Boho Chic Pre-Wedding Party in Mykonos

Widely regarded as the bohemian mecca of the Greek Islands with it’s sandy beaches and white-washed villages. Mykonos oozes sophisticated, boho-chic glamour with a vibrant, cosmopolitan party scene; making it the perfect location for Hisham and Sandrella’s Boho Chic Pre-Wedding Party.

The Couple

Hisham is half Jordanian, half Austrian and Sandrella is Lebanese, and both live and work in Dubai. Unknown to Sandrella, Hisham first saw her at a fashion event in Dubai. Although he didn’t get a chance to talk to her, she had made a lasting impression on him. Sandrella lived near a restaurant that Hisham owned and ate there all the time but never noticed him before. A few days after the event, Hisham saw her at his restaurant and made sure not to blow another opportunity. A year later, he proposed in Santorini, and they got married nine months later.

“What I love the most about Hisham is that he is always there to support me through ups and downs. He pushes me to be a better person, helps me with my business, is always there to give me good and straight forward advice. I love the fact that I can be myself around him. He protects me. Finally and most importantly, he makes me the happiest.” – Sandrella

“What I love about Sandrella is how I can spend every second of every day with her and never get bored. She always makes me laugh, she always calls me out on things when I deserve to be and makes me a better person {such as getting me to move on from my New Balance shoes addiction}.” – Hisham.

“The most important thing is that we can truly be ourselves with each other and we accept each other no matter what. We also genuinely enjoy doing a lot of the same things and just enjoy each other’s company. We can have an equally good time dining in a shabby Indian restaurant in Karama or at some of the nicest restaurants. We both adapt to any environment and enjoy it for what it is.” – Hisham.

Both Hisham and Sandrella have very strong feelings about knowing when they had each found the one. “When you know you know, it’s unexplainable. You don’t worry about playing games or playing hard to get. I remember when I met her I didn’t care about waiting 3 days to call her or all that stuff. When we went out on our first date I was making plans with her for the next day before it even ended!” – Hisham

Hisham proposed to Sandrella on holiday in Santorini. She had always wanted to go and see the blue domes there. So Hisham took her there at sunset and before she realized what was happening, was he was proposing and she of course said yes! After their trip to Santorini, the newly engaged couple went to Mykonos for a friend’s birthday and quickly realized it was the perfect place to have a destination wedding. “Mykonos has so many amazing venues and is absolutely stunning. We also thought it was a convenient location for people to come to from Dubai and the rest of the middle east.” – Sandrella

Location | Style | Décor

“For our pre-wedding party we decided that we wanted a boho chic theme with a lot of bohemian accents. Part of the attraction of Mykonos was the boho, earthy nude tones of the island, which went with Sandrella’s favourite colours of blue, light nude, light pink, earthy tones, burgundy and gold.” They both wanted their wedding and pre-wedding party to be small and intimate, limited to their closest friends and immediate family. Their original guest list was for 120 guests, and around 90 people came for the weekend.

Hisham & Sandrella chose Hippie Fish as their venue, which was also the original location where the award-winning Paramount movie “Shirley Valentine” was filmed. Cedar wood reception tables were decorated with boho details, including a beautiful hand-carved cow skull. The beach was decorated with Eastern lanterns and flower chandeliers adorned with succulents, laurels, silver brunia and king proteas.

On the beach, a white teepee was surrounded by rattan daybeds, nomadic stools, beach pillows, wicker sofas, and hammered brass coffee tables. The styling, decor and location all came together perfectly for this boho chic pre-wedding party. As the sun set, pendant lights and a hanging fire pit were lit to bring the party from day to night.

If you could change one thing, what would you do differently?

“We should have dedicated more time to photo shoots they had planned for the week. On the actual wedding day we were planning to do a shoot but the island had a power failure when everyone was supposed to get ready which delayed things. We should have scheduled it earlier in the day.”

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“Sometimes you have no choice but to do a large wedding but we really enjoyed doing our destination wedding with our closest friends and family. It was so much fun and the energy at every event was incredible. Whenever you looked around the room everyone was happy and smiling and full of love. We had a great wedding planner who we trusted to arrange everything so we could just focus on having fun with our guests. Enjoy every second of it as you will miss it seconds after it ends.”

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The location and venue were the most important things for Hisham and Sandrella. They had a great wedding planner coupled with a great photographer who managed to take so many beautiful shots in such a short period of time. “We didn’t want to stop the fun, even for a small photo shoot. But we are happy we picked a stunning location which offered the perfect backdrop to our photos. It was truly epic.”

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Boho Chic Pre-Wedding Party in Mykonos

The Couple

Location | Style | Décor

If you could change one thing, what would you do differently?

Our Tips & Advice

Our Best Spent Money

The Couple

Location | Style | Décor

If you could change one thing, what would you do differently?

Our Tips & Advice

Our Best Spent Money

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