As you may already know, I wore a Tara Keely gown on my wedding day. I fell in LOVE with my dress instantly. What made it even more special was that I got to meet the actual designer of my gown by purchasing it at a trunk show. I recently had the honor of interviewing Mr. Edric Woo, designer for Tara Keely which is a division of JLM Couture.

1. How did you end up designing for Tara Keely? I was scouted by Mr. Joe Murphy CEO of JLM Couture. It’s a new division and they wanted someone fresh and new with ideas for the new line. I guessed he must be impressed with my work and devotion. 

2. Did you always want to design wedding gowns? I have attached an article for you to see which really tell my history and my love for fashion. read article here

3. What is your all-time favorite gown that you designed? It’s hard to choose one particular one. I put the same effort and love in creating all the dresses. I do love working with laces and have a special attachment to dresses that have lace on it, just like your dress!

4. Who are your favorite designers? My favorite designer are Yves Saint Laurent {sadly he passed away last year} Karl Lagerfeld {love his energy and his creativity}.

5. What inspires your work? My inspiration comes from everywhere and everything I see. I am aroused by all external stimulation like art, cinema, design and music. My mind is always eager to explore every single event, ready to generate new ideas. So my collections are always an authentic exploration and continual rediscovery of my individual style.

6. What do you like/dislike about trunk shows? I love doing trunk shows because it is the time where I could see actual brides wearing my creation. It will only be a true satisfaction when you see a happy and glowing bride in your design. So I learn, improve and develop the next collection from seeing brides wearing the wedding dresses. It is an ultimate satisfaction to see the customer happy, looking amazing and beautiful for their wedding day.

7. Do you ever do custom gowns? I used to do custom made gowns when I was in Singapore {that’s where I was born} but not here in JLM Couture.

8. Tell the truth, do you remember meeting me? ha ha   I DO REMEMBER YOU. HAHA!

THANK YOU SO MUCH EDRIC for taking the time out of your busy schedule to speak with me! And ladies, now you too can meet Mr. Edric Woo at his next California trunk show at Mary Me Bridal in Orange, CA on March 6th-7th.

P.S. And no that is not me in the pic above, but here is a pic of me in my dress when I met Edric at a trunk show

First of all, a big THANKS to Wishpot Weddings for giving me this award! It is my very first award so I am so over the moon excited (REALLY…the music is going to start soon and you are gonna have to kick me off my own post!) It truly made my day to be acknowledged as a blog with great attitude and/or gratitude! And to be put in the company of such amazing inspirational bloggers, I am just absolutely thrilled!

So now it is my turn to return the favor and nominate 10 blogs that I think show great attitude and/or gratitude…

This is how it works:
1. Put the logo on your blog or post.
2. Nominate at least 10 blogs which show GREAT ATTITUDE and/or GRATITUDE!
3. Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.
4. Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog.
5. Share the love and link to this post and to the person from whom you received the award.

The Bridal Inquirer Blog Nominees are (I too, had to go over ten…there are so many fab bloggers out there)…

1. Weddings Unveiled

2. Momental Designs

3. Amanda Lynn Photography

4. Relentless Bride

5. Wedding Chicks

6. StoryboardLife

7. The Wedding Workroom

8. Globetrotting Bride

9. My Personal Artist

10. Adam & Eve Wedding Consultants

11. 10,000 Wedding

12. The Broke-Ass Bride

13. It’s a Jaime Thing

Each one of these bloggers has inspired me! YOU are appreciated! Blog it Forward!

P.S. I was also just nominated by The Vegas Wedding Planner!!! Thank you SO much! I LOVE the BLOG LOVE!

Congratulations Courtney! You won the free engagement session with Amanda Lynn!!! Please contact us at info@bridalinquirer.com to claim your prize!

There were 11 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

1. Courtney
2. Lily
3. Lizee
4. JeffereysGirlForever
5. QuirkyParsnip
6. Ghanaughn
7. Amanda
8. Un-Bride
9. Julie Ann
10. Alisa
11. Nadia

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Thank you SOOOO much ladies for participating! STAY TUNED…another e-session giveaway is coming soon!

