My wedding hasn't occured yet either but i wanted to write a review for Christine and her team also. Actually, i think they have been my best find yet!! I met with Christine at a local spot and we talked about how I envision our wedding will look like. I didn't have an exact idea, but more of a feel of what I was going for. She knew exactly what i was talking about! Her turnaround time (for the quote) was just a couple days and her prices are just AMAZING! I actually didn't want to write this review in fear that she would get too popular and then she'll raise her prices! Like noegirl, I feel very lucky in finding Bluume and cannot wait to see their work!

Nicole is so talented and just a friendly person to talk to. Although she works from her home she seems to be very professional at what she does! I absolutely love her work! Its very young, hip,and modern. She listens to your requests very carefully so she can create you dream wedding accordingly! Even my FMIL liked her a lot!! It does take her awhile to send you a quote/email but she did warn me ahead of time that she's busy so it'll take her longer than usual to respond. We won't be going with Nicole for various reasons but its not because of her services and such. And if I could hire her and our florist both i would! but we can't.. :( But i thought she deserved 5 stars because of her work and her personality!!

I contacted Nicol to be my Wedding Day Coordinator for our wedding in 2009. She was very informative and knowledgeable about weddings. It seems as though she has a lot of experiences and she even had experience working w/ my catering mgr at our wedding venue! She had a lot of ideas and suggestions how to make our wedding work. However, when it came to pricing she was a tad bit over my budget, that's when her attitude changed. She asked me how much I was willing to pay and I told her..She wasn't pleased with the amount i chose and I completely understand that she didn't take up on my offer. I really do! BUT! She then said to me "remember- you get what you pay for" blah blah blah "i'm certified!" yada yada yada.. "my prices are reasonable" Blah blah blah... I was kinda shocked but decided to make an appt with her since she was so adamant about her services. I wrote her an email asking if her charges ($1000)are a flat rate or if it includes other charges (i was thinking taxes) and she said it doesn't include other expenses such as mileage, phone, fax.. average $200... I didn't like her answer at all.. i mean, what's the $1000 for?? Needless to say, i didn't go with Nicol. I was very hesitant in writing this review but i didn't want other brides to be disappointed as i was.

Jobyna's... I decided to make an appointment at the store since it was "the knot's pick". The dresses there are "couture" and they're all very beautiful but a little pricey for me. The cheapest dress i tried on was a little less than $2k..My experience there was very disappointing...The consultant kept on pushing me dresses that were over my budget (like $3-4k!). When i would talk to my mom in japanese she'll butt in and keep on asking me what i/my mom said and ask to translate- uhh, how annoying! She wouldn't even help me into the dresses I was trying on! She'll just pass me a dress and say "here, try this on".. really?? When leaving, i asked her to write down the style # of dresses that i liked but she replied to me "why? what do you need them for?", she just wrote the description & prices. *rolling eyes* Oh yah, and no pictures are allowed- Maybe the girl was just having a bad day and wanted to go home already (i came in late but i left 1 minute before closing!) But it will be highly unlikely that I will buy my dress from Jobyna's.