My First Wedding Show - Part 2
After a few cups of tea and a
well-earned lie-in I was back in The Petal Shed on Wednesday after a very
busy but successful weekend at The National Wedding Show in
Birmingham. As this was my first wedding show (Fran here) I worked all three
days so I could get a feel for how everything worked during the show. With
buckets full of anticipation I started Friday morning with a smile on my face
that didn’t leave all weekend!
The show was a hive of activity with
lots going on and lots to learn about the wedding industry as a whole. But what
I enjoyed the most was getting the chance to meet the happy couples who were buying (and throwing) our confetti. I was really looking forward to it as it’s
always a good feeling to know your hard work is putting a smile on someone’s
face... and a few petals in the air.
Friday! The first day of the show and
the perfect day to get settled in…once I’d found the stand of course (reading
maps was never my strong point). After a quick cup of coffee and a blueberry
muffin on the train in I was buzzing and all set to learn how things worked at
the show!
The first thing I noticed was just how big it was! From cakes to
confetti, everything you could possible want at your wedding was there. After having a bit of a mooch around I was
even more excited for the day to get going. Our stand looked amazing (even if I
do say so myself) and the effort Jess and Jim had put in the night before
setting it up had really paid off.
With three of us behind the stand I soon learned the importance of “getting an area!†With limited space, lots of
glass jars and a clumsy member of staff or two (I’ll put my hands up to that
one) I soon choreographed my way around the stand.
To make it a little easier for
ourselves we had hundreds of sample packets already made up so that we could
give them out as quickly as possible to everyone who came to visit our stand. This
made for quite a few Blue Peter moments with the odd “here’s one I made earlierâ€
being thrown about as much as the confetti!
As people came to collect their free samples they also had lots of questions for us to answer! For those visitors who had already heard of us there were questions about postage and how to store their petals. For those who hadn't heard of our natural petal confetti there were hundreds of questions ranging from "are they dyed?" to "are they edible?" (for future reference the answer to both those questions is a no). We were very happy to give everybody the answers they were looking for - and for anyone else wanting to know the answers we have it all covered in the 'Petal Advice' section of our website.
I really enjoyed my first wedding show and I'm already looking forward to the next! But before then I get the exciting job of choosing a winner from our confetti competition... Watch this space as a name will be picked from the hat very soon.
Love as always SP xx
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