Archive for October, 2007

Should I take legal action?

Should I take legal action?
Below is our bridesmaids’ dresses saga.
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The kicker - Our bridesmaids dresses were not ready for pick-up until the DAY OF my wedding. (!!!)  Dresses were ordered and paid for IN FULL 9 months prior to the wedding. (!!!)

Three dresses were picked up night before. Worse still is one of my bridesmaids dresses was not ready until 10am the morning of my wedding. We were to leave for the church at 12:30pm!

I have filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau.
My bridesmaids are doing the same as the alterations that they paid for at full price were rushed and unprofessional. Hemming was off. Boning was removed instead of doing a proper alteration, etc.

The BBB already have several complaints regarding this shop.

Excerpt from my BBB complaint:
Delivery date was supposed to be in August, 6 months after purchase. I called a few times and they said first week of September. No explanation as to why the dresses would be arriving late. No time to assess the risks of late delivery and mitigate the problem(s)….

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Posted on October 16th, 2007 by Mrs. Bloom  |  No Comments »

US vs Canada… Bridal shop prices

I was amazed by how much prices differed between the US and Canada.  Our Canadian bridal shops mark up their prices by double or triple but the kicker is the items are still almost double the marked-up American item!  Even our Michaels’ craft stores are much more expensive than our US counterparts.  I visited the bridal shops here in Vancouver and also Canadian websites across Canada.  Crazy prices.  $50 for 50 miniature bottles of bubbles???  Specialty paper prices?  Insanely high!  Even our selection of wedding items is minimal compared to the US shops. *SIGH*

To keep from going broke or sacrificing my wedding ideas, I did my research and bought most of my decor and accessories including veil, shoes, ribbons, tulle, CD jewel cases, unity candle, etc. from eBay or reputable online shops in the States.  I got the items shipped from the US.  The bonus was most of the items did not even get charged duty!  Even our Custom Gobo was still $50-75CAD cheaper than having it made in the US and courriered to Canada.  Oh!  Another charge I…

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Posted on October 11th, 2007 by Mrs. Bloom  |  2 Comments »

The Making of “Maestro’s Serenade”… Slideshow

Our first attempt at a music video was on Sunday, July 8, 2007.  The venue was Aberthau House which is also known as the West Point Grey Community Center.  It is situated close to Jericho Beach in Vancouver, British Columbia.  We rented the outside gardens for a half-day.

We managed to round up our bridal party (sans Best Man unfortunately) after much bribing with pitchers of beer.  No problem with the girls though.  They were all gung-ho for some fun and silliness.  How often do you get asked to do a music video, right? 

Mr. Bloom, poor dude, was so out of his element though.  He was to be the star of the video lipsynching to a punk-rock cover of “O Solo Mio” by The Me First and the Gimme Gimmes.  I have to commend my Mr. Bloom for really trying hard to do something so out of his comfort zone for me.  I know he tried his best!  I’m Filipino so it’s genetic and an Islander-way to

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Posted on October 9th, 2007 by Mrs. Bloom  |  No Comments »

More photos that you would like to share?

We are so fortunate to see our wedding through the eyes of our friends and family.

Below are 11 photo galleries of photos taken by our wedding guests, family and friends.  These additional photos supplemented the photos taken by our official photographer.  Mr. Bloom and I were able to see other moments and angles that we were not able to experience first hand.

Thanks to everyone who sent us their photos via Facebook and email! 
If you have any more photos, please send them to us.  We love them all!…

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Posted on October 9th, 2007 by Mrs. Bloom  |  No Comments »

Photos from our guests… 11 photo galleries

Our
Wedding I - courtesy of Joy
Our
Wedding II - courtesy of Charles
Our
Wedding III - courtesy of Dragos

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Posted on October 8th, 2007 by Mrs. Bloom  |  No Comments »

Our Wedding Rehearsal Slideshow…

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Bachelorette Party Slideshow…

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Bridal Shower Slideshow…

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