Get To Know The Wedding Pro! Each week, we shine the spot light on Bride Club ME vendor club members, allowing you, our reader to get up close and personal with some of the best wedding vendors in town. Here, you can learn more about the people behind some of the businesses you may be engaging to make your wedding day perfect! This week we are showcasing Sheetal and Bhumi, wedding photographers and co-founders of Candid Kama…
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Wedding Colour Scheme Choosing wedding colour schemes can be tricky, and we appreciate that every bride-to-be could use a little inspiration. On a weekly basis, we scour the net, searching for stunning wedding colour scheme combinations, that will help inspire your big day. Today we offer a romantic and rustic mood board with a ‘country’ vibe: Blueberry, slate, carnation, petal & buttercream. This mood board was found on The Sweetest Occasion. Above: Mood board, found on…
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Saving For Your Wedding Day Congratulations – you’re engaged! When you first begin to plan your wedding with your partner, you need to identify what you both value in terms of what money can buy. It’s great to talk to other married people about the money lessons they’ve learned, blunders they’ve made, and the general advice they can share about budgeting for the big day. There are some individuals who hate carrying a balance on…
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Flowers Bring Life To A Construction Site Dubai based florists ‘Vintage Bloom’ never fail to impress us with their gorgeous floral creations. Earlier this week, we received these beautiful images submitted by head florist ‘Hana’ over at Vintage bloom. The story behind these images, takes place in a Dubai based construction site, a sophisticated luncheon aimed at promoting the construction of a long awaited building. The theme? Raw and woody. Vintage bloom added vibrant bursts of colour…
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Plan Your Wedding Photos You’ve booked your wedding photographer and the big day is getting closer. Now it’s time to plan out your photos and prepare yourself. Here’s how, with tips from our expert panel member and wedding photographer, Maria Sundin! Get your money’s worth You’ve probably spent a fair portion of your budget on a photographer, so you’ll want to make sure you get value for money. A photographer’s work isn’t only to provide…
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How to Involve Your Loved Ones Abroad During my own wedding planning process, I often felt a little down being so far away from my mum, aunties and best friends back home – a feeling I’m sure many of you can relate to as expatriates in the UAE. So, today, I am bringing you some creative ways to involve all the important ladies in your life, wherever they live. Mum: Introduce her to the world…
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The Diary Of A Real BCME Bride Today, our real bride-to-be contributor ‘Salwa’ touches on a sensitive subject. See below for Salwa’s third bridal diary entry in the lead up to her big day in October. Hi fellow brides, this week I’ll be sharing my wedding turmoil’s concerning a subject I think wedding planners rarely touch on: Plan B. The last thing I thought I’d have to worry about was my wedding location. I’m not referring…
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Choosing Your Bridal Party! Are you agonising over which friends and/or relatives to ask to be your bridesmaids and maid/matron of honour? Selecting the bridal party can be difficult for even the most blunt and straightforward bride-to-be. Consider these factors before making your choices: Above: Image above via idealbridemagazine.co.uk How many? Are you a bride with a few close friends, or are you a social butterfly? Do you have a large family unit of female cousins…
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How To Pick Your Wedding Photographer As many of our readers know, we often call on the experts for wedding planning tips and advice. Today, our BCME expert panel member in the area of photography, Maria Sundin, offers her top tips on choosing your wedding photographer. Hello BCME brides! You’re almost there. Beautiful dress – check. Awesome husband-to-be – check. Wedding date – check. Venue – check. Once you’ve started planning your wedding, and have…
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J’ Adore The Desert It was a hot summer’s day in Dubai when photographer Tasneem Al Sultan, videographers Renaud Santos Moro, Niane De Sa and I roamed the dusty roads in search of a scenic location for Marina and Clement’s pre-wedding photo-shoot. The back story here is interesting. Having worked on our styled Great Gatsby shoot last summer, the incredibly talented and kooky Tasneem (or Tess, as I call her) contacted me to ask if I’d help with a pre-wedding…
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