Milestone Events

Another crazy weekend at Wedding Fair 2009.  We had so much fun hanging out with old friends, meeting some new ones, and getting to know a whole new set of brides.  If the show was any indication of what to expect for the coming season, I am totally looking forward to working with some fabulous new ladies! 

We also had the honour of sharing first place for best booth at the show this weekend…we got to bring home a crazy big trophy…it was a real honor to be selected.

Special thanks to Tracy from La Belle Fleur (www.labellefleur.com) for hooking me up with the two tall arrangements and to Jeanette from House of Delovely in Langley for letting me raid her store (www.houseofdelovely.com). 

Here are some pics of our booth taken by my good friend, the fabulous Erin Gilmore (www.eringilmorephotography.com) who was at the show handing out free copies of AisleWalk (www.aisle-walk.com).  If you didn’t get one let me know…this is a magazine you can’t live without!

Well, it’s that time of year again…a new round of beautiful brides all getting ready to start their planning.  We’ll be at Wedding Fair this weekend totally excited to help you all get going with the planning and decor end of things.  Make sure you get your tickets in advance at www.weddingfair.ca.  This is the biggest wedding show in Vancouver and will  have everything you need to have the perfect day.

It is a complete madhouse though so here are some tips for coming out of the other side with your sanity in tact:

1. Wear comfortable shoes.  This is a must.  You will be on your feet for a long time and there are very few places save the fashion show where you can take a load off.

2. When you arrive, check your coat.  You will be glad you did. 

3. Many vendors will provide a bag to hold all your goodies but bring a big one that is easy to carry just in case…a lot of info will be thrown at you.

4. I someone hands you something, take it!  You never know what you might need down the road!

5. Have a plan…and stickers!  Go to the show with pre-printed labels with you name, phone number and other contact details.  Make sure you have enough for one for each booth as there are lots of prizes to be won and you don’t want to be hand writing every ballot!  When you get there, go around the show twice.  The first time, get yourself acquainted with the lie of the land, put your ballots in each box and make a mental note of the vendors that really interested you.  When all of your ballots are in the boxes then go around the show again and have a really good look around. Talk to the vendors after you have all of your house keeping done so you can concentrate on what they are saying.

6. Get there early.  It’s a big show and you want to make sure that you have enough time.  Try to be there over the period of 2 fashion shows.  Go see one of them and then speak to the vendors that you are really interested in seeing again during that time as it is a lot quieter during the fashion shows.

7. Bring a camera.  But make sure you ask the vendor if its ok to take a picture of the things you like in their booth.  I don’t mind at all so snap away!

8. When you get home sort through your bag of goodies right away before you forget what you liked and what you didn’t.

Here are some pics of what we did last year (photos by the incomparable Erin Gilmore Photography)…and don’t forget to pick up your copy of AisleWalk!  You will love this little magazine chalk full of totally wicked stuff!