No…not tonight’s soon-to-be winners (how’s that for a tease???), but November’s winner finally did their E-Session with one of my favorite wedding photogs, Amanda Lynn. To see more of their cute pics, check out her blog here. Congrats to Sally & Jay!!!

I finally finished my wedding scrapbook!!! WOO HOO!!! Here are just a few of the pages. Now I can FINALLY cross another item of of my list!

My Bridal Shower…Me and My Mom, Me and Both Grandmas, Me and My Maid of Honor

Limo Ride to the Ceremony with my Maid of Honor, Angela

The Cake Cutting

Mr. & Mrs. (two of my favorite pics)

(photo from google images)

1. Enter to win a free engagement session from Amanda Lynn Photography. Hurry, contest ends Mon, 01/26/09 at 9:00pm PST.

2. Enter the Wedding Paper Divas & Beau-Coup wedding favors contest below to win a $100 gift certificate toward your Wedding Paper Divas invitations or Beau-Coup wedding favors. Contests end 02/13/09.

3. Get 40% off your customized bridal jewelry at Erin Gallagher. Hurry, sample sale ends tomorrow 01/25/09. Use online coupon code: gems.

4. Win a pre-owned wedding dress (valued up to $1500!!!) from PreOwnedWeddingDresses.com. This contest runs until 02/28/09.

5. And last, but not least…PLEASE help The Broke Ass Bride win her eco-friendly dream honeymoon!!! We have until 01/29/09 to vote for her! With your help, I know we can get her back in FIRST place!

{HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND}

I am THRILLED to announce that we are having another FANTASTIC giveaway!!! YOU could win $100.00 toward your purchase of any Wedding Paper Divas wedding invitations OR $100.00 toward your favorite Beau-Coup wedding favors!!! I am SO super excited since my very own wedding invitations were from Wedding Paper Divas! And Beau-Coup has a HUGE selection of the MOST adorable favors!

To enter the Wedding Paper Divas contest:

1. Check out the wedding invitations from Wedding Paper Divas and save your favorite wedding invitation by clicking on the “Save in Favorites” button.

2. Then join the Bridal Inquirer Forum and post at least ONE picture of you and your fiance, and tell us how you met or your proposal story. Existing Bridal Inquirer members may also enter to win, you will just have to post the pic and tell us your story!

3. And lastly comment on this post as to why you chose your “favorite” Wedding Paper Diva invitation, or you can post a link to the invitation you chose.

To enter the Beau-Coup contest:

1. Visit Beau-Coup Wedding Favors and subscribe to the Beau-Coup Newsletter.

2. Then join the Bridal Inquirer Forum and post ONE picture of either your dress or your engagement ring, with a little story about how or where you got your goods. Existing Bridal Inquirer members may also enter to win, you will just have to post the pic of either your dress or ring.

3. And lastly comment on this post as to why you chose your “favorite” Beau-Coup wedding favor or post the link to your favorite favor.

RULES: Contest runs from today through Feb 13th, 2009 and is open to contestants worldwide. Winner will be chosen by random drawing and notified by email. Winner is responsible for the full purchase price of any items that fall outside of contest winnings. If the winner selected has already won on a contest posted on another blog, another winner will be selected. Gift certificates will be mailed directly from Wedding Paper Divas and Beau-Coup respectively after winner is verified. Contestants may enter both contests but can only win once.

Karishma & Shez were married on 12/28/08 in a traditional Bengali wedding ceremony at the beautiful Calamigos Ranch. I fell in love with the amazing decor and vibrant colors of this wedding. Thanks to Bridal Inquirer’s Featured Vendor Nic Dragomire of Tamarack Studios for sharing these AMAZING photos with us!

If you ever wondered what happened to the ice cream man….I found him! Long gone are the days of running home and grabbing your allowance to blow on ice cream and candy!!! He’s got a new gig…WEDDINGS! Check out this cute idea for a hot summer day wedding!

I stumbled across these photos on The Wiebners Photo blog. What a scrumptious idea!!!

What an exciting day! {yes.we.can}