Attending marriage ceremony festivals and exhibitions is a part of parcel of being a part of the marriage business and while we have scaled down the quantity we attend every year, it is nonetheless an important alternative for us to get in entrance of individuals and get inventive with what we need to present, and the way.
This yr, we’re going notably huge as we’ll be exhibiting at The Nationwide Wedding ceremony Present at Birmingham NEC; our very first nationwide present! Particularly we’ll be at stand B37, subsequent to the Champagne Bar.
It is a huge enterprise for us, we have by no means carried out a multi-day occasion earlier than and as a result of setup, we have needed to do numerous planning (and a ton of purchasing!) to ensure our stand will probably be in tip-top form over the three days. We have additionally bought a lot of thrilling new designs to showcase on the day; and numerous these designs are presently solely on display screen and in want of manufacturing!
And while we have had numerous beautiful assist in the planning, we’ll nonetheless be operating this as simply the 2 of us (no, we’re not loopy, we promise). Due to this we have to cowl off our availability throughout October.
Setup on the occasion is from Thursday twenty eighth, so we’ll technically be completely out of motion for 4 days, ranging from that Thursday, and re-opening – with a necessity for caffeinated drinks we’re certain – on Monday 1st November.
We have been lucky sufficient to have had a particularly busy summer season with the welcome leisure of restrictions for weddings and this hasn’t (but) proven any proof of slowing down, so we’re nonetheless working by way of a really busy order ebook.
Nonetheless throughout October we’ll be having to spend a while printing and making designs that we’re taking to the occasion, in any other case we’ll have some good new shelving however no work to take a seat on it! We’re hoping this may not have an enormous affect – if any – on the lead instances for buyer orders but it surely’s solely proper that we’re sincere and say that this might occur. As at all times, we’ll be working as rapidly as we will to ensure no deadlines slip.
Exhibiting at an occasion like it is a huge step for us and goes hand-in-hand with us increasing the workforce this winter. We’re excited and nervous in equal measure, so want us luck!
On a private notice, it is also our tenth marriage ceremony anniversary on the tenth of October! It has been very a lot a case of 7-day weeks for us this yr, so we’re taking off to the Cotswolds for a little or no break on the tenth/eleventh of October to have fun and deal with ourselves.
Lau & Ian
