Interviews

Today we are meeting with sought after Make-up Artist Tara Dowburd, the owner of Make-Up Therapy.  Tara and her Beauty Team specialize in Make-up application and hairstyling for celebrity and high-end weddings, the red carpet, TV appearances, special events and photo-shoots. They are known for creating styles that are both effortless, chic and trendsetting elegance, however natural or glamourous. We are very honored to present our latest interview with Tara...  WEDDINC: To get things rolling today, we'd love to know...How...

We are excited to be interviewing Percy Sales from Percy Sales Events today and Happy Birthday Percy.  Today also happens to be his special day! Percy is a highly sought after destination wedding and special event planner from Santa Barbara, CA.   He is full of life and color and has been sought after not only by many destination brides but also donates his time to charity and has made many TV appearances.  To start off, a little birdie told us that you...

Let's start with some background: "When I was 15 years old, I shot, developed and processed my first roll of 35mm black & white film. Immediately, I fell in love with the magic of photography and making people look and feel good through my art. This is what I was meant to do. My devotion to the art got serious during my final year at Agoura High School; four of my six classes were photography related, the highlight of which was...

Since the passing away of The House of Bijan’s founder, Bijan Pakzad in 2011,  Bijan of Beverly Hills has been forging ahead with a unique team that consists of family and friend. Every member is dedicated to enhancing the excellence, exclusivity and luxury imbued in the brand, and helping it maintain its market dominance. The power of brand image is part of Bijan’s heritage, growing vastly over four decades. The Bijan mark is an asset that is both priceless...

WEDDINC: Sandy, we’ve seen your invitations and paper goods at some of LA’s most prestigious bridal shows.  What inspires you to create such beautiful, one of a kind invitations, especially the hand painted ones? SANDY: The beauty of nature truly inspires me. And I do love beautiful things. WEDDINC: You design with absolutely the most lovely elements: lace, water color, beach glass and wire, satin, raffia and custom illustrations.  What inspires your choice of elements and textures? "I wanted to bring a more tactile...

Jocelyn, first of all, we would like to take a moment to extend a heartfelt thank you for all the beautiful hand-painted watercolor icons you artfully designed for us for our website.  They are absolutely gorgeous and we looovvvveee them! WEDDINC: Jocelyn, you are a fine artist, it’s clear. Your abilities, from event renderings to fashion illustration to your ability to capture the ambience of an event style are simply gorgeous. Which would you say is your favorite of all...