We found our ringmakers!

Before you rush to the next Poh Kong or De Beers, I highly recommend that you send your design, or better yet, make an appointment with Kohinoor Jewellery and get a quotation for your dream wedding ring.

My close to 0.92 carat was quoted at RM2,800 without GIA certification but you can have that done by adding a few hundred Ringgit. Another company quoted RM4,200 for the exact same design and diamond specs! See what I mean? Even Redza's was much cheaper at RM1,200 as opposed to the RM2-2,500 from other jewelers.

I am incredibly stoked that the rings are below our budget. Alhamdulillah. We're just going to wait for one more quote to be absolutely sure before proceeding full force with this one!

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Vendors from hell and THE RING!

Scariest shit I've read since I started reading bridal related blogs. This happened several times in Singapore last year. Although I doubt these syaitons are still in business, the companies you should simply avoid is called Atira Weddings/Love Weddings International (here) and Anggerik Impian (here). If this happened in Malaysia, someone would have had sent a hunt for their heads already.

The horror stories from here often involve designers more than anything else. One of my best friends appointed Hatta Dolmat as her dressmaker. He promised to deliver her dress a few days before the dinner reception (which is considered late, apparently). 45 minutes before she had to walk down the aisle, that man was still stitching flowers onto her dress which completely fell apart after the night was over. 

I've read an ugly review on Salikin Sidek too - one of the leading names in traditional couture. See the thing with bad reviews are that they automatically overwrite all the good things you've heard about these people. I don't know about the rest of you but once my friends or family has been affected by bad service, I won't even bother acknowledging these vendors' existence. If they only want to cater for high society, it should be stated clearly on their fb page/website etc so as to save the rest of us our time and resources.

Enough of that.

This weekend, my best friend is bringing me to her aunt's boutique in Ampang for me to look at her ready made Songket kebayas. I'm really hoping to be able to just rent my baju instead of paying thousands for a tailored one because well, where else am I going to wear it to? Then, I'm going to meet a ring maker who happens to be a manufacturer for Habib Jewels to get a quote for this beaut:

Berangan tak? Haha. Bloody gorgeous though, right? It doesn't need to be exactly the same because I know this could easily cost tens of thousands. I pun pandai jugak eh diamond diamond ni semua. I haven't showed this to Redza for fear of giving him a heart attack. I forgot where this is from as it has been in my wedding folder for a while now.

Doakan dia fall between the 2-3.5k range please.

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