Monday, November 3, 2008

Great Bridal Expo

We just wanted to thank everyone who stopped by our booth at the Great Bridal Expo last Saturday. We always like meeting brides and hearing about their vision for one of the biggest days of their lives. It also gives us a chance to hear from real people about their likes and dislikes, and what trends are picking up. Overall, we just like going somewhere and presenting flowers in a different way.

For this show, we displayed different color combinations to help brides decide on color schemes. We made different bouquets with distinct personalities and added our signature "frills and flourishes" to the stem. Whether it was a brooch or a pleated ribbon, we wanted to incorporate character to each bouquet. Each bride is different and the details should really show that. For our booth we used a partition to display the bouquets. We found this particular partition at a consignment store and stripped it of it's hardware (hopefully it wasn't an antique piece!). We then primed and painted it and secured pegboard to the back. To the center we affixed an antique mirror and added clean hardware to hang different accessories. Here are our results:

(picture courtesy of joshua yeh : jcy3@inside.artcenter.edu)

We can't complain about the perks of attending wedding shows. Cake studio was there and allowed us to sample (multiple times) their cakes. And what better than a chocolate chip cookie from the Westin Hotel. :)

I'd also like to announce the winner of our raffle - a free bridal bouquet worth up to $165. The winner is Meredith Moyer. We will be contacting you with more details!

And don't forget, for the brides who took pictures with our bouquets, we will be uploading snapshots in the next few days for you to download. Thanks for having fun at our booth! We hope to meet with you soon.

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