Reema and Asir's pink and purple winter wedding color theme reminds us of Radiant Orchid (PANTONE® 18-3224) Pantone's color of the year. Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute® describes the color as “An enchanting harmony of fuchsia, purple and pink undertones, Radiant Orchid inspires confidence and emanates great joy, love and health. It is a captivating purple, one that ...

  Friends, one of the very great aspects about planning wedding events is that you get to see a lot of amazing creative ideas come to life. The most exciting and perhaps the craziest part of the whole thing though is how a team of individuals ( friends but majority strangers) will do anything in their power to make a bride's grand ideas become reality. Basically, if you can dream, come up with awesome ...

  We have always felt that looking for a bridal gift can be extremely challenging and for the confused and indecisive kinds, a nightmare. Most of the times you just end up running around the malls in circles feeling hungry and tired. And if you are shopping online then you get distracted by other cool sales and end up buying random unnecessary things for yourself. Well to help you stay focused and make ...

  We continue with Sana and Shahzeb’s wedding feature and share some words and visuals on Sana’s Rukhsati wedding reception. For those of you who have been following this series, we love you and welcome you back. Those who are new, you are most probably confused and wondering if you have accidentally just walked into a South Asian wedding site. We want to assure you that such is not the case. Alhum ...

  If you are reading this for the first time, please stop and go back to our very first post in this series, which started with Sana and Shahzeb’s Mayoun-Manjha event. Unless you hate the sight of yellow, cultural events, and/or don’t care about wholesome bridal henna application tips. Then it is okay, but seriously we should warn you that it would be like reading the third part in a book series. F ...

  Asalaamu Alaikum Everyone! As promised earlier, we are sharing with you our experience of wedding planning and attending our sister and new found brother (also TMB team members') Sana and Shahzeb's wedding events. The events took place in the slightly cold winter of December 2011. If any of you were praying for snow in the third week of December in Michigan and you were sad that it didn't happen, we ...

  There is a lot to consider when setting a stage for any kind of bridal event. Such as the backdrop, the seating arrangements for the bridal couple, the family, the overall décor and ambiance.  An expert event planner would also consider the space around the bridal seating area for a group shot in case it takes place.  A factor that is perhaps overlooked many times when a professional designer or a ...

  One thing is clear friends and that is MashaAllah, we have some amazing talented female photographers in our community. Today we want to introduce you to the beautiful work of Uzma Ansari of Uzbin Photography.  One of our favorites is the lady holding the turmeric thali with burning candles. The strong chiaroscuro effects makes it such a great shot in our opinion. Below, Uzma shares with us her ...

   Don’t know about you, but after all this snow The Muslim Bride can’t wait for summer to arrive! To give us hope that yes, there will be real sunshine in our future as well as to provide an inspiration to all of you planning a summer wedding, our friend in the west coast, Saadia Kibriya of The Kismet Events sent us these beautiful sunny California multi-ethnic wedding photographs. So sit back, relax ...

  Sarah B's purple and white themed wedding reception turned out to be everything she had hoped for. Yours truly had the honor of attending this multi-ethnic wedding and yes indeed everything was just perfect! From the warm inviting ambience to the lovely centerpieces and decor, everything seemed beautiful. Loved the Middle Eastern food and the delicious cake as well. Sarah was very satisfied with all o ...