet remembrance to be enjoyed on a couple’s one-year…
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The Cost of Hiring a Wedding DJ Here at Bride Club ME, we love to talk about “pretty” – we get immersed in lots of real wedding inspiration and swoon over the latest wedding gown trends, but we also get down to the nitty gritty and tackle subjects such as logistics, vendor costs and the inevitable difficulties faced when planning a wedding, whether it’s being held here in the UAE or somewhere else. Today, we…
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What To Do If The Unexpected Occurs You’ve done your extensive research, you’ve made your assiduous plans and you’ve ensured you’ve covered all your bases for the biggest day in your life. Then suddenly, on the day itself, the unexpected happens and something pops up that you are unprepared for. What do you do? In fact, with so many elements that are included in a modern wedding, it’s a surprise that snags and complications don’t…
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Nail Your Getting Ready Photos Just before the New Year holidays, we co-organised a unique styled shoot with our wedding photography expert panelist Maria Sundin. The aim of the shoot was to create some gorgeous images to complement today’s TIP feature on nailing your ‘getting ready images’. With limited time, we managed to pull together some amazingly talented vendors who helped create an inspiring shoot and had lots of advice for readers too. The ‘getting…
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